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[Judderman]

Killer Instinct says hi.

Also, select screen.

Goddamnit who do I have to beg to so that we get a new Killer Instinct?

 

[_Alkaline_]

It's awesome, but why have none of the games used it?

 

[duk]

Goddamnit who do I have to beg to so that we get a new Killer Instinct?

needs to be a launch game for 720 arcade!

 

[Threi]

damn KI has hella good music

YES

IT

DOES.


The Killer Cuts version of Jago's theme is one of my fav videogame tunes of all time.

 

[scitek]

The Reptile fight scene absolutely delivered for my 13-year-old self. Here it is in 1080p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9iFfwUps5k

 

[AAK]

Metal Gear Solid theme is a tad bit more to my taste... but the MK theme truly is glorious

 

[Replicant]

If only they put it in some game..

There was a recut of a trailer for the new game with this theme and it was just perfect. I really dont know why they dont give people what they want. How hard can it be to get the rights ?

WHERE? I must have this fan-made trailer.

 

[brianjones]

meh that some cheesy techno song

metal gear solid for sure

 

[Stuggernaut]

The Reptile fight scene absolutely delivered for my 13-year-old self. Here it is in 1080p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9iFfwUps5k

You sir, win.

 

[SpacLock]

Yoshimitsu's Theme

Let's not kid ourselves here. Although some songs come close, especially some of MK2's stage themes, this is the the best song ever created for a fighting game.

Start agreeing with me or else I'll close this thread.

 

[scitek]

WHERE? I must have this fan-made trailer.

He might be referring to this one. It was the one set to Disturbed, but I recut it to fit the old theme instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zHvNHbdihk

EDIT: For reference, here's the original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i08nFExcP54&NR=1

 

[Soma]

Haha. I remember a few years back when I was in college my roommate and I were about to go to bed since we had class in the morning. We were just about to turn the TV off when the Theme Song came on for the MK movie. We both looked at eachother and agreed that we had to stay up and watch it.

Something about that song...

 

[Octorockin']

FRYING HIGH, FEERING GOOD

Yeeeahhhhyeaaah-o! That soundtrack is awesome. = P

A little off-topic, but Takenobu Mitsuyoshi lent his awesome talents to this new Spelunker anime.

 

[a Master Ninja]

I agree.

Also best intro ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78VJe_LNOXw

Man, I was so fucking pumped when I saw that in the theater as a kid.

 

[-COOLIO-]

man, play this music and surround yourself with a ring of fire opposite your arch nemesis and just TRY

JUST TRY NOT TO FIGHT

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Guile Theme VS. MK theme.

CAGE MATCH! GO!

 

[RustyNails]

It's awesome, but why have none of the games used it?

Music rights and all that crap. The latter games did incorporate the "mortal kombat yell" in some ways though.

 

[enzo_gt]

In all of my Capcom fighting game fandom... I cannot disagree with this fact. One of the high points of the MK series.

 

[geeko]

I got the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack for my 13th birthday. Man, I loved that cd

 

[polyh3dron]

FRYING HIGH, FEERING GOOD

fuck yes this x 9999

bruu bruu skies, I see

 

[AAK]

Are we strictly talking fighting games though?

If so, Namco's sound team take the cake!

 

[ProtoCents]

Surely everyone just forgot this gem from SF4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDVEQ4DfOc&feature=related

The bridge at 2:20 just puts it above the rest.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Best intro ever made

 

[OneEightZero]

I'm having a premonition...

 

[MendicantBS]

Killer Instinct says hi.

Also, select screen.

WINNER!... KI has awesome music, specially KI2 TJ Combo theme

 

[qcf x2]

Fighting:

Killer Instinct theme/select theme/Orchid theme
SF2 Guile/Cammy
Rock Howard theme
Vampire Savior staff roll ?


Others:

DKC2 - Bramble Blast
Chrono Cross - Time's Scar
Lack of Love theme
Grandia 2 battle theme

Also SMB, any of several Sonic themes, the NiGHTs theme, the Shenmue OST, etc...

 

[Jinfash]

Yeah, it's amazing and definitely one of the most iconic themes. But was it ever used in any of the old games? can't remember. I only remember it from the movie. (TV ads perhaps?)

Edit:

I like Deadly Alliance's Mileena more than MK9's :\

 

[jaundicejuice]

It is without a doubt the best thing played on an accordion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoNP8CaFAg

 

[infinityBCRT]

It is without a doubt the best thing played on an accordion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoNP8CaFAg

You win this thread.

 

[TheShampion]

Namco's

I speant years of my life with this song playing in my head constantly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoNP8CaFAg

You just made my day.

 

[NotWii]

Evolution of MK Character Select Screens and Themes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5utP9Ou1Rk
MK1 had the best theme, MK2 had the best lineup

Killer Instinct had better music overall though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfszDzOUypk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE06GOlGosU didn't know they played this in puruetoc rican clubs though lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3l_c6Nq9I wait... riptor was a girl!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2A4TVeqv7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiTD3D0804M
LOL@1st comment

 

[NotWii]

Goddamnit who do I have to beg to so that we get a new Killer Instinct?

I think barely any of the people that made KI and KI2 are still at Rare, and if they are, I dunno if they have the same energy to get the job done
Don't we remember what happens when things are brought back from retirement...

 

[RiverBed]

I dare Gaf To prove me wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdYlSrXn_4

Funny fact that some may not know: That fucking awesome song is not actually from the game series but the movie that came out. It was worth making shitty MK movies just to have that awesome fucking song!
I dare anybody even pronouncing the name of the title with out scream 'Mortal Kombaaaaaaat!'

Now that is what I call EPIC.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Evolution of MK Character Select Screens and Themes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5utP9Ou1Rk
MK1 had the best theme, MK2 had the best lineup

The music in MK fell off a cliff after MK3. I don't know whats up with Dan Forden. He hasn't made many memorable tunes since then.

I remember the Deception select screen music only because I played the hell out of that game. But wow, listening to that clip, I didn't even hear the end part of that music-- Forden probably should have put that part closer to the start.

Some great tracks from MK1-3:
Game Over
Continue
Armory
Rooftop
Subway
Graveyard

 

[CadaveriaIX]

Mk music is awesome, though I really love the KI ones as well, did anyone else buy it back in the day and play that soundtrack that came with it right away?, great stuff.

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiTD3D0804M
LOL@1st comment

hahahaha my future wife better get ready

 

[Tizoc]

Hmm what about SF2's intro? It was Ryu's theme in MvC1.
Still a badass theme, good thing KeepVid.com allows you to dl the audio of YT vids as mp3s now ^_^

 

[spanks]

I do think the intro should make it into the new game though, the entire game is banking on so much nostalgia, it would make a perfect credits song.

Best. Idea. Ever.
Ed, go insert this into the game right now. No one cared about that other track you had there anyway. Remember how awesome and unexpected that Faunts song was at the end of Mass Effect? This would be that magnified a hundred times by nostalgia.

 

[DanielJr82]

Best version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-TKolgAklg

lmao... just like that my childhood memories were murdered! XD

 

[Tr4nce]

The best track from the first movie was Orbital - Halcyon & On &On, also one of the best Trance tracks until this day. It's lovely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ENMnG2BaTA

Best intro ever made

FUCK YEAH! That song, oh man. So many good memories. AWESOME.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Best. Idea. Ever.
Ed, go insert this into the game right now. No one cared about that other track you had there anyway. Remember how awesome and unexpected that Faunts song was at the end of Mass Effect? This would be that magnified a hundred times by nostalgia.

In an interview Boon mentioned that one of the sound designers wanted to include the song in one of the PS2 MK's but Boon shot the idea down because it was so overplayed at that point. He also mentioned that there's a level of cheesiness to it that he didn't want to repreat.

 

[CozMick]

OP you are correct.

 

[DryEyeRelief]

http://i.imgur.com/dcXlN.png[IMG]

I like Deadly Alliance's Mileena more than MK9's :\[/QUOTE]

wow me too

 

[To Far Away Times]

It is without a doubt the best thing played on an accordion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoNP8CaFAg

lol.

 

[derFeef]

It is without a doubt the best thing played on an accordion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoNP8CaFAg

Holy shit, I can't stop laughing.

 

[adamma666]

I dare Gaf To prove me wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdYlSrXn_4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dePaRih9Kzs&feature=related

Annihilations version of the theme was slightly faster and thus the better one, imo.

 

[ZealousD]

My video is Chrono Cross.

Your argument is invalid.

 

[spanks]

In an interview Boon mentioned that one of the sound designers wanted to include the song in one of the PS2 MK's but Boon shot the idea down because it was so overplayed at that point. He also mentioned that there's a level of cheesiness to it that he didn't want to repreat.

But that's silly, cheesiness is the bread and butter of Mortal Kombat. They even brought back Toasty...

 

[Rated-Rsuperstar]

Parents were always afraid that the blood and gore was gonna make their kids violent. It was the MK theme that made me want to jump up and drop kick someone in the face the most.

 

[Noisepurge]

also remember to listen to the whole Mortal Kombat album by The Immortals! Crazy songs featuring all the characters!

Sub-Zero theme is my favourite