CD - Vangelis: Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary (Universal) *****
DEFINITIVE Eighties’ music that goes beyond its time.
With the soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s 1983 sci-fi thriller Blade Runner, Vangelis reinvented himself as an Ennio Morricone for that decade.
Like Morricone’s majesterial Western scores, Vangelis’s synthesiser masterpiece stirs a deep nostalgia that’s difficult to name, but with Blade Runner, it’s a nostalgia for the future.
This three-CD 25th-anniversary edition comes with unreleased material and new Vangelis works.