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Videogame music makes Rocky II better

VIDEO: A soundtrack mash-up so epic it could put you in hospital

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK

As gamers, we use the word 'epic' one hell of a lot. Whether discussing wins, fails, or Cliffy B's bosses, those two little syllables are never far away. Rarely however, do we use them in their literal context. A context of which this week's video is a stark reminder.

As we all know, Harry Gregson-Williams' Metal Gear Solid 2 theme makes anything epic. But what happens when you put it alongside something already epic? Say, the climactic Balboa vs. Creed fight from Rocky II? And what happens if by some miracle of audio-visual synergy both of those elements synch up better than The Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of the Moon, without the need for any tricksy editing whatsoever? Goose bumps and man-tears all around the GamesRadar office. That's what happens.

Previous mash-ups

Star Wars
The Terminator
Reservoir Dogs
Bullitt
Teletubbies

NOTE: This video is intended for parody purposes only. We sourced the video material used from
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21 Comments
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MrBuffalo  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Awesome. Sonic/terminator is the best though
skyline19  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Lmao it's actually true.

Great work.
kubes  - 6 months 9 days ago 
great best match up so far for me
Digidabee  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Not as good as Teletubies that is sooooooooooo funny!
still funny though
Digidabee  - 6 months 9 days ago 
the reason theyre so funny is that they actually work
noobeater  - 6 months 9 days ago 
this sounds like it could kinda go with it...well sort of

but the termiantor is soooooo funny. lol it makes me smile thinking about it and so im gonna watch it again right now

keep it up GR...and a good ol' british article as usual
averagejoe  - 6 months 9 days ago 
nice syncing!
Xplosive59  - 6 months 9 days ago 
although mgs is one of my favourite games and rocky is one of my favourite movies i didnt think it stood up to the standard of the others

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ClusterShart  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Quite a nice mashup, I must say.

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Darthwaluigi  - 6 months 9 days ago 
wow that was fantastic!
I would have said by now that you guys would have run out of material by now but i was DEAD WRONG great job!
I am anxiously awaiting your next installment

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NipplesTheSuperHippo  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Epic win of awesomeness! Great work, it goes pretty well.
Unoriginal  - 6 months 9 days ago 
You can add that music to almost anything and it will be awesome.
Samael  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Next to the Terminator one, this is the 2nd best. Nice job.
Ramijiman  - 6 months 9 days ago 
wow!! it does give you goose bumps
great video!!
NelosAngelos  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Now that deserves an Epic Win!!!
ssj4raditz  - 6 months 9 days ago 
Another good one. Can't wait to see what's next.
I'm really digging this feature!
Ravenbom  - 6 months 8 days ago 
nice one, keep up the mash ups
WaywardRenegade  - 6 months 8 days ago 
epic
GrantG  - 6 months 7 days ago 
better than the movie
metalgatesolid  - 6 months 7 days ago 
Best one yet. That music is amazing.
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