"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]
"Mona Lisa Overdrive" | |
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Song by Juno Reactor and Don Davis | |
from the album The Matrix Reloaded: The Album and Labyrinth | |
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Studio | The Paramour, Fox Soundstage and O'Henry's in Los Angeles Ridge Farm Studio in Rusper, West Sussex |
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Songwriter(s) | Ben Watkins[1][2] |
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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.
Personnel
edit- Don Davis – conductor, orchestration
- Taz Alexander – vocals
- Scarlet – guitar
- Greg Ellis – percussion
- Mabi Thobejane – percussion
- Mike Fisher – percussion
- Zig Gron – editing
- Greg Hunter – engineer
- Scott Oyster – engineer
References
edit- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Matrix Reloaded: The Album - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Glazer, Joshua. "Labyrinth - Juno Reactor". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Granade, Andrew. "The Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack Review". soundtrack.net. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ ""Juno Reactor - "Labyrinth" complete track list from the official website". Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "Juno Reactor - "Inside The Reactor" release information". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-28.