The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture

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The Matrix:
Music from the Motion Picture
The Matrix soundtrack cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedMarch 30, 1999
Recorded1992–1999
Genre Big beat, trip hop, industrial metal, nu metal, rap metal
Length62:36
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
The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture
(1999)		 The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score
(1999)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] Platinum70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [22] Gold25,000*
France (SNEP) [23] Gold100,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [24] Gold100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [25] Gold7,500^
Poland (ZPAV) [26] Gold50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [27] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [28] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [30] Platinum1,460,000 [31]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [32] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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