 Paul W.S. Anderson (qv) had originally hired British band Orbital  to compose the music for the film because he had wanted to work with  them since his directorial debut _Mortal Kombat (1995)_ (qv) which  had featured their music. Paramount executives balked at the idea of  hiring unknowns to write music for a big budget film, Anderson then  thought of Michael Kamen (qv) and the idea of "marrying" their  sounds (orchestral and techno) together resulted in the films final  soundtrack.