Daft Punk Breaks Chart Record in the US with Disney Soundtrack


WelcheMusic recently reported on the Daft Punk Disney soundtrack TRON: Legacy. The set bows at No.10 on the Billboard 200, giving the at its highest position ever in the US. This beats the 2001 No.44 peak of Discovery. The set also bows atop the Electronics genre chart, also entering the charts in the UK (No.39) and Australia (No.31). The first single “Derezzed” has still not charted.

A score album hasn’t reached the top ten since 2005 when Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith debuted and peaked at No.6. In addition to Tron, two Glee Casts album shares space on the top ten. It marks the second time this year we’ve had three soundtracks concurrently in the top ten, according to Billboard.

Daft Punk Goes Disney with Tron: Legacy


The French electronic music duo Daft Punk returns to the music scene with the soundtrack to the Disney movie Tron: Legacy. Consisting of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, the duo got their breakthrough in 1996 with “Da Funk.” Daft Punk’s biggest hit to date is the 2000 hit “One More Time” which topped the charts in Canada, France and the U.S. Dance chart. It also peaked at No.2 in the UK, making it the biggest hit to date.

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The soundtrack album to Tron: Legacy was issued on Dec.6 and has already reached the top of the UK Dance Chart. It is the first film score from Daft Punk. Thomas Bangalter had previously produced the soundtrack to the film Irréversible. In 2007, Kanye West sampled Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” on his UK/US No.1 hit “Stronger.”

Upon returning to the music scene, the soundtrack will be their first release since a live the live album Alive 2007 issued the very same year. A promotional video for the soundtrack cut “Derezzed” has been issued via the official YouTube channel. The song has also been released as an iTunes preorder single. The iTunes release of the album also includes the two bonus tracks “Father and Son” and “Outlands, Pt. II.”

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