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M:i-2 : Music From And Inspired By (2000 Film)

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Recently, we've seen quality soundtracks for Scream 3, TheCrow: Salvation, Heavy Metal 2000 and many others. The soundtrack forM:I-2 is no exception. The headliners on this album deliver with great results. Limp Bizkit's "Take A Look Around" is one of the most sophisticated songs they've ever done, and it gives Fred Durst an opportunity to shoot back at his critics. The chaotic, frenzied remix of Chris Cornell's "Mission" (re-titled "Mission 2000") is an intriguing stand-out. Another intriguing addition to this disc is the Foo Fighters' cover of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar" with drummer Taylor Hawkins on vocals. They add a bit of adrenaline to it for some splendid results. Buckcherry's "Alone" and Godsmack's "Going Down" easily dwarf the material on both bands' albums. One of the best tracks on this album is Rob Zombie's thundering "Scum of the Earth." It's great to see that he didn't offer yet another remix of something from Hellbilly Deluxe. Metal gods Metallica offer the excellent "I Disappear." While the song won't dispel any notion that they've gone alternative, it supports the argument that they do it better than anyone else. Oddly, Tori Amos is on this disc. I don't like her all that much (I enjoy Sarah McLachlan much more), but her song "Carnival" is a cool mix of sweet vocals and trippy electronica. The lesser known bands don't fare quite as well. Only Powderfinger's mellow "My Kinda Scene" and Apartment 26's rollicking "Backwards" succeed in carving out a unique identity for these two bands. The Pimps' "Rocket Science" is a blatant, pathetic attempt to cash in on rap-metal's current popularity. For a Kid Rock song, "What U Lookin' At" is pretty good, but the name on the CD and the booklet is Uncle Kracker (but the CD and the booklet also say it was produced by Rock). He sounds exactly like Kid Rock, lyrics, style, voice and all. If it's not Kid Rock, then it's completely derivative, if it is him, it's not bad. Diffuser's "Karma" and Tinfed's "Immune" are decent songs, but they don't present anything new or unique. For the most part, the soundtrack for M:I-2 delivers a great collection of hard rock and metal. Buy it. Now.

This is the best soundtrack that i've heard since The Matrix. Metallica's "I Disappear" is an awesome song(I'm a big fan of Metallica) and Uncle Kracker with Kid Rock is really cool, but in my opinion, Limp Bizkit's "Take A Look Around" was the best track on this CD. This CD is a crowd-pleaser, unlike the soundtrack to The Crow: Salvation.The Crow: Salvation had some truly awesome bands, i.e. Kid Rock, Rob Zombie, etc. but all the songs were remakes or remixes or just plain un-origional songwriting. But not Mission:Impossible 2. After this soundtrack, I am ready to see this probably-awesome movie. The film stars Tom Cruise and is directed by John Woo, who directed Face/Off, Broken Arrow, and The Replacement Killers. Enjoy this soundtrack, you won't be disappointed!

I noticed someone in an earlier review gave this CD a very disparaging review simply because it was not the score.

That's exactly what it's not. It's the soundtrack, not the score. The score *is* being produced, and *will* be out soon.

There's a difference, you must realize, and this CD is a good one by itself... Don't judge it just because it's not the score.

For any of you who might actually want to hear some of the music played EFFECTIVELY in the movie and not just for the purposes of music sales, this album is not for you.

It is my humble opinion that yes, a soundtrack is designed to help the box office sales as well as make money for the final bottom line (which includes merchandising, soundtrack sales, etc etc)... but I really really hate it when I see the lines "Music from and inspired by the film..."

Why? Because it means typically that the record companies have gone out and found some artist of the moment that sells records and happily place their song on the soundtrack. (Can we say cross promotion?)

The problem with this is that some of the very best elements of sound in the movie, being Hans Zimmer's original score have been left out of the soundtrack. AT LEAST MI:1 HAD THE IMPORTANT SCORES ON THE DISC!

The most powerful song in the movie was left out of this disc. If you don't believe me, see it, and then look for the scene where Nia has just been infected. It's a powerful scene made even more so by the sweeping music going through the theatre and the action going on around them. JOHN WOO AT IT'S BEST AND THEY LEFT IT OUT!

All I have to say is, the original score had BETTER be produced.

If you are fifteen years old and easily marketed to, this collection of run of the mill rock songs might sound good in your CD player while you're headbanging with your pals. However, if you saw the film and reveled in the terrific score, you'll have to wait for the actual motion picture soundtrack, available in mid June. This isn't neccesarily a bad CD, it just has very little to do with the film.

You don`t have to be a HeadBanger to listen to this soundtrack , the album has a Great Bands with a Decent songs . ofcourse you saw some other reviews on this one so am not going to repeat what they wrote , But here is my top 5 songs :

1- Have A Cigar ( Foo fighters + brain may ) 2- I Disappear ( Metallica ) 3- Nyah ( Hans Zimmer ) 4- Take a look around ( limp Bizikit ) 5- Goin` Down ( GodSmack )

I am a real fan of Hans Zimmer's work, so I automatically bought the soundtrack. Only to find that the CD contained anything but the musical themes from the film. To be fair, the fine print does read "inspired" by the film. Had they released two CDs, one for the marketing boys (the bunch of mostly unrelated tracks they did release), and a second CD of the actual soundtrack, as has occured with many other films, I wouldn't mind, the former being just another example of new millenium merchandising reality. I can only hope the second CD is released sometime soon as the actual soundtrack deserves to be heard in its own right.

The Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack includes fast rocking and heavy metaling songs from such artists as Metallica, Foo Fighters, Tori Amos, and many others. Just about all the songs are good, especially the Foo Fighters song, "Have A Cigar." I haven't seen the movie yet, but I know one thing about it, it has a great soundtrack. If you like rock and heavy metal, I recommend getting the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack right away.

The soundtrack to MI:2 is totally superb. i simply like the theme song performed by Limp Bizkit - Take a look around.

I was surprised to know that Tori Amos is also featured in this soundtrack. Carnival is haunting yet evocative, portraying her usual self from her past albums. Besides, Hans Zimmer's score featuring Heitor Pereira is another notable song in this soundtrack. The latin track here - Nyah is filled with engaging acoustic sound.

Another track that i like is this 'happy' song Iko-Iko by Zap Mama. The tune just make me want to dance with the rhythm.

If you have seen this show, you should invest in it. Musically, it offers great tracks by so many artises and even if you do not like the show it doesn't matter because this soundtrack certainly have something more to offer.

I Disappear is the best track on the CD Metallica rule Rob Zombie rules. OH yeah Limp suck