And depending on if you cup your hands a little bit, you can get a little bit of a hollow sound, like it would be in a mouth sort of thing. Medhurst: And just moving that and grinding it in my hand gives a nice little texture. Narrator: But Medhurst also wanted to get an ooze at the same time, so he turned to wet gravel. Medhurst: The capsicum can add a little bit of a hollow sound to it, like as if it's in a jaw. First, Foley artist Adrian Medhurst knew he needed a crunch to match the flesh separating. Jaw unhinging isn't something you'd easily find prerecorded, so the Foley team created it themselves. Narrator: Creating new sounds was crucial for the 'Mortal Kombat' characters, as they are known for their unique armor and weapons.

Robert Mackenzie: There are very, very few digital sounds in the film.

And while the artists used some audio from a digital library, most of the sonic landscape was created with original sounds. They focused on capturing audio from real objects, so nothing was overly processed. Narrator: To make all that gore believable, the team needed everything to sound as organic as possible. And this video is gory, so maybe don't watch around children.Īdrian Medhurst: 'Mortal Kombat' may be the goriest film I've ever worked on. Warning: Spoilers for 'Mortal Kombat' ahead. And every sound made had to follow the action on-screen while living up to the gruesome standard fans expected. The sound team behind 'Mortal Kombat' went above and beyond for the movie's over-the-top fights and gore. That disgusting oozing and cracking you hear is actually two layers of vegetables cracked and snapped followed by a layer of wet gravel handled just the right way by the film's Foley artist. Narrator: In this scene from 2021's 'Mortal Kombat,' Mileena unhinges her jaw to show off her famous teeth during a fight scene. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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