Carlos later discovered that the original master tapes were in need of tape baking due to Sticky Shed Syndrome. įor years, the soundtrack was unavailable on CD, originally due to a dispute between Carlos and CBS Records. Finally, it was released again on vinyl in August 2014 by Walt Disney Records. Some of the film's music can also be heard in its companion arcade game. It was released again on CD in January 2002 by Walt Disney Records. The soundtrack album was released on record and tape by CBS Records in 1982.

She would end up replacing portions of the orchestral performances with GDS performances. Shortly after Tron's theatrical release, Carlos said in an interview that she was not happy with the use of the orchestra, saying that her music, with its variable time signatures, was too difficult to perform in the time they were allotted. As one of the special features on the 2002 2 disc 20th anniversary DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film, a version of the end titles is presented with Carlos' score intact. This was done after the soundtrack album was already completed, so the soundtrack album features Carlos' complete piece for the end titles. Shortly before the release of Tron, Walt Disney Productions replaced the second part of the ending title's score with the song 'Only Solutions'. Two additional musical tracks were provided by the band Journey after British band Supertramp pulled out of the project. The non-electronic pieces were performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (hired at the insistence of Disney, which was concerned that Carlos might not be able to complete her score on time). The music, which was the first collaboration between Carlos and her partner Annemarie Franklin, featured a mix of an analog Moog synthesizer and a Crumar General Development System (GDS) digital synthesizer. The soundtrack for TRON was written by pioneer electronic musician Wendy Carlos, who is best known for her album Switched-On Bach and for the soundtracks to many films, including A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. The album was released on July 9, 1982, the day of release of the film. Tron: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1982 film of the same name, composed by Wendy Carlos with two additional musical tracks which were provided by the band Journey. The Shining (Score Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Tron legacy soundtrack track listing