[Nicolai P. Zwar]

I don’t think Blade Runner is a particularly good example, because it’s not a purely electronic score. There is such a multitude of electronic and acoustic elements in the score, which I agree cannot be “replicated”. I love Edgar Rothermich’s performance of Blade Runner, it’s an excellent album and both the performance and sound are excellent, but of course, it’s not a direct replication of Vangelis’ sound. It is, as I noted up there, synthesizers “in a room” (by which I mean synthesizers and accoustic instruments mixed and actually recorded). That’s just like another “orchestral” recording… two of these will never sound “alike”.

However, when it comes to purely electronic synthesized music, then it’s easier to recreate a performance, as you can eliminate a lot of the “human” (or acoustic) elements.