It was an interesting decision to release this album as a 2-disc set with the band contributions on one disc and the original score on the other. Usually the score would be given its own album release as most people only want one or the other. In the end though, I don't think the format worked too well. I sold my copy as I couldn't stand the thought of even possessing the first disc. If only they'd released it seperately! The 2nd disc is pure gold, while the first is just a bunch of 'cool' artists trying to do 'cool' songs.

The Don Davis/Juno Reactor collaborations are somewhat groundbreaking and a definite highlight. The concept has been tackled before (Michael Kamen and Orbital collaborated on the score for Event Horizon) but on The Matrix, is was done extremely well, providing the necessary punch for particular scences, but maintaing the musical identity and themes that Don Davis had set up with the rest of the score.