Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the compilation album that accompanied the 1995 film Mortal Kombat. Three songs by Stabbing Westward were included in the movie, but were omitted from the soundtrack: "Lost", "Lies" and "Can't Happen Here", all of which appear on the album Ungod. Metal vocalist Burton C. Bell is the only artist on the album to appear twice; once with his primary band Fear Factory, and again with side-project GZR. The album features primarily electronic dance music (EDM) along with rock music.
| Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | August 15, 1995 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 68:28 | |||
| Label | TVT | |||
| Mortal Kombat chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Reception
editMortal Kombat was nominated for the Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA Golden Reel Award. It won the BMI Film & TV Awards BMI Film Music Award.[citation needed] The soundtrack went Platinum[2] in less than a year reaching No. 10 on the Billboard 200,[3] and was included in the 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition as the "most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album".[4] It was the first electronic dance music (EDM) record to receive a Platinum certification in the United States.[5] Its popularity inspired the album Mortal Kombat: More Kombat.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Taste of Things to Come" | George S. Clinton | 0:49 |
| 2. | "Goodbye (Demo Version)" | Gravity Kills | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Juke-Joint Jezebel (Giorgio Moroder Metropolis Mix)" | KMFDM | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Unlearn (Josh Wink's Live Mix)" | Psykosonik | 7:29 |
| 5. | "Control (Juno Reactor Instrumental)" | Traci Lords | 6:26 |
| 6. | "Halcyon + On + On" | Orbital | 9:24 |
| 7. | "Utah Saints Take on The Theme from Mortal Kombat" | Utah Saints | 3:00 |
| 8. | "The Invisible" | GZR | 3:43 |
| 9. | "Zero Signal" | Fear Factory | 5:57 |
| 10. | "Burn" | Sister Machine Gun | 4:45 |
| 11. | "Blood & Fire (Out of the Ashes Mix)" | Type O Negative | 4:34 |
| 12. | "I Reject" | Bile | 2:47 |
| 13. | "Twist the Knife (Slowly)" | Napalm Death | 2:51 |
| 14. | "What U See/We All Bleed Red" | Mutha's Day Out | 4:16 |
| 15. | "Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)" | The Immortals | 3:21 |
| 16. | "Goro Vs. Art" | George S. Clinton feat. Buckethead | 2:59 |
| 17. | "Demon Warriors/Final Kombat" | George S. Clinton | 3:49 |
Charts
editCertifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[11] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[12] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (August 15, 1995). "Mortal Kombat [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Search Results for Mortal Kombat". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "Mortal Kombat [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Awards". AllMusic. August 15, 1995. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ J.C. Reeves (February 10, 2012). "'Mortal Kombat' Franchise Boasts Numerous Guinness World Records". Game Rant. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (August 18, 2015). "'Mortal Kombat': Untold Story of the Movie That "Kicked the Hell" Out of Everyone". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Mortal Kombat - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 22 March 2020.