The Matrix phenomenon is such that there are all sorts of inevitable spin-offs, including this computer game, Enter the Matrix.  What makes it unique (as far as I know) is that the filmmakers, Mr and Mr (or is it Mrs?) Wachowski, wrote it and it is part of the "official" storyline, with them even going so far as to say that it is an integral part of the storyline and playing the game would only add to the experience and understanding of the movies.  From the screenshots it does look impressive, but since I'm over the age of 12 I have better things to do than play computer games (like have sex).

Don Davis would have liked to have written the score for the game but couldn't fit it into his schedule, so his long-time associate Erik Lundborg stepped into the breach.  His music is very much in a similar vein to Davis's (especially from the first movie - the electronic elements of the second are, somewhat ironically, absent for this score for an electronic medium) and he quotes Davis's themes from time to time, but not tremendously often.

The promotional release is split into five sections - "Action/Fighting" (which takes up almost half of the album), "Suspense", "Impending Danger", "Asian Wind" and "Cineractives".  Unsurprisingly, "Action/Fighting" is the most impressive stuff.  To be honest the album just kind of fizzles out afterwards, but the first seven cues are very impressive.  Relentlessly thrilling and exciting, they are easily on a par with action music heard in even the biggest movies Hollywood produces these days.

Unfortunately after that, things are more hit-and-miss - the five "Suspense" tracks are inevitably less interesting, and thereafter, save the Asian influence of "Zen Garden", the music is either pretty uninteresting or the cue so short it's difficult for it to leave much of an impression.  Overall - for those who love Davis's Matrix music - here's less of the same.

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