Blade Runner 2019

It would seem that I forgot to share the .torrent for the fantastic Blade Runner 2008 set. Oops! You can now find it in the Audio section of Downloads. Get it while the year is still correct!

In our audio section in downloads this morning is an updated version of the Frank Klepacki / Westwood Edition boot in .torrent form. The boot features 27 tracks, 15 of them now in .flac format!

Huge thanks are due to Marty Dartmouth of the Blade Runner Soundtrack Yahoo! group for sharing this collection.

Enjoy!

Gnomus from alt.fan.blade-runner recently shared this bit of very sad news with us:

The man who coined the phrase “sci-fi,” who created Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and the character Vampira, who collected decades worth of SF and movie memorabilia and welcomed tens of thousands of SF, fantasy and horror movie fans to his home in the Hollywood HIlls to share it, and had an immeasurable impact on their lives, passed away yesterday. “Uncle Forry” had just turned 92.

I had the pleasure of meeting Forry on a number of occasions, including touring his house twice, and he was always a gracious, giving person. He was like the eccentric uncle I never had, but always wanted. There will not be another like him.

Luke Hooft also noted that Uncle Forry’s grandfather had built the Bradbury Building of Blade Runner (and many other small and silver screen outings) fame.

Gnomus relplied:

And he was also friends with Ray Bradbury. A lot of people think that the Bradbury Building was named after Ray. Of course it was built before he was born.

According to GameSpot, in a deal with Warner Brothers, game developer startup Halcyon have acquired the rights to Blade Runner and Terminator Salvation. Halcyon is partnering with four other companies to work on the Terminator project, but no announcements have yet been made concerning a possible return to the Blade Runner universe.

The last foray in the BR was made by the now defunct Westwood Games, who created an now cult point and click adventure based in Blade Runner’s LA 2019, but not featuring any of the film’s characters. Fingers and other extremities, replicated or otherwise, are crossed in the BR2019 office for some seriously deep first, or third person adventure.

I want to fly a spinner!

From The Guardian

You wait 25 years for a new Ridley Scott science fiction film then two come along at once. Not content with hatching a plan to bring Brave New World to the big screen, the British director of Alien and Blade Runner is to adapt Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel The Forever War.

I looks like this will happen before ‘Brave New World.’ It’s taken the guy long enough to notice that his SF movies were his best. Let’s hope he brings us something as interesting and as engaging as Blade Runner and Alien. Read more…

A bit of plugging here. I’ve just completed a couple of Voight-Kampff t-shirts and a mug for myself and thought I’d share. I hope you like them! All proceeds go to keeping the site online!

Voight-Kampff Dark T-Shirt

Voight-Kampff Ringer

Voight-Kampff Logo Mug

Gizmodo review a disturbing look at the future of dead superstars. It would seem that the people that brought you Robosapien have seen fit to create a Nexus Alpha v0.1 of Elvis Presley.

Want to see the Presleycant in action? You can here, but be warned, I found this video nauseating and disturbing.

oobject recently carried an article on futuristic, Blade Runner style buildings in the real world.

Here are 15 of our [favorite Blade Runner style buildings], avoiding Vegas style tacky glitz. We have tried to include some of the more recent architectural projects where the media skin is part of the design itself, rather than merely a billboard.

We have another highly sought after collection for you, today. BR2019 is proud to seed Vangelis: Reflections - Music in the Key of Blade Runner, for your listening pleasure.

Download Link: Vangelis Reflections (torrent) (2428)

As well as complete disc and cover images, this torrent contains:

Vangelis - Reflections

Disc 1

01] Creation Du Monde
02] Dawn
03] Freefall
04] 100 Metres
05] Movement 1
06] Spiral
07] Intergalactic Radio Station
08] Fiery The Angels Fell
09] The City
10] My Face In The Rain
11] Ritual
12] We Were All Uprooted
13] Twilight
14] Mare Tranquillitatis
15] Procession
16] Albedo 0.39

Disc 2

01] Le Singe Bleu
02] Himalaya
03] La Mort Du Loup
04] Reve
05] Abraham’s Theme
06] La Mer Recommencee
07] P.S.
08] Antarctic Echoes
09] Prelude
10] Song Of White
11] Rachel’s Song (Vassilis Saleas)
12] Memory Of Antarctica
13] Prelude (Vassilis Saleas)
14] Other Side Of Antarctica
15] Love Theme (Vassilis Saleas)

More torrent action for you today folks. The Sound of Blade Runner is a two disc collection compiled from various sources by Vicente Ibarra of the Yahoo! Blade Runner Soundtrack group, as discussed in a previous article.

Download Link: The Sound of Blade Runner (torrent) (3003)

As well as complete disc and cover images, this torrent contains:

Vangelis - The Sound of Blade Runner

Volume I

01. Br Titles - Workprint
02. Main Titles
03. Leon’s Test
04. Sushi Bar
05. Blade Runner Mission
06. Tyrell Co
07. Rachel
08. Voight Kampff Test
09. Leon’s Apartment
10. Bicycle Riders
11. Chew’s Lab
12. Memories Of Green
13. Pris Meets Sebastian
14. Unicorn Dream
15. Esper Enhancement
16. Animoid Row (Tales Of The Future)
17. Manufactured Skin
18. Taffey’s Club
19. Miss Salome
20. Zhora’s Retirement (Blade Runner Blues)

Volume II

01. One More Kiss Dear
02. I Am The Business
03. Love Theme
04. Morning At The Bradbury
05. Prodigal Son Brings Death
06. Deckard Enters The Bradbury
07. Dangerous Days - Wounded Animals
08. Tears In The Rain
09. Rachel Sleeps
10. End Titles
11. I Dreamt Music - Love Theme - Workprint