Blade: Trinity (soundtrack)
Blade: Trinity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to David S. Goyer's 2004 film Blade: Trinity. It was released on November 23, 2004 via New Line Records,[2] serving as a sequel to Blade II: The Soundtrack. Composed of a mix of hip hop and electronic music,[3] it consists of twelve songs, and features contributions by the likes of Wu-Tang Clan members and affiliates, Black Lab, E-40, Lil' Flip, Overseer, Paris Texas, The Crystal Method, Thee Undatakerz and WC. Production was handled by RZA, Ramin Djawadi, Andy Ellis and Danny Saber, with executive producers George Drakoulias and Wesley Snipes.
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| Released | November 23, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–04 | |||
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| Length | 49:54 | |||
| Label | New Line Records | |||
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The album proved to be the least successful of the three Blade soundtracks, peaking at number 68 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 15 on the Top Soundtracks and number eight on the Independent Albums.
Versions
    
There are three different versions of the soundtrack: the clean version, the uncensored version, and the deluxe version. The deluxe version includes a 12-page comic by Takashi Okazaki and a bonus DVD featuring an animated short, a story board animatic, making-of footage, character designs, Blade Manga art, a weapons gallery, behind the scenes footage of the RZA[4] scoring the film, and more. The song "Starting Over" by The Crystal Method was also used in the film, though it is not on the soundtrack.
Track listing
    
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | 
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| 1. | "Fatal" (performed by RZA) | RZA | 3:43 | |
| 2. | "I Gotta Get Paid" (performed by Lil' Flip, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon) | RZA | 3:49 | |
| 3. | "When the Guns Come Out" (performed by WC, E-40 and Christ Bearer) | 
  | RZA | 4:09 | 
| 4. | "Thirsty" (performed by Ol' Dirty Bastard and Black Keith) | 
  | RZA | 4:04 | 
| 5. | "Daywalkers" (performed by RZA and Ramin Djawadi) | 
  | 2:34 | |
| 6. | "Party in tha Morgue (Club Mix)" (performed by Kool Keith and Thee Undatakerz) | 
  | 6:56 | |
| 7. | "Skylight" (performed by Overseer) | R. Howes | 4:59 | |
| 8. | "This Blood" (performed by Black Lab) | 
  | Andy Ellis | 3:06 | 
| 9. | "Bombs Away (Danny Saber Remix)" (performed by Paris Texas) | 
  | Danny Saber | 3:28 | 
| 10. | "Weapons of Mad Distortion" (performed by The Crystal Method) | 
  | 4:50 | |
| 11. | "Hard Wax" (performed by Manchild) | 
  | 4:08 | |
| 12. | "Blade's Back" (performed by Ramin Djawadi) | R. Djawadi | Ramin Djawadi | 4:03 | 
| Total length: | 49:54 | |||
Charts
    
| Chart (2004-05) | Peak position  | 
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 28 | 
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 54 | 
References
    
- Loftus, Johnny. "Blade: Trinity - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
 - "Winans Launches Web-Based Gospel Imprint". Billboard. November 20, 2004. p. 18 – via Google Books.
 - Lawrence C. Rubin, ed. (2006). Psychotropic Drugs and Popular Culture: Essays on Medicine, Mental Health and the Media. McFarland & Company. p. 137. ISBN 0-7864-2513-X.
 - "Big Screen". Billboard. January 29, 2005. p. 46 – via Google Books.
 - "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack – Blade Trinity" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
 - "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Blade Trinity" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
 
External links
    
- Blade: Trinity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)
 - Blade: Trinity soundtrack at IMDb
 
