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Youll see iconic characters like the icy Cryomancer Sub-Zero and the ferocious ninja Scorpion.

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Fighters will vanquish their foes with extremely graphic fatalities.

(We used a lot of samples from porn movies, Engelen remembers.)

He said, Are you interested in doing music for this game?

Of those two, Hypnotic House (Mortal Kombat) came first.

I started the song.

I got the beat and the groove in, and then I started to place the samples on it.

I think thats it, Adams agrees, matter-of-factly.

The shoutingmade the song so good.

Did you know its being used in a song?

ButMortal Kombat, we didnt hear a thing, he remembers.

We sent it, and then we didnt hearanythingabout it.

[It was] just a thing that we did, and then, no feedback at all.

But even then, they say they didnt know theyd crafted a cult classic.

Adams readily admits its become the most-known song that Ive made thats forsure.

TheMortal Kombattheme endures because its more than just a piece of video-game music.

Thats not necessarily a bad thing.

He was proud to find that it holds up and hes not the only person who thinks so.

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