Back in 2010, Daft Punk released their score to the movie Tron: Legacy. Now, Disney has published an article explaining how they snagged the elusive duo for the project. The article, which includes the story behind the mysterious Daft Punk/Jay Z collaboration “Computerized,” is based on an interview with Mitchell Leib, the president of music and soundtracks for Walt Disney Records. According to Leib, the Jay Z collab came about after the studio “tortured” Daft Punk to record an official single for the soundtrack. But the final track, Leib was concerned, was lyrically “too rooted in real life and rap for [the filmmakers’] fantasy movie,” and it ultimately fell through. (Plans for a joint Daft Punk/Jay Z performance at the premiere were also canned.) In the end, Daft Punk released “Derezzed” as the movie’s single instead. “Computerized” finally leaked in 2014.

Elsewhere in the article, Leib describes Disney’s painstaking pursuit of the duo, which began before a director was even assigned. After several months, when they finally yielded, potential collaborations with Hans Zimmer and Alexandre Desplat were discussed and dismissed. Because of French copyright restrictions, Disney built the duo their very own studio to record the score. (It was later used for Random Access Memories.) Daft Punk carved out 19 months to record the score, with no other commitments besides one Adidas ad. “I’d never built a studio for a composer prior to that or since,” Leib said. “I’ve never had artists commit to the project and work on nothing else for 19 months. I’ve never dealt with artists wear robot suits and don’t speak in public. It was interesting, different, unique, through and through.”

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