Various Artists: The Matrix (Soundtrack)
This one comes to us all the way from 1999. While watching "The Matrix Reloaded" this weekend on TBS, I remembered just how good the first Matrix's soundtrack was, and busted it out onto the iPod. It may be some of the finest musical / film pairings in movie history.
To make a soundtrack out of music that already exists, you need to find trakcs that may mostly, but not completely, mesh with your desired emotional response. Things may be lost. Not on this album.
Every track worked so perfectly in the first installment, you would almost think that the music had been tailor-made for the film.
The Propellerheads' "Spybreak!" for the lobby scene fills in the sonic background so beautifully, damn near seamlessly, to create a nearly 4-minute scene that you cannot look away from.
Rob Dougan's (aka Rob D) "Clubbed to Death" may not spark any thoughts on the title of it, but if I tell you it was the music playing behind the scenes while Morpheus & Neo walk by the woman in the red dress, you'll remember the music crystal clear. The beats almost seemed to match foot steps in such a perfect way.
Meat Beat Manifesto's "Prime Audio Soup" played behind the scene where the camera pans around the telephone as they enter the matrix to visit the Oracle. The only real line that is in the song is "Set Me Free." Well-placed, again, perfect tempo.
Rob Zombie's "Dragula" is almost a no-brainer for how it was used in the film -- the club scene at the beginning where Neo meets Trinity. Its the perfect underground club, heavy beats kinda tune. Using this almost feels like cheating. Almost.
Rage Against the Machine's "Wake Up" plays at the end of the film and along with the first half of the credits. The title as well as some of the lyrics work excellently to convey the violent, revolutionary feeling that is meant to be conveyed by Neo.
The rest of the album I really can't place in the film, and I know some did not actually make it into the film, but more importantly, the glaring hole in the soundtrack is Massive Attack's "Dissolved Girl," which is playing while Neo is half asleep running his news search.
In the end: Do I have to even say? This is music/movie gold. You may not like the genres of music on this album, but once you've seen the movie, you can't help but love some, if not all, of the tracks.
To make a soundtrack out of music that already exists, you need to find trakcs that may mostly, but not completely, mesh with your desired emotional response. Things may be lost. Not on this album.
Every track worked so perfectly in the first installment, you would almost think that the music had been tailor-made for the film.
The Propellerheads' "Spybreak!" for the lobby scene fills in the sonic background so beautifully, damn near seamlessly, to create a nearly 4-minute scene that you cannot look away from.
Rob Dougan's (aka Rob D) "Clubbed to Death" may not spark any thoughts on the title of it, but if I tell you it was the music playing behind the scenes while Morpheus & Neo walk by the woman in the red dress, you'll remember the music crystal clear. The beats almost seemed to match foot steps in such a perfect way.
Meat Beat Manifesto's "Prime Audio Soup" played behind the scene where the camera pans around the telephone as they enter the matrix to visit the Oracle. The only real line that is in the song is "Set Me Free." Well-placed, again, perfect tempo.
Rob Zombie's "Dragula" is almost a no-brainer for how it was used in the film -- the club scene at the beginning where Neo meets Trinity. Its the perfect underground club, heavy beats kinda tune. Using this almost feels like cheating. Almost.
Rage Against the Machine's "Wake Up" plays at the end of the film and along with the first half of the credits. The title as well as some of the lyrics work excellently to convey the violent, revolutionary feeling that is meant to be conveyed by Neo.
The rest of the album I really can't place in the film, and I know some did not actually make it into the film, but more importantly, the glaring hole in the soundtrack is Massive Attack's "Dissolved Girl," which is playing while Neo is half asleep running his news search.
In the end: Do I have to even say? This is music/movie gold. You may not like the genres of music on this album, but once you've seen the movie, you can't help but love some, if not all, of the tracks.
posted by askani97 at 1:49 PM
1 Comments:
This soundtrack always makes me think of you. And not just because you burned me a copy of it.
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