So, before this score can even be addressed, I think we all need to take a moment to acknowledge something: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is a feature film. So, the powers that be – with the rights to the legendary Capcom fighting game – took a look at the current cinematic climate and decided that rather than launching an epic-scale re-imagining of the iconic set of fighters, the best angle to take on remaking the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme flop was to tell the “legend” of Chun Li. I’m not quite sure where that thought came from, but they ran with it, attaching Doom director Andrzej Bartkowiak (who also helmed Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds – giving him both video game and martial arts film cred, I guess) and ordered up a script from first-time feature-length scribe Justin Marks. Needless to say, the film hasn’t been particularly well-received by critics or audience (opening to a meager $4.65 million and currently at a 0% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes). Imagine my surprise then when listening to Stephen Endelman’s score, to find a score not only worth listening to, but actually quite enjoyable.
Though Endelman has been around for some time, he’s not a composer I’m familiar with (highlights of his work include Ed, the recent Zak Penn mockumentary The Grand, and The Net 2.0 – not particularly memorable films). His work here on Street Fighter, though, shows why he’s continued to work and why eventually we should be seeing his name on higher profile projects. Sure this score has its downsides – many of the tracks are heavy on action and light on depth – but that’s to be expected considering that this is a videogame to film transfer – over a decade after the game has gone out of style. Endelman still manages to capture the exotic action of the game without teetering over into ridiculous cheese or overextended melodies and repetitive beats. The lonely violin on “Gen Is Reborn” provides a bit of contemplative emotion to a score otherwise overburdened with carrying action sequences forward. The themes in this track also carry forward into the highly expressive “Running To Vega” – a memorable track that achieves both action and emotion on equal levels and pop up again in “Impress Me.”
This isn’t a score that audiophiles will be looking for when scouring each other’s soundtrack collections – indeed, it’s no masterpiece, but it does offer plenty of excitement and electronic meets classical expressiveness (not to mention enough of a videogame sensibility to remind viewers of the game itself). Of the 27 tracks on the album, the average track comes out to around two and a half minutes, providing a nice balance between developing a sense of place and moving the aural story along. Endelman provides Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li with more of a heart than it deserves, with some of the action tracks feeling more involved that is to be expected from a movie of this caliber. There are lightweight tracks here (such as the repetitive “The Escape”) but Endelman’s real achievement is that the majority of his score is impressively developed – something that can’t necessarily be said for the film itself.
Zach Says: 7 (out of 10)
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbackyea the musical score is nice and all but what are the other songs featured in the movie? the rap songs, I know one was by Ace Hood but what about this other one. I think it might be called street fighter but if i look that up what do u think I will get honestly..so is there any way to find out the music featured in the film other than the film score???
songs from the movie:
1. get him – ace hood
2. we on – one block radius
3. guns high – ace hood
4. wantin’ u back – one block radius (ending credit)
thanks blow.. u saved my life….. ace hood is ballin…
Im search songs “(???) – street fighter” of this video
hey plz. i’m looking for musin in this movie,, actully in 01:33, when nash out from car,, there is musik ,, i want the name of it
Wolfenstein, it’s “Ace Hood – Get Em’ Up”.
hey im looking for what the song is right before they have theyre fight in the womans bathroom…you know the techno rap one in the club?
Zackdoherty:
It’s “Street Fighter” by Ace Hood.
Hi I have question there is a song in this movie after the bathroom fight it’s sounds like street fighters do you know who sings that song?
I can’t find any info anywhere please write back thanks!!
I’m also looking for that song “Street Fighter” from the scene after the bathroom fight. I can’t find it anywhere. Btw, it’s NOT “Get ‘Em Up”. Any help on finding that track would be appreciated…glad I’m not the only one looking for that track!! Props!
Can some1 please tell me where I can find “Ace Hood – Street Fighter”… I’ve been searching for days now and I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the net…
that song in the club before the fight scene isn’t get em because i’ve been looking for it too, and i finally found it it’s gutta by ace hood ft. trick daddy.
grace2421,
It’s not “Gutta” – everyone’s talking about the track that’s after the bathroom fight scene (another fight scene) where Chun-Li enters this private club with dancers on tables which breaks out into another fight scene.
The song is called “street fighter” From Ace Hood but its unrealesed so there is no way of getting it which sucks cuz I want that song. Trust me its knowhere to be found cuz I looked for 4 hours straight. I you find any other news about that song please comment. Thanks
The song is called street fighter from ace hood but its unrealesed so there is no way of getting it which sucks cuz I want that song. Trust me its knowhere to be found I looked for 4 hours straight . I you find any other news about that song please comment. Thanks
You can find “street fighter” on youtube.
Thanks all..
I found the end song of Street Fighter now
🙂
well i think the song “street fighter by ace hood is unfindable anywhere on the net & not even on the ost allbum of the movie i guess so if ever someone find it email us lol go onnn street fighter street fighter
Can anybody tell me the name and the authors of the classical pieces played on the film ? Thankyou
Why make a soundtrack without releasing “Street Fighter” (Ace hood)? And the f’ed up thing is that’s the song everyone wants.
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