10 Movie Soundtracks That Are Also Great Rock Albums

While it might be a product of its time, and the the sequels tarnished the memory of the original film (though it remains spectacular), The Matrix soundtrack remains one of the best. Perfectly paired with the dystopian view of the 90s as a computer generated pacification system for humanity, it is both bleak yet motivating, in a driving, punishing sort of way: music to rise up to.

The list of bands involved is a murder's row of hard rock, industrial, and metal acts from the late 90s: Rage Against the Machine, whose pounding Wake Up is featured at the end of the film. Ministry, who contribute the track Bad Blood, Marilyn Manson, chipping in Rock Is Dead, Rob Zombie with a Dragula remix, and Rammstein's Du Hast, which has graced more soundtracks than you can shake a stick at at this point.

If you want a loud, angry soundtrack, this is your best bet. It also happens to be really, really good.