Mona Lisa Overdrive (song)

This article is about the movie soundtrack. For the Buck-Tick album, see Mona Lisa Overdrive (album).

"Mona Lisa Overdrive"
Song by Juno Reactor and Don Davis
from the album The Matrix Reloaded: The Album and Labyrinth
Released	29 April 2003 (soundtrack) 26 October 2004 (album)
Studio	The Paramour, Fox Soundstage and O'Henry's in Los Angeles Ridge Farm Studio in Rusper, West Sussex
Genre	Goa trance film score
Length	10:08 (soundtrack version) 4:45 (album version)
Songwriter(s)	Ben Watkins[1][2]
Producer(s)	Ben Watkins Don Davis

"Mona Lisa Overdrive" is a composition in B-flat minor, featured in the movie The Matrix Reloaded, during the highway chase scene. It is written by Don Davis in collaboration with the electronica act Juno Reactor, representing a blend of film score music and trance. The track is the fifth entry in the second CD in the film soundtrack, released on 15 May 2003.^[3] A different version of the song is featured in Juno Reactor's 2004 album, Labyrinth.^[4] A remix of the song was produced by Thomas P. Heckmann and was included on the group's remix album Inside the Reactor in 2011.^[5]

The song title is derived from William Gibson's cyberpunk novel of the same name, published in 1988. The Matrix franchise was heavily influenced by Gibson's writing.

Personnel

• Don Davis – conductor, orchestration
• Taz Alexander – vocals
• Scarlet – guitar
• Greg Ellis – percussion
• Mabi Thobejane – percussion
• Mike Fisher – percussion
• Zig Gron – editing
• Greg Hunter – engineer
• Scott Oyster – engineer

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Matrix Reloaded: The Album - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
2. Glazer, Joshua. "Labyrinth - Juno Reactor". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
3. Granade, Andrew. "The Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack Review". soundtrack.net. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
4. ""Juno Reactor - "Labyrinth" complete track list from the official website". Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
5. "Juno Reactor - "Inside The Reactor" release information". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-28.