The rapping is performed by OmegaSparx, who's written and performed songs for past EVO fighting game tournaments.
The lyrics depict Combo's rough past which came abruptly to an end, his pride and his desire to prove that he still has his fighting spirit. Combo's theme, "I'm Back (To Rise!)", a hard-hitting techno-rap number befitting the more urban atmosphere of his stage. And many of them are considered better than the original game versions. The result is that several of the OST versions have such notable differences that they can practically be considered complete remixes.
A stellar update to an already great song.ĭuring the process of remastering and rearranging the songs for the official soundtrack release, an accident resulted in Mick Gordon losing a considerable amount of the original material. The 2014 remix of "The Way U Move" by electronic artist SeamlessR, which is featured along with the Season 1 soundtrack.Mick Gordon describes the theme as being akin to Sabrewulf jumping into an orchestra pit and wreaking havoc while the orchestra tries to play around him, giving it a very manic and unhinged feel.up until the end, when it sounds like the surviving orchestra members - bloodied, clawed-up, and traumatized - all gather together and play a haunting rendition of "Tooth and Claw" (the original theme for Sabrewulf) with whatever instruments they have that weren't destroyed. If you hate bugs, watch out for the OST version, which has a minute-long intro of creepy-crawly sound effects (and also mixes the guitars and vocals a little differently). Features droning, unsettling vocals by Elspeth Eastman that truly fill you with dread and discomfort.
The entire track is full with an emotion that can only be described as "dark hatred", fitting for someone who makes a living by taking the lives of others.
Glacius' theme, "Shatterhail", is a mixture of brain-melting dubstep and cheesy alien movie choirs.It even features a section of his KI2 theme during the medley, along with part of "Full-Bore" as idle music. Fulgore's theme, "Type-03", a hard-driving metal theme with an old-school sci-fi feel thrown into it.
The mens' throat-singing segments were actually done by Mick Gordon himself, who actually attended a Buddhist temple in order to learn how to do so just for this song.