Search - J. Peter Robinson :: 15 Minutes

Seeking to increase its hipness factor, the producers of the film 15 Minutes have loaded the soundtrack with dance and electronic music from the likes of bestselling DJs such as Moby and Prodigy. Thankfully, instead of the cynical marketing effort it was likely intended to be, it comes off sounding like a fairly coherent anthology of breakbeats and brooding techno that, while feeling a bit thrown together, still kicks out a pretty decent set. The Rob D. remix of Moby's "Porcelain," for instance, starts with that now overly familiar piano refrain, but then launches into an epic, scratched-up wash of keyboards and rhythm. The Icelandic dance collective Gus Gus provide a dose of inspiration via the distorted beats of "Gun," mixing it all up with a hint of vague, slightly sinister tension. David Holmes follows up, continuing down the rabbit hole with his Tom Waits-esque vaudeville spin on the darkly industrial track, "Out Run." Elsewhere, God Lives Underwater transform David Bowie's "Fame" into a slow-motion beat fiesta, and French house specialists Rinocerose put their typical six-string spin on display with "La Guitaristic House Organisation." --Matthew Cooke