The elevator pitch for Arena might have gone something like, "Hey, think Rocky, only he has to fight the Predator instead of Apollo Creed!" Too bad the pitch is more exciting than the film itself.
Composer Richard Band, in his liner note for this Intrada release, shares how the music he wrote and performed for Arena marked a turning point in his career. "Up until then," Band writes, "I had primarily composed for orchestra, using electronics in only a few scores. But Arena called for something different - a truly futuristic electronic score."
With the assistance of Gary Chang's Fairlight and Synclavier, Band was able to achieve the "driving futuristic feel" he desired. He also came to understand the necessity of becoming better versed with the technology, which he now recognizes as his first step towards going fully electronic in the 1990s.
While this might not be Band's best electronic score, it is by no means terrible. Like so many other scores for movies of this kind, the music is one of the best things about it.
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