Mona Lisa Overdrive (song)

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"Mona Lisa Overdrive"
Song by Juno Reactor and Don Davis
from the album The Matrix Reloaded: The Album and Labyrinth
Released
  • 29 April 2003 (soundtrack)
  • 26 October 2004 (album)
Studio The Paramour, Fox Soundstage and O'Henry's in Los Angeles
Ridge Farm Studio in Rusper, West Sussex
Genre
Length
  • 10:08 (soundtrack version)
  • 4:45 (album version)
Songwriter(s) Ben Watkins [1] [2]
Producer(s)
  • Ben Watkins
  • Don Davis

"Mona Lisa Overdrive" is a composition in B-flat minor, featured in the movie The Matrix Reloaded , during the highway chase scene. It is written by Don Davis in collaboration with the electronica act Juno Reactor, representing a blend of film score music and trance. The track is the fifth entry in the second CD in the film soundtrack, released on 15 May 2003. [3] A different version of the song is featured in Juno Reactor's 2004 album, Labyrinth . [4] A remix of the song was produced by Thomas P. Heckmann and was included on the group's remix album Inside the Reactor in 2011. [5]

The song title is derived from William Gibson's cyberpunk novel of the same name, published in 1988. The Matrix franchise was heavily influenced by Gibson's writing.

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References

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  5. "Juno Reactor - "Inside The Reactor" release information". Discogs .