Killer Instinct Original Arcade Soundtrack

[@madpistol]

You've got to admit. This soundtrack was insane in the mid-90's.

[@LITTLE1994]

It still is today. Most games these days don't sound like this.

[@truthseeker9527]

Still is

[@KhanMann66]

Never lost it’s insanity!

[@Feanorthrasher]

Still!

[@stefantsarev4442]

@@LITTLE1994 To be fair, there are some killer modern game soundtracks. The Elder Scrolls games come to mind. And so does Uncharted. And Halo. Still, Killer Instinct's OST remains one of my personal favourites. Back in the 90s we were simply not worthy for it.

[@CookieThug]

one of the best character select themes of all time

[@renansaffremussard9236]

probably the best I have SF 2, Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance and this

[@brittislove]

the best being MvC2 - I wanna take you for a ride

[@JeriDro]

I would say MK3 has the best character select theme

[@emirarrab]

Y.....creo que sí. Por lejos...

[@kevinwatson6879]

SOR 2 and SOR 3 is up there for me.

[@kikihideout4966]

Finally, the ACTUAL arcade soundtrack in good quality!

[@Justnothankyou132]

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[@albertsantos9966]

@@Justnothankyou132 ?

[@FiltiarnYT]

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[@philipgross4302]

But where's Sabrewulf?

[@RavenEffect341]

@@philipgross4302 26:53

[@mettle4565]

That beat is Rare!

[@DRAGONUNKNOWN]

😂😂😂 I see what you did there.

[@marleymcleay9228]

The Rare ones are the best ones!

[@LITTLE1994]

Good one.

[@o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o]

Yo home to Bel-Air!

[@HolidayIX]

The original soundtracks will always be the best.

[@TylerMcNamer]

I still play the arcade machine at my local arcade. Still rocks!

[@EvilPanda187]

This is peak 90s. Sounds like it came straight out of a Donkey Kong Country OST, but just a fighting game. Rare did so much dope shit back then! Brings me back! LE LE LETS DO IT NOW

Facts! Rare was so special

[@MamesGames]

The Funky Kong theme was originally intended as a Killer Instinct track. It was used during the E3 show where DKC was featured and Nintendo liked it so much that it got included with DKC soundtrack.

[@StevenMcFlyJunior]

ferk yeah

[@colinbricks]

Your face when you realize the SELECT SCREEN MUSIC for this game is better than many games whole soundtracks

[@segapena5033]

Back in the day when the KI machine was turned up loud enough you could hear it from the mall food court.

[@ikec2894]

UULTRAAA COMMBOOOO!!!!!!

[@shogunrua5589]

@@ikec2894 Ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-Combo Breaker!!!!

[@agentooe33AD]

EXACTLY!

[@8166PC1]

I heard the developers said that it was intentional to make it the loudest game out there even when the volume was down.

[@Capothekid]

@@8166PC1 yup that’s exactly what it was. It was forced to catch your attention.

[@DeathPrevails77713]

That has to be one of the most epic character select soundtrack ever.

[@WarriorPleb]

this is legit

[@unr34L-]

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance and Deception have some amazing Character select music

[@Keepitsavage21]

*Tuuuun tuuuun…..tuuun tuuun….. tun tun tun* such a menacing sound. Makes your wonder what is to come.

[@LITTLE1994]

Definitely one of them.

[@freshboy3968]

Very Doom n' Loom

[@mr.playthrough3306]

One of the best video games soundtracks in the mid 90s. KI was on top of the fighting genre. My buddies and I used to play this nonsense stop on the SNES. Good F times

[@lynch42o]

I can still hear the arcade machines… back when multiplayer was the arcades and trash talk was in person.

[@Andrewpryce011]

saberwolfs theme what a master piece

[@Videogamelover58]

Facts

[@europa7533]

very Warcraft 2-ish

[@benjaminmathias5004]

Totally agreed

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Cinder theme music is the best

[@Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654]

Orchid is the best sounds like a La Bouche song .

[@emanuelamaha1427]

This phenomenal soundtrack is a tremendous masterpiece of music

[@LITTLE1994]

Keep in mind, it was done by the same two guys who also did the music for Goldeneye 007.

[@kraftthisile9113]

Would listen to it throughout middle school and high school inside my disc man and kids used to pick on me for listening to video game music. And now, it's a normal thing to do.

[@AmideusTV]

This makes me want a Killer Instinct Movie, this soundtrack is sick.

[@Ajr84]

That would be awesome

[@danielweiss4498]

There was never a better Soundtrack for a fighting Game and Presentation

[@kevinphillips8948]

The Credits Theme Alone Gave Anyone The Satisfaction And Victory Of Defeating Eyedol, It Also Is How You Done A Good Job At Beating The Whole Entire Game.

[@Pootie_Tan]

When I leave this earth, this is the song I want to play at the funeral over and over again

[@cronstrubzo]

"WOW this is amazing, and i just entered my name.. THRILLHO"

[@TheDoomMaster]

KI will always have the best combo system of any fighting game.

[@michaeljames2084]

ULTRA!!!!!!

[@timpieper5492]

Chief Thunder's stage always gives me chills. Kinda reminds me of something Sepultura would've done. Tribal-war drums, the chugging guitar riff, the chanting... dope.

[@albertsantos9966]

The one that really gives chills is Saber wolfs

[@mrc...86.]

If you like type of song listen this song...it is a band from Brazil too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHWsZqWQeNOnhsU

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

Both Saberwolf and Chief Thunder's stages have amazing music.

[@RavenEffect341]

“Coming to your home in 1995, only on Nintendo Ultra 64!”

[@GareBearGamingGround]

I'll never forget the first time I heard the main theme song blaring from the arcade cabinet at the bowling alley in the small town I lived in. It ALWAYS gives me goosebumps

[@etukas1145]

AVALABLE FOR YOUR HOME IN 1995, ONLY ON THE NINTENDO U L T R A 64. K I L L E R I N S T I N C T

[@michaelzoran]

Truly excellent soundtrack that absolutely perfectly represented what the 1980s and early 1990s were all about. This would have been perfectly included in movies such as Rocky IV, Top Gun, Bloodsport, and similar movies.

[@chrisfrans9252]

Yeah danger zone, heart on fire, eye of the tiger, original mortal kombat movie ost, all original unreal tournaments soundtrack really a blast!

[@bobanmilisavljevic420]

I'm going to play Chicago rooftop theme on repeat whenever I drive through the city of Chicago

[@Keenergetic]

This music blew my mind when I was a young kid.

[@LITTLE1994]

Didn't it to a lot of us '90s kids?

[@RavenCap0807]

Agreed. Hearing this back in '94 was mind blowing! This game with KI2 are masterpieces!!

[@fervantprayer77]

That character select sound is tough🔥

[@rowlandbuck2703]

Killer! Ya ya ya! Uh baby 🔥 Orchids theme has always been my fav. A very early techno track ahead of its time as well.

[@raalaa121]

This intro is so nostalgic, reminds me of so many 90s martial arts films as well as this epic game

[@Rulfan83]

Back then, in the times of snes, i got this banger here in switzerland including the soundtrack on cd.... good old times and the soundtrack still rocks

[@gusseeley2280]

So 90's. I dig it.

[@lovernotafighter6444]

Rare had such great ambience sounds in the background of their songs 🎵 💯

[@Chrismw81]

This was today's workout soundtrack.

[@carlosbarrios9486]

I may not be born in the 90s but this game was amazing when i played it in my SNES

[@flashfrdz1680]

I played this game since 7 years and forever

[@mattparker1078]

This song re ignites the fire in my soul every time . 🔥 🔥

[@Jerry4050]

Thank you for the Arcade ripped soundtrack and not the Killer Cuts CD soundtrack

[@gtcut2285]

esta secuencia musical original del arcade eleva mi espíritu cada día para seguir avanzando o aguantando, aun estos 44 años en esta tierra ....

[@Capothekid]

The genius of the music in my opinion was the change in melody and sometimes tempo towards the end of a fight. An amazing touch for the game in my opinion.

[@lezarddu87]

I was the best Sabrewulf and Spinal you ever seen, fire shield + teleport behind you into 13Killer combo :)))

[@Ajr84]

I would have loved to have played you, fulgore , cinder & orchid were my best.

[@SmokingSpoon]

Never hearing the ost outside of the snes, the gym song just blew me away.

[@GallowsClough]

Wonderful upload, the original 1994 arcade ost in crystalclear hd sound quality, not the later remake from 95 most people are familiar with that was released as a free CD with the SNES game.

[@FerGL]

Killer Cuts it the name of that CD

[@LITTLE1994]

I own the SNES game, but I never had the Killer Cuts disc.

[@dounin7822]

@@LITTLE1994 From what I read, it was a limited offer in USA and Canada, it was only available for the first 100,000 copies sold in U.S. and the first 20,000 copies in Canada.

[@corgikun2579]

the CD sounds way better

[@bricks8817]

@@FerGL yes and the sound quality is better in the CD

[@myleshume5415]

Eyedol soundtrack always rocked man💀

[@alk3345]

Riptor's track is rarely mentioned, but so underrated. The tension on the track is off the chain! Feels like a life and death fight.

[@jcorone2000]

Saberwulf's Interior Castle Theme by far the best and favorite place to fight in.

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Cinder theme is the best to me

[@jcorone2000]

@@mikeychainsaw9760 Probably the 3rd best theme. Kind of plain if you askme. SABERWULF is for sure the best theme on the soundtrack and Cheif Thunder is #2.

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

@@jcorone2000 saberwolf theme is nothing new heard something like that in castlevania and Dracula movies

[@jcorone2000]

@@mikeychainsaw9760 its not about something new. It's about my opinion on it being the best theme on the Killer Instinct soundtrack. The organ play is timeless. A lot of people agree with me.

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

@@jcorone2000 opera theme is nice but in my opinion Cinder theme music is the best in KI period

[@FabianoCigano]

FULGORE MUSIC, FULGORE CARACTER, every thing about his caracter is perfect, you fill he LIVES AND BREAVE IN THE SHADOWS, with his KILLER INSTINCT REDY TO STRIKE, like a demom imprisoned in the cyber body

[@marcellacolombari4794]

Glacius, Sabrewulf, Fulgore. What an incredible soundtrack this still is

[@sanctuary9992]

"Available at your home in 1995. Own it on Nintendo Ultra 64". Love it when it comes on before the title screen pops up. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖

[@marleymcleay9228]

One big component of KI's succes back in the day? It was LOUDER than Street Fighter! KIIIIING COMBO!!! struck a gold nugget withg that one.

[@deadinside777]

Orchid's theme kicks ass. The original game had this cyberpunk/dystopian vibe to it. Loved it.

[@TomTheEGamer575]

I bought this back when it first came out and the cd came with the game 🤙🏾

[@mauwhatever]

Eyedol's Theme still making me feel chills :s i love it!

[@LITTLE1994]

@@IrinaSwat Especially in the hardest difficulty...

[@ildefonsocoutino1894]

I love Jago's theme, Chicago's rooftop, castle rooftop, industrial warehouse, and the credits theme.

[@henriquealves3086]

yeah me too

[@mrdanyo1223]

Amazing game. We’ll never have anything like it again .

[@powerboon2k]

Playing this on arcade was probably the most future period of my life.

[@Leadblast]

When it comes to music among all fighting games, Killer Instinct is the GOAT. You may like or hate the gameplay, but the music is the damn GOAT. Change my mind.

[@martyy90]

tekken?

[@blyrax]

@@martyy90 which of the tekkens?

[@martyy90]

@@blyrax tekken 3, tekken 5 have the best music in the series i think

[@blyrax]

@@martyy90 lol!! Tis funny you should say that. I'm not a fan of tekken and i didn't play much of any of the games in the series. However I'm extremely familiar with the tekken 3 ost, and some of tekken 5 and dark resurrection's music. In fact they're the only tekken soundtracks im familiar with. Ive listened to all the tekken soundtracks and its probably safe to say you're right; 3 and 5 just might be the best of all of them. When compared to KI i dont know which I prefer though, but they're all very great soundtracks.

[@blyrax]

Lol! Im not going to try to. Its not my favorite, but its good to a point where I can respect the opinion of anyone who thinks it's the goat; the ost just deserves that much credit. That said what do you think about tekken 3, 5, dark resurrection and 3rd strike?

[@mobiusprimal]

If you were at an arcade in the 90s, and cracked an Ultra combo on a KI cabinet, the whole shopping mall knew!

[@stinkyhead133]

It's still insane today and super nostalgic

[@FCK88]

"C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!" Man, that's childhood memories right there

[@Arsenal4aEver1886]

I love hearing that

[@gabrielgerman359]

So incredibly to find the original soundtrack of the best fight game ever after all this years !! Thank you!!! P.S. : Someone else is still waiting for a film adaptation of KI?

[@DRAGONUNKNOWN]

You're welcome. I've been dreaming of the movie adaptation for Killer Instinct since I was a child but the TV Series would work even better with each episodes having backstories for each characters, like the Killer Instinct (2013). For instance, I'm thinking Hisako would have a great episode to tell her story for Season 2. I'm waiting patiently to hear the news that we're gonna get a Live-Action or Anime Adaptation of Killer Instinct. That's like one of my childhood dream just waiting to happen and hopefully it'll be truly faithful to the game and to be done justice.

[@Ajr84]

I would love to see a film of this or as you said a series? Being 40 years of age still wouldn't stop me from wanting to see it. I have very fond memories of this game and of course the soundtrack.

[@Sephirothshinra]

such high quality song producing ,

[@moliza1330]

Omg.. that orchid theme

[@DRAGONUNKNOWN]

Feel the power of the drums as they continuously pounding your ear drums.

[@esotericmissionary]

Think back upon it, I bet when this arcade cabinet was shipping, half of its weight was the subwoofer inside! 😅

[@apexyum5365]

😂😂😂😂😂 true!!!!😅😅😅😅 sensacional!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@callofdutyropabejero]

best music for training at gym

[@ramblingfool9220]

I had the cd back then when I got the game then let a friend borrowed it then ruined it. I’m glad to get to hear it again

[@LITTLE1994]

One of my favorite fighting games ever. Being familiar with the SNES game and tracks, it's great to hear the original arcade version in clear quality! My favorites are Cinder, Spinal, and especially Fulgore and Eyedol's tracks. Killer Instinct was one of the rare darker Nintendo games, co-made with Rareware during the 16-bit era. I miss the '90s. Funny the SNES version was only rated T when it clearly has blood.

[@dounin7822]

Well, different incidents within the film and video game industry changed the ratings or like in films, it caused the creation of ratings for them.

[@NoBSWiFi]

Nothing beats Chief Thunder ending/danger theme. It feels as though being hunted by supernatural hybrid predators 😂

[@leonelromartez3462]

Reminds me of those years when we played in the arcade with the big screen and that AWESOME SOUND!! thanks bro! For the uploading.

[@DRAGONUNKNOWN]

You're welcome.

[@sparda9060]

Every KI1 and Ki2 arcade cabinet always had the damn sound blasting at max volume lmao I remember always recognizing that a KI machine was in the building cuz it would echo throughout the building or the shopping mall lmao

[@SmokingSpoon]

Wait what, they sampled The Outer Limit intro text into Mountain Temple, that's so cool hahah

[@TheRealKaiProton]

Way kool, everytime I found this sound track its just an upload of the Killer Cuts CD,

[@brandonwhite6988]

The character select sound was just epic and also spinal theme

[@MAC3451]

Greatest arcade song period

[@emirarrab]

Top 3 mejores ost de la historia de los videojuegos. Mamita querida....lo que te genera la música de selección de personaje....impresionante lo que puede hacer una melodía. Cetro del top 3 asegurado.. no es solo un juegazo, es también la música del KI1 lo que lo convierte en un clásico

[@rogeriojackson]

Amazing soundtrack … I had the compact disk listened on the DiscMan

[@PakIlloni]

Awesome! Brings me so much memories of playing this game. My third game beside Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

[@derekfcc]

ULTRAAAAA COMBOOOOOOO!

[@marleymcleay9228]

I had the Killer Cuts CD when I bought the SNES KI bundle. Loved it, thrashed it. but they werent quite what you hear at the arcade, Jago and Spinals tune especially. Was though very satisfied with Trailblazer!!

[@netorodrigues4829]

I miss when Rare was relevant

[@KmT81]

Just Old School!Knew that game in 95 in England!

[@pavelhanek9790]

Magical. Very special game and soundtrack.

[@fieryasjonas15]

Robin beanland, grame northgate you both are genious guys!

[@ForestTekkenVideos]

My favourite fighting videogame soundtrack and I've been playing fighting videogames since SF2

[@beauwalker9820]

I still have the soundtrack CD to this day. When I let my neice listen to it, she said it reminds her of the original 1990 Ninja Turtles movie.

[@Magaso242]

Is it just me or did anyone else ONLY like the loop from 46:05 in the arcades? Like, If I could get that loop playing for like 3 minutes, I'd be good.

[@ShiningT1g3R]

I thought I was the only person who loved this part of the arcade theme! I swear, I would literally stick my ear next to the game speaker whenever this attract mode loop played and no one was around the machine. Fifteen minutes of pure Bliss!

[@jeiffreperez4055]

2023 still playing it best fight game ever classic & the soundtrack lit 🔥

[@brunotheholefixer203]

Such greatness

[@lilboosie5]

I can tell that the Orginal Arcade and Killer Cutz are 2 different things and they were meant to be

[@agentooe33AD]

As much as I respect Mick Gordon's efforts in KI3, nothing tops the OG soundtrack, especially the main theme of KI.

[@kevinphillips8948]

Riptor's Theme Is Just So Iconic, The Alter, The Character Select Theme, The Mountain Temple, Tiger Shrine, The Intro Theme, The Interior Castle Theme, And The Credits Theme Are Just So Iconic.

[@mrdanyo1223]

Amazing game. We’ll never have anything like it again . Absolute masterpiece.

[@FranHDV]

Sabrewulf theme is somethin different bro.. Gives me Castlevania vibes!

[@williamhutsch851]

ULTRAAAA COMBOOOOOO

[@D2Kprime]

Wow man! Great upload!!!

[@tonyatliss3709]

The Best Fighting Game of the 90s

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

Right now first time hearing this since the actual DAYS!!🤯😀😀 This upload had made my years!🙌🏽 I remember feeling so advantaged having this bonus soundtrack CD in my discman daily. Folgore was ma man!✊🏽 And 8:27 lol at the early 90s style hiphop!😂💪🏽 New subscriber here.

[@LordAdrian]

Classic game and ost

[@maddogsteve5507]

Please make this download alternate. My childhood in smokey seedy arcades was one of the edgiest parts of my life😭 THANK YOU.

[@raulrozas6521]

Is 2022 and Ultratech still got the vibe !!!

[@MuiGohan]

A gory movie with a glorious intro of Jago annihilating Fulgorr

[@Hyperchaosbringer]

Own both games and still tare it up once a week

[@scroopynoopers9824]

Gettin Jet Force Gemini vibes from the beginning of that Credits theme

[@TheDoomMaster]

That's because Killer Instinct was made by the same company that made Jet Force Gemini

[@scroopynoopers9824]

@@TheDoomMaster yup. Not sure if the composers are the same.