TANGERINE DREAM |

THE DREAM IS ALWAYS THE SAME.

Posted on March 24, 2021 4 Comments

Tangerine Dream’s music for Risky Business is still my favorite film score of all time. Every few years it happens. A little time will go by from watching the movie and I end up forgetting how much I love everything about it. Then something jogs my memory and I’m thrust right back into being awestruck […]

WATERING FLOWERS.

Posted on April 23, 2013 2 Comments

On each repeated viewing of Risky Business, I find new scenes to appreciate. I don’t think a Tangerine Dream score has worked so flawlessly and complemented scenes so greatly in any film as much as this one. Pieces such as ‘Watering Flowers’ are short + sweet, but clearly portray deeper meaning, like some of the […]

CANYON DREAMS.

Posted on March 8, 2013 Leave a Comment

Just when you thought the natural beauty of the Grand Canyon couldn’t get any more mighty and awe-inspiring, enter Tangerine Dream to push it to the limit. In 1991 a scenic film by the name of Canyon Dreams was released by nature doc director Jan Nickman. T-Dream recorded the full length album to accompany the scenes […]

ANTARCTICA.

Posted on December 20, 2010 1 Comment

Based on actual events, the story behind the 1983 film Antarctica revolves around a group of Japanese arctic explorers who travel to the white continent for research. The explorers befriend a pack of dogs who actually end up saving their lives during one of the harsh treks of their journey. The 3 scientists and 20 […]

BACKYARD SYNTH.

Posted on December 7, 2009 4 Comments

Here’s Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream fame, terrifying his neighbors by surrounding himself in a circle of synths in what appears to be a backyard somewhere in Germany. One can only hope he’s located in some pleasant, family-oriented suburb. Imagine this guy being your next door neighbor? Every ones out at work during the day and […]