Alongside the recent passing of the legendary Dolly Parton, we also had the announcement of the passing of Tim Curry. He played the Lord of Darkness in the 1985 Ridley Scott film Legend and was also in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which features a few well known songs on the soundtrack.
Legend actually had 2 soundtracks.
Ridley Scott's choice was Jerry Goldsmith...
Initial audience reaction was not what they expected...
A new version of the film was edited with a new soundtrack.
To give the movie a score that might resonate more closely with younger viewers, the production brought in German New Age synth band Tangerine Dream. The band had previously scored movies including Firestarter, and even Risky Business, using their signature ethereal synths. Unlike Goldsmith’s score, which was tightly tied to each beat of the film, Tangerine Dream’s score was more rangy, and loosely atmospheric. The Tangerine Dream soundtrack sounded quite clearly like a Tangerine Dream soundtrack.
European viewers generally saw the film with the Jerry Goldsmith score. American audiences mostly saw the Tangerine Dream version.
Here's the Tangerine Dream OST.
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