After fighting King in a dark church with the sunlight beaming down through the stained glass windows, and this song coming on, I feel like I have finally experienced the true battles of life
Man. Remember that time where Paul's theme was like, horns going over the stand up bass? And then Herbie Hancock came in on the theremin (or some shit)? That's when I knew this soundtrack was high energy, but not high volume.
I remember King 1 ending from Tekken 2. It was so nice seeing one of the most intimidating fighters in-game with vicious jaguar mask, huge muscles, badass theme, and scary roar to be orphaned kids guardian and the most kind-hearted character in-game:)
King I was a respectable wrestler who won several competitions. But at the end of the day, the bell he cared the most wasn't the one used to mark the end of the round, but the one inside a church.
Man 1:34 is so ominous yet inspiring at the same time. It makes me feel dread for something that's going to challenge me in the near future. At the same time though it makes me feel like I have the strength to confront whatever it is and defeat it.
Ryan Smith heartbroken as i am too about what happened to King 1, King 1 is honestly nowhere near the wrestler King 2 is nowadays. But having taken 3rd place in The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 1 is a hell of an achievement for a pro wrestler.
I'm a fighting game purest. I played Tekken 2 to death when I was 7 years old and this theme ALWAYS stands out as one of my favourite of any fighting stage
This, Jun's theme and Kazuya's theme were late 90s fighting game-era defining soundtracks. This song more than any other, though, just wow... it was the visual that was attached to this song. The dark church with King in that outfit? Pure perfection. The only other character, stage and song that was as good as this combination was Li Long's theme on the river raft from Soul Blade.
by far. Its not even close , T2s soundtrack was godlike. gameplay wise its not that great but the story, the atmosphere, the music were the best in T2. Very original and ahead of its time with how they used actual characters devil/angel as literal character development for Kazuya, depicting the main antagonist as being someone with a good/evil battle raging inside him, not to mention the fact the main character/protagonist is an outright unsympathetic evil villain (Heihachi).
What kills me about this piece of music, is all these years and no one seems to realize the last 30 seconds or so of the song, in its normal presentation, is a spin on some of the music for the final boss battle in the first Splatterhouse game.
@@nathanniesche6380 Start here at about the 1:33 mark: th-cam.com/video/mhPXuXyHlco/w-d-xo.html Then here at the 30 sec mark: th-cam.com/video/-nqi4I0PXu4/w-d-xo.html Depending on which rendition you listen to of Kings music, will depend on how much it borrows off this piece. It's harder to notice on some versions of the track. Its already a very blink and you will miss it kinda thing, and the piece of the music is only a small part of the entire song on either Kings track, or the boss track in Splatterhouse, so its not completely easy to spot. The tone of the small piece is also changed from, I guess the best way to describe it as on the original, or like Splatterhouse on TG16/Pc Engine, as hopeful or optimistic sounding to keep you motivated during the fight. Where as in Tekken 2, its tone is changed to almost being frantic and hopelessly doomed??? Also worth noting, Yuichiro Komoriya, who worked on character design for Tekken 2, had also worked on Splatterhouse as a "special artist". I have seen it listed in a few places he was also credited as helping compose the music for the game also.
Tekken 2!! What a time to be alive!! I remember playing this on PS1 whenever my cousin brought it over!! I didn't appreciate this amazing music then, but my GOD I do now!!!
This whole theme has in some extraordinary way told the entire arc of the original King... just for that alone this has to be top 5 greatest Tekken themes
I loved playing Tekken 2 just so that I could listen to this song. I don't know if anyone remembers, but if you had Tekken 3 you could unlock a mode that let you swap out that disc for the Tekken or Tekken 2 one and play the songs from those games in a theater mode. I enjoyed that feature quite a bit.
Pure nostalgia for Tekken 2 and this song espacially. Just started playing tekken 7 a few days ago and I just can't help myself learning my old favorites Yoshimitsu and oc King and Armor King. Even though I miss the old T2 King ( "new king" and other fighter in general look way to buff) I am having an absolute blast experiencing Tekken way over 20 years later. T2 was my first tekken as a lil kid playing with my dad on the good ol' ps1. Know all grown up , Tekken 7 feels a whole lot new and fresh, but in now way unfamiliar. From now on I may follow this great legacy of a fighting game with great interest!
Well a good thing about King 2 is that he knows what revenge does to a person, and that if he killed Marduk that it would hurt other people, so he withheld his revenge and now look at him!
I just wish there was a way for King I to know one of his orphans turned out to carry his legacy well to be King II especially knowing too that Armor King I, his rival turned friend has trained him and showed him the compassion King I showed AK I as guidance for life
Not really, but most certainly with Tekken, Tekken 5 was easily the last Tekken with a near flawless OST. Tekken 6 had some good ones and then it was down hill from there. There's a reason most people don't play with the original music in T7.
1:34, when I was a kid whenever this part came on I got super sad and I never knew why, I probably realized that This King dies at this point in the timeline (cuz I also had Tekken 3). Back then I didn't realize =/
Frankensteiner. "what do you mean you can't block it and if you duck you take damage " That moves broken 🤣 Even tho i was they guy saying this, good times.
Does this song kinda sound like Long Train Runnin by The Doobie Brothers at the chorus? I don't know. My parents would dance to that song in the backyard while I was in the living room playing Tekken 2 and King's Theme would come on and I thought they sounded so similar
King 1 will always be the tragic masked wrestler hero sacrificing himself for the poor homeless and orphan children. King 2 is just the talented showoff disciple that has to keep the "King" dinasty at the top of the game.
King 2 originally still had those goals but because of the original hatred of Tekken 4 King, AKing, and Marduk's stories have just been trashed. King 2 was trained by the original Armor King and was one of the orphans that King took care of after all.
I hope if there is going to be Tag Tournament 3, There is Original Armor King and King instead King II and Original Armor King's little brother. Don't get me wrong, i love King II very much, and Armor King II is good too, but Original is always original. And we haven't seen King I after Tekken 2 (1995) and Armor King I after Tekken Tag Tournament (1999) so i think it's time to make comeback!
![[TAS] Tekken 2 - King](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8-CFwGeVHLc/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Live 1996] King's Theme from TEKKEN2 -Ring A bell-](/img/n.gif)
After fighting King in a dark church with the sunlight beaming down through the stained glass windows, and this song coming on, I feel like I have finally experienced the true battles of life
Man. Remember that time where Paul's theme was like, horns going over the stand up bass? And then Herbie Hancock came in on the theremin (or some shit)? That's when I knew this soundtrack was high energy, but not high volume.
@@thebandanadee8265 Also, we had a dude playing piano in the club as Nina's theme.
i was expecting this comment
@garansbabarans likes buffalo
Damn, dunkey reference
The best stage theme in the game 10/10
I remember King 1 ending from Tekken 2. It was so nice seeing one of the most intimidating fighters in-game with vicious jaguar mask, huge muscles, badass theme, and scary roar to be orphaned kids guardian and the most kind-hearted character in-game:)
lol that reminds me. In the original Tekken ending for King, the children who run up to him are just downscaled images of the development team.
King I is like the good golems in fantasy
King I was a respectable wrestler who won several competitions. But at the end of the day, the bell he cared the most wasn't the one used to mark the end of the round, but the one inside a church.
Amen brother
love this theme of king ring a bell and yoshis tk 2 theme my favourite tekken themes of all time
Gotta love King the 1st, looked after orphans and was badass enough to duke it out in a church and ask for forgiveness later
Not to mention that he recovered from alcoholism and got back in the ring. If that is not true dedication, I don't know what is.
@@finnicvoice4974 The Chad King Vs. The Virgin Marduk
@@spiralgodking9877 His name says it all.
@@spiralgodking9877 Marduk, more like Marcuck
Man 1:34 is so ominous yet inspiring at the same time. It makes me feel dread for something that's going to challenge me in the near future. At the same time though it makes me feel like I have the strength to confront whatever it is and defeat it.
the church organs really make that part epic
Its hard listening to this knowing that King died after T2, Always be the best King in my opinion
Ryan Smith heartbroken as i am too about what happened to King 1, King 1 is honestly nowhere near the wrestler King 2 is nowadays. But having taken 3rd place in The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 1 is a hell of an achievement for a pro wrestler.
King 2 ends up being a bit of a drama queen, and not the cool kind. I mean, the "hey guys, let's stop fiighting *whine*" kind.
Syndicate Operative in plus king 2 is a traitor turning against his armor king being on marduck side and Craig killed the 1st armor king.
Yeah, original king had a roar that made you fear for your life, king 2 sounds like a teenage Simba.
@@theawardgoesto1 King 2 had some of King 1's roars in SfxTK.
King was something else in this game compared to the other characters. Once he grabbed hold of you, there was no guarantee he'd ever let you go
I have to say that the old themes are the best
Bro why is ur pfp ross Kemp 😂😂
They are indeed better!
I would lose to King just so I could listen to this theme longer when I was little. Good times.
I'm a fighting game purest.
I played Tekken 2 to death when I was 7 years old and this theme ALWAYS stands out as one of my favourite of any fighting stage
This, Jun's theme and Kazuya's theme were late 90s fighting game-era defining soundtracks. This song more than any other, though, just wow... it was the visual that was attached to this song. The dark church with King in that outfit? Pure perfection. The only other character, stage and song that was as good as this combination was Li Long's theme on the river raft from Soul Blade.
One of the best ever Tekken themes.Tekken 2 WAS my childhood
Same
Tekken 2 is absolutely the best video game soundtrack. It's insane how good it is.
by far. Its not even close , T2s soundtrack was godlike. gameplay wise its not that great but the story, the atmosphere, the music were the best in T2. Very original and ahead of its time with how they used actual characters devil/angel as literal character development for Kazuya, depicting the main antagonist as being someone with a good/evil battle raging inside him, not to mention the fact the main character/protagonist is an outright unsympathetic evil villain (Heihachi).
Yeah crazy
RIP ORIGINAL KING!!
Stephen Cooldude Knight the true and only king
Original armour king too
What kills me about this piece of music, is all these years and no one seems to realize the last 30 seconds or so of the song, in its normal presentation, is a spin on some of the music for the final boss battle in the first Splatterhouse game.
Can you link a video of the song you're talking about?
@@nathanniesche6380
Start here at about the 1:33 mark:
th-cam.com/video/mhPXuXyHlco/w-d-xo.html
Then here at the 30 sec mark:
th-cam.com/video/-nqi4I0PXu4/w-d-xo.html
Depending on which rendition you listen to of Kings music, will depend on how much it borrows off this piece. It's harder to notice on some versions of the track. Its already a very blink and you will miss it kinda thing, and the piece of the music is only a small part of the entire song on either Kings track, or the boss track in Splatterhouse, so its not completely easy to spot. The tone of the small piece is also changed from, I guess the best way to describe it as on the original, or like Splatterhouse on TG16/Pc Engine, as hopeful or optimistic sounding to keep you motivated during the fight. Where as in Tekken 2, its tone is changed to almost being frantic and hopelessly doomed??? Also worth noting, Yuichiro Komoriya, who worked on character design for Tekken 2, had also worked on Splatterhouse as a "special artist". I have seen it listed in a few places he was also credited as helping compose the music for the game also.
Yea definitely.. i practice to this still to this day
Tekken 2!! What a time to be alive!! I remember playing this on PS1 whenever my cousin brought it over!! I didn't appreciate this amazing music then, but my GOD I do now!!!
The bells drums and airy tone make this song uplifting!!! Long live tekken
1:34 to 2:05; still gives me ASMR-like chills.
Jimi Jams same here. It's my favorite part.
@@jamisongolonka7575 also my favorite part, it's beautiful
Everytime I hear it
Best part of the track hands down!
i love that part love it!
I listen to this on loop for an hour and a half when pushing weights
This is the theme I always think of when I think of King.
same
This whole theme has in some extraordinary way told the entire arc of the original King... just for that alone this has to be top 5 greatest Tekken themes
Exactly bro, exactly
I would easily say in the top 3
my favourite tekken character king will always be goat
King was doing what He had to, being a Wrestling star to help out an orphanage, the last tournament the Original King fought in
I loved playing Tekken 2 just so that I could listen to this song. I don't know if anyone remembers, but if you had Tekken 3 you could unlock a mode that let you swap out that disc for the Tekken or Tekken 2 one and play the songs from those games in a theater mode. I enjoyed that feature quite a bit.
Thats actually a sick feature. never knew that one
Still sound good today 2019
this song beast it make's me feel damnn immortal... thanks for extended version this is truly masterpiece all T2 OST is great IMO
They need to play this in Church.
@Emmanuel Rodriguez That, and King's chain grappling.
Would be much better than the gospel they play today. It's all vanity
@@mrsheabutterI agree.
1:32 so good!
Pure nostalgia for Tekken 2 and this song espacially. Just started playing tekken 7 a few days ago and I just can't help myself learning my old favorites Yoshimitsu and oc King and Armor King. Even though I miss the old T2 King ( "new king" and other fighter in general look way to buff) I am having an absolute blast experiencing Tekken way over 20 years later. T2 was my first tekken as a lil kid playing with my dad on the good ol' ps1. Know all grown up , Tekken 7 feels a whole lot new and fresh, but in now way unfamiliar. From now on I may follow this great legacy of a fighting game with great interest!
Le hace honor a este personaje tremendo tema
Frankensteiner, Capital Punishment and the Elbow Drop are some of the most satisfying moves of his to pull off 🤌
This is where it all started for me, all the love of martial arts . Tekken made me hunger for truth, to seek justice where wrong doing was done
Sam L really? I'm surprised you didn't go the Kazuya way 🤷🏾♂️
@@akeemmcafee4556 Wrestling is simply more badass than Karate
The first King always gonna be the best of all a man whit a true fighting spirit for those who really need him
King I was actually the 3rd strongest behind fighter n the tournament behind Kazuya and Paul. That was enough to earn him funds for his orphanage
King 1 = Kindhearted man willing to do what is necessary to help others.
King 2= Total showboat filled with WWE type drama.
Dead Zone RIP to the one and only king.
He’s not wrong..
The OG King is best
King has only gotten better through the years
Wrestling for the ninos is nice and all but how can you not love King's current iteration?
Well a good thing about King 2 is that he knows what revenge does to a person, and that if he killed Marduk that it would hurt other people, so he withheld his revenge and now look at him!
What do you mean ?! King 2 still carrying the legacy
If I say I lost to him on purpose just to keep hearing this song people won’t think I’m a scrub for getting literally getting wrestled to death.
King always king her zaman kralsın ❤
This reminds me of "bloodsport" so so much.
No one can ever replace King 1 end of story 😢
I just wish there was a way for King I to know one of his orphans turned out to carry his legacy well to be King II
especially knowing too that Armor King I, his rival turned friend has trained him and showed him the compassion King I showed AK I as guidance for life
I use this theme in Tekken Tag 2, I just had to.
i use it in Tekken 7 now :D
love this
Damn you Ogre! You killed Jun and King.
Ogre didn't kill Jun. She went missing after fighting with him.
@@Orochi97Jr He killed her got her move set partially and then she re-materialised afterwards regardless actually.
@@nathanalexandre9043no he never kill her, Harada himself at say it multiple times.
Tiger Mask vs King and Armour King would be the match of the century!!!
Always my favorite back in the day.
Muito melhor do que esses dubstep do tekken de hoje em dia ❤️
💯
Pulling off the 10-hit figure 4 combo on another player was the greatest satisfaction.
Nuances of Boy George, Enia, the engine of a lift...and a bittersweet end. What a theme and ost
Great!!
da bekommt man wieder richtig lust auf das spiel bei dem theme weils einfach das beste war in dem game
If you don't feel a sense of pride after hearing this then I don't know what the fuck is wrong wit chu
#LongLiveTheOriginalKing
Loves this song
Thanks tekken for giving one of the most remembered heros a proper theme
Church sanctuary
Kicks so much ass it's unreal.
cathedral themes are always good for some reason.
Great workout music
Best days of Tekken this 3 and tag tournament
Its like with almost every game since the 90´s
90´s bad graphic , excellent Soundtrack
and now opposite
Claus P lol back then though these graphics were awesome
Cough*MetalGearRising*Cough
Not really, but most certainly with Tekken, Tekken 5 was easily the last Tekken with a near flawless OST. Tekken 6 had some good ones and then it was down hill from there. There's a reason most people don't play with the original music in T7.
@@ZeFluffyKnight wrong the ost was the best in Tekken 1-4 after that it lost its edge
King (the Mexican wrestler inTekken) and King (the French woman in Art of Fighting / King of Fighters) !!!
1:34, when I was a kid whenever this part came on I got super sad and I never knew why, I probably realized that This King dies at this point in the timeline (cuz I also had Tekken 3). Back then I didn't realize =/
a melhor soundtrack de tekken 2 . tema lembra ocultismo junto com artes marciais .
Frankensteiner. "what do you mean you can't block it and if you duck you take damage " That moves broken 🤣
Even tho i was they guy saying this, good times.
La mejor para entrenar
" *Gasp* Tigger is the next tekken fighter!" - Caddicarus
thats king tigger to you caddy lol
@@ace2dabass620nice mama Luigi reference!
@@Beessokoo1coo1 lol
Top 5 Video Game Themes of All Time
What are the four?
Armorking 1 trained by the legend Original King and teach King 2
soundtrack and stadium good !
Does this song kinda sound like Long Train Runnin by The Doobie Brothers at the chorus? I don't know. My parents would dance to that song in the backyard while I was in the living room playing Tekken 2 and King's Theme would come on and I thought they sounded so similar
1:33
thank you
fuck i havent heard this in a long time!!!
Armor King extended theme please.
I stopped playing tekken after King died. Rrrrr in peace king!
King is technically Fray Tormenta aka Nacho Libre
Don Cornelius .. we’re U at .. I know you still play this .. hit me up
D+3+4 (CH), 4, 4, 4, 2, 1, 3, 4. Well would you look at that. All your life gone.
Awesome! Can you extend Jun Kazama's theme?
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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King 1 will always be the tragic masked wrestler hero sacrificing himself for the poor homeless and orphan children.
King 2 is just the talented showoff disciple that has to keep the "King" dinasty at the top of the game.
King 2 originally still had those goals but because of the original hatred of Tekken 4 King, AKing, and Marduk's stories have just been trashed.
King 2 was trained by the original Armor King and was one of the orphans that King took care of after all.
Is King black in Tekken 2 ?
There is two Kings
No, he have a mexican skin.
Asconisti THERE IS ONLY ONE KING ALL HAIL THE TRUE KING not that imposter
@@hubrichism264 Imposter? Dude, he just carried on his legacy, and worked hard for it.
Back when King was going to murder you.
Im getting vibes to the goosebumps opening theme
I hope if there is going to be Tag Tournament 3, There is Original Armor King and King instead King II and Original Armor King's little brother. Don't get me wrong, i love King II very much, and Armor King II is good too, but Original is always original. And we haven't seen King I after Tekken 2 (1995) and Armor King I after Tekken Tag Tournament (1999) so i think it's time to make comeback!
Da fuq dude
The originals are dead. It wouldn't make any sense.
Yeah I see what you mean for the next tekken tag game but why not all 4.
🐆✊🏽💙
Armor king 1 best friend original king
Its creepy man 😱
This is screaming NAMCO. Sound like it can be from Ace Combat 2.
Old Namco. Namco Bandai suck balls
Gostei do tekken 2 chega se play 3
2024?
A Mexican Catholic wrestler with a jaguar mask who cares for orphans. OK Japan.
Everything else except the jaguar mask is pretty much Fray Tormenta so yeah, not that weird.
TIGER MASK WAS A VERY POPULAR JAPANESE WRESTLER IN THE 80s, King is inspired in him
And likes to throw down in the house of God.
music 2018