The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score Explained
The Matrix:
Original Motion Picture Score |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Don Davis |
| Cover: | The Matrix - Original Motion Picture Score.jpeg |
| Recorded: | Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox,
(Los Angeles, California) |
| Genre: | contemporary classical music, Film score |
| Length: | 29:53 (original edition)
78:08 (deluxe edition)
1:34:09 (the complete edition) |
| Label: | Varèse Sarabande |
| Producer: | Don Davis |
| Chronology: | The Matrix |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score is one of the two 1999 soundtrack albums from the film, The Matrix (the other being ).
The Region 1 single disc DVD release (September 21, 1999) contained an isolated score track, including commentary by Davis.[1]
Track listing
- Main Title / Trinity Infinity (3:54)
- Unable to Speak (1:15)
- The Power Plant (2:41)
- Welcome to the Real World (2:28)
- The Hotel Ambush (5:23)
- Exit Mr. Hat (1:23)
- A Virus (1:33)
- Bullet-time (1:10)
- Ontological Shock (3:32)
- Anything Is Possible (6:48)
The Deluxe Edition
In September 2008, Varèse Sarabande released an expanded to 78 minutes version of the score, that was limited to 3000 copies.[2]
Track listing
- Main Title / Trinity Infinity (3:49)
- Neo On The Edge (3:23)
- Unable To Speak (1:13)
- Bait and Switch (3:15)
- Switched for Life (3:35)
- Switched At Birth (2:40)
- Switch's Brew (2:26)
- Cold Hearted Switch (1:38)
- Nascent Nauseous Neo (2:05)
- A Morpheus Moment (1:30)
- Bow Whisk Orchestra (1:03)
- Domo Showdown (1:14)
- Switch Or Break Show (1:04)
- Shake, Borrow, Switch (:33)
- Freeze Face (1:48)
- Switch Woks Her Boa (2:03)
- Switch Out (2:56)
- Boon Spoy (1:06)
- Oracle Cookies (1:26)
- Threat Mix (5:24)
- Exit Mr. Hat (1:16)
- On Your Knees, Switch (4:45)
- Mix The Art (1:27)
- Whoa, Switch Brokers (4:01)
- No More Spoons (1:00)
- Dodge This (1:06)
- Ontological Shock (3:29)
- That's Gotta Hurt (5:16)
- Surprise! (4:04)
- He's The One Alright (6:47)
Composed, orchestrated and conducted by Don Davis. Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony.
The Complete Edition
In June 2021, Varèse Sarabande issued a further expanded version of the score on Digital, CD and SACD. It is named "The Complete Edition". This was also released on vinyl in July 2021:
- A1 Logos / The Matrix Main Title 0:51
- A2 Trinity Infinity 5:57
- A3 Neo Con Brio 0:31
- A4 Follow The White Rabbit 0:23
- A5 Neo On The Edge 3:23
- A6 Through The Surveillance Monitor 0:54
- A7 Unable To Speak 1:08
- A8 Bait And Switch 3:15
- B1 Switched For Life 3:36
- B2 Switched At Birth 2:41
- B3 Switches Brew 2:26
- B4 Cold Hearted Switch 1:38
- B5 Nascent Nauseous Neo 3:59
- B6 A Morpheus Moment 1:38
- B7 Bow Whisk Orchestra 1:22
- C1 Domo Showdown 1:14
- C2 Switch Or Break Show 1:03
- C3 Shake, Borrow, Switch 0:37
- C4 Switch Works Her Boa 0:56
- C5 Bring Me Dinner 0:37
- C6 The System 0:36
- C7 Freeze Face 1:51
- C8 Switch Woks Her Boar 2:06
- C9 Cypher Cybernetic 0:57
- C10 Ignorance Is Bliss / Cyber Cyphernetic 1:48
- C11 See Who? 0:19
- C12 Switch Out 2:57
- D1 Boon Spoy 1:07
- D2 Oracle Cookies 1:29
- D3 Threat Mix 6:03
- D4 Exit Mr. Hat 2:55
- D5 On Your Knees, Switch 4:43
- E1 Mix The Art 2:09
- E2 Whoa, Switch Broke 4:00
- E3 The Cure 1:34
- E4 It's The Smell 1:56
- E5 The Lobby 0:27
- E6 No More Spoons 1:01
- E7 Dodge This 1:07
- E8 Fast Learning 0:44
- E9 Ontological Shock 4:16
- F1 That's Gonna Hurt 5:16
- F2 Surprise 4:04
- F3 He's The One Alright 6:50
Notes and References
- Web site: Matrix, The (1999) - DVD Special Features & Extras . Dvdspecialfeatures.net . 2008-02-17 . 2014-07-28 . 2017-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306101002/http://dvdspecialfeatures.net/matrix-the-1999/ . dead .
- Web site: The Matrix (Don Davis) . Filmtracks . 2014-07-28.
