I re-watched The Matrix on video this morning, and was reminded what a great film it is. I also gave my score a listen and liked it for the first time ever. I had always discarded it as boring atonal stuff that only works on screen.

I heard there's a complete score out there, with, amongst others, the music from the Kung-Fu scene. Does anyone have it? And to those who do - is it worth getting?

I've been working for weeks (months) on my own complete version, taking so long because I never find the time and because of the points stated above - trying to remove all the commentary without harming too much of the music. I'm also using as much music from the CD as possible, re-inserting the cut stuff from the iso score. Sounds great, but takes very much time.

So, those of you who are still waiting for the copy of my CDs I promised them months ago, bear with me. I have a deadline at work at May 15, and then I'll finally get the discs done.

I believe those two cues are all on the CD (the latter called 'Ontological Shock').

What else am I missing?

Let me know if you want the complete score.

In "Trinity Infinity", the subdued passages are cut from the CD. You can hear one of the cuts very clearly, I think, and in my opinion, the balance of the track is ruined because the "bridges" between the action parts are missing.

BTW, did you notice the difference in the percussion at the beginning of The Hotel Ambush on CD and DVD? That cue generally was a real pain in the a**, because there are some heavy cuts on the CD that were extremely different to fill with DVD parts. And when I finished it, I managed to quit the program without saving the changes! D'OH!

BTW, my disc will have a CD-ROM track with the entire Don Davis commentary.

I heard the Prodigy, Rage and Marilyn Manson songs in the film or credits, but coudln't recognise any others. Are all the songs on the CD in the film somewhere, or were some added to beef up the CD ?

Oh yes I also recognised Massive Attack in his headphones in the beginning...

Thanks for all the help.

- The music from the scene in which Neo first sits in the chair (while still in the Matrix) after he takes the pill and the mirror melts (which is taken straight from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass).

- The scene in which Morpheus explains what happens to humans now... great choral work as we see the fields of human beings being grown.

- The scene in which they take the bug out of Neo's stomach.

- Probably the best missing cue... the subway duel between Neo and Agent Smith!

BTW, the cue when Neo gets up after being shot is "Anything is Possible" on the album. "Ontological Shock" begins as Morpheus gets up and runs towards the helicopter, and ends as Neo pulls Trinity up after the helicopter has exploded.

I LOVE this score!!

I have to second Sebulba's statement about the dialogue - Don Davis only speaks over the beginning or end fades of a few cues and it's easily disguised by doing quick fades with a sound editing program - at least that's how I did it. The sound on the DVD sounds pretty good too. I'm not sure why Marian is having problems with it.

And for some really interesting and sometimes amusing trivia, check out the following link:

http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0133093

It's interesting to note how Don named a few cues as anagrams of THE MATRIX or WACHOWSKI BROTHERS...making the cue EXIT MISTER HAT seem to make at least some sense!

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Originally posted by majestyx:
The sound on the DVD sounds pretty good too. I'm not sure why Marian is having problems with it.

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It's not bad, but when you take headphones and compare it to the CD tracks, the difference is clearly audible.

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It's interesting to note how Don named a few cues as anagrams of THE MATRIX or WACHOWSKI BROTHERS...making the cue EXIT MISTER HAT seem to make at least some sense!

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I want to try and come up with some anagrams as well when I'm doing the track titles for my discs. Though I'm afraid that will be very hard.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
I want to try and come up with some anagrams as well when I'm doing the track titles for my discs. Though I'm afraid that will be very hard.

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http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/anagrams.html

Which are the other songs from the song CD I might include on the extended score should I choose to burn one?

I just re-watched the video, and definetely would like to get the music from the fight practice. Is that some electronica song or score by Davis?

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Originally posted by Camillu:
I was quite sure that the song playing at the Rave was 'Mindfields' by The Prodigy.

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Jump to chapter 4 on the DVD and you'll hear Dragula, which I think is followed-up by Mindfields.

The songs that made it into the film are listed in the end credits or check here:
http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0133093