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Poker Face · Jul 22, 2015

The Sounds of Killer Instinct: Season 2

Microsoft released this last night, it's a neat little behind the scenes look at how they've been doing the audio for Killer Instinct.

Twin Tails · Jul 22, 2015

I love BTSs and I love the sounds of KI.

SEGAvangelist · Jul 22, 2015

Just finished watching this video. Very very cool stuff in it.

kogasu · Jul 22, 2015

Caught this video last night. It's always really cool to see how they do their foley and, just in general, how they go about doing the sound.

Anung · Jul 22, 2015

Mick Gordon, I love you.

shandy706 · Jul 22, 2015

Tagging this for later. Such an awesome soundtrack.

NIN90 · Jul 22, 2015

Let it be said that "Inferno (Cinder's Theme)" is one of the best VG tracks ever created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmwFBK0cyk

TriniTrin · Jul 22, 2015

The music in this game is awesome! TACO SHELLS! BRILLIANT!

Great vid, thanks OP!

GotchaForce · Jul 22, 2015

Would pay money to watch a hour, two hour version of just Mick Gordon.

vg260 · Jul 22, 2015

NIN90 said:
Let it be said that "Inferno (Cinder's Theme)" is one of the best VG tracks ever created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmwFBK0cyk

Amen.

jay23 · Jul 22, 2015

This was awesome, we need more behind the scenes stuff like this.

AWizardDidIt · Jul 22, 2015

God damn that was really awesome. It's amazing how many small touches go into the sound design of this game.

Also Mick Gordon continues to bring some of the best music in the industry.

Jarlaxle · Jul 22, 2015

Nice video.

Sound design is phenomenal in this game. Can't wait for a season 3 announcement to confirm they'll be more Mick Gordon goodness on the way.

Youta Mottenai · Jul 22, 2015

As someone who don't play KI the soundtrack/sound effects are nothing short of amazing.

Defect · Jul 22, 2015

Great stuff.

Conkerkid11 · Jul 22, 2015

Is season 2 over yet? Waiting for that OST to hit Spotify. I noticed The Old Blood didn't make it there yet either.

joseranulfo · Jul 22, 2015

Conkerkid11 said:
Is season 2 over yet? Waiting for that OST to hit Spotify. I noticed The Old Blood didn't make it there yet either.

The season 2 album was announced to be released August 4th in tue killer instinct panel at evo.

Nine Mick Gordon tracks for season two and a lot of unreleased music and mixes of classic killer instinct.

Enter The 36 Chambers · Jul 22, 2015

That video was awesome. I love seeing all the obscure methods used for sounds.

The Cinder stuff especially was pretty cool.

lolosgolos · Jul 22, 2015

The tracks in this game are best.

sixteen-bit · Jul 22, 2015

joseranulfo said:
The season 2 album was announced to be released August 4th in tue killer instinct panel at evo.

Nine Mick Gordon tracks for season two and a lot of unreleased music and mixes of classic killer instinct.

really looking forward to this.

Ingueferroque · Jul 22, 2015

The original arcade cabinet's sounded so fucking good. Can't wait for this to hit Windows.

Karak · Jul 22, 2015

Friggen awesome! Thanks for posting that. This is why I cover music so much in my content. The amount of work that goes into a games music is so easily overlooked.

NaviLink · Jul 22, 2015

Nice video. Mick Gordon couldn't have done a better job, really.

hwalker84 · Jul 22, 2015

That was sick when Mick just busted out the Tibetan Throat singing.

Anyway I'm partial to the TJ Combo song version
https://youtu.be/6JapDyUwAu8

Conkerkid11 · Jul 22, 2015

joseranulfo said:
The season 2 album was announced to be released August 4th in tue killer instinct panel at evo.

Nine Mick Gordon tracks for season two and a lot of unreleased music and mixes of classic killer instinct.

Thanks for the info! So hyped.

Attleborotaco · Jul 22, 2015

Hisako IMO has the best theme from KI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLmf3n00IM

Nori Chan · Jul 22, 2015

It made me so giddy watching Mick Gordon talk about Jago's theme. I would love for him to explain his motivation amongst other tracks as well.

NIN90 said:
Let it be said that "Inferno (Cinder's Theme)" is one of the best VG tracks ever created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmwFBK0cyk

Church.

enzo_gt · Jul 22, 2015

This was great. The amount of effort put into the sound design is unreal.

bloodyroarxx · Jul 22, 2015

Yeah Cinders new theme is absolutely disgusting, one of the best reimaginging of a themes ever when it comes to games.

Kind of weak they didn't go into Mick's thought's on it since Cinder was such a huge part of Season 2.

lazygecko · Jul 22, 2015

I really wish there was a dynamic version of the soundtrack available. The music is super cool but the way it's squashed just sucks all the life and power out of it.

DJ_Lae · Jul 22, 2015

That was fantastic.

I'd love to see more, well edited, behind the scenes stuff for videogames.

Slixshot · Jul 22, 2015

Awesome video. Love BTS videos

CommandThrower · Jul 22, 2015

I very much loved this video.

I do wish we got more behind the scenes from Mick. Like, how in Thunder's theme, Mick recorded the vocals at a ranch in Idaho with actual Nez Perce native americans! I would love to hear more about the process of all of these KI tracks, because they are truly some of the best works of music that I have heard in a long time.

16BitNova · Jul 22, 2015

NIN90 said:
Let it be said that "Inferno (Cinder's Theme)" is one of the best VG tracks ever created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmwFBK0cyk

I know I'm like the 3rd person to quote this. But, this theme really is amazing. I also really appreciate BTS videos like this. Helps you appreciate all the hard work that goes into such minor details that sometimes go unnoticed.

Synth · Jul 22, 2015

lazygecko said:
I really wish there was a dynamic version of the soundtrack available. The music is super cool but the way it's squashed just sucks all the life and power out of it.

Funnily enough, I wish there was a non-dynamic option for the game itself, as I often find myself hearing the same areas of track looping constantly as a result of doing a similar combo often.

Shredderi · Jul 22, 2015

The soundtrack by Mick Gordon is fucking superb and my favourite thing sonically to come out of video games the past two years. Bring on S2 ost!

a Master Ninja · Jul 22, 2015

That Cinder recording session footage is great.

Seven4sses · Jul 22, 2015

It's pretty amazing how the sound teams came up with sound effects for everyone. That whole bit about Hisako and crumpling lettuce was golden. Kinda wished they talked about Aganos and Maya, even if Maya doesn't have any unique sounds tied to her.

Now i'm here waiting for the Season 2 Killer Cuts to come out on iTunes.

Seven4sses · Jul 22, 2015

joseranulfo said:
The season 2 album was announced to be released August 4th in tue killer instinct panel at evo.

Nine Mick Gordon tracks for season two and a lot of unreleased music and mixes of classic killer instinct.

AW YISS

Teeth · Jul 22, 2015

I wish they would have gotten more into the way they spliced the tracks to match the intensity of the fights. So awesome.

Also, I went to Mick Gordon's website to see other games he's done and under the list of stuff:

Current Projects
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Killer Instinct
Routine

Previous Projects
Need for Speed: The Run
Shootmania Storm
Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat
Shift 2: Unleashed
Need for Speed: World
Vancouver Canucks Stadium Sound Design Rogers Arena/Canucks

Woah!

malfcn · Jul 23, 2015

Mind blown with just the Tibetan vocal singing.

fallingdove · Jul 23, 2015

Mick Gordon did an amazing job. Killer Instinct has incredible music. As a huge fan of the original music, he more than lived up to my expectations.

HarryDemeanor · Jul 23, 2015

The music in Killer Instinct just keeps getting better. So many great tracks.

hwalker84 · Jul 23, 2015

You don't make videos like this if there's no season 3 coming. Can't wait for the PC version and season 3.

Doug Heffernan · Jul 23, 2015

Mick Gordon is a fantastic man.

golem · Jul 23, 2015

Being a sound engineer does look like one of the more fun jobs in the industry

bumpkin · Jul 23, 2015

Cool video with lots of interesting little tidbits. It's also nice to finally see/hear Mick Gordon in the flesh. I've tagged him in KI related Tweets that he's liked and/or favorited over the past year or two, but really had no idea who he was outside of that.

DopeyFish · Jul 23, 2015

bumpkin said:
Cool video with lots of interesting little tidbits. It's also nice to finally see/hear Mick Gordon in the flesh. I've tagged him in KI related Tweets that he's liked and/or favorited over the past year or two, but really had no idea who he was outside of that.

I strongly recommend watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okdBkHuIf4Q (part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SH-2779MQ (part 2)

KimonoNoNo · Jul 23, 2015

KI's soundtrack is the first time I've heard of Mick Gordon and I honestly pictured him as a hairy metal head and not somebody who practised Mongolian throat singing.

DALBEN · Jul 23, 2015

Great Video, thanks.

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