Dark, industrial synth that oozes out of an arcade cabinet and stains the carpet. Dan Forden's Mortal Kombat II score is 1993 arcade hardware pushed to its absolute limit, and it sounds meaner than the original in every way.
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"The Dead Pool" throbs with this low-end menace that perfectly matches watching someone get dunked in acid, while "The Screaming Forest" layers eerie textures over a beat that won't let you breathe. "The Portal" opens things up into something almost alien.
The MK II Death Jam and Audio Tour tracks are wild bonus material, Forden basically remixing his own stage music into extended cuts. Even the cryptically named "SCRLAHTS" and "WDYLMA" carry that signature Midway weirdness.
If you ever pumped quarters into an MKII cabinet and felt the bass in your ribs, this is the proof it wasn't your imagination.