Heavy, aggressive character themes that sound like every fighter got their own entrance music at a metal show. This 2011 album dropped alongside the Mortal Kombat reboot for PS3 and Xbox 360, giving twelve warriors their own dedicated tracks.
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"Deathstalker" as Scorpion's theme goes full industrial with distorted vocals and pounding rhythm. "Helado" for Sub-Zero takes a completely different approach, colder and more calculated with icy synth layers under the heaviness.
Each character's personality comes through in the production choices. Goro's theme is lumbering and massive, Reptile's skitters with paranoid energy, and Johnny Cage's struts with cocky guitar swagger. Shao Kahn's closer just crushes with imperial weight.
The whole album feels like a roster select screen where every choice has consequences. If you main anyone on this list and haven't heard their theme song yet, you owe them that respect.