Skar King Suite | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Original Soundtrack) by Tom Holkenborg

Outside of Ghidorah I think Skar King is my favorite main antagonist in a Monsterverse movie. He was threatening, sinister, and honestly should've appeared more considering how late he appears into the movie. Despite all the praise, I'm mixed on his theme. The soundscape for Skar King is incredible, with tribal percussion and ape chants and howls giving him the exact right atmosphere he needed. But his motif is an incredibly bare three note motif that doesn't really do anything for me. I think the soundscape of Skar King makes up for it and gives him a really unique musical language, I just wish his motif was more interesting than a doddling three note motif.
* = edited/rearranged
TRACKLIST:
0:00 New Kingdom
0:38 Leaving Colosseum - New Dossier
0:56 Monarch Base - Red Dream
1:52 He's Arriving - Devastation
3:19 New Kingdom
4:20 Broken
4:28 New Entrances and Encounters
4:38 Broken
4:57 Collapsing Gravity
5:22 Desperate Escape
6:23 Threatening Survival
6:42 Desperate Escape
6:56 Threatening Survival + Desperate Escape
6:59 Threatening Survival
7:44 Frozen Rio
7:53 Collapsing Gravity*
8:23 Frozen Rio*
8:52 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Main Title Theme)
9:00 Frozen Rio
9:27 He's Arriving - Devastation
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[@Ratzilla_91]

One of the coldest scenes in this film is when Kong throws him he talks his apes to stop, he smiles laughs and grabs the crystal almost like he’s saying “I like you, your strong, now let’s see how you do against my pet”

[@jacobtidwell8869]

Bro really walked up to Kong and the first thing he did was do the pointing soyjak meme. Truly diabolical villain.

[@Gigan10610]

for real

[@user-ii9rh5ze7c]

Literally no other Kaiju has done anything that disrespectful before lol

[@Jason_557]

Kong's Nemesis, Kong's Ghidorah and the Devil of the Underworld.

[@kodezillaactll2310]

His arch Nemesis is Godzilla but still cool though.

[@alexbellon1892]

Ramarack (the big Skullcrawler who killed his parents): Am I a joke to you?

[@kodezillaactll2310]

@@alexbellon1892mmhmm

[@MonsterVerse_scientist-CnlDscr]

​@@alexbellon1892 That died too fast to be a Kong nemesis

[@pongpanotwangsomnuk7411]

Not the strongest titan but by far the most evil villain titan we ever get in the monsterverse and god dang I like him for this reason

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

Yeah, he’s weak and cowardly, but I like him better when he looks like he’s all suited up like he’s wearing his whiplash while he’s holding the axe It makes him look more powerful.

[@empireofsrivijaya1084]

Ghidorah still more evil

[@ranger7712]

​@@empireofsrivijaya1084How? Scar king literally has s3x slaves

[@masterx6883]

@@empireofsrivijaya1084 No. Skar King: -Enslaved & malnourished his own kind -Abused the female apes -Captured & Controlled the first titan with incomprehensible pain -Provoked the Great Titan war -Almost killed Kong -Killed suko’s caretaker -Attempted to end humanity with a 2nd global ice age Ghidorah, despite being sadistic, was just an extremely territorial alien that wanted to shape earth to his liking. He may be more powerful but his overall goals and accomplishments hardly compare in malice.

[@ruffruggednraw]

Coming back from watching the movie, this guy is already one of my favorite monsterverse villains if not also one of my favorite titans and Kaiju The amount of cruelty this guy was is enough to have him eat at the same table with Ghidorah and Destoroyah

[@Daikaijudethedude]

He had no style He had no grace Now watch this Kong *end the Titan race*

[@KingBowser77766]

The reason why Lanky Kong Didn't appeared In The Mario Movie

[@aidanfraga3987]

I loved how everyone were asking, "Why is he the main villain in the new film?" And saying King Ghidorah, Godzilla, and other monsters could easily destroy him. And making videos of Godzilla Villains Now VS Godzilla Villains Then. Until now we saw at the theaters, Skar King is literally cruel, sadistic, and greedy of power. That he abused, tortured, and executed the Kongs that makes them fear Skar King. And have the whole ape army that would take over the surface, and controls and abuse Shimo that is one of the oldest titan that ever lived, and the only titan probably fears Godzilla. He's a combination of Scar and Koba.

[@Masterofhammers]

"Ape don't kill Ape." "You are no Ape"

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

He’s probably responsible for the Titan Civil War between King Kong and Godzilla’s ancestors after that he got bitter from them.

[@darknevermore3]

Skar King rose to the top my favorite kaiju villains pretty quick.

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

Me too I hope we see him again if he added a new playable character for Multiversus.

[@HKtraidon]

Or giga bash.

[@Therockzilla-kc5vw]

@@HKtraidonI don’t know about gigabash

[@agonyremnanttrap6789]

Skar King is absolutely Kong's Ghidorah

[@KingBowser77766]

I Agree

[@nicolestimothy9921]

Ghidorah: Devil from the skies. Skar King: The Devil from underworld

[@calvinfujii5921]

⁠@@nicolestimothy9921Kraken: A Devil from the Sea

[@DemonCrab1995]

Destoroyah: The Devil himself Mechagodzilla: The mechanical devil

[@carlosgarabatosferro883]

Was*

[@josephagar1005]

Need to say, I wasn't expecting much from Skar King going into this movie...but holy hell, was he scary. He almost gives Ghidorah a run for his money.

[@yazzieman3671]

Bro was menacing at first but after Kong flipped him on his back and then getting repeatedly bodied throughout the rest of the fights he lost his intimidation, at that point he was a bum to me, but ghidorah on the other hand actually ran everyone's fade and won most of the time, but Skar king was underwhelming for me, Ghidorah was the real threat to earth in my eyes.

[@ppgod6989]

Characterwise for sure! But power and strength wise of course Ghidorah is on top

[@rosshopkins2063]

​@@yazzieman3671idiots like you always thing muscles make a monster HE HAD AN ARMY OF KONGS AND A WORLD ENDING ICE DRAGON fucking idiot

[@rosshopkins2063]

​@@ppgod6989you idiot he controlled an army

[@lsnorlax9653]

With Shimo, he’s fucking Ghidorah up

[@CardinalSin_96]

I'll admit Skar wasn't very strong compared to Kong but damn was he intimidating

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

No but he does like power like he wasn’t afraid of Godzilla when he arrived on Hollow earth because as long as he has his whiplash connected to the crystal and the axe he felt too confident to destroy him all in one stroke.

[@rileyduncan3927]

Skar King reminds me of Drago Bludvist, they both have many similarities.

[@Thatonexeno]

“I ALONE CONTROL THE TITANS”

[@colehamrick6252]

Both of them control giant ice dragons.

[@YodaOnABender]

@@colehamrick6252 that's about where all the similarities end

[@eduarsanchez5856]

Both are power hungry warlords control giant ice breathing reptiles both have a weapon that controls said giant ice breathing reptiles both execute their subordinates if they fail him and both attempted world domination i can see the similarities

[@wallace7044]

This is what happens when you push Lanky Kong too far.

[@jack_hanma_]

😂

[@KobaLenk]

Honestly no matter how underwhelming he ended up to be, I hoped Skar King would be in more than one movie since he was hyped like he would be a serious threat to the titans. He was still a badass and unique villain for sure

[@DYXAnims69]

He literally died in the movie

[@benking5706]

​@@DYXAnims69Double check; he says he HOPED.

[@DYXAnims69]

@@benking5706 still in a sequel no, in a prequel then yes

[@cristobaltaiba5031]

Skar King is the classic villain where it happens to me the: I like the design, the music, he has a surprising charisma and a fantastic presentation... But... his time on screen and content ends up feeling shorter than it should, and because of his abilities and power scale he ends up losing some presence in the final act That's why Ghidorah still seems to me to be by far the best antagonistic force in the Monsterverse, because he has all the good things but in addition to that a perfect presence, but I think I give Skar King a good Top 2

[@nahulseyon997]

Ghidorah was not scary, he's at the bottom for me. Skar King is the #1 💯👑🔥

[@tobsonasanya4765]

Bruh​@@nahulseyon997

[@hknil8966]

@@nahulseyon997 rage bait + new gen

[@StyginDawn]

@@hknil8966its his opinion, you seem like the ragebait here

[@hknil8966]

@@StyginDawn i haven't even said anything and you shout ''rage bait'' how funny, ijbol

[@user-mh1rh3rz1c]

Scarking makes a good villian, i liked him actually.

[@joebrat6809]

What made Skar King so menacing is that he was so human like. He reminds me of Azog The Defiler from The Hobbit movies, who was also considerably more human looking than the other orcs. The same way Azog looks like a Skinhead, Skar King with his balding head and ginger beard looks like an 1800s slave owner (he reminds me of the sadistic slave driver played by Walton Coggins in Django Unchained). Matter of fact, if these monsters could talk and had voice actors, I think Dwayne Johnson would be a great Godzilla and Idris Elba would nail it as Kong. Walton Coggins would've made a great Skar King and Cate Blanchett as the voice of Shimo. The soundscape is incredible, I do not think Junkie XL deserves all the hate. If he had his entire army of apes with him he could indeed be a world ending threat.

[@JRBDWD]

Oh i get it! He looks like 1800's guy cause the kongs look like ni....

[@Whispurer]

Im honestly really pleased that we're getting a blend of originals and classics coming back for the villains. Skar King and Shimo, the Mutos and Ramarak standing alongside Rodan, Ghidorah and Mecha G

[@jeremydabal9000]

I believe the skar king should be approved as pure evil, for causing the war against godzilla and kong and for mistreating shimo and killed suko's mother

[@Dolphboi]

Honestly I agree, even if he doesn't have as much internal resources as Ghidorah, let alone the same supernatural strength as him, he still stands out for borderline enslaving fellow great apes, abusing Shimo with the crystal to carry out his orders, and literally pushing an ape into lava right infront of Suko after he was told to spare that boy from being knocked into next Tuesday, goddamn. The monke may be no alien menace, but he makes the most out of his resources.

[@hotspotcinema234]

Even then, He probably find a way to enslave ghidorah himself! Just the image of Scar King enslaving a threeheaded monster.....What's God to a non believer indeed.

[@Pqihtyieojn12]

​@@hotspotcinema234 that would be the end of monsterverse

[@lsnorlax9653]

Don’t forget the Apes

[@daboss258]

@@hotspotcinema234Dear goodness.. the thought of that..

[@AvvyDatura]

They did a great job capturing your typical bully. All big bad and heartless, but a coward the moment something goes even slightly against them. Even as a lover of villains, I find Skar King easy to hate. Stupendous job. Haven't been this satisfied to see a villain die in a while.

[@nahulseyon997]

He's not a coward like other villains, he's a dirty fighter.

[@AvvyDatura]

@@nahulseyon997 He's a coward. The moment something goes wrong, he runs to Shimo. Even the wiki acknowledges it. He's just a bully. He's not an impressive or fun villain like King Ghidorah. He's just a jerk you want to watch burn.

[@FarradMuseumofTruth]

He was scary and i love him. Sad to see him go.

[@lizarnot7831]

Skar king one the scariest villains for kong

[@herrnein4164]

Not going to lie, Skar King is a good villain, but he never felt like a particularly threatening villain by the end of the movie. He felt like a bully, but that is about it considering I never really felt like him with only himself and his weapon was a threat to Kong, let along the G-man. More a pain that would've been overcome in a straight fight.

[@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger]

Skar King only lacked more feats, but mf is easily one of, if not THE, most vile Titan from MV.

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

Skar King gave me extreme Koba vibes, man.. in how menacing, sinister, and inhumane he is. A diabolical king.. no.. a tyrant.

[@gilbertofragosocastro9024]

Ape not kill ape

[@Kevsterlolz]

If Koba was just one big ape

[@CeceGames]

I'm so glad I was not the only person who noticed this parallel

[@dannyboi5887]

SK is proof that you don't have to be physically imposing to be intimidating. Easily the best Monsterverse villain so far, even better than Ghidorah imo

[@ArthurFrancisco-tp6hb]

Ehhhhh

[@MightyCaullie]

I feel like if they'd kept Bear Mccreary as the composer he would have absolutely cooked and made some awesome tribal sounding theme for Skar King, because it feels like we could have got more music wise from the skinny, evil, red gorilla

[@TitanusGodzilla2027]

4:59 THIS THEME IS TOO GOOD FOR ME

[@simonhassnilsson7009]

The moment that made my friend loose it in the Theatre was when Skar King and shimo arrive at the surface and skar King acting triumphant like "I'M BACK!" Grapped his whip and when Commanding shimo to begin the new Ice age posed with the whip like he was gonna play air guitar with it, my friend lost it at that small moment and im right there with him

[@user-ii9rh5ze7c]

This crimson ape has become one of my favorite monsterverse villains/characters in general; wish we could've gotten more.

[@charinaamparogarrido1922]

bc he has an army and a gaint ice titan pet too

[@Mrbeez_shin]

My expectations for skar king weren't much so watching the movie I was surprised he had an actual personality and lived up to his description too bad the chances of him returning are basically 0% for obvious reasons

[@rishisusanthan9076]

Don't worry, Monarch will just use their time machine they have created in the 2nd film to fight skar again

[@xpandahangoverx]

Mecha skarking kek Wouldn’t mind it tbh

[@ryleytrudel8341]

Imagine Mecha Skar King lmao

[@nicolestimothy9921]

Let's nit forget Skar's tooth lost in Rio. I doubt some mad scientist will make inhuman experiments with Skar's DNA to built their biological weapon, clones or worst.

[@kade-qt1zu]

Never say never.

[@owenconteh3077]

I’m saying it. Star king is the “BEST” villain in the monsterverse. When I first saw him in the cinema I was amazed on how sinister, how evil, how twisted he was. I hope the villains in the upcoming MonsterVerse films are just as evil as.... The Skar King.

[@zachjohn3217]

Two words for you: Space Gojira

[@owenconteh3077]

​@@zachjohn3217Lets hope so. 🤞🤞🤞

[@sky_walker_1235]

This definitely took a long time to get warmed up to, something I also happen to notice is that I think Skar King's presence is felt a lot through the movie, based off the description you have there, kinda like Drago in HTTYD 2, yet not fully revealed until the end or the middle. From this theme though, he is definitely going to be a force to be reckoned with. Can't wait to see the movie.

[@Kirby_BallZ]

I quite like the comparison with drago 😆, in the fact that they were both good villains 😅, but weren’t much without their world-ending threat. 😮

[@General_Mech]

7:08 🔥🔥

[@malindu8629]

Most psychotic villain in mv

[@PrimalElf]

Epic Villan

[@user-uj4lo6cr7o]

3:40 7:15 9:00

[@Giga959]

3:30 had me having goosebumps because the way kong sees the apes

[@geekiusmaximus1882]

I lowkey wish they utilized his theme more like at 8:53, since they seemed to give the 3 note motifs a bit more variety and character there.

[@hokkaidoMUTO]

A shame the track for when he confronts kong for the first time isn't in the soundtrack That track is GODLIKE

[@Knoispowr]

Exactly

[@xpandahangoverx]

@@Knoispowr theres a few, rearranges and alot of soundtracks in the movie have more instruments

[@metatrontf]

I'll always be the biggest Ghidorah simp on the planet, but I loved Skar King as an antagonist. I know a lot of people were disappointed with him, but I do enjoy the concept of maintaining power outside traditional means like brute strength. He's the example of why we, as humans, rule above all other animals despite our fragile bodies and lack of natural weapons. Our intelligence and numbers are what makes us dangerous. Skar King embodies this concept perfectly. Yeah, he alone would never be a threat to Godzilla or other kaijus we've seen. But he found a way to enslave the most powerful titan we know of, one that could have simply folded him like a lawn chair. Even without Shimo, he was still a good hand-to-hand combatant. And his personality? Pure evil, ruling through fear, and had his own harem of unwilling females. Just a textbook evil shit with no redeeming qualities, how can anyone not like him? And the score when he's finally introduced as he stands lazily on the edge looking down at, and on, Kong, goes HARD. Thanks for sharing!

[@MightysaurusYT]

Skar king is not a good villain but we’re all can say that this titan is badass af

[@C10H15Ninthehouse]

He is a good villain possibly the best villain just not the strongest one

[@SlothOfTheSea]

A very menacing, unique, and fresh villain, although I’ll admit his lack of real power is somewhat dissatisfying.

[@m.rabbani9353]

The writers weren't intending to write another strong villain, but just pure villain. And they nailed that, the main threat was Shimo of course, but the one behind that powerhouse is an evil mastermind that is Skar King. A villain doesn't have to be strong, a villain just has to prove their villainess

[@Kartikay-arts]

Some suites are like spider man sam raimi trilogy

[@Masterofhammers]

Anyone want a prequel Titan war movie? Of course why do I even ask

[@Shad0wMothra]

Can’t wait for the kong and shimo suites

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

I have a feeling Skar it’s probably gonna be reincarnated to Mechani Kong I still sense former Apex cybernetic scientist, who are witnessing this incident in Brazil.

[@shaneokeley825]

"Trapped within they're subterranean lair, the Skar King harvest a great power, the ancient Titan Shimo"

[@mygigaacademia7447]

probably my favorite titan

[@JohnDoe-hk5ec]

Gotta say…. I feel like junkie’s rlly lacking recently…. Should’ve kept mcreary doing the music for these.

[@hknil8966]

thats what im saying but welp... people love to meat ride junkie

[@peytoncard330]

Man he reminds me of scar

[@theninja7262]

No pun intended

[@KingBowser77766]

And Koba too

[@C10H15Ninthehouse]

Skar was the ghenghis khan of mv

[@GMK1956]

Wow, you’re making these fast now

[@KingBowser77766]

Lanky Kong is the best Villain ever

[@GMmaster99]

I wonder if the Skull Crawlers were working with Skar King

[@spyrex9986]

He was more like Kong's Gigan than Kong's Ghidorah: lots of means and weapons, sadistic and brutal, likes to surround himself with minions, but definitely not as awe-inspiring as Ghidorah. Just spank his ass a few times and he runs and hides. Just like Gigan.

[@darknevermore3]

SPOILERS: I’m sad he died. He’s such a good villain. Who hopes they’ll turn him into Mechanikong like they did to Ghidorah with Mechagodzilla?

[@lsnorlax9653]

Turning him into a mech AGAIN is cheap af. His origin is largely unexplored and it’s best to tap into that

[@darknevermore3]

@@lsnorlax9653 Well, seeing as he’s dead, it will be hard to utilize him at all going forward. I get that a prequel is possible, and I’d LOVE to get an entire movie of the Titan War, but I really want to see if become an arch enemy to Kong. Kong doesn’t exactly have a Batman-level rouges gallery.

[@masterx6883]

His body got frozen & shattered into pieces by Kong, I doubt he’d be able to return at all

[@darknevermore3]

Oh, you know movies; "We managed to retrieve a part of Skar King's brain that was undamaged and needed the neural connectivity to run our mecha because computers weren't powerful enough. Lets turn the robot on in the middle of a crowded city to test it now!"

[@paulsumption3528]

Are you gonna release a Kong Suite eventually?

[@azc0na]

Yep, just busy atm

[@Knoispowr]

9:03 🔥🔥

[@Deathtrooper-kn7cr]

4:58 POV llega a la casa tu padre borracho acompañado de sus amigos jajaja 😅

[@RainezillatheSaviour]

Hey Azc Wheres Skar king meets kong soundtrack

[@peytoncard330]

He reminds me of zod

[@tommybutler731]

This Kong no longer has a funny face...

[@damselpramsel]

He sure did flew like a balloon

[@Godzilla_edits36]

Mhn…next would be Shimo!:3

[@doomslayer3829]

She don't have a theme

[@mlgodzilla4206]

The ost is so bloated with rehashes of Godzilla and Kong’s themes that they forgot to give Skar an actual theme

[@pedropaulocarvalho4554]

Skar's theme plays in the scene where he walks towards Kong.

[@soundtrackssuitesbybenjami8368]

Please , Tai Lung Suite ❤❤❤

[@SomebodyWhoExists23]

I wish the guy from 2014 or bear mcceary did the soundtrack for the last two movies since most of them are imo pretty underwhelming

[@gleove1]

Po Theme Suite | Kung Fu Panda Franchise plz!

[@sreereth1107]

This theme suits for an anti villain...

[@rianjohannemanaoismanzon7258]

Do Shimo Suite

[@kongking3867]

do you think you can make haruo sakaki's suite from the godzilla anime trilogy

[@abiyusufhamman2785]

What about Kong and Shimo suites?

[@azc0na]

Working on Kong, none for Shimo

[@abiyusufhamman2785]

@@azc0na so shimo didn't have motif whatsoever? i though i hear something epic in her first appearance

[@azc0na]

@abiyusufhamman2785 It's not the album and that's the closest we get to a theme for her in the movie

[@eds7012]

373rd like

[@franeknowak-ignacak3496]

Shimo Suite pls

[@Sesterzo_Grosso07]

Shimo suite pls?

[@FLASKKY_WS]

She doesn’t really have a soundtrack from what I’ve listened to, it was always something else playing when she was on screen but maybe I’m wrong