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The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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Released | March 30, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1992–1999 | |||
Genre | Big beat, trip hop, industrial metal, nu metal, rap metal | |||
Length | 62:36 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. / Maverick / Real Gone | |||
Producer | Marilyn Manson, Michael Beinhorn, Sean Beavan, Rob Dougan, Meat Beat Manifesto, Lunatic Calm, Liam Howlett, Charlie Clouser, Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Terry Date, Dave Wyndorf, Jacob Hellner, Rammstein, Garth Richardson, Rage Against the Machine | |||
The Matrix chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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The Matrix:Music from the Motion Picture is one of the two 1999 soundtrack albums from the blockbuster film, The Matrix (the other being The Matrix:Original Motion Picture Score ).
The soundtrack included most of the tracks the film popularized such as Rob D's "Clubbed to Death",Rob Zombie's "Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Remix)" and "Spybreak!",played by the British big beat duo Propellerheads. It also included a number of songs that were not present in the film.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [21] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [22] | Gold | 25,000* |
France (SNEP) [23] | Gold | 100,000* |
Japan (RIAJ) [24] | Gold | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [25] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Poland (ZPAV) [26] | Gold | 50,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [27] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [28] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [30] | Platinum | 1,460,000 [31] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [32] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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