Description
Every decade or so a science fiction film comes along that captures the Zeitgeist and simultaneously casts a searchlight into the murk of what's to come. Such a film was The Matrix. Released in 1999 to a public already grappling with huge technological change and subject to Y2K hysteria whipped up by the media, The Matrix wove such au courant tropes as Japanese anime, Hong Kong martial arts films, cyperpunk sci-fi, and hacker hero worship into a tale of druggy paranoia whose vision of a grim future marked with universal surveillance and pathological interconnectedness actually looks less paranoid by the day. And its soundtrack was similarly forward-looking. Instead of offering the blues-based, heavy metal rock that might have populated the score had the movie been made a decade before, The Matrix tapped into the new, breakbeat electronic sounds making inroads into popular music. The result was a propulsive audio ride perfectly mated to the film's cinematographic 'bullet time' innovations, a doom-laden, neck-snapping blend of stoner metal, hip hop and electronica. Now, on the eve of the much-anticipated fourth film in the series, Real Gone Music is proud to present the original soundtrack to The Matrix in a gatefold package featuring stills from the original film production. And the pressing is clear with red and blue swirl vinyl'so you're covered no matter which pill you choose!
TRACKLIST:
RECORD ONE SIDE A
01 MARILYN MANSON ROCK IS DEAD
02 PROPELLERHEADS SPYBREAK! (SHORT ONE)
03 MINISTRY BAD BLOOD
RECORD ONE SIDE B
01 ROB D CLUBBED TO DEATH (KURAYAMINO MIX)
02 MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO PRIME AUDIO SOUP
03 LUNATIC CALM LEAVE YOU FAR BEHIND
RECORD TWO SIDE A
01 PRODIGY MINDFIELDS
02 ROB ZOMBIE DRAGULA (HOT ROD HERMAN REMIX)
03 DEFTONES MY OWN SUMMER (SHOVE IT)
04 HIVE ULTRASONIC SOUND
RECORD TWO SIDE B
01 MONSTER MAGNET LOOK TO YOUR ORB FOR THE WARNING
02 RAMMSTEIN DU HAST
03 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE WAKE UP