Techno-esque film scores

Has anyone tried Trevor Jones' Chaos? It has some nice bits.

Of the above mentioned scores, I did like the ‘techno’ element. I don’t really stomach techno on its own, but when it’s combined with an orchestra and melodic core, I quite enjoy the extra kick or rhythm it gives to the music. Especially in Kamen’s Event Horizon I love how Kamen’s disturbing (avant- gardish) use of the orchestra and voices (breathing) is combined with Orbital’s main theme.

I don’t really know where to identify the ‘techno’ elements in Martinez’ The Neon Demon though? Isn’t that more electro? Or are you referring to Julian Winding’s Demon Dance?

Also, would Juno Reactor’s contributions to The Matrix Reloaded count, in especially Mona Lisa Overdrive? I think that was the first time I felt ‘cool’ listening to film music.

That's quite the long list Thor! I'm going to be curious to hear what some of the differences are between them. Got a subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited for the next few months, so will see which ones are available on that platform. Thanks for taking the time to list some of the ones that came to mind for you, excited to find some new ones to love.

Pawel, I'm going to listen to the ones you mentioned by Trevor Jones first today, thanks for that.

Bob, I might attempt Event Horizon, but the movie gave me nightmares as a teen, so not sure I'm willing to go back there, lol. But I'm sure it's a well crafted score!

I guess my request for techno-esque scores, is that I really enjoy electronics-with-orchestra, but I don't like it to sound too retro (or too 80s). Sometime scores with electronics can sound a bit digitized and dated to me, like old video game music, which I don't care for. Thanks for these leads, friends!

Thanks for the warning, lol! Yeah, I think I might skip it for now. But if I do come across it sometime, I might dabble in a few tracks and can let you know my first impressions.

I'm going to listen to yours next Thor. I think I will like them, because I do like techno! My favorite tracks from the Chaos score Pawel recommended were the most "techno" of the tracks. Will let you know after I listen a little more, which ones were my favorites!

By the way, listening to Jones' CHAOS too now, on Spotify. It sounds like a cross between Arnold's JAMES BOND music and Powell's BOURNE stuff. Some good, some rather bland. But I'm surprised I wasn't familiar with this; I like to call myself a big Jones fan and have a pretty sizeable collection of him.

I see Jones collaborated with someone called Ian Green, presumably for the more electronic parts. I have no idea who that is, but googling came up with a few items. Nothing remarkable, though.

Thought I’d help Thor out a bit

THE NEON DEMON - Cliff Martinez
BLEEDING EDGE - ?
FIGHT CLUB - Dust Brothers
DROKK - ?
THE RACER - Hannes de Maeyer
CHAPPIE - Hans Zimmer
AD VITAM - ?
LES BRACELETS ROUGES - ?
WHITE LINES - Junkie XL
ZOMBIELARS - John Erik Kaada
DRYADS - GIRLS DON'T CRY - Marius Christiansen
EVENT HORIZON - Michael Kamen ft Orbital
NUIT BLANCHE - ?
PUSHER - Povl Kristian
BERLIN CALLING - ?
ZURDO - ?
IRREPROCHABLE - ?
L'HEURE DE LA SORTIE - ?

Weren’t able to find as much as I’d hoped. Question marks mostly mean there were multiple films/tv-series with the same title and I don’t know which one Thor meant.

Thanks to you both! The only movies I've seen or heard of on this list are Chappie, Fight Club and Event Horizon (which you already know I'm skipping). So, I've started with those. CHAPPIE, gosh, I was SO bored. Is it just me? It just wasn't very interesting. Enjoying FIGHT CLUB though, I like that is has so much variety and a little funk. Now to search for the others now that I have names to combine them with.

I wonder why you think I won't like any of them? Certainly some are just more appealing than others based on personal preferences. CHAPPIE just sounded too atmospheric for me, which is not really my thing. But I've liked the "techno" sound since I first heard it in the film Blade. You know the one, in the rave scene. Still such a great song. It peaked my interest immediately, but since I rarely listen to anything else other than film music, my exposure to that kind of music has been limited. So when it appears is film scores, it's so much fun and I think it's awesome! It has to have a beat that makes you want to move a little though. When it's just the more atmosphere/sound design technique, I just don't enjoy it as much. Excited to listen to more of these!

It was just a hunch from your previous descriptions of what you prefer and don't prefer.

Ah okay, goes to show I don’t really know that much about the topic to be able to separate them .