Swordfish: The Album [PA]

Performer: Original Soundtrack/Paul Oakenfold (Remix DJ)
Producer: Christopher Young; David Bottrill; Dope Smugglaz; Lemon Jelly; Andy Gray; PMT; Paul Oakenfold; Salt Tank
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Original score composed by Paul Oakenfeld. Personnel: Andy Gray (programming). Audio Mixers: Lemon Jelly; Andy Gray ; Paul Oakenfold ; Salt Tank. Audio Remixers: Andy Gray ; PMT; Paul Oakenfold . Trance master Paul Oakenfold takes a stab at film composing with the soundtrack to this John Travolta cyber-espionage thriller. In creating music (and remixing other artists) for a film about computer hacking and international intrigue, Oakenfold keeps the tempo for SWORDFISH moving along at a fairly quick pace. The best remixes here include the slamming beats and undulating house vibe permeating Jan Johnston's "Unafraid" and the swooshing synths and jackhammer beats that find the British-born DJ exposing his inner Giorgio Moroder on Muse's "New Born." Elsewhere, the Kraftwerk samples found in Afrika Bambaataa's classic "Planet Rock" get beefed up and Oakenfold's dalliance with hip-hop extends to the Outkast-flavored remix of "Lapdance," featuring Nerd, Lee Harvey and Vita. Other highlights include the fusion of ambient swaths of sound and breakneck beats on the Planet Perfecto team-up "Get Out Of My Life Now" and the hard-driving Christopher Young collaboration "On Your Mind" featuring dialogue snippets of Travolta and Halle Berry from the film.

Rolling Stone (8/16/01, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hypnotic, shadowy soundscapes....electronic epics that thunder along with bullet-train momentum..." Q (9/01, p.125) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Oakenfold mixes up his own material with tracks by chill-out newcomers Lemon Jelly, N.E.R.D., and Afrika Bambaataa..." Mixmag (8/01, p.182) - 5 out of 5 - "...One of the best compilations of the year....Each track is a cracker....Let's hope the film is as good."

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