Mortal Kombat 4 Original Arcade Soundtrack

[@chaosrealmer3455]

The new Mortal Kombat games need to have this kind of music. This music has the dark tone of Mortal Kombat accompanied by the fast-paced drums of traditional martial arts. The mk11 and mkx stage tracks are freaking weird.

[@maggitPL]

They're super boring.

[@chaosrealmer3455]

@@maggitPL Strongly agreed.

[@AlexKaneROTN]

I don't think Dan Forden is doing the music anymore, that's why the newer ones suck so bad...

[@JumugiDesunra]

I dunno. Kinda like the orchestral feel of MK11. Feels like a triumphant end to a long battle. Of course I love Dan Fordan's scores, but the newer artists aren't bad either.

[@TheOronin]

MKX's soundtrack were good. MK11..... not so much.

[@WalkBesideMe]

This might be my favorite MK score. The atmosphere and mood is so dark.

[@johnnybrix5308]

Indeed!

[@smoke412]

Facts

[@Virtusaeterna91]

Better than all MK nowadays. I think MK4 and Deception it's a good fight.

[@franciscop1192]

Hard to say, but I agree with you at 85%

[@SajeradoProductions]

I think in my opinion. Mortal kombat 3/trilogy has a darker sound to it. The character select and tower select have creepy vibes. I love both MK3 and MK4 soundtracks!!!!!

[@BK-201]

one of the scariest games of my childhood. but still, this soundtrack and atmosphere are so attractive, despite the fear, I came back again and again :)

[@NotScrubNotGood]

I remember when I first saw MK 2 at my friend's house when it dropped on SNES way back in 94. I had the same feeling towards that one, as you did with MK 4. It was the music and Shao Khan's voice that got to me.

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

@@NotScrubNotGood May the elder gods protect u from living forest 🌴😱🌴 wasteland kintaro, goro,and baraka

[@unkn0wnrge189]

Indeed, it was insane the atmosphere, the designers, were epic, nothing from today compare to this.

[@tdenzel101]

@@NotScrubNotGood seeing Goro for the first time scared the crap outta me.

[@MrFrostien]

True, I loved MK4 but it had a dark and scary vibe to it. I remember the music was kinda creepy and also when I won it for the first time I was kinda scared withe the misterious guy from the end credits above Ed Boon and John Tobias , who was in the shadows and there was a HA! sound when he appeared. Also the opening looked so realistic and creepy

[@usamazahid3882]

*"Thousands of years ago, in a battle with the Fallen Elder God known as Shinnok, I was responsible for the death of an entire civilization. To rid all realms of Shinnok's menace, I waged a war that plunged the earth into centuries of darkness and banished Shinnok to a place called the Netherrealm. Now, after Shao Kahn's defeat at the hands of Earth's warriors, Shinnok has managed to escape his confines of the Netherrealm. The war is now being fought once again. Only this time,...it can be won by mortals."* ~These are the words of Raiden~

[@jaxxh6529]

track 01. prologue and ending quan chi part 1. as payment for your loial services quan chi, i grand you the gived of your existence. my existence? understand sorcerer, i consume all energy as ruler for all i lived, but i shall spare you. if it wurnt for me, you would still be a torchered soul, rotting in the pits of the netherrealm. you dare question me? i do more then question you shinnok, i challenge you! then you shall die!! then shinnok tries using his powers on him but it doesnt work. (ps1 and pc its a trans track and another voice acter that did the anouncer also) nintendo 64 and arcade its one of the tracks during a fatality. what?!!! your powers are useless against me. how can that be?! i am in possession in your once saycred amulet. (ps1 and pc he shows it and you hear a sound) n64 and arcade he goes on... years ago i delivered to you an exact duplicates. while i main tain the original. i even fooled rayden. now i am ruler supreme. and you eldergod? are finished!... (ps1 and pc he finished speaking) nintendo 64 and arcade he shoots while saying "are finished. so quan chi shoots shinnok with the amulet. (nintendo 64 and arcade it looks like shinnok says.. noooooo faaaaaare... (ps1 and pc he says during the hit. nooooo....... he explodes and the ending is done.

[@elcancion]

Dan Forden BEAST

[@ThePolishValsion]

"Prison" is probably my favorite track in this game. That's the kind of music MK needs the most - dynamic, but also a bit mysterious.

[@dethlady0]

Then you'll love the Prison of Souls stage theme from MK Mythologies as it's essentially the full song.

[@Videogamelover58]

My fav song from mk4

[@picaweltschmerz6357]

It's so energetic yet creepy, and it just keeps building and building in suspense for its duration (even though it repeats like all tracks on cartridges must).

[@nmn5550]

Yah, if you look closely you can see behind the fan there's the Prison of Souls panorama from MK Mythologies, so it's probably the same place, hence the same music.

[@nmnmnmnm-z8z]

same

[@AniketChaturvedi]

This entire ost is riddled with complex time signatures

[@Plokponet]

Good times are gone

[@e3uphoric51]

A lot of old mk ost is

[@Wolf10media]

The character select track would always get me pumped. I would chill for a while before selecting a character just to listen to the song.

[@therealtgvenom]

I like how Dan went back to the dark traditional martial arts Far East style music that was in Mortal Kombat 1 and Mortal Kombat 2, and still kept the dark modern style that was in Mortal Kombat 3/Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 & MK Trilogy in this game.

[@dethlady0]

I think this comment perfectly sums up why I like this game so much despite the aging visuals. That being said, I still wish an arcade perfect port could be released; I played the hell out of my PS1 copy when I was a child. Closest we've gotten graphically would be MK Gold, but the lack of polish and rushed extras take away from the experience imo. I prefer vanilla MK4

[@e3uphoric51]

Yeah this is giving mk2

[@Nezquic97]

The Character select is 🔥🔥 They need to bring back that pit you fall into when you loose. That shit scared me as a kid

[@stuff3862]

The distorted scream in the select your fighter menu is so classic MK, I think what I love most about Mortal Kombat is most series with far eastern elements portray it with wisdom mysticism grace and beauty, Mortal Kombat takes the more violent elements and puts them on display. Theres plenty of martial arts based on self defense that we all know (Karate, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu) and then there are some more malicious ones entirely based on injuring and killing opponents and Mortal Kombat completely embodies that spirit.

[@pharaohford1981]

Man that's my favorite part of the character select...it brings it all home

[@ph34rbucket91]

First Mortal Kombat I had as a kid. Loved it even though I was bad at it.

[@nicks4802]

Same.... but i was decent, and got better. I still remember all of reptiles moves lol

[@KennedyBrothers1]

@@nicks4802 this is one of the only games i can fire up 25 years later and remember every move. great game :)

[@unr34L-]

This and Deception are a masterpiece of the aesthetic in this genre.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

5:35 amazing drums

[@PKFireFawx]

As so-so as this game was, i think it has the best atmosphere of the MK series imo. MK11's soundtrack pales in comparison, the percussion and bass in this ost is so damn blood pumping. I didn't think it was possible to make a fighting game ost sound so limp and plain but MK11 proved me wrong. best song on that ost is Black Dragon Fight Club and thats about it tbh

[@danielgrimes8312]

Bloody Roar 2 has a great ost also...Mk4 is among the best soundtrack in the series

[@Yuzoboy]

The last proper Mortal Kombat soundtrack IMO.

[@mann1efresh93]

Agreed!!!

[@alphabootlegitimate2643]

Wasn't expecting to find Yuzoboy here.

[@desarrollou71x72]

Dan Forbidden is a great composer

[@botapatineta]

Top 5. 1. The Tomb. 2. Reptile's lair. 3. The Well. 4. Prison 5. Wind world.

[@usamazahid3882]

Nice. Mine is: 1. The Well 2. Reptile's Lair 3. The Tomb 4. Shaolin Temple/Elder Gods Chamber 5. Prison

[@t1000se]

Me and my brother used to play this hours and the elder gods/shaolin temple track makes me emotional, it reminds me of all those times we spent in the 90s. I still remember my mum was calling us for dinner and we were like "nope" 😅

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

Other MK games have standout Individual tracks but this Is the best soundtrack of the entire series as a whole. It just keeps blending complex extremely dark music all throughout the game , not as melodic but far darker and more exotic.

[@noldorwarrior7791]

How it is these old MK games were so dark in ambiance overall while the new ones just look like Marvel/DC with gore?

[@kaihedgie1747]

So...they look the same then

[@grzyboweprodukcje]

becouse wb buy rights 2 the game thats why

[@AlexKaneROTN]

@@kaihedgie1747 idiot

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@AlexKaneROTN Riveting argument

[@ecologiadederecha4844]

Because John Tobias, the genius.. is not in the game, and Ed Boon understands nothing about the game.

[@johnegan5721]

Mortal kombat 4 great video game for ps1 good old days, lord shinkok from Netverealm invasion with Quan chi let Mortal kombat 4 tournament begin ❤👍

[@peter4377]

my favorite MK4 ost was Living Forest!

[@UltraEpicLeader10020]

Mine is Goto's Lair

[@lokeleenP]

trees going aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh haha loved it

[@UltramanMebiusBrave]

@@lokeleenP It's also in the Ice Pit stage.

[@King_Kunta]

The elder gods/shaolin temple brings back so much nostalgia for me. Me and my cousin going at it with the classic sub zero vs scorpion battles. He was like two tiers above me so I rarely won, but damn this song brings me back. Rest peacefully cuz

[@pwrorellana7625]

You fought well Kai. You are now a true shaolin warrior.

[@noneedforaname640]

But I don't wanna be a Shaolin Warrior anymore.

[@q.h.s5051]

46:36 That was my alarm for School a few years ago. Somehow it woke me up and I loved it

[@martinmarianoalonso]

dude you must been a pretty though kid, that song gave me nightmares, now i love it

[@gabrielparry210]

Freaking psychopath

[@EricMBattle3118]

Lol​@@martinmarianoalonso

[@Misunderstoodsoul247]

Even though it’s only 15 Seconds The Victory Tune has always been my favorite music tune in MK4/Gold I would always look forward to hearing it every time I beat the game Goros Lair, Elder Gods Temple, and the Character Selection screen theme are amazing as well these are all of my favorites The entire sound track is awesome

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

It's so horribly morbid sounding !!

[@UltramanMebiusBrave]

Fatality drums: (Shinnok appears and has Reptile strangled) Shinnok: *_INFIDEL!_* You are in no position to demand anything! I could kill you...with a mere thought! Reptile: But...we had a deal... Shinnok: A deal? I am not a god of my word, Reptile. All deals...are *_OFF!_* (Shinnok holds Reptile's head tighter as an energy burst appears to blow off the Saurian's head) *OR* (Scorpion gets up while Quan Chi is gloating) Sub-Zero: SCORPION! (Scorpion levitates Quan Chi) Quan Chi: *_NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!_* (the energy below Quan Chi gathers and becomes a blast to shoot at Quan Chi's back, blowing him into pieces)

[@crimsonslayer6641]

12:46 gives me chills down my spine it’s good

[@claudiajelitzalazofernande2808]

41:47 : The Well is my theme favourite , is Much NOSTALGIC

[@nicks4802]

14:50 *keeps throwing rock*

[@LITTLE1994]

I don't know the 4th Mortal Kombat too much aside being the first 3D game. I've seen and played the N64 version once. But, it seems to have a decent soundtrack, I will say. I always love the Fatality music, though!

[@DenkyManner]

It's not a great game but I enjoyed the N64 version quite a lot. It could have been a lot worse

[@JumugiDesunra]

Actually, MK4 was a solid game for it's time. ( well at least the arcade version )

[@tinyamasisurum0]

Wind World / Credits is my favorite 16:57 I remember how I watch the creators lists and mystery person appear at the top with a masked face. The game was 25mb but soundtrack on CD was an audio cd at the same time and I could easily play on a CD player like an album.

[@LinKueiZueiro]

Goro’s Lair is Outstanding!

[@Phobiapanda]

NRS should take a note from capcom when they made the classic RE2 sounds and score DLC for the RE2 remake. Maybe not necessarily as DLC but in any shape or form I’d love to use the MK4 soundtrack in MK11 or a future MK game.

[@AniketChaturvedi]

Man I never knew the first track was 5/4

[@emmanuel3944]

Or in 5/8 time

[@mystikgleam9541]

Character selection is 11/8

[@UltramanMebiusBrave]

@@mystikgleam9541 Actually it's 4/4 - 4/4 - 3/4.

[@void5231]

Every single map of this game and his soundtrack scared the shit out of me when i was a kid

[@stephenb.7414]

The Tomb.... ooouuuuu

[@franciscop1192]

The end of 2021 and still listening this ost. Probably the best. And my today track si Prison, next year I don't know.

[@Juan-Sung-Kyung]

The end of 2023 and I have fallen back into Prison...

[@thiagosalgoa7206]

Never played the game, but this soundtrack is great. Much is better than I expected.

[@e3uphoric51]

Dan Forden is the man 😎

[@KBXband]

The soundtrack and visuals of MK4 make me consider it a true sequel to MK2 than MK3. In fact according to my headcanon 2 and 3 happen back to back and 4 takes a bit longer to occur.

[@samuelallen2831]

Reptile’s Lair is an absolute jam

[@petermanfox2535]

I love how the character select just has a guy screaming at the top of his lungs.

[@pocoloco753]

There tons of ppl screaming in agony in some of these themes. It's a nice touch if you ask me, very fitting for a MK game

[@Bends95]

I love the first four games soundtracks,Deadly Alliance has a decent soundtrack and same with Deception too!

[@djsteven07]

The Well will always be my favorite, it sounds like a martial arts movie soundtrack Mortal Kombat needs this kind of soundtrack, the newer ones lack emotion and rush, unlike this one.

[@franciscop1192]

And with a bit of misterious tribal sound, Idk but all of this ost is awesome.

[@danifirst8330]

In Elder Gods / Shaolin Temple man's anguished scream becomes rooster's sharp crow.

[@lokeleenP]

select your fighter is the best of them all. pure savage with screams and all

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

8:46 hell yeah

[@whitead25]

Thousands of years ago......

[@bigbossproduction447]

Mk 2/ Mk3 the best tracks by far , all the rest are no way near as memorable for me to this day 🥲 I can’t remember a tune from mk 4 to mk 1 2023 lol I love the dead pool and armoury of mk2 , then the subway , rooftop , Berlin balcony , mk3 👌👌👌

[@jarredkrum9894]

Loved mk4

[@KidGore94]

The Well 🙌

[@odairscandoliero8627]

Gostei muito mesmo dessas maravilhas trilhas Sonoras Soundtrack.

[@ivoboca2524]

46:36 the best song in the game!! It sounds amazing

[@tekkenultra1520]

Обожаю музыки из этой части МК ) Детство )

[@PrimevalDemon]

That select Kombat theme shocked me at how wrong it sounded only for me to then realize it wasn't the character select theme lmao

[@PralaynathGendaswami]

Other kids: Oh MK4 is so scary 😨😨 12 yo me: Ok tomorrow I'll ask my sensi to teach me Liu Kang's Bicycle kick

[@DJKillaC]

Yo 😂😂😂 my brother put a damn hole in the wall doing that shit a long time ago

[@johnnybrix5308]

I do more than question you Shinnok...I CHALLENGE YOU!

[@glock16]

Soundtrack befitting of the devil returning.

[@AdzyMK]

Thank you for the upload

[@Aex89]

Mk4 is a bit goofy yet so cool Love that game!!!

[@nisarbazmi6976]

Let alone this soundtrack sounds sample wind, water, and earth elements all in one !

[@super_vitaminko]

i turned this on while listening to End of Small Sanctuary from Silent Hill 3 and it weirdly fit

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Vherr arr tha boonas trachs innchluudinh Eldest Gods?"

[@Krang100]

Wind Wold's track sounds like Quan chi's boss fight in Mortal Kombat Subzero Mythology.

[@maxmovies602]

Mortal Kombat 12 Needs a pit fall continue screen

[@ikec2894]

Some like MK4 some hate it some Really hate it. But no doubt, this ost is hot. My favorite is the prison stage.

[@renauddebert9957]

Mortal Kombat 4 est l 1 des meilleurs des mortal Kombat tout confondu ne seraice pour l ambiance et l ost qui est génial et c'est le seul mk a avoir des cinématiques en vrai 3D

[@mann1efresh93]

MORTAL KOMBAT 1 NEEDS THIS KIND OF MUSIC PLEASE!!!

[@SwizzleSwish]

Just like Tekken. The new Mortal Kombat games need to have a jukebox version to use this classic soundtracks

[@VinDieselXXX]

8:47 back when life was stress free

[@CascoDe]

Old MK music - dark, depresion, scary. New MK musick - Shitty rap with Sabziro and Scorpion fighting in the background

[@mann1efresh93]

Dude you're comparing in game music of old games to commercial music that's NOT in game...

[@b_side8669]

I think for me as a kid the one them song from mk4 was the elder gods theme . because you had those screams or chants they’re a little faint in the background but you can still here them

[@BigDominoakaGerard]

This is one of my favorite mk games but I never noticed how good the soundtrack was. That's probably because how much the characters would drown it out with their shrieks and sound affects

[@SAG1028]

Some reason the arcade and N64 versions of the Elder sounds different from the ps1 and DC versions. I like this one better.

[@ericgriffith8086]

It’s me or kabal screaming back Ground Beginning of the music

[@KKoKoRR]

Percussion players are well payed :::)

[@Juan-Sung-Kyung]

30:39 This part is similar to Ravencroft level Soundtrack of Spiderman the Animated Series for SNES.

[@bdo333]

I just realized Reptiles Lair is another courtyard remix

[@masterofreality5528]

The whole game was like coming down from speed while having hard flu.

[@slide2989]

Select you fighter 🎉

[@osricen]

No other MK4, not even X (which is still my favorite), had an OST this memorable. The same happened with Tekken. Its OST stopped being memorable after 3.

[@BakHeleOyun]

41:41 "The Well" is best in mk4 soundtrack

[@TuneTamasha]

No other MK game came close.

[@GuilhermeOliveira1992]

MK4 is Obscure.

[@TyBrooks1997]

20:32 BEST FATALITY LOOP

[@artemitsu01]

1 - Prison 2 - Select screen

[@LtheOriginal]

16:51 GOIN' SOMEWHERE JAREK??

[@frenchcoupon3391]

Amazing score? Does anyone know where to find footage with 3dfx for PC? I’ve been searching it for ages…

[@Videogamelover58]

Is it me, or does the music is a little lower pitched? Just wondering

[@V-95K]

This soundtrack fits MK1, but NRS once again used some injustice heroic soundtrack…

[@Bulborb1]

Toasty!

[@brunoumk3524]

46:14

[@martinmarianoalonso]

Quien puso ese pedazo de hielo alpino ahi?

[@aaronjaggan]

"Alrighhhttt"

[@Arkl1te]

It makes more sense to call it "Prologue" than "MK4 Meat". Was the latter an internal community joke or something?

[@UltramanMebiusBrave]

Nope. That's the official title according to Dan Forden himself.

[@DenkyManner]

I feel like Forden must have had some problem cmposing this ost, either not enough memory or time as theres something underbaked about the tracks. They loop far too quickly and lack the structure of his previous work.

[@Terminatorfan-2016]

I may be a huge Mortal Kombat fan, but I personally didn't like MK4. The only two things I like about the game are the soundtrack and the fmvs for each character.

[@robintst]

Great music in this game but it was easily the worst entry in the franchise. The transition to 3D was not pretty. Does have my favorite comedic fatality though, Quan Chi's leg rip. Remember seeing it for the first time in the arcade, everyone around the machine laughed their asses off.

[@JoseCamposSegovia]

Rain stage?