String Tribute to the Matrix

String Tribute to the Matrix (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vitamin Records
• ASIN: B0000CC85S
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Its an attempt, January 1, 2006

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Camenga - See all my reviews

This review is from: String Tribute to the Matrix (Audio CD)

After hearing the first Matrix soundtrack, I thought Clubbed to Death and My Own Summer would be interesting to hear and faithful to the original. I was wrong.

My Own Summer with strings is dreary and somewhat sad, not expressing the shouting anger of the original. The riffs are fit for an electric guitar, not a cello.

Clubbed to Death is worse. The sound effects aren't played well with strings. Instead of sounding like a good effect, it sounds like a cat wailing, represented by strings. The bass in the stringed isnt great either. I love the original Clubbed to Death, but this one doesnt sound quite right.

It was an attempt, but it didnt work.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Restrung Reignites!, December 13, 2005

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J. Lomas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: String Tribute to the Matrix (Audio CD)

Once played, I immediately understood the humor in it. Restrung has it's serious side, but at the same time, you can't help but think, "they're playing rock/heavy metal on string instruments!" Insightfully speaking, I find it funny that the majority of the music for the Matrix was composed on digital devices, yet, Restrung is performed on analog instruments. Not only this, but also the fact that they can take abrasive metal music and expose the inner beauty of their melodies and accent their percussive structures simultaneously. Converting metal music to a wonderful orchestration is no easy task; almost any director will tell you this - ask Michael Kamen, director of the San Francisco Symphony.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Neither astonishingly good or bad, April 23, 2004

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J. Bielawa (Monroe, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: String Tribute to the Matrix (Audio CD)

The addition of "pop" songs is a serious detraction to what might have been a good idea - I have several other tribute albums by this group of people (the Bjork one is particularly good) and while they're not the aforementioned Aopcalyptica, there are some winners on this CD.

The covers of Furious Angels is more resonant and sad than the original, while Chateau is probably the best song on the disc. I just wish they did a cover of the original Chateau Swashbucking cue Davis had written - that would make for a much better string quartet song.