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74-542: Risky Business was released theatrically in the United States on August 5, 1983. A commercial and critical success, the film grossed more than $ 63 million at the box office, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 1983 in the United States , and received acclaim, with many comparing it to The Graduate (1967). Cruise's performance earned him the first Golden Globe Award nomination of his career. Retrospective critical analysis has recognized Risky Business as one of

148-441: A "revered progressive electronic act." Edgar Froese's guitar style was inspired by Jimi Hendrix , as well as the avant-garde composers Iannis Xenakis and Karlheinz Stockhausen , while Christopher Franke contributed elements of György Ligeti and Terry Riley . Yes -like progressive rock influence was brought in by Steve Jolliffe on Cyclone . The sample-based sound collages of Johannes Schmoelling drew their inspiration from

222-428: A Real Train" where lush soundscapes and synth pads are used along with repetitive synth sequences, much like in their 1975 releases Rubycon and Ricochet , as well as some of their music from the early 1980s. The group have also been sampled countless times, more recently by Recoil on the album SubHuman , by Sasha on Involver , and on several Houzan Suzuki albums. Michael Jackson also expressed being

296-469: A conversation between editor Richard Chew and film historian Bobbie O’Steen. The film opened in 670 theaters, with an opening weekend gross of $ 4,275,327. It went on to gross a total of $ 63.5 million domestically. Risky Business is considered by many critics as one of the best films of 1983. Janet Maslin , in her 1983 review of the film for The New York Times , called it "part satire, part would-be suburban poetry and part shameless showing off" and said

370-529: A fan of Tangerine Dream, specifically their 1977 soundtrack for the film Sorcerer . It inspired him to get a Synclavier II, which a demo of would be used as the intro for Beat It . In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Tangerine Dream existed as several short-lived incarnations, all of which included Froese, who teamed up with several musicians from West Berlin's underground music scene, including Steve Jolliffe , Sven-Åke Johansson , Klaus Schulze , and Conrad Schnitzler . Froese's most notable association

444-413: A few flashing lights. Some concerts were even performed in complete darkness, as happened during the performance at York Minster on 20 October 1975. As time went on and technology advanced, the concerts became much more elaborate, with visual effects, lighting, lasers, pyrotechnics, and projected images. By 1977 their North American tour featured full-scale Laserium effects. Through the 1970s and 1980s,

518-443: A few vocals on the band's other releases, such as the track "Kiew Mission" from 1981's Exit and "The Harbor" from 1987's Shy People , the group only returned to featuring vocals on a larger scale in a musical trilogy based on Dante 's Divine Comedy . This was followed by a 2007 album Madcap's Flaming Duty and a 2010 cover collection Under Cover – Chapter One . After their 1980 East Berlin gig, when they became one of

592-477: A laugh. When the hooker tells the kid, 'Oh, Joel, go to school, go learn something,' the precise inflection of those words defines their relationship for the next three scenes. Variety said the film was like a "promising first novel, with all the pros and cons that come with that territory" and complimented Brickman on "the stylishness and talent of his direction". The film earned a 75 rating on Metacritic . The remastered 25th-anniversary edition offers "both

666-568: A list of films released and notable deaths. The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese . The group has seen many personnel changes over

740-491: A number of sources; one instance is Steve Reich 's Music for 18 Musicians on parts of Logos Live , and the track " Love on a Real Train " from the Risky Business soundtrack. Classical music has had an influence on the sound of Tangerine Dream over the years. György Ligeti , Johann Sebastian Bach , Pierre Boulez , Iannis Xenakis , Maurice Ravel , and Arcangelo Corelli are clearly visible as dominant influences in

814-517: A pier (despite Joel's desperate attempt to stop it); the pier collapses, and the Porsche sinks into Lake Michigan . When Joel takes the car to a repair shop, he is horrified to learn how much fixing it will cost. He and Lana later decide to turn his parents' house into a brothel for a night; Joel's share of the profits will pay for the repairs. The party is hugely successful; the house is packed with Joel's friends and classmates and Lana's co-workers. However,

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888-656: A pioneering act in electronica . Their work with the electronic music Ohr label produced albums that had a pivotal role in the development of the German musical scene known as kosmische Musik ("cosmic music"). Their "Virgin Years", so called because of their association with Virgin Records , produced albums that further explored synthesizers and sequencers , including the UK top 20 albums Phaedra (1974) and Rubycon (1975). The group also had

962-456: A restaurant, and they speculate about their future. She tells him that she wants to keep on seeing him; he jokes that it will cost her. Sean Penn , Gary Sinise , Kevin Bacon , John Cusack and Tom Hanks all auditioned for the role of Joel Goodsen. Michelle Pfeiffer was offered the role of Lana, but turned it down. The film was scored by Tangerine Dream . Their music comprises nearly half of

1036-408: A saxophonist & flute player who appeared on numerous albums and concerts, contributing one track on Goblins' Club ; and most recently Thorsten Quaeschning of Picture Palace Music (2005–present). A number of other members were also part of Tangerine Dream for shorter periods of time. Unlike session musicians, these players also contributed to compositions of the band during their tenures. Some of

1110-445: A successful career composing film soundtracks, creating over 60 scores. From the late 1990s into the 2000s, Tangerine Dream continued to explore other styles of instrumental music as well as electronica. Their recorded output has been prolific, including over one hundred albums. Among other scoring projects, they helped create the soundtrack for the video game Grand Theft Auto V . Their mid-1970s work has been profoundly influential in

1184-996: A totally free open-air concert in Eberswalde on 1 July 2007 and at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt on Main on 7 October 2007. 2008 saw the band in Eindhoven Netherlands playing at E-Day (an electronic music festival); later in the year they also played the Night of the Prog Festival in Loreley , Germany, as well as concerts at the Kentish Town Forum, in London on 1 November, at the Picture House, Edinburgh on 2 November, and their first live concert in

1258-658: A tour of Europe, Canada and the USA called The Electric Mandarine Tour 2012 : The 1st leg was a 5-date European tour, beginning on 10 April in Budapest (Hungary) via Padua (Italy), Milano (Italy), Zurich (Switzerland), and ending on 10 May in Berlin (Germany). The 2nd leg was a North-American tour that started with the Jazz Festival in Montréal (Canada) on 30 June, followed by a concert on 4 July at

1332-428: A trip, his friend Miles convinces him to use his newfound freedom to have some fun. On the first night, Joel raids the liquor cabinet, plays the stereo loudly, and dances around the living room in his briefs and button-down shirt to " Old Time Rock and Roll ". The following day, Miles calls a prostitute named Jackie on Joel's behalf. Jackie turns out to be a male cross-dresser , so Joel pays him just to leave. But, as he

1406-478: Is Froese's chosen successor and is currently the longest-serving band member, having joined in 2005. Quaeschning is currently joined by violinist Hoshiko Yamane who joined in 2011 and Paul Frick who joined in 2020. Prior to this Quaeschning and Yamane performed with Ulrich Schnauss from 2014 to 2020. Schnauss only played two shows with Froese in November 2014 before Froese's passing. Tangerine Dream are considered

1480-417: Is leaving, he gives Joel the number for another prostitute, Lana. That night, Joel is unable to sleep and hesitantly calls Lana, who is revealed as a gorgeous blonde woman, and they spend the entire night having sex. The next morning, Lana asks Joel for $ 300 for her services. He goes to the bank, but when he returns, she is gone, along with his mother's expensive Steuben glass egg . Joel finds Lana and demands

1554-551: The Dream Mixes series. In 2005, he released his first solo album Neptunes under the name Jerome Froese. In 2006, Jerome left Tangerine Dream to concentrate on his solo career. His second solo album Shiver Me Timbers was released on 29 October 2007, and his third, Far Side of the Face , was released in 2012. Beginning in 2011, Jerome Froese joined with former Tangerine Dream member Johannes Schmoelling and keyboardist Robert Waters to form

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1628-535: The Mellotron during this period. The band's 1973 album Atem was named as one of British DJ John Peel 's records of the year, and this attention helped Tangerine Dream to sign to the fledgling Virgin Records in the same year. Soon afterward they released the album Phaedra , an eerie soundscape that unexpectedly reached No. 15 in the UK Albums Chart and became one of Virgin's first bona fide hits. Phaedra

1702-528: The Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer exhibition, which opened on 17 January 2020 at London 's Barbican and runs until 2 May 2020. On 9 June 2020, Paul Frick became the first member to join the group following Edgar's death after having made guest appearances with the band, starting in November 2018. Later on, the group started working on a new studio album entitled, Raum , featuring Froese's archival recordings in early 2022 via Kscope. Frick has

1776-901: The 2007 album Madcap's Flaming Duty features more poems set to music, some again from Blake but also e.g. Walt Whitman . Pink Floyd were also an influence on Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream, the band in its very early psychedelic rock band phase playing improvisations based on Pink Floyd's " Interstellar Overdrive ". Madcap's Flaming Duty is dedicated to the memory of the late Syd Barrett . The title refers to Barrett's solo release The Madcap Laughs . The band's influence can be felt in ambient artists such as Deepspace, The Future Sound of London , David Kristian , and Global Communication , as well as rock, pop, and dance artists such as Porcupine Tree , M83 , DJ Shadow , Ulrich Schnauss , Cut Copy , and Kasabian . The band also clearly influenced 1990s and 2000s trance music , notably Chicane ; both " Offshore " and "Sunstroke" borrow heavily from "Love on

1850-418: The 50th anniversary of the band's foundation. The album is based on ideas and musical sketches by founder Edgar Froese and was completed by the remaining members of the band. On 31 January 2020, Tangerine Dream re-released their December 2019 album Recurring Dreams , an eleven-track collection of new recordings of some of the band's classic tracks, worldwide through Kscope . This was launched to coincide with

1924-718: The Bluesfest in Ottawa (Canada) and continued as a 10-date US journey beginning in July in Boston, then New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and California. On 16 November 2014, Tangerine Dream performed in Melbourne, Australia, as part of Melbourne Music Week. They were the final shows with Froese. Tangerine Dream played two consecutive nights at the Union Chapel, Islington London on April 23 & 24 2018,

1998-553: The Netherlands (3-date tour), Belgium (Het Depot), France ( La Gaîté Lyrique ), Poland (2-date tour), Romania ( Transilvania International Film Festival ), the United States (16-date tour), Canada (3-date tour), Germany (12-date tour), the United Kingdom (10-date tour), and Poland (1-date). Tangerine Dream began as a surreal krautrock band, with each of the members contributing different musical influences and styles, before becoming

2072-630: The Tides ), Largo (from Xerxes) (on Tyranny of Beauty ), Symphony in A Minor (by J. S. Bach), and Concerto in A Major / Adagio (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ) (both on Ambient Monkeys ). Since the 1990s, Tangerine Dream have also recorded cover versions of Jimi Hendrix' " Purple Haze " (first on 220 Volt Live ) and The Beatles ' " Eleanor Rigby ", " Back in the U.S.S.R. ", " Tomorrow Never Knows ", and " Norwegian Wood ". An infrequently recurring non-musical influence on Tangerine Dream, and Edgar Froese in particular, have been 12th–19th-century poets. This

2146-785: The UK (November 5 – 14) Edgar Froese died suddenly in Vienna on 20 January 2015 from a pulmonary embolism . On 6 April 2015, the group's remaining members (Quaeschning, Schnauss and Yamane) and Bianca Acquaye (Froese's widow), pledged to continue working together in an effort to fulfill Froese's vision for the group. However, ex-member Jerome Froese announced on his Facebook timeline that, in his opinion, Tangerine Dream will not exist without his father. Tangerine Dream played their first show following Froese's death on 9 June 2016 in Szczecin , Poland. On 29 September 2017, Tangerine Dream released their new studio album entitled, Quantum Gate , celebrating

2220-628: The US for over a decade, at the UCLA Royce Hall , Los Angeles on 7 November. In 2009, the group announced that they would play a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on 1 April 2010, titled the Zeitgeist concert, 35 years after their milestone concert there on 2 April 1975. The entire concert was released as a 3-CD live album on 7 July 2010. Tangerine Dream embarked in spring and summer 2012 on

2294-423: The band Loom, which plays original material, as well as Tangerine Dream classics. Thorsten Quaeschning, leader of Picture Palace Music, was brought into Tangerine Dream in 2005 and contributed to most of the band's albums and CupDiscs since then. The group had recording contracts with Ohr, Virgin, Jive Electro , Private Music, and Miramar, and many of the minor soundtracks were released on Varèse Sarabande. In 1996,

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2368-588: The band founded their own record label, TDI , and more recently, Eastgate . Subsequent albums are today generally not available in normal retail channels but are sold by mail-order or through online channels. The same applies to their Miramar releases, the rights to which the band bought back. Meanwhile, their Ohr and Jive Electro catalogs (known as the "Pink" and "Blue" Years) are currently owned by Esoteric Recordings . To celebrate their 40th anniversary (1967–2007), Tangerine Dream announced their only UK concert: at London Astoria on 20 April 2007. The band also played

2442-550: The band in a direction somewhat reminiscent of material throughout their career. In later years, Tangerine Dream released albums in series. The Dream Mixes series began in 1995 with the last being released in 2010. The Divine Comedy series, based on the writings of Dante Alighieri, spanned 2002–2006. From 2007 to 2010, the Five Atomic Seasons were released. Most recently, the Eastgate Sonic Poems series, based on

2516-596: The band toured extensively. The concerts generally included large amounts of unreleased and improvised material and were consequently widely bootlegged . They were notorious for playing extremely loudly and for a long time. The band released recordings of a fair number of their concerts, and on some of these the band worked out material that would later form the backbone of their studio recordings. Most of Tangerine Dream's albums are entirely instrumental. Two earlier albums that prominently featured lyrics were Cyclone (1978) and Tyger (1987). While there were occasionally

2590-539: The best high school and teen films of all time. High-achieving high school student Joel Goodsen lives with his wealthy parents in the Chicago North Shore area of Glencoe . His father wants him to attend Princeton University , his alma mater , so Joel participates in Future Enterprisers, an extracurricular activity in which students work in teams to create small businesses. When Joel's parents go away on

2664-516: The bootleg recording of the Mannheim Mozartsaal concert of 1976 ( Tangerine Tree volume 13), the first part of the first piece also clearly quotes from Franz Liszt 's Totentanz . The first phrase is played on a harpsichord synthesizer patch and is answered by the second half of the phrase in a flute voicing on a Mellotron . During the 1990s, many releases included recordings of classical compositions: Pictures at an Exhibition (on Turn of

2738-463: The composition of Jeanne d'Arc (2005). For concerts and recordings, they were usually joined by Linda Spa on saxophone and flute, Iris Camaa on drums and percussion, and Bernhard Beibl on guitar. In 2011, electric violinist Hoshiko Yamane was added to the lineup and is featured on some of the most recent albums. In late 2014, Bernhard Beibl announced on his Facebook page that he would stop collaborating with Tangerine Dream. Shortly thereafter, it

2812-459: The development of electronic music styles such as new-age and electronic dance music . On 29 September 2017, the band released an all-new music studio album entitled Quantum Gate . In December 2019, they released Recurring Dreams , a compilation of new recordings of some of the band's classic compositions. On 26 November 2021, the band released an EP entitled Probe 6–8 (including three tracks: "Raum", "Para Guy" and "Continuum"), whose concept

2886-546: The director and Cruise, a featurette titled The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of “Risky Business”, an alternate ending, screen tests and trailer. The Criterion Collection released the film on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray disc on July 23, 2024, with a new 4K digital restoration of both the director's cut and original theatrical release, with bonus material from the 2008 Blu-ray release. New special features include interviews with Avnet and casting director Nancy Klopper and

2960-526: The early albums. A Baroque sensibility sometimes informs the more coordinated sequencer patterns, which has its most direct expression in the La Folia section that comes at the very end of the title track of Force Majeure. In live performances, the piano solos often directly quoted from Romantic classical works for piano, such as the Beethoven and Mozart snippets in much of the late 1970s – early 1980s stage shows. In

3034-402: The egg back, but her pimp Guido interrupts them, pulling a gun. While in his father's Porsche 928 , Joel is chased by Guido, but eventually escapes. Lana tells Joel that the egg is with the rest of her belongings at Guido's. He lets her stay at his house while he goes to school. When he returns, his friends have come over, and Lana has invited another prostitute, Vicki, to stay, but Joel rejects

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3108-415: The famous Zodiak Free Arts Lab , although one grouping also had the distinction of being invited to play for the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí . The music was partnered with literature, painting, early forms of multimedia , and more. It seemed as though only the most outlandish ideas attracted any attention, leading Froese to comment: "In the absurd often lies what is artistically possible." As members of

3182-399: The film "shows an abundance of style", though "you would be hard pressed to find a film whose hero's problems are of less concern to the world at large." She called De Mornay "disarming as a call girl who looks more like a college girl" and credits Cruise with making "Joel's transformation from straight arrow to entrepreneur about as credible as it can be made". The film holds a 93% rating on

3256-557: The first major Western bands to perform in a communist country, Tangerine Dream released a double live album of one of their performances there, called Poland , recorded during their tour in the winter at the end of 1983. With Poland , the band moved to the Jive Electro label, marking the beginning of the Blue Years . Throughout the 1980s, Tangerine Dream composed scores for more than 20 films. This had been an interest of Froese's since

3330-445: The floor, dancing in just his pink shirt, socks, and white briefs to Bob Seger 's rendition of "Old Time Rock and Roll" has been recreated in episodes of many television series, as well as in films, parodies, and advertisements. The song was #100 on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs list. 1983 in film The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film , including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals,

3404-737: The group came and went, the direction of the music continued to be inspired by the Surrealists , and the group came to be called by the surreal-sounding name of Tangerine Dream, inspired by mishearing the line "tangerine trees and marmalade skies" from the Beatles ' track " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ". Froese was fascinated by technology and skilled in using it to create music. He built custom-made instruments and, wherever he went, collected sounds with tape recorders for use in constructing musical works later. His early work with tape loops and other repeating sounds

3478-458: The group for 17 years, leaving in 1988 because of exhausting touring schedules, as well as creative differences with Froese. Other long-term members of the group include Peter Baumann (1971–1977), who later went on to found the new-age label Private Music , to which the band was signed from 1988 to 1991; Johannes Schmoelling (1979–1985); Paul Haslinger (1986–1990); Froese's son Jerome Froese (1990–2006); Linda Spa (1990–1996, 2005–2014),

3552-401: The idea. The women leave, only to encounter Guido and get into an altercation on Joel's front lawn before running back into his house. Joel agrees to the women spending one more night. Later that night, Joel, Lana, Vicki, and Joel's friend Barry go out and get high on marijuana. After Lana accidentally bumps the Porsche out of gear while retrieving her purse, the car rolls down the hill and onto

3626-401: The late 1960s, when he scored and acted in the experimental film " Auf Scheißer schießt man nicht ", directed by Hansjürgen Pohland . Many of the group's soundtracks were composed at least partially of reworked material from the band's studio albums or work that was in progress for upcoming albums; see, for example, the resemblance between the track "Igneous" on their soundtrack for Thief and

3700-448: The mid-1970s. Their technical competence and extensive experience in their early years with self-made instruments and unusual means of creating sounds meant that they were able to exploit this new technology to make music quite unlike anything heard before. Tangerine Dream's earliest concerts were visually simple by modern standards, with three men sitting motionless for hours alongside massive electronic boxes festooned with patch cords and

3774-484: The more notable members are Steve Schroyder (organist, 1971–1972), Michael Hoenig (who replaced Baumann for a 1975 Australian tour and a London concert, included on Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 ), Steve Jolliffe (wind instruments, keyboards and vocals on Cyclone and the following tour; he was also part of a short-lived 1969 line-up), Klaus Krüger (drummer on Cyclone and Force Majeure ) and Ralf Wadephul (in collaboration with Edgar Froese recorded album Blue Dawn , but it

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3848-533: The period known as the Pink Years (the Ohr logo was a pink ear). Subsequent albums, beginning with Alpha Centauri , relied heavily on electronic instruments. The band's music during the early 1970s prominently featured organ from Steve Schroyder (on Alpha Centauri ) or Peter Baumann (on subsequent releases), commonly augmented by guitar from Froese and drums from Christopher Franke . They also started their heavy usage of

3922-422: The recruiter from Princeton, Rutherford, chooses that night to interview Joel for admission to Princeton. The interview is plagued by interruptions, and Rutherford is unimpressed by Joel's résumé. Afterwards, he stays at the party and becomes acquainted with Lana's friends. After the party, Joel and Lana make love on a Chicago "L" train. The next morning, when Joel comes home after retrieving his father's car from

3996-433: The repair shop, he finds that his house has been burglarized. When he tries to call Lana, Guido answers; he tells him he will let Joel buy back his furniture. Joel and his friends manage to get everything moved back in just as his parents walk in, though his mother notices a crack in her egg. Later, Joel's father congratulates him; the interviewer was very impressed, and Joel will be accepted into Princeton. Joel meets Lana at

4070-420: The review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 54 reviews, with an average of 7.3/10, with the site's consensus stating; "Featuring one of Tom Cruise's best early performances, Risky Business is a sharp, funny examination of teen angst that doesn't stop short of exploring dark themes". Roger Ebert 's review was positive, calling it a film of: New faces and inspired insights and genuine laughs... one of

4144-684: The second supported by ex- Japan and Porcupine Tree musician Richard Barbieri . In October and November 2019, Tangerine Dream went on its 16 step Random & Revision Tour. 2023 saw the band embark on the largest tour of their entire career, including a 19-date tour of North America (September 8 – October 5: taking in Miami, Asheville, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Albuquerque, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Washington, New York, Montreal, Toronto and Chicago), 13-dates in Germany (October 10 – 28), and 10-dates in

4218-429: The smartest, funniest, most perceptive satires in a long time... not only invites comparison with The Graduate , it earns it.—The very best thing about the movie is its dialogue. Paul Brickman, who wrote and directed, has an ear so good that he knows what to leave out. This is one of those movies where a few words or a single line says everything that needs to be said, implies everything that needs to be implied, and gets

4292-592: The soundtrack album. Also included are songs by Muddy Waters , Prince (" DMSR "), Jeff Beck , Journey , Phil Collins (" In the Air Tonight "), and the song for which the film is best known, " Old Time Rock and Roll " by Bob Seger . The soundtrack album was released on Virgin Records , Tangerine Dream's record company at the time of the film's release. The film also includes " Hungry Heart " by Bruce Springsteen , " Every Breath You Take " by The Police , and "Swamp" by Talking Heads . The LP and CD versions of

4366-478: The soundtrack include two different versions of "Love on a Real Train (Risky Business)," both of which are different recordings from the version used in the film for the final love scene or closing credits. Risky Business premiered in New York and Los Angeles on August 5, 1983. The film was first released DVD on August 20, 1997, and on Blu-ray by Warner Bros. in 2008. Extra features included audio commentary with

4440-441: The term) and electronic dance music . In the 1980s, along with other electronic music pioneers such as Jean-Michel Jarre (with whom Edgar Froese collaborated on Jarre's 2015 album Electronica 1: The Time Machine ) and Vangelis , the band were early adopters of the new digital technology, which revolutionized the sound of the synthesizer, although the group had been using digital equipment (in some shape or form) as early as

4514-511: The track "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" on their studio release Force Majeure . Their first exposure on US television came when a track for the then in-progress album Le Parc was used as the theme for the television program, Street Hawk . Some of the more famous soundtracks have been Sorcerer , Thief , Legend , Risky Business , The Keep , Firestarter , Flashpoint , Heartbreakers , Shy People and Near Dark . Tangerine Dream also composed 35 hours of music stems for

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4588-489: The unique distinction of being the first addition to the group who did not ever personally meet Froese. It was announced on 22 June 2021 that Ulrich Schnauss has decided to stop performing live. Since then, the band's official website lists him as a former member. In March 2023, the band embarked on the longest tour of their entire career, with concerts in Portugal ( Casa da Música ), Switzerland ( Geneva 's Electron Festival),

4662-433: The upbeat studio ending and Mr. Brickman's original, more tentative and melancholic conclusion". In 2015 the film was #31 on Entertainment Weekly ' s list of the 50 Best High School Movies. The magazine called the film a "sharp satire of privileged suburban teens", portraying the "soul-crushing pressure to be perfect." In the years since the film's release, the iconic scene featuring Cruise's character sliding across

4736-516: The video game, Grand Theft Auto V . In 2016, Tangerine Dream released their own version of the theme music for the television series Stranger Things . Tangerine Dream had inspired music for the series. Several of the band's albums released during the 1990s were nominated for Grammy Awards. Since then, Tangerine Dream with Jerome Froese took a directional change away from the new-age leanings of those albums and toward an electronica style. After Jerome's departure, founder Edgar Froese steered

4810-434: The works of famous poetic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Franz Kafka, began in 2011, with the last appearing in 2013. Also, beginning in 2007, Tangerine Dream released a number of EPs, referred to as "CupDiscs" by the band. Edgar Froese also released a number of solo recordings, which are similar in style to Tangerine Dream's work. Jerome Froese released a number of singles as TDJ Rome, which are similar to his work within

4884-495: The years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the group was its mid-1970s trio of Froese, Christopher Franke , and Peter Baumann . In 1979, Johannes Schmoelling replaced Baumann until his own departure in 1985. This lineup was notable for composing many movie soundtracks. Since Froese's death in 2015, the group has been under the leadership of Thorsten Quaeschning . Quaeschning

4958-519: Was announced that Tangerine Dream would no longer be touring with Linda Spa or Iris Camaa, but that Ulrich Schnauss had been brought into the fold. Edgar Froese's death in January 2015, however, left this a short-lived line-up. Bianca Froese-Acquaye , Edgar Froese's widow, has taken up the mantle of continuing the legacy of the group and works closely in a non-musical capacity with the remaining members. Tangerine Dream has released over one hundred albums (not counting compilations and fan releases) over

5032-494: Was developed further on their following album Raum , their latest studio album to date which was released on 25 February 2022. Edgar Froese arrived in West Berlin in the mid-1960s to study art. His first band, the psychedelic rock -styled The Ones , disbanded after releasing only one single. After The Ones, Froese experimented with musical ideas, playing smaller gigs with a variety of musicians. Most of these performances were in

5106-479: Was first evident on the 1981 album Exit , the track title "Pilots of the Purple Twilight" being a quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson 's poem Locksley Hall . Six years later, the album Tyger featured poems from William Blake set to music; and around the turn of the millennium, Edgar Froese started working on a musical trilogy based on Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy , completed in 2006. Most recently,

5180-415: Was his partnership with Christopher Franke . Franke joined Tangerine Dream in 1970 after serving time in the group Agitation Free , originally to replace Schulze as the drummer. Franke is credited with starting to use electronic sequencers, which were introduced on Phaedra , a development that had not only a large impact on the group's music but on many electronic musicians to this day. Franke stayed with

5254-460: Was one of the first commercial albums to feature sequencers and came to define much more than just the band's own sound. The creation of the album's title track was something of an accident: the band was experimenting in the studio with a recently acquired Moog synthesizer , and the tape happened to be rolling at the time. They kept the results and later added flute, bass guitar, and Mellotron performances. The Moog, like many other early synthesizers,

5328-542: Was released only in 2006; also credited for one track on Optical Race (1988) and toured with the band in support of this album). Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, Tangerine Dream was often joined on stage by Zlatko Perica or Gerald Gradwohl on guitars, and Emil Hachfeld on electronic drums. Jerome Froese left in 2006 after a concert at the Tempodrom in Berlin. Until late 2014, Tangerine Dream comprised Edgar Froese, as well as Thorsten Quaeschning, who first collaborated in

5402-411: Was so sensitive to changes in temperature that its oscillators would drift badly in tuning as the equipment warmed up, and this drift can easily be heard on the final recording. This album marked the beginning of the period known as the 'Virgin Years'. Their mid-1970s work has been profoundly influential in the development of electronic music styles such as new-age (although the band themselves disliked

5476-473: Was the obvious precursor to the emerging technology of the sequencer , which Tangerine Dream quickly adopted upon its arrival. Released in 1970 by record label Ohr , the first Tangerine Dream album, Electronic Meditation , was a tape-collage Krautrock piece, using the technology of the time rather than the synthesized music they later became famous for. The line-up for the album was Froese, Klaus Schulze, and Conrad Schnitzler . Electronic Meditation began

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