KILLER INSTINCT character select theme

[@tetraspirit13]

The way the character models spin when this song is playing is so damn good

[@orlanzo2621]

The whole presentation just blew me away as a kid: the rotating character models, the music, the short video clip of each character that played when you chose them, etc. Killer Instinct was truly something to behold when it first came out. There was no other fighting game like it.

[@SteveJonesOwnsDSP]

Maya and Orchid lookin' fine at the character select screen too

[@TheTERMlNAT0R]

@@orlanzo2621 yes, I second this comment. You are 100% correct

[@kennethhill613]

Right all the umphs and sound effects from Sabrewulfs stage, Spinals stage and also Thunders stage..the game was truly a master piece.

[@fragilefilter]

Don't get me wrong, I love Street Fighter, but this is gotta be the best character select music ever composed. How the hell could you not want to beat some ass after hearing it?!

[@lawless2321]

fragilefilter lmao

[@mp4vids]

You already know!!!!! I'm hyped right now!!!!

[@LukeyMia4]

To be honest with you? This character select theme feels like a fight to the death theme. Gladiator days lmao

[@Joneth_Piptne]

On my life boi and I'll go as far as saying that this is better than every mortal Kombat character select yes it's that good

[@Joneth_Piptne]

Listening to it makes me want to put it back on my multi game player on my phone

[@dwilson943]

The best character selection theme song ever in existence!!!!!!

[@Ehrle6969]

Mk 1,2,3 better kid

[@armandoestrella7674]

😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@Ehrle6969

[@eduansaez8526]

@@Ehrle6969nope

[@grammysworld5449]

​@@Ehrle6969 3 is the only one close

[@javi994]

@@grammysworld5449MK3 turned Ultra Combos into Brutalities 😂

[@CyborgNinja86]

This would be a ultimate UFC walkout/entrance music.

[@illkid86]

Alex Barrios that'll be bad ass

[@j.t.r.3137]

I'm picturing it now!!

[@koreyburns1421]

Ken Shamrock should have used this back in the day for UFC. Such a 90's feel/sound to it!

[@SaulTheZealot]

If I were ever to join I would honor this shit too. Hell yeah

[@drew2fast489]

No. Don't ruin a good thing.

[@jacksonkids1]

I can imagine 2 fighters walking down a long narrow path towards the arena of battle, knowing one of them is about die. This song would be playing during such a moment.

[@Wilevaldo]

+Nathan Drake that would be amazing :O really amazing.

[@LisleBrathwaite]

About to start 2022, and still the GOAT

[@regteg6202]

This song set the bench mark so high that all the other Killer Instincts that followed, had a similar pattern. They just couldn't walk away from it. RARE WAS A LEGEND!!!!!

[@RelentlessRevolver7]

Still the greatest ost for a fighting game.

[@waltermalone216]

This theme makes EVERY fight feel like it will decide the fate of the MOTHERFUCKING UNIVERSE! Every battle is a high stakes clash of wills

[@DarkPhalanax]

This is a much better version than the 2013 song. The original has so much weight. I remember this song when I was a kid back in the mid 90's and in the arcade this song came up on the speakers, and immediatly I was scared to play it. Even to this day I can still feel some of those feeling everytime I hear that song.

[@rickyrackey7930]

The 2013 one is meant to make these characters feel powerful.

[@turbochop3300]

I agree with OP; I only played the SNES game as a kid, but the game was wicked scary for me. But now, I think I prefer it that way. In my opinion, scary trumps powerful, by far.

[@jrvy74]

I love this track. Every time I hear it I think to myself someone's going down.

[@LucasxZade]

Dat announcers voice. One of the best to this date!

[@raventhegod4834]

Amun.

[@javi994]

ULTRAAAAAAAA COMBOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jarrettallen9119]

The buildup to this theme after the intro theme is absolutely legendary. Selecting your character, seeing the cool character animations while the announcer says "FIGHT ON!" before the fight LEGENDARY

[@regteg6202]

Let's not forget the count down to zero while trying to decide which character you're going for.

[@DustinMcphetridgesRazor]

I hum this tune in times of high pressure situations.

[@JuggernautXXL]

This song turned 9 year old me into a man in 1995

[@dtayak]

this theme is so fuckin epic

[@TheChefdahmer]

Spinal!!!!

[@Terrythetroll.]

Chef Dahmer best one

[@typicalmexicandude]

Same here man

[@kionsumerall5339]

THIS MUSIC MAKES ME THINK OF SPINAL TOO....THATS MY GUY!!!!

[@AuburnsBiggestCritic]

Combo!!!

[@Yashirow]

FIGHT NOW

[@tiotecito6422]

orchid!!

[@charliejenkins3510]

My chick

[@joseluisgarciarubio8069]

FULGORE

[@luciariveraaybar1858]

This music was forever stuck in my head until I looked it up recently! So many good memories

[@carloscorralesn1982]

Tan simple pero tan poderoso. Pone los pelos de punta.

[@TheRav3n]

This theme definitely sounds like war!

[@Jean-ug7bt]

I love this song😍 Jago, T.J Combo, Spinal, Cinder, Sabrewulf, Glacius, Riptor, Chief Thunder, B. Orchid, Fulgore and Eyedol

[@ncmariofan3605]

FIGHT ON!

[@jensenanthony199]

Gargosssssssssssssssssssss

[@ncmariofan3605]

@@jensenanthony199 KI2 pal

[@carlosjosems8077]

Entre este y el soundtrack de MortalKombat no se cual me explota la cabeza más fuerte 🤯😏

[@felipe_jorge]

i want this at my funeral

[@astroboirap]

Lmao

[@sakurablossom2949]

That *bad ass slow mo walk* or that *bad ass soldier walk* !!

[@krispy41956]

my theme song when I walk into work

[@JulioHernandez-chico]

Imagine you are a ufc fighter and you play this theme as your entrance song as you walking up to that octagon.

[@emanuelamaha1427]

This Right Here Is One Magnificent Last Fighter Standing Fight To The Death Until One Fighter Is Left Standing While The Other Fighter is Dead Theme Song

[@marcosleandro222]

THUNDER!!!!

[@HybridSol1221]

CINDER!!!!

[@azulontwentyeagles8295]

Orchid My girl!!

[@jacobspowell4416]

You know i just started using Orchid in Killer Instinct 2. She can kick ass after all. My main character is Jago who happens be her brother. Jago and Fulgore were my main characters i use the most now Orchid is my 3rd main character

[@azulontwentyeagles8295]

@@jacobspowell4416 yeah I knew jago is her brother and orchid can that's why I love playing with her her combo's kicks a lot of ass

[@spyderken]

T.J. COMBO!

[@Wilevaldo]

FULGORE!!! ....FIGHT ON!!

[@Ibrahimnasr135]

saberwulf

[@joseluisgarciarubio8069]

TJ COMBO

[@ItsFactsSoCope]

CINDER

[@JJB11]

CHIEF THUNDER

[@operazanotaijin]

This, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and MK3/UMK3 had the best character select themes ever.

[@AngelVS]

When this song comes out you know is about go down and being prepared with some kick ass combos and some humiliations

[@internaltissues5648]

this song reminds me of badass spartan hoplites on the eve of mortal annihilation marching deliberately and impetuously in single file receiving their spears helmets and shields from the weaponsmith

[@j.b.225]

This game had me hyped and also scared me as a kid.

[@SuperAmazingPower]

in 2 hours I get my wisdom teeth extracted. I'm Ready! Fight On!

[@sakurablossom2949]

ORCHID!!! ❤

[@GHOST_-bn3ht]

She's my favorite character I ultra everyone who crosses paths with me #Orchid4Life

[@Ibrahimnasr135]

FULGORE

[@joseluisgarciarubio8069]

EYEDOL

[@GHOST_-bn3ht]

@@joseluisgarciarubio8069 SPINAL

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Gives me Van Damme and Mirko Cro Cop and Andy Hug and K-1 Young Buakaw vibes ☝️ Only the best kicking legends 😤

[@jamoonjaneal5983]

There could be 7 killer instincts nothing beats the original theme

[@mariogamalielsalgadoluna7899]

Hermosa melodía

[@marcelo585]

glacius

[@digitacaodig6245]

TUICIUSSSSSSSS.

[@egyptianlegend5734]

player

[@JustAFatGuyInTX]

Wasn't a huge fan of the game, but man does it have the best presentation of any fighting game for its time.

[@ZoruaZorroark]

CINDER!!!! GAME ON

[@Cinemarkerz96]

I once saw a comment that perfectly captures the feel of this music: “This was the music that played on the Osama Bin Laden assassination mission briefing.”

[@fie4426]

The coolest sounding short tune ever haha

[@emanuelvelez5021]

Jago! FIGHT ON!

[@DK-et6ri]

Supreme victory!

[@dragonshinobi1978]

...perfect.

[@ncmariofan3605]

Awesome victory!

[@sHimmyHoffa]

This sounds like the best of both worlds best by Jay z and R Kelly

[@adriangoodall6006]

if they had the policies and came out to this.....they'd have my vote badass

[@markellsimmons4831]

Literally awesome 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯!

[@mamutelan]

Cinder Wins= ∞(+quadrado) Entendedores, entenderão...

[@molomosk123]

This song surpasses its successor in epicness 10 fold.

[@jacobspowell4416]

Fulgore!!!

[@adriangoodall6006]

spinal!

[@spartanelite5856]

Jacob Powell Jago!!

[@jacobspowell4416]

J Miguel Chav Cinder

[@spartanelite5856]

Jacob Powell Cinder!!!! (too hahah)

[@pine483]

TJ Combo!

[@grendol10]

SABERWULF!! :3

[@Nice_Boy_555]

JAGO

[@grendol10]

UMM NO

[@Nice_Boy_555]

Yvette Tavarez Yes

[@digitacaodig6245]

nice@#

[@Maximus1Decimus]

SABERWULF! Fight on...

[@Armageddon-qo4wy]

Fuck I love this game! That's the sort of music that gets you pumped up!

[@ncmariofan3605]

Player 1: *picks Cinder* Player 2: *picks some other character* Announcer: Fight on! Also Announcer: Eyedol! Player 2: Say what now?!

[@plmuzik21]

As a teen playing this game & it coming with a soundtrack I always wanted to rap to this beat just put that gangsta touch with it! Goes Hard asf!!!!!

[@gjtrue]

GLACIUS!

[@aceboogisback9946]

It's funny how one can remember the melody of these themes while not hearing them for so long.

[@emanuelamaha1427]

Now this is a god mode select your character theme

[@rxd7348]

There is some television news channel that plays this song here in Brazil

[@morganblackstoneproduction5064]

Favela TV

[@rxd7348]

@@morganblackstoneproduction5064 It's Cidade Alerta if I'm not mistaken

[@kenji4861]

That feeling you get when you insert the two quarters.

[@morganblackstoneproduction5064]

I was there...

[@Lyon804]

Tj Combo all day baby!

[@stenredfield3045]

RIPTOR!

[@brandongrande9200]

Sabrewulf! Fight on!

[@mcm7708]

🦖 vs 🐺

[@Ibrahimnasr135]

CHIEF TUNDRA

[@Ibrahimnasr135]

Cinder fight on

[@joseluisgarciarubio8069]

SPINAL

[@raventhegod4834]

This is like THE Badddrst theme EVER. To think this game is mad underrated!

[@Gamer4lyfe00]

gotta get this theme for my phone.. think i will use it for my alarm cause hearing this at 5am will wake me up and get my ready for work lol

[@jakoballfather224]

Girls: guilty gear darkstalkers blazblue boys: tekken men: mortal kombat terrordrome and killer instinct

[@TheBostonhollywood]

Eyedoll !!!!

[@LucianVolkolak]

If i was a wrestler /UFC fighter or something like that this will be my intro song accompanied with a deadly in the eye look to my enemy Spinal! Fulgore! Cinder! Fight on!

[@yagamigirl_2047]

CINDERRR!

[@Dirty_Noob_X]

You're everywhere lol.

[@ZoruaZorroark]

SUPREME VICTORY

[@crashdowndriver2867]

people who dislike are HATERS this is a good theme

[@grmmmmmm]

Did you mean, these people who disliked can't defeat Eyedol.

[@devontet.1329]

Man… Real Talk.. slow this down just a little bit and let Twista, Krazy Bone & Busta Rhymes flow in this… LAVA 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jensenanthony199]

I remember now than when I was 9 Years Old my mother Told Me: Jensen go to sleep There will be morning school tomorrow & instantly this theme Get Into My Head!!!! #Memories #Nostalgia #KillerInstinctLover

[@Qwazin]

ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@singletona082]

COMBOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@dominon929]

The music of determination

[@TheRav3n]

“Hinder!!!!!!!” (That’s what Cinder sounded like to me as a kid)

[@knuckles0898]

SABURWOLF!!!!!! My favourite character B-)

[@KingGemini87]

Yes, we must. We must do everything in our power to get Killer Instinct 3. We must and we shall.

[@hayatorpg3896]

Your wish was granted but it didnt last long

[@Otakawaii1]

Esse era foda!! Kkkkkk mó saudade!

[@App-Tips]

Época de ouro dos games de luta! KI é uma lenda.

[@antichrist4485]

Alwaze thought this would b a great ring intro music for a wrestler

[@marcovilchez84]

Jago! Sabrewulf! Fulgore! Black orchid! Riptor! Chief thunder! Spinal! Cinder!

[@turbozyy_1502]

awsome character select theme

[@cactusjack20]

ULTRA! ULTRA! ULTRA!

[@eduardohessdesouza9946]

"chief THOONDERRR"

[@cartmann94]

*FIGHT ON!*

[@victoriaossandon1938]

Temazo

[@BillyBlaze4Christ]

Cinder!

[@kashawnjones7615]

Cinder My favorite

[@nunilsvevo5923]

Glaciussssssss!

[@kionsumerall5339]

This my workout music

[@DivineSphere]

Beautiful 😍

[@MildSauce36]

They should play this when fighters face off in the ufc.

[@Revenge328]

We must FIGHT ON for Killer Instinct 3.

[@wtfhappened2umane]

I remember being 3 or 4 playing this for the first time. It was around midnight and everyone was sleeping. I heard this music and I was terrified but I still forged ahead like a G. Felt good when I finally beat the game. Good times.

[@0meGa-Supreme5150]

This is the theme 2 play when in walk im the room

[@epicz2132]

Uffff quien en 2024 ?

[@matthewpafford9669]

Eyedol!!!!!

[@COSME90]

A badass boss

[@jkazamafoostudios2772]

JAGO!!!! SABREWULF!!!! ORCHID!!!! THUNDER!!!! SPINAL!!!! GLACIUS!!!!

[@barryc629]

This def in the gym music rotation

[@Ijoyen77]

JAGO !

[@grmmmmmm]

FULGORE!