The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture

The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture is one of the two soundtrack albums from The Matrix (the other being The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score). It was released on March 30, 1999.

Even though the soundtrack included the songs that were present in the film, it also included a number of songs that were not present in the film.

Track listing

1. "Rock Is Dead" by Marilyn Manson – 3:11
2. "Spybreak! (Short One)" by Propellerheads – 4:00
3. "Bad Blood" by Ministry – 5:00
4. "Clubbed to Death (Kurayamino Mix)" by Rob D – 7:26
5. "Prime Audio Soup" by Meat Beat Manifesto – 6:17
6. "Leave You Far Behind" by Lunatic Calm – 3:13
7. "Mindfields" by The Prodigy – 5:40
8. "Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Remix)" by Rob Zombie – 4:37
9. "My Own Summer (Shove It)" by Deftones – 3:34
10. "Ultrasonic Sound" by Hive – 4:54
11. "Look to Your Orb for the Warning (Radio Edit)" by Monster Magnet – 4:42
12. "Du hast" by Rammstein – 3:54
13. "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine – 6:04

Length: 62:36

Track order by movie appearance

• "Dragula", when Neo meets Trinity at the night club - in background as Trinity says "Hello Neo...".
• "Mindfields", in the same scene - in background, faded into from "Dragula" just as Trinity says "My name is Trinity."
• "Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)", during the fight training scene between Neo and Morpheus.
• "Clubbed to Death", when Neo and Morpheus are in the "Woman in the red dress" program.
• "Prime Audio Soup", when the crew of Nebuchadnezzar are seen plugging into the Matrix for the first time with Neo in preparation for their visit with The Oracle.
• "Spybreak!", during the lobby shootout scene.
• "Wake Up", when Neo hangs up the phone at the end of the movie and flies away, continues into credits.
• "Rock Is Dead", credits.

Additional music

• The music playing on Neo's headphones ("Dissolved Girl" by Massive Attack) when he is contacted by Trinity.
• "Plasticity" by Plastikman aka Richie Hawtin, when Neo meets Trinity at the night club.
• The background music when Neo fights Morpheus in the sparring program (Don Davis' "Bow Whisk Orchestra" [an anagram of "Wachowski Brothers"], combining semi-improvisational drumming, Lunatic Calm's mix of "Leave You Far Behind", and Davis' "Switch or Break Show" [also an anagram of "Wachowski Brothers"]. The version of "Leave You Far Behind" found in the soundtrack is the original album one, not the movie mix.).
• The music from Night of the Lepus that can be heard from the television set in the Oracle's living room is "Begin the Run" written by Jimmie Haskell.
• The faint music that can be heard when Neo meets the Oracle is of 1930s jazz origin - "Minor Swing" by guitarist Django Reinhardt is followed by composer Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light".
• A track from "The Eyes of Truth", by the musical project Enigma, was used for the movie's worldwide trailer.
• A track similar to "The Eyes of Truth" titled "The Conquest of Truth" composed and recorded by Paul Hanson for Music Junkies was used for the DVD main menu.
• A track titled "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do", a collaboration between the groups Filter and The Crystal Method, was used for the theatrical trailer of the movie. This track can be found on the Spawn soundtrack album.
• None of the orchestral score in the movie was used in the OST; parts of it received a separate release as The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score.