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Mortal Kombat: The Original Motion Picture Score

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The movie was an okay movie. The soundtrack was pretty stupid. The movie score, however, is really good. When I watched the movie, I remember thinking the music was the best thing about it. I bought the soundtrack by mistake, and quickly got rid of it and bought this CD instead. I don't own the movie, but I own this - it is very well done, with a great deal of drums and guitars, making it a very unusual soundtrack.
Beware of the review by Shawn Watson - just because he's a "Top 500" reviewer doesn't mean he knows what he's talking about. He doesn't - I don't know what CD he heard, but it wasn't this one because this is just what the movie had for its score and it's great.

If you're looking for the techno type music that was in the film, get the soundtrack, not the score. The score is much more of a rock type score and while similar to the techno music, is not it. George S. Clinton, not the guy from P-Funk, did the score and it is pretty much what you would expect coming from a fantasy martial arts film such as this. Here is a rundown of some of the instruments: you have the guitar performed by Buckethead (and you thought you were made fun of as a kid), drums performed by Brain (probably not a smart guy, but you never know), lots and lots of percussion, shakuhachi (a Japanese wood flute), resonator, keyboards, and the Testosterone Orchestra (don't let the name of the orchestra fool you). The score sounds great in the film and accompanies the scenes nicely, but on CD can be a little noisy and tiring at times. The music is loaded with synths, electric guitars, drums, and lots of various percussion. There are themes for some of the different characters in the film. Goro's theme is a 3 note electric guitar motif that can be found in "Goro VS. Art" and "Goro Goro". Shang Tsung's theme is a dark and ominous synth theme found in "It Has Begun", "Liu's Dream", "Hand and Shadow", and "Soul Snatchin" to name a few. Johnny Cage's theme can be found in "Johnny Cage" (take a guess why) and "Johnny VS. Scorpion". Kitana's theme is an ethnic theme on the shakuhachi which is found in "The Garden", "Liu VS. Kitana",
and others. The rest of the music is mostly composed of the instruments listed above and does not really go anywhere musically, except loud and boisterous to accompany the film. This score is decent in parts and plain obnoxious in others. I suggest getting the soundtrack instead, as the music is better and the best parts of Clinton's score are found on it as well.

this is an awesome soundtrack it is enjoyable and fun to listen to. the best songs on this disc are all of them

This album i feel was only good if i was watching the movie and someone told me, while watching it, that buckethead is playing guitar in this, otherwise, its hard to appreciate the guitar in it, a few of the songs on here i remember from the movie, but to sit down and listen to it is almost hard to fathom to me. Maybe if bucket had a bigger part in it, guitar wise or maybe if he played other instruments, i'd love it more, but this one gets 3 stars cause it doesnt get me going like a usual buckethead cd, mainly cause it isnt, but anyway, i honestly dont recommend this for once cause its just too repetitive, sorry.

The music was great not everyday you hear music that good. (I didnt buy it from this site, i dont even own it) my friend does but he got it for 25 dollars not 45!

This cd may not have words in it, but it does have rock music. George S. Clinton sure knows how to make a great musical score out of a movie like Mortal Kombat. This is a cd for everyone to enjoy. All the songs rock! Don't just sit there reading this review! Buy it today!

I have been an afficiondo of film scores for some time now, and this (While cheesy at times) is almost as adrenalin pumping as the song soundtrack. George S. Clinton (Not to be mistaken for The funk-master) has a talent here to translate the visuals in the film into audible bits that really help you picture the scene in your head. The percussion is a little overdone, but since this is all sythesized music it fits. If you haven't bought a score soundtrack in a while, try this, you might be surprised.

This is one of those soundtracks that is better than the movie. The movie wasn't bad, but the soundtrack (score in this case) is excellent. A cross between The Kodo Drummers and a heavy metal band. This is not quiet contemplative music, this is music to make you move.

The only thing worse then the martial arts in this movie (except for Scorpion) was the acting, but the sound track is just awesome. I've had my friends try and steal it from me almost 8 times. the fighting music on this CD was better then the fighting music on the matrix, and it's the same with all the mortal Kombat soundtracks

a must bu