Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues (Cover)

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Blade Runner Blues is used (to devastating effect) more than once in the film Blade Runner. The scene in which Deckard "retires" Zhora is especially eviscerating.

This cover probably took longer than any of my others... partly because of the length and partly because of the unusually difficult to program lead sound. I've done a "Making of a Cover" video in order to talk to Keyboard Players about how to get this sound.

I remember a philosophy professor talking about how we can sit at the feet of the masters and have a conversation with them when we read and analyze their writings. I had that feeling at times as I analyzed and worked on this. For example, when you slow some of the fast runs way down, you can hear a slight difference in speed on a few notes which strongly suggested which fingerings he must have used. When I noticed that, I changed my fingering!... and felt like I was interacting with the great man.