Spawn: The Album

Performer: Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: SPAWN, THE ALBUM contains an unlisted bonus track by Morphine and Apollo Four Fourty. Producers include: The Crystal Method, Filter, Marilyn Manson, Sean Beavan, P & P Hartnoll. Engineers include: The Crystal Method, Filter, Sean Beavan, Chris Flam, Rob Playford. One of the first requirements of an action movie is a soundtrack with a quick tempo, a raw edge, and a concept which relates it to the film. On SPAWN: THE ALBUM, hard rock favorites such as Metallica, Korn, and Slayer team up with rising electronica musicians like DJ Spooky, The Dust Brothers, and Atari Teenage Riot, making for an unlikely, but powerful new cross-breed of today's heaviest sounds. Some tracks feature electronic beats intertwined with heavy metal guitar riffs, while others alternate between techno segments and explosive power-chord bravado. By the end of this dual assault of rapid-fire beats and fist-pounding guitar, there can be no doubt that this soundtrack succeeds in SPAWNing a new music fusion which, like the film's namesake, is heavy, fearsome, and completely futuristic. Audio Mixers: The Baron; Jim Wirt; Josh Wink; Liam Howlett; Alec Empire; Mansun; Rob Playford; Roni Size; Sean Beavan; Stabbing Westward; Ben Grosse; Michael Hunter; Butthole Surfers. Audio Remixer: Vitro. Recording information: 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA; Angel Share Studio; Death's Head Studios; Dirt Chamber, England; Disappearing Chin Studios; Drum Studios, Bristol, England; Earthbeat Studios; Empire Studios, Berlin, Germany; Festival Studios; Josh Abraham's Garage; Maniac One Studios, Soho, London, England; Mindswerve, NCY, NY; Pcp Labs; PWL Studio; Rainbow Bridge, Libertyville, IL; Unique Studios, New York, NY. Photographers: Peter Iovino; Nels Israelson. Using the rap-meets-alternative Judgment Night soundtrack as a blueprint, the soundtrack to the dark, violent comic book fantasy Spawn boasts collaborations between rockers and electronica artists. Conceptually, the album is intriguing, but it's also flawed, since most electronica artists flourish when they work without the structural restraints that tie down most rockers. Furthermore, many of the rockers on Spawn: The Album are heavy rockers, which means they tend to overwhelm any of the subtleties of the electronica artists. And, outside of that, only a few of the pairings make sense -- the Prodigy and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello make for the best teaming, but Henry Rollins and Goldie are intriguing as well. Often, Spawn sounds like unrealized ideas and failed experiments, which is too bad, because many of the artists here could have done much better. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Using the rap-meets-alternative Judgment Night soundtrack as a blueprint, the soundtrack to the dark, violent comic book fantasy Spawn boasts collaborations between rockers and electronica artists. Conceptually, the album is intriguing, although most electronica artists flourish when they work without the structural restraints that tie down most rockers, and many of the rockers on Spawn: The Album are heavy rockers, which means they tend to overwhelm the subtleties of the electronica artists. The Prodigy and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello make for the best teaming, and Henry Rollins and Goldie are intriguing as well. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine One of the first requirements of an action movie is a soundtrack with a quick tempo, a raw edge, and a concept which relates it to the film. On SPAWN: THE ALBUM, hard rock favorites such as Metallica, Korn, and Slayer team up with rising electronica musicians like DJ Spooky, The Dust Brothers, and Atari Teenage Riot, making for an unlikely, but powerful new cross-breed of today's heaviest sounds. Some tracks feature electronic beats intertwined with heavy metal guitar riffs, while others alternate between techno segments and explosive power-chord bravado. By the end of this dual assault of rapid-fire beats and fist-pounding guitar, there can be no doubt that this soundtrack succeeds in SPAWNing a new music fusion which, like the film's namesake, is heavy, fearsome, and completely futuristic.

Rolling Stone (8/21/97, pp.105-106) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...What makes this collection an inspired idea is...the pairing of heavy metal's fascination with deep-rooted technophobic dread and electronica's eagerness to assimilate high tech..." Rolling Stone (8/21/97, pp.105-106) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...What makes this collection an inspired idea is...the pairing of heavy metal's fascination with deep-rooted technophobic dread and electronica's eagerness to assimilate high tech..." Entertainment Weekly (8/8/97, p.79) - "Producer Happy Walters hit on a clever idea here: to match metal stalwarts with electronica pioneers. The result? A rich cache of new subgenres and crossover possibilities..." - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (8/8/97, p.79) - "Producer Happy Walters hit on a clever idea here: to match metal stalwarts with electronica pioneers. The result? A rich cache of new subgenres and crossover possibilities..." - Rating: A NME (Magazine) (8/2/97, p.39) - "...Too much testosterone-clogged blood on the dancefloor to make it consistent, but it's ultimately worth looking into for the freak successes and the absence of a Jesus Jones contribution..."

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