“ Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins ” ( Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins ) is a cartoon released by Threshold Entertainment in 1995 [2] , a few months before the premiere of the first movie, Mortal Kombat . When it was created, traditional 2D animation was used, and motion capture technologies and computer graphics were used to tell about the origin of the main characters.
| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins | |
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| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins | |
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| Genre | and |
| Producer | Joseph Francis |
| Producers | Lawrence Kasanoff Alison Savitch |
| Based | |
| written by | Kevin Drowney |
| Composer | Jonathan Slate |
| Studio | Threshold entertainment |
| A country | |
| Distributor | Union Video |
| Tongue | |
| Duration | 39 min |
| Premiere | August 29, 1995 |
| IMDb | |
| Rotten tomato | more details |
Story
Three selected warriors who find themselves on a mysterious ship set sail to take part in the Mortal Kombat tournament and protect humanity from extraterrestrial invasion. During the voyage, Liu Kang , Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade meet with Ryden , who gives them advice on how to survive in the early stages of the tournament, defeat Shan Zong and his army of minions. Already on the island, where the tournament actually takes place, Ryden retells between the fights the origins of Shan Zong, Goro , the Great Kun Lao , Scorpio and the elder Sub-Ziro .
Roles voiced
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeff Bennett | Johnny cage |
| Jim Cummings | Shang Zong |
| Ron Feinberg | Liu Kang |
| Jennifer hale | Sonya Blade |
| Randy Hamilton | Ryden |
Soundtrack
The music for the cartoon was written by composer Jonathan Slate. In 1995, a promo CD was released with compositions in orchestral processing [3] .
| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins Original Animation Soundtrack | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| one. | "Main Title" | 2:47 | |||||||
| 2. | "The Journey Begins" | 2:52 | |||||||
| 3. | "Treacherous Kombat" | 4:33 | |||||||
| four. | "Our Heroes are Chosen" | 2:27 | |||||||
| five. | "Dreams of Triumph" | 1:26 | |||||||
| 6. | "Shang Tsung, Evil Sorcerer" | 2:39 | |||||||
| 7. | Scorpion & Sub-Zero | 4:33 | |||||||
| eight. | "Liu Kang & the Order of Light" | 4:11 | |||||||
| 9. | Lord Rayden tells the Lore | 2:39 | |||||||
| ten. | "Goro, Prince of Shokan" | 3:07 | |||||||
| eleven. | "Kung Lao vs. Goro » | 3:49 am | |||||||
| 12. | "Let Mortal Kombat Begin" | 2:58 | |||||||
Criticism Reviews
The reviewer of the magazine " Great Dragon " notes that the cartoon used special effects, which are usually found in video games, as well as in science fiction films [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins - Retailer Promo . Mortal Kombat Secrets - MKSecrets.Net (March 11, 2013). - Video Date of appeal April 25, 2018.
- ↑ PROMOTIONAL SOUNDTRACK . kelceycoe.com/MK/. Date of treatment April 25, 2018. Archived November 15, 2013.
- ↑ GreatDragon.ru. News, News - Mortal Kombat - Now a Cartoon! (Russian) // The Great Dragon: a magazine. - Moscow: KAMOTO LLC, 1996-04-06. - No. 24 . - S. 6-7 .
Links
- Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins on the Internet Movie Database
- “Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins” on the Rotten Tomatoes website
- Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins on The Mortal Kombat Wiki