Vangelis

Tears in Rain

Vangelis’ Tears in Rain is one of the most iconic pieces from the Blade Runner soundtrack, combining expressive Yamaha CS-80 brass, Roland VP-330 strings, Fender Rhodes, and cavernous Lexicon-style reverb into a cinematic electronic soundscape that helped define the sound of science fiction for decades to come.

This remake recreates the full arrangement inside Ableton Live using Arturia CS-80 V, Prophet-5 V, Stage-73 V, and custom-sampled Roland VP-330 instruments, including the expressive brass swells, evolving string textures, Rhodes melody, tape-style delays, and atmospheric reverb that define the original recording.

What’s Included

Each remake includes two separate ZIP downloads. The first contains the full Ableton Live project with all tracks frozen for compatibility. The second contains multitrack WAV stems for every audio track in the project, along with MIDI files for all MIDI-based parts.

Project screenshots on the right show the arrangement and overall structure of the Ableton Live session. The synths and effects listed below are the third-party VST plugins used in the Ableton Project and are required if you want to fully edit or unfreeze the tracks.

Synths

  • Arturia CS-80 V4
  • Arturia Prophet-5 V
  • Arturia Stage-73 V2

Effects

  • Valhalla VintageVerb