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1995 soundtrack album by Various artists
Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released August 15, 1995
Genre Length 68 :28
Label
TVT
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
Allmusic
[1]
Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the compilation album that accompanied the 1995 film
Mortal Kombat . Three songs by
Stabbing Westward were included in the movie, but were omitted from the soundtrack: "Lost", "Lies" and "Can't Happen Here", all of which appear on the album
Ungod . Metal vocalist
Burton C. Bell is the only artist on the album to appear twice; once with his primary band
Fear Factory , and again with side-project
GZR . The album features primarily
electronic dance music (EDM) along with
rock music .
Reception
Mortal Kombat was nominated for the Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award . It won the BMI Film & TV Awards
BMI Film Music Award .
[2] The soundtrack went
Platinum
[3] in less than a year reaching No. 10 on the
Billboard 200 ,
[4] and was included in the 2011
Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition as the "most successful video game spin-off soundtrack album".
[5] It was the first
electronic dance music (EDM) record to receive a Platinum certification in the United States.
[6] Its popularity inspired the album
Mortal Kombat: More Kombat .
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (August 15, 1995).
"Mortal Kombat [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015 .
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Awards for Mortal Kombat at
IMDb
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"Search Results for Mortal Kombat" .
Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 12, 2017 .
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"Mortal Kombat [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Awards" . AllMusic. August 15, 1995. Retrieved September 29, 2015 .
^ J.C. Reeves (February 10, 2012).
" 'Mortal Kombat' Franchise Boasts Numerous Guinness World Records" . Game Rant. Retrieved April 9, 2015 .
^ Couch, Aaron (August 18, 2015).
" 'Mortal Kombat': Untold Story of the Movie That "Kicked the Hell" Out of Everyone" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 22, 2020 .
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"Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" . Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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"Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (in German).
GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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"Charts.nz – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" . Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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"Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995" . Billboard . Retrieved June 13, 2021 .
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"Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Mortal Kombat - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" .
Music Canada . Retrieved 25 November 2022 .
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"American album certifications – Soundtrack – Mortal Kombat" .
Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 22 March 2020 .