The Mortal Kombat 2021 movie has given us several scenes that have excited fans of the saga a lot. One of these is the moment when Shang Tsung sends his subject Nitara to fight against Kung Lao.
The scene in general is short but it prints all the essence of the game on it. being the music that gives an air of grandeur and epicity to the images which is a fusion of the musical motifs of the Kung Lao and Sub Zero theme.
The first moment of the scene is when Kung lao dodges Nitara’s Attack, counterattack and prepare the fatality. Hence, it is correct that the Kung Lao melody that is in 2/2 sounds, with the following Harmony:
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What continues is the recreation of one of the most epic Fatalities of the entire saga, I mean Kung Lao’s hat on the ground turning to split his opponent into 2 parts. And since the scene is so bloody, the music uses a motif from the Sub Zero theme and that, considering what this character represents for the saga, it makes perfect sense to use it, and even more so because it has a final ensemble that manages to create the space. for Kung Lao to say the well-known phrase from the video game “Frawless Victoy”.
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One detail to mention about Benjamin Wallfischt’s great work is that since the first part of the work does not have a stable tonality, it allows the second part to be joined in a simple and natural way.
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