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In this KCRW interview, TRON: Legacy music supervisor Jason Bentley talks with director Joseph Kosinski about Daft Punk‘s involvement with the film.

In the interview, Kosinski explains why Daft Punk was chosen for the Tron: Legacy soundtrack:

I was a big fan of Daft Punk. I was also a fan of the work that Thomas and Guy-Man were doing outside of Daft Punk.

Thomas had done the soundtrack for the soundtrack for a movie called Irreversible and Guy-Man had a side project called Crydamoure, which I also was a huge fan of. It was also very clear to me that these guys were more than just dance music guys. There was something about their music and the way that it was produced and put together, and assembled – especially with the Discovery album, I think- it showed a level of musicianship and songwriting that it was clear that these guys were working on another level.

Then they did this movie Electroma, which hopefully many of you guys have seen, which is this incredible piece of art. So, it was very clear to me that there was a lot going on behind those masks and when this project first came up, I kind of found out through mutual friends/business connections that there was an interest on their side. There was clearly an interest on my side and we set this pancake meeting in LA at the 101 Café where we converged and talked about Tron, it was pretty cool.

He also explains what it was like having Daft Punk on set:

I think I had to persuade them to do that. I didn’t want to force them in but, you know…the guys dress as robots so it’s not a huge leap to translate them into the world of Tron. We did Tron-ify them. We gave them some new helmets and suits that were in the vibe of the scene and the world that we were shooting. But you know it just made sense. We had a nightclub scene, which was kind of our “Cantina scene.” It just made sense that the house DJs had to be Daft Punk. It was spectacular.

I remember Sean Bailey, our producer, was telling the story yesterday and it is absolutely true. We had a camera malfunction one night, which happened occasionally, and we were down for a little but but we had Daft Punk in the house and we had 100 people dressed as programs so we threw a little dance party while we waited. With fresh Daft Punk music, so that was a fun night.

See the KCRW site for more from this interview.