One thing that’s become increasingly common in modern movie trailers is using either slower paced or orchestral covers of famous songs to accompany the footage, and in the case of the recent
Promising Young Woman, a haunting string version of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” was implemented to great effect in the buildup to the third act climax.
The long-awaited first promo for the upcoming
Mortal Kombat reboot, meanwhile, has taken an altogether more self-aware turn, using a remixed version of the theme song from Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 original towards the end of the trailer. The 1995 cult classic is hardly a beacon of cinematic excellence, but one thing you can’t deny is that it’s got an awesome theme.