Matrix

1	Rock Is Dead / Marilyn Manson 3:10
2	Spybreak! (Short One) / Propellerheads 4:01
3	Bad Blood / Ministry 4:59
4	Clubbed To Death / Rob D. Kurayamino Mix 7:26
5	Prime Audio Soup / Meat Beat Manifesto 6:17
6	Leave You Far Behind / Lunatic Calm 3:12
7	Mindfields / The Prodigy 5:41
8	Dragula / Rob Zombie Hot Rod Herman Remix 4:37
9	My Own Summer (Shove It) / Deftones 3:35
10	Ultrasonic Sound / Hive 4:54
11	Look To Your Orb For The Warning / Monster Magnet 4:43
12	Du Hast / Rammstein 3:54
13	Wake Up / Rage Against the Machine 6:03

Barnes & Noble

Smashing futuristic thriller THE MATRIX was one of the biggest theatrical hits of 1999, in part because of its awe-inspiring visual effects (and hey, no one minded gazing at Keanu Reeves and newcomer Carrie-Anne Moss stylishly kicking butt for two hours, did they?). On a somewhat more subliminal level, THE MATRIX's soundtrack, a hyper-aggro combination of techno, metal, and rap-rock, shares the credit for the film's enthralling vibe. Highest of the highlights is the pair of tunes that bookends the album. The opening track "Rock Is Dead" by Marilyn Manson showcases Marilyn's snarling side, rather than his lugubrious one; and Rage Against the Machine's magnificent closer "Wake Up" uses awesome sonic might to kick off the film's end credits. In between is plenty of choice, mechanized pugilism, including electronica bigwigs Propellerheads' "Spybreak (Short One)" (which accompanies Reeves' ultradynamic training scene in THE MATRIX); more stylish techno jitters from Ministry, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Prodigy; and mondo metal courtesy of Rob Zombie "Dragula Hot Rod Herman Remix", Monster Magnet ("Look to Your Orb for the Warning"), and German terror-rockers Rammstein ("Du Hast"). All told, THE MATRIX packs enough energy to power the Eastern seaboard, and then some. Moira McCormick

All Music Guide

This is a fine disc to slide into the player in that interplanetary orbiter you're driving around these days, and crank to bang-your-head decibels just as you go all afterburner into the Forbidden Zone. The Matrix movie soundtrack is a loud, awesomely wild ride that brilliantly illuminates real links among hard rock, hip-hop, and electronica with a hi-sci-fi flair (and flare) for fusion. These sounds are deep, dark, and resonant, as is the tone of the film, with the blackest moments provided by Meat Beat Manifesto in "Prime Audio Soup," Rob D. with "Clubbed to Death," and Propellerheads' "Spybreak! (Short One)." The brimstone burbles on with super-scale performances by Rage Against the Machine and "Wake Up," Marilyn Manson's "Rock Is Dead," and Monster Magnet's absolutely otherworldly "Look Into Your Orb for the Wanring," guaranteed to punch a hole in your wall if Ministry's "Bad Blood" hasn't done so already. The album's mega-cut, however, is no doubt Hot Rod Herman's outlandish remix of Rob Zombie's Halloween rave anthem, "Dragula," which would be worth the price of admission alone even if the entire effect were not the hardest-core theme park sonic extravaganza around. A rockin' ear-blaster for this world as well as the next. Becky Byrkit