The soundtrack for the new 2026 Street Fighter movie, a collaboration between Capcom and Legendary, features a diverse collection of songs. While many tracks lean into the 1990s setting of the film, including Tupac Shakur's "Ambitionz Az A Ridah" and Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun," the movie also incorporates music from other eras. The inclusion of 50 Cent's "Many Men (Wish Death)" during a scene with Balrog, played by the artist himself, is noted as an understandable, albeit anachronistic, choice.
More prominently, 4 Non Blondes' '90s hit "What's Up?" plays a role in Ken and Ryu's journey. However, the film's final song, The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men," has been described as a particularly unusual selection that leaves viewers on a high-spirited but confusing note.
Director Kitao Sakurai told Polygon that the unexpected use of "It's Raining Men" was intentional, aiming for a tone that embraced the unexpected. This decision emerged late in the filmmaking process, reflecting the film's overall style. Sakurai recounted that during editing, the team struggled to find a suitable song. A spontaneous moment where the cast began singing "It's Raining Men" as a joke led to the song being tested with the post-climax scene. "I looked at it, and we set it to music, and I was like, This is kind of incredible," Sakurai said. "Like, it just works. Also, the interaction between Ken and Ryu in that moment is just so sincere and so real, it's such a perfectly weird and stupid choice to end the movie on that it felt just right."
Sakurai further elaborated on the film's ethos, stating, "The thesis of our style of the movie is just being like, 'Fuck it, man.' The Weather Girls? Why not? But it emotionally works, you know?"
The Street Fighter movie is currently playing in theaters.