Walt Disney Records releases Wendy Carlos’ soundtrack from the movie Tron. Two Journey songs also appear on the album. 
Walt Disney Records releases Wendy Carlos’ soundtrack from the movie Tron. Two Journey songs also appear on the album.
Disney’s Tron – the first movie to pay homage to the ’80s video game craze and the first movie to arrive with video game tie-ins already in the works – premieres in theaters. Starring Bruce Boxleitner and Jeff Bridges, the film establishes of the most distinctive visual idea of the decade, that of a person being “sucked into” the digital world, where glowing body armor is worn. 
Bally/Midway releases the official Tron arcade game, based on Disney’s movie, in the United States. Containing multiple games based, either directly or loosely, on action setpieces from the movie, the arcade game is an instant hit even as the film struggles in theaters.
Mattel Electronics releases the Tron Deadly Discs cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, based on the movie Tron. A version of this game is also released by Mattel’s M Network imprint for the Atari 2600.
Mattel Electronics releases the Tron Maze-a-Tron cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, based on elements of the movie Tron.
Mattel Electronics releases the Tron Solar Sailer cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, the third and final Intellivision game based on Tron, and the only one to require use of the Intellivoice voice module.
Midway releases the arcade game Discs Of Tron in American arcades. The second coin-op game based on the movie Tron, this game was originally devised as an additional “stage” of the original Tron coin-op until designers split it off into its own game. The “environmental” cabinet, allowing players to stand inside the brightly black-lit game, becomes a legend of arcade architecture.
Wendy Carlos‘ much-requested soundtrack from the 1982 movie Tron is released on CD, featuring music not previously issued on the long-out-of-print LP version.
Intellivision Productions (a collective of programmers and designers who created the games for the iconic ’80s video game console) releases the album Intellivision In Hi-Fi at Classic Gaming Expo 2002, containing recordings of some of the system’s signature musical moments, and new renditions of some of the games’ musical themes.
East Side Digital releases the Rediscovering Lost Scores soundtrack compilations, featuring Wendy Carlos’ music from The Shining, Tron, Woundings and more.
Walt Disney Records releases Daft Punk’s soundtrack from the movie Tron Legacy.
Disney releases Tron Legacy, a sequel to 1982’s Tron, produced by Tron creator Steven Lisberger and directed by Joseph Kosinski. Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde star; Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner reprise their roles from the 1982 film. Daft Punk provides the soundtrack (with a significant assist from Joseph Trapanese).
The prelude to the animated spinoff series Tron Uprising airs on Disney XD. Originally devised as ten mini-episode teasers, Beck’s Beginning is recognized as a strong enough story in its own right to serve as a full episode-length pilot. Elijah Wood and Bruce Boxleitner star as the voices of Beck and Tron.
The first episode of the animated spinoff series Tron Uprising airs on Disney XD. Elijah Wood and Bruce Boxleitner star as the voices of Beck and Tron.
The second episode of the animated spinoff series Tron Uprising airs on Disney XD. Elijah Wood and Bruce Boxleitner star as the voices of Beck and Tron.
The third episode of the animated spinoff series Tron Uprising airs on Disney XD. Elijah Wood and Bruce Boxleitner star as the voices of Beck and Tron.
Disney Music digitally releases an album of selections from Dan le Sac‘s soundtrack to the computer game Tron: Identity.
Interscope Records releases the soundtrack to Tron Ares by Nine Inch Nails, inlcuding the single “As Alive As You Need Me To Be”, nearly a month before the movie itself debuts.
Disney releases Tron Ares, a sequel to both Tron and Tron Legacy, starring Jared Leto and Greta Lee, with Jeff Bridges again reprising the role of Flynn. Trent Reznor & Atticus provide the soundtrack (credited in studio publicity as Nine Inch Nails, but in the movie’s credits as themselves).