Orbital - Halcyon + On + On
March 16, 2008
Tomorrow night I’ll be flying to Kamloops for work. I’ve extended the stay through Easter weekend, so I can have some time with my family and friends there.
Whenever I’m on a flight, I think of this song. I first heard it while watching Hackers back in 1995 and became obsessed with it. It’s played during the opening scene, when Dade Murphy is flying to New York, and it sets the mood perfectly. Hackers had a lot of cringe-worthy moments, especially for anyone with some knowledge in computing, but it had geeks that weren’t completely socially inept, interesting pop culture and technology references, Angelina Jolie, and great music, so I think that made up for it.
Orbital was a great UK electronica duo, unfortunately now defunct, and this is from their second album Orbital 2, released in 1993.
Ahhh, I love Orbital.
Comment by Suzie — March 18, 2008 @ 11:50 am
Fell in love with that song while watching Hackers as well. It’s on my iPod right now. Another great song from the Hackers soundtrack is Protection by Massive Attack featuring Tracy Thorn. Also on my iPod. I have fond memories of Hackers :).
Comment by Tiffany — March 21, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
Protection is one of my favourite songs as well. I also first heard that while watching Hackers, but for some reason they didn’t include it on any of the soundtracks.
Comment by Rob — March 22, 2008 @ 2:11 am