NucleaRaptor
05-04-2009, 06:56 AM
OBLIGATORY COPYPASTA INCOMING
I'm a huge MK music fan. After years of prowling the high seas of the internets,I've amassed pretty much every single MK OST out there,be it from games or movies or otherwise (with the notable exception of a couple of rarities). Unfortunately,many MK games never recieved an official soundtrack release. If they did,I'd be the first one to preorder the entire fucking shipment,but that,to my dismay,never happened. That's why I've been searching tirelessly for the best,the most high-quality and the most comprehensive soundtrack rips of those games (well,the ones that matter,anyway *cough*SNES ports*cough*). I'm extremely anal when it comes to VGM and especially MK music,so some of the rips I found didn't satisfy me. Sometimes,the quality wasn't high enough,and the tracks sounded all muffled. Sometimes,the tracks just ended abruptly. Sometimes,there were stutterings. But most often I ran into the rips that simply didn't have all the music from a game. Considering that Deception and Armageddon have humongous fucking soundtracks,20 or so tracks from the sound test don't do them any justice at all.
This is why I decided to make my own rips,with blackjack and hookers. =)
Since I'm a lazy bastard,I tend to work in bursts,and then not return to my work for a long,long time. All in all,the rips of Deadly Alliance,Deception and Armageddon took me over two years to make,and I gotta say,I'm pretty damn satisfied with the results. They can still be improved,since I'm far from being a master ripper,but I know that I did my absolute best with these. Every single piece of music,right down to minor musical cues,in the best quality I could provide,edited manually,by ear and trial-and-error. I call these three - MKDA,MKD and MKA - the OMEGA series. And now,I'm happy to share them with you.
If you have any comments,questions or suggestions concerning my rip,my AIM nickname is sladetheraptor.
I'm pretty much always online,so if you want to,drop me a couple of lines.
Feedback is very much appreciated. =)
If you notice anything wrong with the soundtracks and especially rips (noises that shouldn't be there,stutterings,sudden drops in sound quality,even typos),no matter how minor or insignificant,let me know right away so that I can fix it.
Likewise,if you manage to identify any of the unknown tracks,let me know right away.
If any of the links go down,let me know.
Let's get this party started.
OFFICIAL VIDEOGAME SOUNDTRACKS:
Mortal Kombat II • Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=67MZW6L5
Mortal Kombat Musik: MK3 & MK4 Arcade Video Game Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=11RTO5OJ
FANMADE VIDEOGAME RIPS:
Mortal Kombat Arcade Komplete Rip - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0C8T3BZ3
Finally got around to finishing it this morning. This here is what I hope is the definitive soundtrack for the original arcade game. To my knowledge,this has every single track from the game. Some of these I got from the official MK2 OST. I often was complaining about how the tracks from MK1 that were included on the OST were for some reason in horrendous quality. Through the magic of channel mixing,I think I fixed that. Give it a listen.
Mortal Kombat 2 Arcade Komplete Rip - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RB7CSQOL
Same deal - a definitive,all-inclusive soundtrack rip of the MK2 arcade. The battle arena tracks came straight from the MK2 OST. The only thing I did was make them a bit louder and trimmed the long silences.
Mortal Kombat (Genesis) - ripped by Joe Bloggs:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=48D5H96O
Mortal Kombat 2 (Genesis) - ripped by Joe Bloggs:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZCH2F06W
Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis) - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XBYGDSHX
Mortal Kombat 3 - Extra Tracks - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=REHJXK9K
Tracks which were not included on the OST. I also added and properly looped tracks that were on the OST,but were mashed together into one of those "mish-mash" tracks that Forden seems to be so fond of.
Mortal Kombat 4 - Extra Tracks - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OCZ60CLY
Same thing,but for MK4.
Mortal Kombat Mythologies - Sub-Zero - ripped by Metzgermeister:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0A4RIYZ1
The definitive rip. Massive props to Metz. =) The only thing I did was throw in a bonus track (music from the Mythologies trailer) and fixed a couple of minor stutters,that's all.
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance OMEGA Soundtrack Rip ver. 2.5:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QTCKK86Y
Some of you might remember the MKDA rip I uploaded here before. That was ver. 2.0.
WHAT'S NEW:
-I split TRACK #35 - TEST YOUR SIGHT into separate,smaller files,each containing an individual sound cue.
-More importantly,thanks to Le@n (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=61929&highlight),I've managed to obtain the full,looped version of the track that plays during the actual Test Your Sight trial. The track is #36 - TEST YOUR SIGHT.
If you have 2.0 and don't feel like redownloading the whole thing again,here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M5XFVMUJ
The archive contains tracks 35 to 49. If you have my ver. 2.0 rip,just delete track 35 and everything after it and replace them with the files in the archive.
Mortal Kombat Deception OMEGA Soundtrack Rip:
DISC 1 - BATTLE ARENAS
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HX7HRBH8
The heart of the soundtrack. These are the tracks that play during one-on-one fighting in Arcade Mode.
I was a bit reluctant to include the Dead Pool,Living Forest and the Portal tracks,since they were taken directly from MK2 with no changes whatsoever (as opposed to the MKD's version of the Courtyard,which has been remastered),but I decided to rip them anyway for completion's sake.
DISC 2 - KONQUEST
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=94HL1HI2
You'll find various music from Konquest mode in here, inluding the ambient background tracks and the tracks that play during the training sequences.
DISC 3 - MINI-GAMES
http://rapidshare.com/files/141446651/Disc_3_-_Mini-Games.rar.html
This one includes the tracks from Chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat modes.
DISC 4 - BONUS - SHAO KAHN'S TREASURE CHEST
http://rapidshare.com/files/141447397/Disc_4_-_Bonus_-_Shao_Kahn_s_Treasure_Chest.rar.html
Here,you will find miscellaneous tracks that don't fit anywhere else. Tracks from menus,for example.
Mortal Kombat Armageddon OMEGA Soundtrack Rip:
DISC 1 - BATTLE ARENAS
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N32AAZB2
The heart of the soundtrack. These are the tracks that play during one-on-one fighting in the Arcade Mode.
I was a bit reluctant to include the Nethership,Hell's Foundry,the Sky Temple and the Falling Cliffs tracks,since they really belong in a Deception soundtrack rip,but I decided to rip them anyway for completion's sake.
DISC 2 - KONQUEST
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W06M6FP2
You'll find the background music from Konquest mode in here.
Tracks 22,23 and 24 really belong on the Miscellaneous disc. The reason for that is that I haven't actually heard these tracks featured in the actual Konquest mode. These were found by dmkf when he ripped a bunch of sound data from the game's code. They are,however,variations of some of the Konquest tracks,and as such,are placed here.
A little note about "Reptile variations" - the reason I named them that way is because of that distinct use of flutes. Throughout the series,the tracks featuring those flutes are usually the Living Forest tracks,which most of the time happens to Reptile's turf. Hence the name.
DISC 3 - MOTOR KOMBAT
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MMRRJQ1
Pretty self-explanatory.
DISC 4 - BONUS - SHAO KAHN'S TREASURE CHEST
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CWSW9U6T
Ah,the most meaty and delicious part of this rip. =)
This is the reason why this rip took so long to make.
Now this requires a bit of an explanation.
Here,you will find miscellaneous tracks that don't fit anywhere else. Tracks from menus,Kreate-a-Fighter mode and others.
But that's not all!
You will also find some completely new tracks,previously unheard before. A lot of these were found pretty much by accident while ripping the sound data directly from the code.
Quite a big portion of this disc is devoted to unique tracks featured in the Konquest mode cutscenes. In particular,tracks 12 through 47 are all from Konquest. As I mentioned before,there is no way to eliminate the sound effects and the voices during the cutscenes without muting the music along with them. There was an option of significantly reducing the voices to a near hiss,but the few people I talked to about this seemed to have decided against this solution. Therefore,I decided to record them as is. You can still hear the music despite the voices.
I also included recordings of some of the character endings from the Arcade mode. These particular endings also have unique music. Some of them feature cleaner samples of tracks from the Konquest cutscenes. Unfortunately,most of these end abruptly (the endings are only about 40-50 seconds each,after all) and feature the narrator's voice on the background,since I've found no way to get rid of it.
A lot of the endings share music.
For example,the track labeled as "KAF Ending" also plays during Havik's and Mokap's endings. The reason I chose this particular one is because it's the longest of the three and therefore,represents a more complete version of the track.
Finally,I've also included the recordings of some of the character Bio Cards from the MKA Special Edition Disc. Again,there was no way to get rid of all the sounds and voices,but you can still hear the unique tracks used as background music. Many of the Bio Cards feature music taken from Deception and other games in the series. I have tried to exclude those and only leave the ones that have the music unique to Armageddon.
MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS:
Mortal Kombat - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MZ39FQMO
Mortal Kombat - Original Motion Picture Score:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1DYG2TH4
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPJQQLN2
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Original Motion Picture Score:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5P1PDSY5
OTHER SOUNDTRACKS:
Mortal Kombat - More Kombat:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KSAG96RV
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZBS13YDF
Apparently,this is the promotional OST for the animated MK movie.
Mortal Kombat - The Album:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4YMTVUUW
WHOOOOAHHH CHINESE NINJA WARRRIOOOORRR
Mortal Kombat Resurrection:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LZ04ELL0
Oh lawd,this.
To be completely honest,I have no fucking clue what it is.
It seems to be a compilation of songs similar to the ones on the movie OSTs. It also doesn't seem to be official,so I'm guessing its either a pirate or some sort a fan-made doujin "Inspired By" CD. The only places that this thing could even be found at are Russian music sites,for some reason.
Finally,it's also not very good,but nevertheless,here it is.
The Immortals - Mortal Kombat CD Single:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=363LP93D
This little number includes all the various versions of the timeless Mortal Kombat theme we all know and love.
There seem to be two versions of this album floating around. The first,the more common one,has five tracks. However,the complete album consists of eight tracks. The last three are for some reason usually omitted. The one I uploaded is,of course,the complete 8-track one. It was a bitch to find,too. Had to leech it off of some half-dead torrent,all the while praying that the one guy kind enough to seed this wasn't going to close the connection on me. Well,thank god he didn't. =) So here it is.
WHAT'S MISSING:
-The definitive Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks rip.
I've seen a couple of decent-quality rips floating around and have started working on my own,but I don't think we have anything I can with a clear conscience call complete and definitive.
-Mortal Kombat Special Forces rip.
Yeah,I do intend to eventually get around to playing through the game and ripping it. Hopefully this summer. Wish me luck,lol.
-Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe rip.
Have the game,don't have the console to play it on. Pietatastesgood have started working on a rip,however.
-Mortal Kombat Conquest (TV show).
I've seen some LQ recordings of the intro and the outro,that's it. That show had some fucking kickass tunes,but I don't think any of the music was ever released anywhere. But who knows? If you asked me a week ago,I would've told you that MKAnnihilation Score didn't exist. =)
-Mortal Kombat - Defenders of the Realm (Animated show).
The likelyhood of there existing a soundtrack for this is abysmally low,but hey,you never know.
I'm a huge MK music fan. After years of prowling the high seas of the internets,I've amassed pretty much every single MK OST out there,be it from games or movies or otherwise (with the notable exception of a couple of rarities). Unfortunately,many MK games never recieved an official soundtrack release. If they did,I'd be the first one to preorder the entire fucking shipment,but that,to my dismay,never happened. That's why I've been searching tirelessly for the best,the most high-quality and the most comprehensive soundtrack rips of those games (well,the ones that matter,anyway *cough*SNES ports*cough*). I'm extremely anal when it comes to VGM and especially MK music,so some of the rips I found didn't satisfy me. Sometimes,the quality wasn't high enough,and the tracks sounded all muffled. Sometimes,the tracks just ended abruptly. Sometimes,there were stutterings. But most often I ran into the rips that simply didn't have all the music from a game. Considering that Deception and Armageddon have humongous fucking soundtracks,20 or so tracks from the sound test don't do them any justice at all.
This is why I decided to make my own rips,with blackjack and hookers. =)
Since I'm a lazy bastard,I tend to work in bursts,and then not return to my work for a long,long time. All in all,the rips of Deadly Alliance,Deception and Armageddon took me over two years to make,and I gotta say,I'm pretty damn satisfied with the results. They can still be improved,since I'm far from being a master ripper,but I know that I did my absolute best with these. Every single piece of music,right down to minor musical cues,in the best quality I could provide,edited manually,by ear and trial-and-error. I call these three - MKDA,MKD and MKA - the OMEGA series. And now,I'm happy to share them with you.
If you have any comments,questions or suggestions concerning my rip,my AIM nickname is sladetheraptor.
I'm pretty much always online,so if you want to,drop me a couple of lines.
Feedback is very much appreciated. =)
If you notice anything wrong with the soundtracks and especially rips (noises that shouldn't be there,stutterings,sudden drops in sound quality,even typos),no matter how minor or insignificant,let me know right away so that I can fix it.
Likewise,if you manage to identify any of the unknown tracks,let me know right away.
If any of the links go down,let me know.
Let's get this party started.
OFFICIAL VIDEOGAME SOUNDTRACKS:
Mortal Kombat II • Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=67MZW6L5
Mortal Kombat Musik: MK3 & MK4 Arcade Video Game Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=11RTO5OJ
FANMADE VIDEOGAME RIPS:
Mortal Kombat Arcade Komplete Rip - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0C8T3BZ3
Finally got around to finishing it this morning. This here is what I hope is the definitive soundtrack for the original arcade game. To my knowledge,this has every single track from the game. Some of these I got from the official MK2 OST. I often was complaining about how the tracks from MK1 that were included on the OST were for some reason in horrendous quality. Through the magic of channel mixing,I think I fixed that. Give it a listen.
Mortal Kombat 2 Arcade Komplete Rip - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RB7CSQOL
Same deal - a definitive,all-inclusive soundtrack rip of the MK2 arcade. The battle arena tracks came straight from the MK2 OST. The only thing I did was make them a bit louder and trimmed the long silences.
Mortal Kombat (Genesis) - ripped by Joe Bloggs:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=48D5H96O
Mortal Kombat 2 (Genesis) - ripped by Joe Bloggs:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZCH2F06W
Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis) - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XBYGDSHX
Mortal Kombat 3 - Extra Tracks - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=REHJXK9K
Tracks which were not included on the OST. I also added and properly looped tracks that were on the OST,but were mashed together into one of those "mish-mash" tracks that Forden seems to be so fond of.
Mortal Kombat 4 - Extra Tracks - ripped by NucleaRaptor:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OCZ60CLY
Same thing,but for MK4.
Mortal Kombat Mythologies - Sub-Zero - ripped by Metzgermeister:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0A4RIYZ1
The definitive rip. Massive props to Metz. =) The only thing I did was throw in a bonus track (music from the Mythologies trailer) and fixed a couple of minor stutters,that's all.
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance OMEGA Soundtrack Rip ver. 2.5:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QTCKK86Y
Some of you might remember the MKDA rip I uploaded here before. That was ver. 2.0.
WHAT'S NEW:
-I split TRACK #35 - TEST YOUR SIGHT into separate,smaller files,each containing an individual sound cue.
-More importantly,thanks to Le@n (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=61929&highlight),I've managed to obtain the full,looped version of the track that plays during the actual Test Your Sight trial. The track is #36 - TEST YOUR SIGHT.
If you have 2.0 and don't feel like redownloading the whole thing again,here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M5XFVMUJ
The archive contains tracks 35 to 49. If you have my ver. 2.0 rip,just delete track 35 and everything after it and replace them with the files in the archive.
Mortal Kombat Deception OMEGA Soundtrack Rip:
DISC 1 - BATTLE ARENAS
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HX7HRBH8
The heart of the soundtrack. These are the tracks that play during one-on-one fighting in Arcade Mode.
I was a bit reluctant to include the Dead Pool,Living Forest and the Portal tracks,since they were taken directly from MK2 with no changes whatsoever (as opposed to the MKD's version of the Courtyard,which has been remastered),but I decided to rip them anyway for completion's sake.
DISC 2 - KONQUEST
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=94HL1HI2
You'll find various music from Konquest mode in here, inluding the ambient background tracks and the tracks that play during the training sequences.
DISC 3 - MINI-GAMES
http://rapidshare.com/files/141446651/Disc_3_-_Mini-Games.rar.html
This one includes the tracks from Chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat modes.
DISC 4 - BONUS - SHAO KAHN'S TREASURE CHEST
http://rapidshare.com/files/141447397/Disc_4_-_Bonus_-_Shao_Kahn_s_Treasure_Chest.rar.html
Here,you will find miscellaneous tracks that don't fit anywhere else. Tracks from menus,for example.
Mortal Kombat Armageddon OMEGA Soundtrack Rip:
DISC 1 - BATTLE ARENAS
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N32AAZB2
The heart of the soundtrack. These are the tracks that play during one-on-one fighting in the Arcade Mode.
I was a bit reluctant to include the Nethership,Hell's Foundry,the Sky Temple and the Falling Cliffs tracks,since they really belong in a Deception soundtrack rip,but I decided to rip them anyway for completion's sake.
DISC 2 - KONQUEST
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W06M6FP2
You'll find the background music from Konquest mode in here.
Tracks 22,23 and 24 really belong on the Miscellaneous disc. The reason for that is that I haven't actually heard these tracks featured in the actual Konquest mode. These were found by dmkf when he ripped a bunch of sound data from the game's code. They are,however,variations of some of the Konquest tracks,and as such,are placed here.
A little note about "Reptile variations" - the reason I named them that way is because of that distinct use of flutes. Throughout the series,the tracks featuring those flutes are usually the Living Forest tracks,which most of the time happens to Reptile's turf. Hence the name.
DISC 3 - MOTOR KOMBAT
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MMRRJQ1
Pretty self-explanatory.
DISC 4 - BONUS - SHAO KAHN'S TREASURE CHEST
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CWSW9U6T
Ah,the most meaty and delicious part of this rip. =)
This is the reason why this rip took so long to make.
Now this requires a bit of an explanation.
Here,you will find miscellaneous tracks that don't fit anywhere else. Tracks from menus,Kreate-a-Fighter mode and others.
But that's not all!
You will also find some completely new tracks,previously unheard before. A lot of these were found pretty much by accident while ripping the sound data directly from the code.
Quite a big portion of this disc is devoted to unique tracks featured in the Konquest mode cutscenes. In particular,tracks 12 through 47 are all from Konquest. As I mentioned before,there is no way to eliminate the sound effects and the voices during the cutscenes without muting the music along with them. There was an option of significantly reducing the voices to a near hiss,but the few people I talked to about this seemed to have decided against this solution. Therefore,I decided to record them as is. You can still hear the music despite the voices.
I also included recordings of some of the character endings from the Arcade mode. These particular endings also have unique music. Some of them feature cleaner samples of tracks from the Konquest cutscenes. Unfortunately,most of these end abruptly (the endings are only about 40-50 seconds each,after all) and feature the narrator's voice on the background,since I've found no way to get rid of it.
A lot of the endings share music.
For example,the track labeled as "KAF Ending" also plays during Havik's and Mokap's endings. The reason I chose this particular one is because it's the longest of the three and therefore,represents a more complete version of the track.
Finally,I've also included the recordings of some of the character Bio Cards from the MKA Special Edition Disc. Again,there was no way to get rid of all the sounds and voices,but you can still hear the unique tracks used as background music. Many of the Bio Cards feature music taken from Deception and other games in the series. I have tried to exclude those and only leave the ones that have the music unique to Armageddon.
MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS:
Mortal Kombat - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MZ39FQMO
Mortal Kombat - Original Motion Picture Score:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1DYG2TH4
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPJQQLN2
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Original Motion Picture Score:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5P1PDSY5
OTHER SOUNDTRACKS:
Mortal Kombat - More Kombat:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KSAG96RV
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZBS13YDF
Apparently,this is the promotional OST for the animated MK movie.
Mortal Kombat - The Album:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4YMTVUUW
WHOOOOAHHH CHINESE NINJA WARRRIOOOORRR
Mortal Kombat Resurrection:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LZ04ELL0
Oh lawd,this.
To be completely honest,I have no fucking clue what it is.
It seems to be a compilation of songs similar to the ones on the movie OSTs. It also doesn't seem to be official,so I'm guessing its either a pirate or some sort a fan-made doujin "Inspired By" CD. The only places that this thing could even be found at are Russian music sites,for some reason.
Finally,it's also not very good,but nevertheless,here it is.
The Immortals - Mortal Kombat CD Single:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=363LP93D
This little number includes all the various versions of the timeless Mortal Kombat theme we all know and love.
There seem to be two versions of this album floating around. The first,the more common one,has five tracks. However,the complete album consists of eight tracks. The last three are for some reason usually omitted. The one I uploaded is,of course,the complete 8-track one. It was a bitch to find,too. Had to leech it off of some half-dead torrent,all the while praying that the one guy kind enough to seed this wasn't going to close the connection on me. Well,thank god he didn't. =) So here it is.
WHAT'S MISSING:
-The definitive Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks rip.
I've seen a couple of decent-quality rips floating around and have started working on my own,but I don't think we have anything I can with a clear conscience call complete and definitive.
-Mortal Kombat Special Forces rip.
Yeah,I do intend to eventually get around to playing through the game and ripping it. Hopefully this summer. Wish me luck,lol.
-Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe rip.
Have the game,don't have the console to play it on. Pietatastesgood have started working on a rip,however.
-Mortal Kombat Conquest (TV show).
I've seen some LQ recordings of the intro and the outro,that's it. That show had some fucking kickass tunes,but I don't think any of the music was ever released anywhere. But who knows? If you asked me a week ago,I would've told you that MKAnnihilation Score didn't exist. =)
-Mortal Kombat - Defenders of the Realm (Animated show).
The likelyhood of there existing a soundtrack for this is abysmally low,but hey,you never know.