''The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture'' is one of the two 1999

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albums from the

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film, '' The Matrix'' (the other being '' The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score''). The soundtrack included most of the tracks the film popularized such as

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's " Clubbed to Death",

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's " Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Remix)" and "Spybreak!", played by the British big beat duo

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. It also included a number of songs that were not present in the film.

Track listing

# " Rock Is Dead" by

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– 3:11 # "

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(Short One)" by

– 4:00 # " Bad Blood" by

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– 5:00 # " Clubbed to Death (Kurayamino Mix)" by

– 7:26 # "Prime Audio Soup" by Meat Beat Manifesto – 6:17 # "Leave You Far Behind" by

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– 3:13 # "Mindfields" by

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– 5:40 # "

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(Hot Rod Herman Remix)" by

– 4:37 # "

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" by Deftones – 3:34 # "Ultrasonic Sound" by Hive – 4:54 # "Look to Your Orb for the Warning (Radio Edit)" by

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– 4:42 # "

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" by Rammstein – 3:54 # "

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" by Rage Against the Machine – 6:08

Track order by movie appearance

* "Dragula", when Neo meets

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at the night club - in background as Trinity says "Hello Neo..." 0:09:42 * "Mindfields", in the same scene - in background, faded into from "Dragula" just as Trinity says "My name is Trinity." 0:10:19 * "Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)", during the fight training scene between Neo and Morpheus 0:50:22 * "Clubbed to Death", when Neo and Morpheus are in the "Woman in the red dress" program 0:56:35 * "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 1:07:07 * "Spybreak!", during the lobby shootout scene 1:42:13 * "Wake Up", when Neo hangs up the phone at the end of the movie and flies away, continues into credits 2:08:45 * "Rock Is Dead", credits 2:11:24

Music from the film that does not appear on the soundtrack

* 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" n anagram of "Wachowski Brothers" combining semi-improvisational drumming,

's mix of "Leave You Far Behind", and Davis' "Switch or Break Show" lso 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 ''

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'' that can be heard from the television set in the Oracle's living room is "Begin the Run" written by

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. * 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

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's " I'm Beginning to See the Light". * A track from "

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", by the musical project Enigma, was used for the movie's worldwide trailer. * A track similar to "

" titled "The Conquest of Truth" composed and recorded by

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for Music Junkies was used for the DVD main menu. * A track titled "

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", 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 ''

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'' soundtrack album. * None of the orchestral score in the movie was used in the original soundtrack (OST); parts of it received a separate release as '' The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score''.

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