Videogame music makes The Matrix better

VIDEO: Plus a hellishly good mystery mash-up to complete a double-bill of overdubbed wonderment

Words: on May 22, 2009

To tell you the truth, we nearly made a massive slip-up while putting together this week's edition. You see we'd planned to do The Matrix. Realising that the first movie is now 10 years old had made us feel ancient (doubly so when we considered that Batman is 20), and so in order to keep it evergreen and dateless in our hearts we decided to apply that most eternally modern of musical genres, mid-'90s MIDI metal. Nothing like a bit of the old Doom music to make you feel like a kid again.

So we did. And this is what we got. We quite liked it.

But then we realised something else. If we were using Doom music, there was another, much more obvious and deserving movie to re-edit. A cinematic disappintment that could have been saved completely, had it only taken our own approach to soundtracks. We couldn't believe we'd been so stupid as to nearly skip by its limitless potential in favour of a crusty old Keanu Reeves chop-socky flick. What fools we were. So we also made this. Because we just couldn't not.

Previous mash-ups

Star Wars
The Terminator 
Reservoir Dogs 
Bullitt 
Teletubbies
Rocky II

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  • hardcore_gamer1990

    hardcore_gamer1990  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    That was Legendary :L

    The second was a perfect match
  • DRILLERDUD

    DRILLERDUD  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    if the doom movie had all it's old sound effects and music in it, it'd actually be worth watching
  • kyzer

    kyzer  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    Can you please make one with "escape of the fortress" of MGS3 Soundtrack (the part when the shagohod is chasing you) and mash-up with the intro of Saving Private Ryan? that whould be awesome.
  • Hobojedi

    Hobojedi  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    Hell yes. That was awesome.. but there's other doom tracks that you could have used besides EP1M1.
  • bamb0o-stick

    bamb0o-stick  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    The bottom video was genius. Pure brilliance.
  • Ravenbom

    Ravenbom  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    Love the videos, but you should add the sound of the Doom Marine trying to open a door before the door actually opens and when he's sort of looking at the wall right before he opens the door.
  • NipplesTheSuperHippo

    NipplesTheSuperHippo  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    that's pretty hardcore. It is amazing how well Doom really does fit into The Matrix quite well. Good work.
  • fatdog12300

    fatdog12300  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    i loved the random doom enemy in the matrix video. these are great.
  • Desann

    Desann  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    Fantastic stuff!
  • DaNtHeManIsHeRe

    DaNtHeManIsHeRe  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    You guys are geniuses
  • Cyberninja

    Cyberninja  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    you never know what great thing they will next do you
    (first or last)
  • marbury83

    marbury83  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    I'd like to point out that the classic Doom music sounds alot like one of the guitar rifs in Metallica's Master of Puppets. Everytime I hear that song it brings me back to my old Doom days after school :)
  • CLEIP

    CLEIP  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    You should do it the other way around as well, you know movie music makes videogames better.
  • Ezekiel17

    Ezekiel17  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    The Doom/Matrix and Doom (game)/Doom (Movie) mash-ups are your best ones since the Chocobo's Theme/Bullitt mash-up. Awesome! :D
  • flareboy18

    flareboy18  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    this made the matrix worse, and doom better
  • thataboy85

    thataboy85  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    You guys are kiddin around "right"
  • The_Tingler

    The_Tingler  - 2 years, 8 months ago  - Report

    That's probably my second favourite after The Terminator! Excellent!

    As for the Doom movie, you should've a) used a different piece of Doom music from The Matrix as there's LOADS of great ones, and b) done the whole 10-minute thing!
  • Samael

    Samael  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    Awesome, awesome, awesome. When you guys first started doing these I wasn't so sure about them. But you've hit your stride and they're getting better and better.
  • Mavarious

    Mavarious  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    These are the best ones so far by far
  • d3athcr4ft

    d3athcr4ft  - 2 years, 9 months ago  - Report

    This is why I visit GR every day! Awesome job, especially on the Doom video.
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