Blog: State Magazine

Earlier on in this year Doves cited the influence of Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack on their song 'Jetstream', which made a lot of sense with their history of synthesised layers to their northern British rock sound. Now we find Editors referencing the soundtrack to another '80s science fiction/noir-ish classic as an influence on what is a definite change of direction for this other northern British band – who always did have something of the night about them anyhow. This time it's Brad Fidel's original Terminator soundtrack. Like Blade Runner it was music evocative of [...]