Blade Runner (film score)

E39557

film score soundtrack album

Blade Runner (film score) is Vangelis’s influential, atmospheric electronic soundtrack for the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, renowned for its moody synth textures and enduring impact on film music.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Blade Runner (soundtrack)	5
Blade Runner (film score) canonical	2
Blade Runner soundtrack	2
Blade Runner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	1
Blade Runner Blues	1
Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary (2007 box set)	1
Blade Runner film score	1
Blade Runner: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1
Blade Runner: Original Soundtrack	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T307692 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Blade Runner (film score)
Context triple: [Vangelis, notableWork, Blade Runner (film score)]

A. Heaven and Hell (Vangelis)
"Heaven and Hell" is a 1975 electronic and orchestral album by Greek composer Vangelis, best known for its dramatic, cosmic sound that later became associated with the TV series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage."
B. Earth (Vangelis album)
Earth is the 1973 debut solo studio album by Greek composer Vangelis, blending progressive rock, psychedelic, and world music elements.
C. Blues for a Red Planet
"Blues for a Red Planet" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the history, science, and human fascination surrounding the planet Mars.
D. Xanadu
Xanadu is the opulent, mythical pleasure-dome city evoked in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
E. Performa
Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computers produced by Apple in the 1990s, marketed as affordable, all-in-one home and small-office systems.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Blade Runner (film score)
Target entity description: Blade Runner (film score) is Vangelis’s influential, atmospheric electronic soundtrack for the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, renowned for its moody synth textures and enduring impact on film music.

A. Heaven and Hell (Vangelis)
"Heaven and Hell" is a 1975 electronic and orchestral album by Greek composer Vangelis, best known for its dramatic, cosmic sound that later became associated with the TV series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage."
B. Earth (Vangelis album)
Earth is the 1973 debut solo studio album by Greek composer Vangelis, blending progressive rock, psychedelic, and world music elements.
C. Blues for a Red Planet
"Blues for a Red Planet" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the history, science, and human fascination surrounding the planet Mars.
D. Xanadu
Xanadu is the opulent, mythical pleasure-dome city evoked in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
E. Performa
Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computers produced by Apple in the 1990s, marketed as affordable, all-in-one home and small-office systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film score ⓘ soundtrack album ⓘ
associatedWithAesthetic	cyberpunk ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	science fiction cinema ⓘ
basedOn	Blade Runner (1982 film) ⓘ linked to: Blade Runner
composer	Vangelis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greece ⓘ
criticalReputation	highly influential film score ⓘ landmark of electronic soundtrack music ⓘ
directorOfRelatedWork	Ridley Scott ⓘ
featuresVocalist	Demis Roussos ⓘ Mary Hopkin ⓘ
genre	ambient music ⓘ electronic music ⓘ film score ⓘ synthesizer music ⓘ
hasAnniversaryEdition	25th anniversary 3-CD set ⓘ
hasFanRelease	bootleg editions prior to official album ⓘ
hasTheme	noir-influenced jazz elements ⓘ romantic saxophone love theme ⓘ
hasTrack	Blade Runner Blues ⓘ linked to: Blade Runner (film score) End Titles ⓘ Love Theme ⓘ Main Titles ⓘ Memories of Green ⓘ Tales of the Future ⓘ
influenced	cyberpunk film music ⓘ electronic film music ⓘ neo-noir film scores ⓘ
label	Atlantic Records ⓘ EastWest Records ⓘ Warner Music ⓘ linked to: Warner Music Group
language	instrumental ⓘ
notableRelease	Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary (2007 box set) ⓘ linked to: Blade Runner (film score) Blade Runner: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994 album) ⓘ linked to: Varèse Sarabande
originalReleaseYear	1982 ⓘ
partOfFranchise	Blade Runner franchise ⓘ linked to: Blade Runner
performer	Vangelis ⓘ
primaryInstrument	synthesizer ⓘ
publisherOfSheetMusic	various film music publishers ⓘ
recordedFor	Blade Runner (1982 film) ⓘ linked to: Blade Runner
style	atmospheric ⓘ moody ⓘ synth-heavy ⓘ
usedIn	director's cut of Blade Runner ⓘ final cut of Blade Runner ⓘ theatrical cut of Blade Runner ⓘ
usesInstrument	Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited