The Vangelis fansite Elsewhere provides us with a review on CD 2 and CD 3 (CD 1 being the old ’94 soundtrack) in Vangelis Blade Runner Trilogy soundtrack release.
You can read the review here with the latest news concerning Vangelis.
Elsewhere also posts two links to webstores where you can preview the complete trilogy. You can listen to samples from the album at Universal Music UK or i-legalne.cz
Source: Elsewhere
Minor sneakpeak of Vangelis Blade Runner Trilogy
You can enjoy some short sneakpeaks upon Vangelis Blade Runner Trilogy: 25’th Anniversary right here
Source: Elsewhere
Blade Runner: Final Cut (All Versions) Review
The Digital Bits have a complete review of everything included in the five disc version of Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Very good reading and it makes me go even more eager to get my hands upon what’s comming to me early 2008.
You can read the review here
Source: The Digital Bits: Blade Runner Final Cut Review
Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary
A press release can now be found over at Elsewhere complete with track listings for the three CD’s that this anniversary edition consists off.
All three of the cd’s have 12 tracks.
The first CD is the “old” release of Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack.
The second CD consists of previously unreleased + bonus material.
The third and final disc will be of real interest to Vangelis fans – as it contains an entire album of newly written material composed by Vangelis to mark the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. The music is strong and flowing, and retains the dark, atmospheric sense of the original score. There are some intriguing spoken word contributions too, from Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, Oliver Stone and a host of distinguished actors, personalities and world dignitaries.
Source: Elsewhere
Vangelis New Blade Runner Release
Elsewhere shares some of the rumors about what Vangelis’ next Blade Runner release really is.
It seems like it will be a deluxe set commemorating the 25’th anniversary of Blade Runner, it will be a three CD package containing
- The old release (1994) of the soundtrack
- One disc with never before officially released music from Blade Runner
- One disc with music made for the film but not used or released before
Sounds like an great release doesnt it. It’s expected to be released in December.
Im sure Elsewhere will have more information when it’s available so if youre interested (which I hope you are) keep an eye Elsewhere for the latest news on anything Vangelis related.
source: Elsewhere
Official Blade Runner site update
Warner Bros. Official Blade Runner Website has been updated with movie clips from “Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner” and many other clips for you to enjoy. You can also now find the dates and locations if you want to know where “BR:TFC” (Blade Runner: The Final Cut) will be showing at the cinema (hopefully near you).
You can also find new desktop backgrounds, images and there’s also a new chapter from Paul M. Sammon in the history section, you can either read it online or download this chapter as a PDF document
Click to open the official website in a new browser window
Upcomming screenings in US
The Digital Bits have found the schedule for the upcomming screenings of Blade Runner: The Final Cut at The official FC website. I just visited and found nothing (It’s a very hard site to browse around in IMHO). Some of the screenings are expected to be in 2K resolution digital projection where available, information on where you can catch such a screening is to be found below.
| Blade Runner: The Final Cut Cinema Screenings – USA | |
| Date | Location |
| 10/26 | Seattle (Cinerama, Seattle – 35mm) |
| Washington D.C. (Uptown, D.C. – 35mm) | |
| Portland (Cinema 21, Portland – 35mm) | |
| Salt Lake (Gateway Megaplex, SLC – Digital) | |
| 11/2 | Chicago (Music Box, Chicago – 35mm) |
| Santa Barbara (Arlington, Santa Barbara – Digital) | |
| Baltimore (Landmark Harbor East, Baltimore – Digital) | |
| 11/9 | Boston (Coolidge Corner, Brookline – 35mm) |
| 11/16 | Detroit (Main Art, Detroit – 35mm) |
| 11/18 | Austin (Paramount, Austin – 35mm) |
| 11/30 | San Francisco (Embarcadero, San Francisco – 35mm) |
| Dallas (The Inwood, Dallas – 35mm) | |
| Minneapolis (Uptown, Minneapolis – 35mm) | |
| 12/7 | Denver (The Landmark @ Greenwood Village – Digital) |
| Philadelphia (The Ritz 5, Philadelphia – 35mm) | |
| 12/25 | Boston (The Brattle, Cambridge – 35mm) |
| 1/2’08 | Austin (The Paramount, Austin – 35mm) |
| 1/4’08 | Nashville (The Belcourt, Nashville – 35mm) |
| 1/18’08 | Durham (Carolina, Durham – 35mm) |
| 2/1’08 | Columbus (Drexel Gateway, Columbus – 35mm) |
| 2/15’08 | San Francisco (Castro, San Francisco – 35mm) |
| 2/29’08 | Sacramento (Crest, Sacramento – 35mm) |
For new dates or changes, visit The official website or check the local listings.
Source: The Digital Bits
Zonadvd.com on R2 Blade Runner: Ultimate Collectors Edition
zonadvd.com once again reports more about the R2 (european) 5 discs set. Some more detailed pictures of what’s included can be found here.
They also report what languages, audiotracks and subtitles will be included :
| Audiotracks | Subtitles |
| English 5.1 | English English SDH |
| Spanish 5.1 | Spanish |
| German 5.1 | German German SHD |
| Pole 2.0 | Pole |
| Norwegian Danish Swedish Finnish |
Thanks to Alejandro Espinar whom reported this
Source: Alejandro Espinar
Blade Runner & THE JULES VERNE AWARD EVENT
The JULES VERNE ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL Celebrates BLADE RUNNER 25th Anniversary with the Cast and the Film makers Sunday December 9th, 5PM, at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
The unique Red Carpet night, to not only honour, but to celebrate the artistic vision of the film’s legendary film-makers, and the major restoration efforts behind the new 25th anniversary “Final cut” with a Special Jules Verne Award presentation to the film makers. This one night only event will take place on Sunday December 9th, 5PM, at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The new cut of the film will be screened under the most optimum conditions, amidst a turnout of the film-makers and the key cast. This will be a “hot ticket” event with limited seats being available for purchase from www.jvaff.org
More info on Blade Runner and the event from julesvernefestival.com
Source: Rémi Jacquot/JVA & julesvernefestival.com
More European (R2) Collectors edition (5-disc)
Update
Alejandro Espinar from Spain was kind enough to send me an email with some information on the European (R2) Collectors Edition (Yes, the 5-disc set) of Blade Runner: The Final Cut that is to be found on zonadvd.com. It seems like there will be a release with the briefcase and for the first time it will also be dubbed into Spanish. Besides the Spanish dubbed version this seems exactly as the same release as in USA.
Release date is set to 11’th of December 2007 and the recommended price is 60 Euro
I hope that this European release will be the same in all the European countries.
Source: Alejandro Espinar, ZonaDVD