Released August 15, 1995 Release date 15 August 1995 Label TVT Records | Length 68:28 Movie Mortal Kombat | |
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Genres Techno, Heavy metal, Electronica, Industrial metal, Industrial rock, Death metal, Groove metal Similar The Essential Now That, Hamilton, W:/2016ALBUM/, A Pentatonix Christmas, Trolls | ||
Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the compilation album which accompanied the 1995 film Mortal Kombat. Three songs from 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.
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Reception
Mortal Kombat was nominated for the Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA Golden Reel Award. It won the BMI Film & TV Awards BMI Film Music Award. The soundtrack went Platinum in 10 days reaching No. 10 on the Billboard 200, and was included in the 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition as the "most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album". Its popularity inspired the album Mortal Kombat: More Kombat.
Chart positions
Chart positions from Billboard magazine (North America):
Songs
1A Taste of Things to ComeGeorge S Clinton0:49
2Goodbye (demo)Gravity Kills3:11
3Juke Joint Jezebel (Metropolis mix)KMFDM5:16