The arcade board rips of MK4's soundtrack, and hearing these compositions in their original arcade form is a different experience from the console versions. "Covert Ops in 2D" and "The Agency" bring espionage tension. "City Streets" and "Jungle Combat" score the classic stage types.
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"Subterranean Depths" goes underground with claustrophobic menace. "The Tormentor" is pure villain energy. "The Sky is Red" paints apocalyptic atmosphere. "Final Threshold" builds to the endgame. "Lamentation of the Agent" closes with something surprisingly mournful for a game about ripping spines out.
Twenty-two tracks of late-90s arcade sound hardware pushing dark, industrial, cinematic compositions. If you played MK4 in arcades and the music has been living in your subconscious for decades, this rip brings it back to the surface.