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• film _Blade Runner_ (vhs/ntsc)(1982) Directed by Ridley Scott
• _Blade Runner (Director's Cut)_ (vhs/ntsc)(avi)(695.2megs)

soundtrack promo CD  by Vangelis on Atlantic (1994)

• _Main Titles_ MP3
• _Blush Response_ MP3
• _Wait For Me_ MP3
• _Rachel's Song_ MP3 (vK)
• _Love Theme_ MP3
• _One More Kiss, Dear_ MP3
• _Blade Runner Blues_ MP3 (vK)
• _Memories Of Green_ MP3 (192k)
• _Tales Of The Future_ MP3
• _Damask Rose_ MP3
• _Blade Runner (End Titles)_ MP3
• _Tears In Rain_ MP3

_Blade Runner 1993 Private Release_ CD on Offworld (1993)

• Ladd Company Logo (John Williams) 0:24
• Main Titles And Prologue (Vangelis) 4:03
• Los Angeles, November 2019 (Vangelis) 1:46
• Deckard Meets Rachael (Vangelis) 1:29
• _Bicycle Riders [Harps Of The Ancient Temples]_ (Gail Laughton) 2:05
• Memories Of Green (Vangelis) 5:39
• Blade Runner Blues (Vangelis) 10:19
• Deckard's Dream (Vangelis) 1:12
• _On The Trail Of Nexus 6_ MP3 (Vangelis) 5:30
• If I Didn't Care (Jack Lawrence) 3:03
• Love Theme (Vangelis) 4:57
• The Prodigal Son Brings Death (Vangelis) 3:35
• Dangerous Days (Vangelis) 1:02
• Wounded Animals (Vangelis) 10:58
• Tears In Rain (Vangelis) 2:41
• End Titles (Vangelis) 7:24
• One More Kiss Dear (Skelling and Vangelis) (theatrical release) 4:00
• Trailer And Alternate Main Titles (Robert Randles)

based on the book _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_ (txt 352kb)by Philip K. Dick
  

[Loosely based on Phillip K. Dick's _Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep_; title _Blade Runner_ comes from the name of a totally unrelated William S. Burroughs novel about black market surgeons, which was itself based on a story by Alan E. Nourse.]

• 604 track _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_ MP3 by Growling Mad Scientists off of  _3D_ 12" x3on 

 

• 604 track _Blade Runner_ by Total Eclipse off of _Delta Aquarids_ on Blue Room Released  (1995)

• indie electronic synth pop track _Replicant_ MP3 (160k) by Barcelona off of _ZeRo-oNe-INFINITY_ on March (2000)
• track _Running (Picotto Mix)_ MP3 (192k) by Tyrell Corp. on Metronome (1990)
• industrial noise track _Replicant Dance_ MP3 (192k) by Somatic Responses off of _Dying Language_ CD on Adnoiseam (2002)
• noisecore track _When You Grow Up (Your Heart Dies)_ MP3 by Replicant Impulse off of _Don't Fuck With Us_
• acid jazz _Replicant Rumba Rockers_ Mix12" on Nonplace #009 (2002)
  • a5 _Dreaming Of A Huge Reverb_ MP3 (192k)by Erik Satin
  • b1_Midi A Go Go_ (192k) by Midisport
• drone track _Attack Ships Burning Off The Shoulder Of Orion_ MP3 by A Beautiful Machine off of Embryo Recordings #014 (2000)
• techno release _Running Blade/Submission/Lazy Lava_ 12" by  by Michael Burkat on Contrast Music Recordings
• track _None Of Them Knew They Were Robots_ MP3 (192k) by Mr. Bungle off of _California_ (1999)
• ambient techno track _Did You Ever Retire A Human..._ MP3 (vK) by Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue off of _Shades Of Orion_ CD on FAX (1993)
• title taken from "did you ever retire a human by mistake?" spoken by Rachel
• ambient techno track _A Tribute To Blade Runner_ MP3 by Cosmic Baby off of _A Tribute To Blade Runner Part 1_ 12" on EastWest (1994)
• track _Just What I Needed_ MP3 (160k) by The Replicants off of s/t on Zoo (1996)
• they are an all cover band
• Cars cover
• track _Get Bizzy Time_ MP3 by Voight Kampf off of _Digital Empire II: The Aftermath_ compilation
• hip hop track _Bladerunners_ MP3 (vK) by Mike Ladd featuring Company Flow off of _Welcome To The Afterfuture_
• trance track _Tune For A Replicant_ MP3 (160k) by Susumu Yokota off of _The Frankfurt-Tokyo Connection_ CD on Harthouse (1993)
• post rock instrumental track _The Blade Runner_ MP3 (192k) by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead off of _Relative Ways_ 12" (2001)
• track _More Human Than Human_ MP3 by White Zombie - line: "...I am the Nexus  one, I want more life fucker, I ain't done..."
• Eldon Tyrell: "More human than human" is our motto.
• "I want more life... FUCKER!" - Roy Batty

• prototype replicant Rachel had "implants" - a sense of memory.
• future jazz track _Manufactured Memories_ MP3 (192k) by Innerzone Orchestra off of _Programmed_ 12" on Planet E (1999)

The Tyrell headquarters seem to be modeled on a Mayan temple. Internally, its architecture and design is eclectic. A visionary future is held at bay by size. As with the elevation of Deckard's apartment, here the only concession to the future--albeit an imagined future--is enormity. Conversely, other architectural possibilities  are provided by the transformation of the given; however, the transformation in question is decay.   What comes to be juxtaposed within the cosmopolitan urban fabric is decay--the continuity rather than the teleology of decay--and the modern vast. The replicant is seen as a threat within this context. It is as this point that the constraint governing both architecture and film needs to be  reintroduced.

- Andrew Benjamin - _At Home With Replicants: The Architecture of Blade Runner_

• Rutger Hauer improvises his last scene "...like tears in rain"
• tribal trance release _Tears In The Rain MP3 (192k)/Marrakech_ 12" on Platipus #108 (2002)
• sped up version of monologue sampled in turntablist track _Mind Control_ MP3 (256k) by Cosmic Muffin - track also samples first VK test on Leon when asked about his mother.
• Deckard only "retires" two replicants, both of whom are female.
• All replicants are referred to by first name, all humans by last name.
• Pris' incept date is Valentine's Day.

 

• The lamp on Bryant's desk has a translucent shade depicting a hunter standing beside a fallen cape buffalo.
• Each replicant's serial number summarizes their characteristics: for example, Leon's "N6MAC41717" stands for Nexus-6, Male, A-Physical, C-Mental, and incept date 4/17/17.
• Leon's eyes glow faintly for a moment during the VK test but this is very hard to discern. The major characters have either green or blue eyes.
• Gaff's origami taunts Deckard: when Deckard tries to leave Bryant's office without taking the job, Gaff makes a chicken. Gaff makes a man with a huge erection to tease Deckard about either being attracted to Rachael, or getting so involved/excited by the job.
• During the scene where Deckard VK's Rachael, there is a dissolve to indicate the passage of time. During the dissolve, Deckard can be heard mentioning "orange body, green legs", the same description of the spider that Rachael later describes. This may have been added as a form of pseudo-subliminal message, so that later when Rachael mentions the same thing, the viewer's memory is sparked in a subtle way. This is much the same as when Deckard is travelling through the tunnel and "incorrectly" remembers what Leon said just before shooting Holden.
• The newspaper which lines the drawers in Leon's apartment is the same edition as the one that Deckard reads at the beginning of the movie.
• The Japanese characters for 'police' ("kei-satu") are written on the police spinner.
• Sebastian's apartment is full of bastardized creatures, part man, part machine, and part animal. There is a stuffed unicorn on Sebastian's work table (screen right, as the mice scurry over scattered paraphernalia while Sebastian sleeps).
• The snake merchant in the street has a Millennium Falcon tattooed on his forehead. It is extremely small, so zooming is necessary.
• Dustin Hoffman was reputedly the original choice to play Deckard.
• The building used in the final chase scene between Deckard and Roy, the Bradbury, was the same building used in the 1964 episode of the original _The Outer Limits_ titled 'The Demon With a Glass Hand' starring Robert Culp.

 

• Notice that both _Alien_ (vhs/ntsc) (1979) and _Blade Runner_ have "artificial persons",   and there is ambiguity as to who is/was a real human.  _Alien_ and BR  are perfectly compatible, the only problem being that Ash should have been a replicant, as opposed to a synthetic.
• 604 track _Replicant_ MP3 (192k) by Toi Doi
• When Deckard enters his apartment at the end, the background hum is the same distinctive hum as in parts of _ALIEN_.
• the "purge" graphic on the monitor in the ship, Mother, in _Alien_ is the same as the one on the monitor inside the spinner in BR.
• When Gaff picks up Deckard, the launch sequence on the computer is the same one used in _Alien_ where the escape pod separates from the Mother ship. The black-and-white display of the VK machine was also used as a wall display in Alien.

ESPER -- A high-density computer with a very powerful three- dimensional resolution capacity and a cryogenic cooling system.  The police cars and Deckard's apartment contain small models which can be channeled into the large one at police headquarters.  This big apparatus is a well-worn, retro- fitted part of the furniture.  Among many functions, the Esper can analyze and enlarge photos, enabling investigators to search a room without being there. [The January 1995 issue of NASA Tech Briefs includes a description of an Esper-like machine called Omniview.]

- from the Blade Runner FAQ

The Voight-Kampf test is the Turing Test in reverse.  It is used to detect artificial life forms.
 

• the model number for the rogue replicants was Nexus 6
• Blade Runner - deleted scene - Holden in the hospital (mpg)(1meg)

Rachael: Do you like ourowl?
Deckard: Is it artificial?
Rachael: Of course it is.
Deckard: Must be expensive
Rachael: Very. It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public.
Deckard: Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.

release _Blade Runner End Title_ 12" by Sector 7 on Yeti (1998)

• _Long_
• _Short_
• _Monumental_

Samples:

• 604track:_Solar Plexus_  by Prana off of _TheChakra Journey_ 12" x3  on Return To The Source  [the lady's voice in the cityscape]

• 604 track _First Contact_MP3 by Slide
• "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."  by replicant Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer)

• 604 track _Mycetozoa (304046 Mix)_ MP3 by Bass Chakra off of _Abstract Phaze_ compilation 12"x3 on Matsuri Productions (1996)
• [noise from the ESPER photoscanner at the beginning of track], "30 40 46"
• 604 track _Questions_ MP3 (192k) by Shakta off of _Out Of Sight_ CD on Dragonfly (2001)
• "Questions..." by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) to Chiu
• 604 track _Answers_ MP3 (192k) by Shakta off of _Out Of Sight_ CD on Dragonfly (2001)
• "morphology... incept dates... questions... longevity..." by Roy Batty to Chi

• 604 track _Genetic Eyes_ MP3 (192k) by Alien Project feat. Asterix
• Batty: "Morphology, incept dates..."
• Chiu: "I don't know such stuff... I just do eyes... just eyes... genetic design..."
• Batty: "Chiu, if you could only see what I've seen with your eyes..."; "Questions..."
• Chiu: "I don't know answers..."
• track _My Kingdom_ by Future Sound of London
• drum & bass track _Deckard 2021_ MP3 by UFO! off of _The Future Is Listening_ CD on Thermal (2001)
  • sample: "what if i go north? wold you come after me?" - Rachel; "no, i wouldn't... i owe you one..." - Deckard
• track _Out Of Body Experience (Burning Spear Phase)_ by Rabbit In The Moon off of _Phases of an Out of Body Experience_
• sample: "Lost... moments... in time"
• lo fi neo psychedelia track _I'm Not Feeling Human_ MP3 by Olivia Tremor Control off of _Giant Day_ 7" on Drug Racer (1995)
• track _Red Hill_ by Delerium off of _Stone Tower_
• [Eagle scream] @ 1:48, 5:10 (Street scene, just before the chinese lady identifies Deckard's evidence as a snake's scale, when he crosses a man     carrying an eagle, after the ostriches)
• techno track _Deckard_ MP3 (160k) by Jeff Mills off of _The Art Of Connecting_ on Nextera (2001)
• [noise from the photoscanner at the beginning of track]

Writing credits (in credits order)
Philip K. Dick based on his book _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_ 

Harrison Ford ....     Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer ....   Roy Batty
Sean Young ....     Rachael

Edward James Olmos ....     Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh ....     Bryant
Daryl Hannah  ....     Pris
William Sanderson ....     J.F. Sebastian
Brion James (I) ....     Leon
Joe Turkel ....     Tyrell (_The Shining_ (vhs/ntsc) (1980) - Lloyd the bartender)

• another link to _The Shining_ is that the studio made Ridley Scott insert a happy ending of Rachael & Deckard flying over a green landscape. since the film was overbudget, they needed some stock footage, so Scott called up Kubrick (he had never talked to him previously) and asked if he had any spare footage, so Kubrick sent over several hours of the helicopter scenes.

Joanna Cassidy ....     Zhora
James Hong ....     Chew
Morgan Paull ....     Holden
Kevin Thompson (III) ....     Bear
John Edward Allen ....     Kaiser
Hy Pyke ....     Taffey Lewis
Kimiro Hiroshige ....     Cambodian Lady
Robert Okazaki ....     Sushi Master
Carolyn DeMirjian ....     Saleslady

         rest of cast listed alphabetically
Leo Gorcey Jr. ....     Bartender
Sharon Hesky ....     Bar Patron (uncredited)
Kelly Hine ....     Showgirl (uncredited)
Tom Hutchinson (I) ....     Bartender (uncredited)
Charles Knapp ....     Bartender
Rose Mascari ....     Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jiro Okazaki ....     Policeman (uncredited)
Steve Pope (II) ....     Policeman
Robert Reiter ....     Policeman (uncredited)

Produced by
Michael Deeley (I)

Hampton Fancher

(executive)
Brian Kelly (II)

(executive)
Jerry Perenchio

(co-executive)
Ivor Powell

(associate)
Ridley Scott

(co-producer) (uncredited)
Bud Yorkin

(co-executive)

Original music by
Vangelis  

Cinematography by
Jordan Cronenweth

Costume Design by
Jean Giraud

Michael Kaplan

Charles Knode

Production Design by
Lawrence G. Paull

Film Editing by
Marsha Nakashima

Other crew
Bud Alper     ....        sound mixer
Vickie Alper     ....        production co-ordinator
Newt Arnold     ....        first assistant director
B. Eugene Ashbrook     ....        boom operator (as Eugene Byron Ashbrook)
Michael Backauskas     ....        visual effects assistant editor
Robert D. Bailey     ....        matte photography
Brydon Baker (II)    ....        cable person
Don Baker (II)     ....        camera operator: special photographic effects
Peter Baldock     ....        assistant dialogue editor
Philip Barberio     ....        optical line up
Albert Bettcher     ....        camera operator: "b" camera
Ray Bickel     ....        stunts
Janet Brady     ....        stunts
Winnie D. Brown     ....        ladies costumer
Joseph W. Cardoza     ....        assistant chief lighting technician
Diane Carter     ....        stunts
Morris Chapnick     ....        second assistant director
Ann Chatterton     ....        stunts
Dick Colean     ....        camera operator
Gilbert B. Combs     ....       stunts
Peter Cornberg     ....        first assistant director
Charles Coutes     ....        camera operator: special photographic effects
Tom Cranham     ....        effects illustrator
Peg Cummings     ....        set decorator
William Curtis     ....        special effects technician (as William G. Curtis)
Stephen Dane     ....        assistant art director
Howard Brady Davidson     ....        transportation captain
Linda DeScenna     ....        set decorator
David Dryer     ....        special photographic effects supervisor
Rita Egleston     ....        stunts
Bud Elam     ....        special engineering consultant
Gary Epper     ....        stunts
Jeannie Epper     ....        stunts
C.O. Erickson     ....        executive in charge of production
Ken Estes     ....        special effects foreman
Joel Fein     ....        recording mixer
Jane Feinberg     ....        casting
Mike Fenton     ....        casting
Mike Fink     ....        action prop supervisor
Linda Fleischer     ....        action prop consultant
Leslie Frankenheimer     ....        set decorator
Logan Frazee     ....        special effects technician
Terry D. Frazee     ....        special floor effects supervisor
Steve Galich     ....        special effects technician
Joe Gallagher (I)     ....        assistant sound editor
Michael Genne     ....        first assistant camera
Rocco Gioffre     ....        matte artist (uncredited)
Joyce Goldberg     ....        production office manager
David Grafton     ....        special engineering consultant
George D. Greer     ....        second assistant camera
Carey Griffith     ....        key grip
Katherine Haber     ....        production executive
Robert Hall (IV)     ....        optical photography supervisor
Jim Halty     ....        stunts (as James Halty)
David R. Hardberger     ....        camera operator
Alan Harding (I)     ....        special camera technician
Richard Hart (II)     ....        chief lighting technician
Graham V. Hartstone     ....        chief dubbing mixer
Don Hauer     ....        second assistant director
Les Healey     ....        first assistant editor
Jerry Herrin     ....        costumer supervisor: day crew
Jack Hinkle (II)     ....        film co-ordinator
Richard E. Hollander     ....        computer engineering
Mike Hopkins     ....        dialogue editor
Bob E. Horn     ....        costumer: men
Mentor C. Huebner     ....        production illustrator
Gerry Humphries     ....        chief dubbing mixer
Jeff Imada     ....        stunts (as Jeffrey Imada)
Saul Kahan     ....        publicist
Michael Knutsen     ....        craft service
Sherman Labby     ....        storyboards
James Lapidus     ....        costumer: men
Terry Lewis (VI)     ....        props
Basil Lombardo     ....        stand-by painter (as Buzz Lombardo)
Ronald Longo     ....        camera operator: special photographic effects
Linda Matthews     ....        ladies costumer
Gordon K. McCallum     ....        sound mixer
Tim McHugh     ....        camera operator: special photographic effects
Gary McLarty     ....        stunts
Karen McLarty     ....        stunts
Michael McMillen (II)     ....        model maker
Gregory L. McMurry     ....        electronic engineer
Syd Mead     ....        visual futurist
Virgil Mirano     ....        still lab
Beth Nufer     ....        stunts
Roy K. Ogata     ....        stunts (as Roy Ogata)
James F. Orendorff     ....        construction co-ordinator
Shirley Padgett     ....        hair stylist (as Shirley L. Padgett)
Peter Pennell     ....        sound editor
George Polkinghorne     ....        cinetechnician
Bobby Porter     ....        stunts
Steven B. Poster     ....        additional photographer
Lee Pulford     ....        stunts
David Q. Quick     ....        assistant props
Ana Maria Quintana     ....        script supervisor
Gary Randall (I)     ....        gaffer
Terry Rawlings     ....        supervising editor
Ruth Redfern     ....        stunts
Victoria E. Rhodes     ....        dga trainee
Richard Rippel     ....        optical line up
John W. Rogers     ....        unit production manager
Thomas L. Roysden     ....        set decorator
George Sawaya     ....        stunts
Curtis A. Schnell     ....        set designer
Richard Peter Schroer     ....        second assistant director
John A. Scott III     ....        assistant props
Arthur Shippee     ....        assistant props
Steve Smith (V)     ....        first assistant camera
David L. Snyder     ....        art director
Tom Southwell     ....       production illustrator
Robert Spurlock     ....        miniature technician
Mark Stetson     ....        chief model maker
Dave Stewart (III)     ....        cinematographer: special photographic effects
Tama Takahashi  ....     matte photography
Charles A. Tamburro  ....    stunts
Robert C. Thomas  ....    camera operator
Alvin Toffler  ....  futurist
 

Douglas Trumbull   ....    special photographic effects supervisor
Brian Tufano  ....    additional photographer
Jack Tyree   ....   stunts
Ian Underwood   ....     synthesizers
Patrick Van Auken   ....    key grip
Stephen Vaughan ....   still photographer
Steve Warner  ....     production controller
John C. Wash ....   animation and graphics  effects animation supervisor
Mike Washlake  ....   stunts
Marvin G. Westmore  ....    make-up artist
Evans Wetmore  ....   electronic and mechanical design
James T. Woods  ....   painting co-ordinator
Matthew Yuricich ....    matte artist
Richard Yuricich  ....  special photographic effects supervisor
R. William Zabala  ....   assistant editor

• rumor has it that Pat Smear of The Germs, later of Nirvana and Foo Fighters was an extra in this film
• Paul Roessler of DC3, Nina Hagen, Twisted Roots, 45 Grave, Crimony - was also an extra - he is also the brother of Kira, the bassist for Black Flag - according to him, this was one of the first major budget films to use real kids from the punk scene as extras
  

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