Blade II (soundtrack)

Blade II: The Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Guillermo del Toro's 2002 film Blade II. It was released on March 19, 2002 via Immortal Records, serving as a follow-up to Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture.

Blade II: The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)
Genre	Electronic music hip hop techno
Length	58:42
Label	Immortal Records
Producer	Happy Walters Guillermo del Toro (exec.) Peter Frankfurt (exec.) Wesley Snipes (exec.) Danny Saber Roni Size BT Dan the Automator DJ Muggs Dub Pistols Fatboy Slim Gorillaz Groove Armada Marco Beltrami Moby Neil Davidge Paul Oakenfold Robert Del Naja Steve Osborne The Crystal Method Tom Morello Volume 10
Blade soundtracks chronology
Blade: Music from and Inspired By The Motion Picture (1998) Blade II: The Soundtrack (2002) Blade: Trinity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2004)
Marvel Comics film series soundtrack chronology
X-Men (2000) Blade II (2002) Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

It features contributions by hip hop artists, such as Bubba Sparxxx, Busta Rhymes, Cypress Hill, Eve, Fabolous, Ice Cube, Jadakiss, Mos Def, Mystikal, Rah Digga, Redman, Silkk the Shocker, The Roots, Trina and Volume 10, while production was handled mainly by electronic musicians, including BT, Danny Saber, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Fatboy Slim, Moby, Paul Oakenfold, Roni Size and The Crystal Method among others.

The soundtrack is the third in a trilogy of genre-blending soundtracks produced by Happy Walters and released by Immortal Records. It was preceded by the soundtracks for Judgment Night (1993) and Spawn (1997).

Track listing

No.	Title	Performers/Artists	Length
1.	"Blade (Theme from Blade)"	Marco Beltrami & Danny Saber	3:01
2.	"Cowboy"	Eve & Fatboy Slim	5:31
3.	"I Against I"	Massive Attack & Mos Def	5:40
4.	"Right Here, Right Now"	Paul Oakenfold & Ice Cube	4:10
5.	"Tao Of The Machine"	Brian “BT.” Transeau & The Roots	3:17
6.	"Child of the Wild West"	Cypress Hill & Roni Size	4:14
7.	"The One"	Dub Pistols, Busta Rhymes & Silkk The Shocker	3:44
8.	"We Be Like This"	Danny Saber, Fabolous & Jadakiss	5:45
9.	"Gorillaz on My Mind"	Gorillaz & Redman	4:30
10.	"Gangsta Queens"	Groove Armada, Trina & Rah Digga	3:54
11.	"PHDream"	The Crystal Method & Bubba Sparxxx	3:52
12.	"Raised in the Hood"	Volume 10 & Roni Size	3:26
13.	"Gettin' Aggressive (Mowo! “Mix”)"	Moby & Mystikal (with Ms. Peaches)	3:39
14.	"Mind What You Say (Bonus Track)"	Lennox "Buppy" Brown	3:58
Total length:			58:47

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 19 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[4] 28 French Albums (SNEP)[5] 106 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 19 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 39 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 48 US Billboard 200[9] 26 US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[11] 42 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[12] 4