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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Lakeshore Records
Salesrank: 85748
Released: September 2, 2003 |
| Our Price: $9.11 |
| Used Price: $3.97 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Underworld Track Listing:
1. Awakening - The Damning Well featuring Wes Borland, Richard Patrick, Josh Freese, and Danny Lohner.
2. REV 22:20 - Puscifer featuring Maynard James Keenan, Danny Lohner
3. Throwing Punches - Page Hamilton
4. Rocket Collecting - Milla
5. Now I Know - Renholder
6. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) - David Bowie featuring Maynard James Keenan & John Frusciante
7. Optimissed - Skinny Puppy
8. Down In the Lab - Renholder
9. Judith (Renholder Mix) - A Perfect Circle
10. Suicide Note - Johnette Napolitano
11. Baby's First Coffin - Dillinger Escape Plan
12. Hover (Quiet Mix) - Trust Company
13. Falling Through The Sky - Renholder
14. Weak and Powerless (Tilling My Grave Mix) - A Perfect Circle
15. Worms of the Earth - Finch
16. From A Shell - Lisa Germano
17. Death Dealer's Descent - Renholder
18. On The Lash - The Icarus Line
19. All Of This Past - Sarah Bettens
Editorial Review:
Underworld is one of the most highly anticipated genre films in over a decade. Lakeshore Record's soundtrack, which features exclusive songs and mixes (both in and inspired by the film), is an unparalleled collection of the best music the contemporary rock world has to offer.
The soundtrack album is produced by Danny Lohner of Nine Inch Nails whose unique relationships within the community of A-List talent brings such unprecedented highlights to this project as the first song ever penned by Maynard James Keenan (Tool / A Perfect Circle) for a motion picture and soundtrack album. Also appearing on the album is former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland who along with Lohner and Filter’s Richard Patrick have created the formidable super group The Damning Well who make their debut on this album with the song "Awakening."
One look through the album's track listing and you'll find contributions from artists as diverse and respected as Trust Co., Finch, Skinny Puppy, Page Hamilton, and David Bowie to name a few. Every track on this album is either written exclusively for this project, or is an exclusive remix, or rare version only available on this release.
Underworld, both as a film and an album is a truly unique marrige of artistic sound and vision.
Underworld Reviews:
Needless censorship 
2009-05-17 - Bought this album only for the remix of "Judith".
Censored? Why, yes, it is, but, couldn't you have mentioned that in the product description? "FAKE your God"? Please...
Other songs are decent.
A Unique and Eclectic Mix Worthy of Anyone's Collection 
2009-03-04 - Underworld was one of the more original vampire flicks out there, high on action backed by lush backgrounds and moody monologues by the heroes and villains alike. The Underworld soundtrack had a lot to live up to, and in my opinion it exceeded all my expectations; indeed, the only complaint I had was the sometimes jarring mix.
Every song on Underworld is either completely original or a rare mix/copy only available on the soundtrack itself. Nine Inch Nail's Danny Lohner (under the pseudonym 'Renholder') wrote many of the songs and worked with true rock A-Listers to create many of the better songs on this album; my personal favorite is "All of This Past" by Sarah Bettens (the sultry songstress of K's Choice fame), a haunting gothic melody that sends chills down the spine.
One of the most lauded of the new choices from Underworld is of course the epic "Bring Me the Disco King [Loner Mix]" by David Bowie, featuring John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Maynard James Keenan of Tool -- a haunting and beautiful song that features epic guitars and vocals. Other great rock/metal choices include The Damning Well ("Awakening"), Puscifer ("REV. 22:20"), A Perfect Circle ("Judith [Renholder Mix]" & "Weak and Powerless [Tilling My Own Grave Mix]"), and Finch ("Worms of the Earth").
Underworld crosses other genres, however; featuring soft ballads (such as "From a Shell" by Lisa Germano and "Suicide Note" by Johnette Napolitano) and electronica (such as the beautiful "Rocket Collecting" by Milla and the more techno "Optimissed" by Skinny Puppy), and even some original score pieces by Danny Lohner. For the most part, Underworld succeeds in creating a brooding, hard-driven atmosphere reminiscent of its subject matters' immortal struggles amidst a rainy, moonlit city.
My only complaint is the sometimes frenetic mixing; tracks 1 -- 6 fit together equally, but after that things seem to be thrown in happenstance. One of the most glaringly obvious choices was to put the screaming metal "Baby's First Coffin" song in between two soft ballads. Why? Also, the inclusion of "On the Lash" in between the soft piano ballad "From a Shell" and the aforementioned "All of This Past." These songs are like jarring notes in a good song, interrupting the listening experience and almost making one wince.
Despite this shortcoming, however, Underworld succeeds on two levels; the first, it is an amazing soundtrack that captures the subject matter and atmosphere of the film nearly perfectly. The second is as a new mix; Underworld features amazing songs often not available anywhere else that is a wondrous showcase of some truly great talents.
4 1/2 out of 5
excellent, overall
2008-09-17 - i think anyone who enjoyed the fragile era nin would enjoy the danny lohner songs here. he creates an atmosphere in the music he mixes and composes that it just feels so right. and if you're not a fan of instrumental, the david bowie track should get you. it has been one of the most beautiful songs I've heard lately and i can't stop listening to it. Why there isn't 5 stars going to this album is because of the random songs from less than awesome bands such as finch and dillinger escape plan, but overall a great album.
Painful to Listen to 
2008-02-15 - If you are looking for a good soundtrack -- this is not it. It was painful to move through the songs on the CD. Underworld Evolutions is excellent, try that one.
Strong at first, then weaker
2008-01-28 - There are some very good songs on this album at first, but throughout the rest of the cd it becomes kind of dull and boring. Big fans of the movie will tend to like this a lot more than me, who just bought it for the music. Pusicifier and the remix of their song is worth the $16 in itself.
