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unusual facts about Mortal Kombat: The Album


Ninja Hayate

The game's battle music may have been sampled by The Immortals in their techno hit "Mortal Kombat (Techno Syndrome)", the theme song to the 1995 film adaptation of Mortal Kombat.


Amanda Marshall

Another single from that album, "Believe In You", was featured on one episode of Touched by an Angel and on its soundtrack, while Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest guitarist on the track "Why Don't You Love Me".

Armor for Sleep

A Machine Shop remix of their track "Remember to Feel Real" was featured on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack in August 2006.

Book of Swords

The film featured four actors from the 1992 video game Mortal Kombat II: Ho Sung Pak as Lang (the role being a nod to and a play on words for his MKII character Liu Kang), Richard Divizio (a nod to Kano), Daniel Pesina (a nod to Johnny Cage) and Katalin Zamiar (a nod to Mileena).

Brian Eddy

After the closure of Midway's pinball division in 1999, Eddy moved to Midway's video game division, where he worked on Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, and several games in the Mortal Kombat franchise.

Brian Kesinger

In Wreck-It Ralph Kesinger's voice is used for the Cyborg, a character based on 'Kano' from Mortal Kombat.

Escobar '97

"Escobar '97" produced by the TrackMasters is a 1997 single by Nas on the soundtrack Men in Black: The Album.

Federation: The Album

The Album was entirely produced by the group's founder, Rick Rock.

Furslide

They have also had a track featured on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack.

Game com

While they were able to obtain game licenses like Wheel of Fortune, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem, and Resident Evil, none of the games sold in great numbers.

Gaming Target

In 2006, the website published a satirical article showcasing how to use the "Kreate a Fighter" option in the video game Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.

Hanzel und Gretyl

During the same year, Hanzel und Gretyl's song "9D Galactik Center" appeared in New Line Cinema's Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and was also played at the 1997 MTV Music Awards.

I'm Always Here

In 2006, electronic music group Sunblock released a remix of the song titled "I'll Be Ready", also included on I'll Be Ready: The Album.

J.J. Perry

He then played Scorpion, Cyrax, and Noob Saibot in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Chris Casamassa was supposed to reprise as Scorpion but was working in Batman & Robin, though he would return in Conquest), and appeared in the MK: Conquest TV series, this time as Scorpion's main rival Sub-Zero, in addition to doing stuntwork for the main character of Kung Lao.

Jesse F. Keeler

In 2011, Keeler produced and composed tracks for the Mortal Kombat reboot.

Jive Bunny: The Album

Jive Bunny: The Album is the debut album by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers.

John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert

It features the DVD content of his 2004 release John Oates: Live At The Historic Wheeler Opera House on the DVD side of the DualDisc, and it contains the 14 track version of his 2002 studio album Phunk Shui on the CD side of the DualDisc.

Just Cruisin'

"Just Cruisin'" first appeared on the soundtrack, Men in Black: The Album and was also available on the UK release on Big Willie Style.

"Just Cruisin'" is a single by Will Smith that appeared on Men in Black: The Album and the UK release of his debut album, Big Willie Style.

Killer Instinct 2

Team Elimination Battles, in which one has to finish his or her opponents off with Finishing Moves (finishing moves similar to Mortal Kombats Fatalities, which can be executed immediately) instead of simply depleting their life bar with normal moves, or they will simply return later on in the match (however as the computer player will sometimes use Gargos as the last opponent, victims can be removed from play anyway as he lacks a finishing move).

Unlike the Mortal Kombat Fatalities, however, the KI2's finishing moves do not feature brutality or dismemberment.

Lexi Alexander

At the age of 19, she became world champion in both, retired from professional fighting and moved to the US, where she landed the part of Kitana in Mortal Kombat: Live Tour.

Many of Horror

The song is featured on the deluxe edition soundtrack to the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon and is played during the end credits.

MK5

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, the fifth game in the Mortal Kombat series

Mortal Kombat: Deception

The Fatalities were developed by a group of animators led by Carlos Pesina; they comically considered Mileena's Fatality in which she eats the opponents' neck as the most disturbing due to how her "sexy moves" are modeled from Pesina.

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth

Known for productions with a completely different appeal as dance film You Got Served and the musical Fame, Tancharoen took two months to produce everything.

Mortal Kombat: Songs Inspired by the Warriors

Executive producer JFK (of the DJ/production duo MSTRKRFT and Death From Above 1979) used various electronic artists to create songs based on individual characters from the MK franchise, as well as creating a song of his own for the project.

Mortal Kombat: Special Forces

Although Mortal Kombat: Special Forces was only released on the PlayStation, it was also supposed to be released on the Nintendo 64, as evidenced by an IGN interview with John Tobias.

Ninjak

After the release of Mortal Kombat, its director Paul W. S. Anderson attempted to obtain the rights to Ninjak and produce a feature film of the second incarnation of the character.

Patrick Callahan

During his career with Seether, Callahan received gold records for the bands successful work on the albums Disclaimer, Disclaimer II, Karma and Effect, The Punisher movie soundtrack, the Daredevil movie soundtrack, and has received a platinum award in Australia for the single, Broken.

Richard Divizio

He also appeared in Mortal Kombat II as Baraka, and reprised the role of Kano for both Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3, the latter in which he also played the masked hook swordsman Kabal.

Sandcastles in the Sand

Barney makes two video game references, once when he says 'Finish Him!' from Mortal Kombat, and shortly after, when he makes the sound of Pac-Man's death animation.

Serge Houde

He also starred as The Doctor in Episode 9 of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Kevin Tancharoen's web series anthology inspired by the popular video game of the same name.

Shang Tsung

In the Mortal Kombat: Konquest TV series, Shang Tsung was portrayed by Bruce Locke as a sorcerer eager to take revenge on the Great Kung Lao, who had defeated him in Mortal Kombat.

Smile for Them

A version of "End of the World" appeared on the soundtrack for the 2007 film Transformers, featuring additional vocal effects and keyboards.

SpaceGhostPurrp

All of his songs feature beat production by himself with many samples, such as train whistles, female porn stars, and drops from the soundtrack of the Mortal Kombat video game series.

Sprite comic

Sprite comics frequently use characters from well-known games such as Sonic, Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy, Mortal Kombat, Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Mega Man, and Dragon Ball.

Studio Gigante

Studio Gigante was a Chicago-based video game developer established in 2000 by John Tobias, Dave Michicich, and Joshua Tsui, several developers of Midway's popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series.

Team Sleep

Until mid-2005, the only early Team Sleep recording to have been officially released was "The Passportal", an instrumental featured on The Matrix Reloaded: The Album.

The X-Files: The Album

Many of the songs on The X-Files: The Album are cover versions or reworkings of earlier material—singer Sting collaborated with the group Aswad to perform a reggae cover of "Invisible Sun", which he had earlier recorded with The Police; Filter's "One" is a rearrangement of a song made famous by Three Dog Night; while Foo Fighters contributed a new version of their song "Walking After You".

Thea Realm Fighters

This fighting game by High Voltage Software was one of the Mortal Kombat rip offs developed in response to Mortal Kombat popularity.

Tomorrow Come Today

The track "High Wire Escape Artist" appeared on the soundtrack for the 2003 movie, Daredevil.

Two-player video game

Two-player mode can have players cooperating in a team as in Final Fight, competing against one another as in Mortal Kombat, or alternating like Mario (Player

We Just Wanna Party with You

"We Just Wanna Party with You" is a single from producer Jermaine Dupri and rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg that can be heard on the Men in Black soundtrack compilation album released in 1997.

WWF in Your House

Just like WrestleMania, In Your House is not a wrestling game in the normal sense, as it is heavily influenced by Mortal Kombat.


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