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On the aforementioned The Collection set, released last year I think. It has the same title from the 1994 ost but has the original main titles music rather than the Spinner flight music (although Vangelis can't resist segueing into it).
But that set pre-dates the BSX, does it not?
BTW, you didn't answer my question?
Ford A. Thaxton
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BTW, you didn't answer my question?
Ford A. Thaxton
While we are on the subject of answering questions Ford, any comment on whether we might ever see an expanded bsx version of Blade Runner, with the complete score? I expect its a no but it'd be nice to get a reply.
Well, I suspect that won't happen until Vangelis leaves this mortal plane....
I think he's now about 71 years Old
This is a recent photo of him...
Ford A. Thaxton
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Well, I suspect that won't happen until Vangelis leaves this mortal plane....
Ford A. Thaxton
Could Vangelis veto a complete rerecording though? Most of the work has been done with the current bsx release, I'd like to see it expanded with the music still missing. From a simply commercial point of view, a complete rerecording would sell by the truckload, I'm sure.
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BLADE RUNNER is one of my favorite films as well, and it has great film music. I do think the original soundtrack release by Vangelis with its dialog snippets makes indeed for a nice concept album, yet there is some great music there that is sadly absent from the album, like the Tyrell death scene, for example. I'd definitely appreciate a more rounded soundtrack release without the dialog.
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I’d say if you have to have only ONE --- Um, well, no. Just don’t have only one. The BSX is terrific, but if there’s an existing Vangelis track, the original trumps BSX. But there’s so much great stuff on the BSX.
I just watched Blade Runner (the final cut?) last week. Is the whole ten minutes of Blade Runner Blues really in the movie? I thought it was so cut up over several scenes that I never really thought to myself “Hey! This is missing!” So I stick with the Vangelis version.
Now I have to go find the “official” main title. I keep meaning to dig my New American Orchestra CD out of storage, too. 
Do you think when Vangelis passes away he’ll have the Blade Runner tapes destroyed along with the Nautilus and Vulcania?
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Do you think when Vangelis passes away he’ll have the Blade Runner tapes destroyed along with the Nautilus and Vulcania?
Hold up, what's going on now? What are Nautilus and Vulcania? Are these albums Vangelis composed that he has arranged to have destroyed upon his death? Sounds rather senseless to me. Kind of like those emperors who would have some of their servants and warriors sacrificed or buried alive with them to serve them in the afterlife. Okay, not on the same scale at all. But still...
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Do you think when Vangelis passes away he’ll have the Blade Runner tapes destroyed along with the Nautilus and Vulcania?
Hold up, what's going on now? What are Nautilus and Vulcania? Are these albums Vangelis composed that he has arranged to have destroyed upon his death? Sounds rather senseless to me. Kind of like those emperors who would have some of their servants and warriors sacrificed or buried alive with them to serve them in the afterlife. Okay, not on the same scale at all. But still...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea joke.
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I listen to the BSX at least once a week. I prefer it to all the other releases. Although I do sometimes play the New American Orchestra version for old times sake.
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Do you think when Vangelis passes away he’ll have the Blade Runner tapes destroyed along with the Nautilus and Vulcania?
Hold up, what's going on now? What are Nautilus and Vulcania? Are these albums Vangelis composed that he has arranged to have destroyed upon his death? Sounds rather senseless to me. Kind of like those emperors who would have some of their servants and warriors sacrificed or buried alive with them to serve them in the afterlife. Okay, not on the same scale at all. But still...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea joke.
Gotcha. Haven't seen that one since I was a kid. You'll forgive me for believing Vangelis might be crazy enough to do that. 
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What is the music that plays under the dialogue on the Vangelis track "Blush Response"? It's not the score that plays in that scene is it?
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What is the music that plays under the dialogue on the Vangelis track "Blush Response"? It's not the score that plays in that scene is it?
As far as I can tell no part of "Blush Response" was featured in the film.
From wikipedia about the Atlantic Records release:
This release contained a twelve-page booklet consisting mainly of stills from the film. On page 3 there is a list of credits and the following by Vangelis:
Most of the music contained in this album originates from recordings I made in London in 1982, whilst working on the score for the film BLADE RUNNER. Finding myself unable to release these recordings at the time; it is with great pleasure that I am able to do so now. Some of the pieces contained will be known to you from the Original Soundtrack of the film, whilst others are appearing here for the first time. Looking back at RIDLEY SCOTT's powerful and evocative pictures left me as stimulated as before, and made the recompiling of this music, today, an enjoyable experience. (VANGELIS Athens, April 1994)
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Not wishing to start a new thread, can anyone tell me what are the vocalisations sung in the latter part of Vangelis' score, high pitched and wailing, during the Batty/Deckard cat and mouse? I can't find this detailed in my old version of "Future Noir," although I have read that Demis Russos (pardon my spelling) contributed to one of the soundtrack releases. Are the lyrics Greek, or are they wordless tonalities? I vaguely recall reading that Vangelis himself provided some vocals, but I don't know if that's true. Does anyone know for sure?
After all these years, it still feels like a film with many mysteries!
The language is Japanese. That's a 1976 recording by Nippon Ensemble (Ensemble Nipponia) called “Ogi No Mato” (“The Folding Fan”).
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