I think hip hop and rap work really well for martial arts and combat, especially when it's all drenched in as much aggression as MK does. I didn't love their song choices for those trailers though.
I think a mixture of stringy instruments and gongs n shit like the classic games with some of that old arcadey sound would go a long way. I'm still of the opinion that if MK11 just had way more gongs it would have felt better overall.
They already turned him down once for MK11. I would 100% support him doing 12 if the person in question gets their head out of their ass.
I know, right?
I want a return to the Asian and otherworldly mystical sounds of MKs 1 and 2. Loved several of the MK9 remixes that brought them freshly up to date, whilst Shang Tsung's Gardens is for me the best stage theme since 1992.
We'll need to agree to disagree. The 3D era is just... not good. At all. It should never be revisited again.
The game should heavily focus on poka themes, proper according use. Instead of Fatal Blows, they can have dance offs. To poka.
Yes please. That ominous dark synth with chimes, bassy ass drum beats, and sometimes chanting for the fantasy feel levels? 10/10 amazing.
I've heard he's actually difficult to work with, so I can understand WB not wanting to use him.
pssst. It’s spelled polka.
I've heard it both ways, but aside from that the reasoning in this case was they didn't like his music.
Shang Tsung's Island Ruins is exactly that and definitely a good fit to the stage, but you can't have that style on every stage - Cyber Lin Kuei Assembly or the bunker need something more sci-fi/grungy. The story has expanded so much and along with that the stages, it's hard to have a particular style across the board. For the most part most stages have music that fits them, albeit not exactly in the style that most people seem to want - being something a little more memorable and obvious like the original trilogy.
This was definitely a mistake. The select screen with it's own theme would have at least changed things up from the main menu music.
I liked the music in Deception and other 3d era games, it still had that old school MK feel to it.
I raise you this: all 3
ugh, they're gonna make Cassie even more cringe. I can see it now.i bet they gonna make something like tik tokality or memetality
Heavily agreed. I think Injustice 2’s air escapes are the superior version of what they were trying to go for in MK11. It feels a lot more risk/reward-based for both the offender and the defender.
I'm just speculating but he probably enjoys focusing more on sound design. It's a shame what's happened to MK's music, it's so ambient and boring now. It's just background noise instead of being the rhythm of the fight. At least put in custom tracks so we can jam WDYLMA while playing.
