The Mortal Kombat soundtrack is ..diverse, but it's fantastic.
Also, I think their might be a through-line for these types of soundtracks back to the Less Than Zero soundtrack (also diverse and great) which has also been mentioned on this podcast (for the weird Danzig big-band style song).
This came out when I was a teenager. My friends and I went to MSG to the "listening party" where they debuted the album. We wanted the next level of thrash from our heroes. We got mid-tempo metal. We were aggrieved. I think that's the general reasoning behind why most fans didn't like it, but honestly that's on us. Bands are allowed to evolve, fans don't have to go with them.
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