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Daft Punk has recorded at least 24 new tracks for the upcoming Tron film (now called Tron Legacy, formerly TRON 2, TR2N, etc…).

This has more to do with the movie than Arcade Fire, but I still love it and had to share it for its inspiring beauty and awesomeness.

Yes, that’s billion with a B, and only in North America in just 15 months. What does that mean for your music?

[via billboard]
Daft Punk, the French electronica duo known for their robot personas, have been tapped by Walt Disney Pictures to compose the score for “TR2N”, an update of the studio’s 1982 science fiction classic “Tron”, Billboard has confirmed.
The film, currently in production, is tentatively scheduled for a 2011 release.
The “TR2N” score marks Daft Punk’s first [...]

From TelstarTheMovie.co.uk:
Set against a backdrop of early 60’s London, TELSTAR is the story of the world’s first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal early success with TELSTAR – the biggest selling record of its time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia forced him into murder and suicide.
A [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire is going to clean house at every award show this year. This soundtrack has already taken top honors for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes a few Sundays back. In addition to A.R. Rahman’s original compositions, the soundtrack has some great songs by M.I.A. Give it a go, as [...]

Spin Magazine has posted 4 videos from Plushgun, Ludo, People in Planes, and Innerpartysystem acting out the best scenes from their favorite movies: Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Seven, and The Big Lebowski.
Check it out here.

I seriously can’t think of a single person who doesn’t like this album. It’s fllled with haunting melodies and raw emotion, and really sucks you in as a complete album.

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The Juno Soundtrack is $3.99 on Amazon right now. This album did remarkably well for a soundtrack, beating out Alicia Keys to become the first number one selling soundtrack since Dreamgirls a year prior.