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Revision as of 01:35, 5 August 2009

The music from the video game series Command & Conquer was composed and produced by Westwood Studios' former sound director and video game music composer Frank Klepacki for the early games in the series, with composition duties being taken on by several others following the liquidation of Westwood Studios in 2003. Klepacki returned to the series in 2008 however to assist with the soundtrack for Red Alert 3.

The series has been received positively by critics, although praise was higher with earlier entries.

Soundtracks

Command & Conquer

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The Music of Command & Conquer is a soundtrack album containing musical tracks from the video game Command & Conquer, composed by Frank Klepacki and produced by Westwood. It was originally released in 1995. The soundtrack spans 22 tracks over two discs and has a combined duration of approximately 72:00. The soundtrack came with some of the game's collector's editions, which feature tracks from both the original Command & Conquer and the expansion. Though it was never released through retail, Westwood Studios sold this official soundtrack by special order through its website and in game catalogues.[1]

The original soundtrack can be listened to on his web site, along with various cues that were cut from the game, most of which are also present on the discs of the DOS version and the expansion pack.

Note that some track titles differ from the in-game versions.[2] In these cases, the in-game track title is mentioned behind the original title. Also, some track titles differ from the versions on Frank Klepacki's website. In these cases, the website's track titles are mentioned behind the original in-game track title. The first seven in-game tracks are only available with the "The Covert Operations" expansion pack.

The track "No Mercy" features voice samples of the character Chuck De Nomolos from the film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.

Act on Instinct
Short clip of "Act on Instinct" — 173 KB
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

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The game's original score was composed by Frank Klepacki and was voted the best video game soundtrack of 1996 by PC Gamer and Gameslice magazines.[3] Among his most famous songs from the series is the theme of Red Alert, titled "Hell March", which accents the style of the game with adrenalized riffs of electric guitar, the sounds of marching feet, and synthesizers to a dramatic chant. Originally intended to be the theme for the Brotherhood of Nod faction in the original 1995 Command & Conquer game,[4] the track eventually ended up enlisting itself as a staple in the Red Alert series instead, and a second version of "Hell March" was specifically created for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. Another version of said song, "Hell March 3", is featured in the third sequel of the series, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Recently, the original "Hell March" has been used in television, for the second episode of series 12 of popular BBC show Top Gear.[5]

When playing the single-player campaign, a limited number of tracks are initially available, and more are unlocked as the player progresses through missions. When playing in a multiplayer or "skirmish" game, however, all tracks are available from the start. More tracks were included in the Red Alert expansion packs: Counterstrike, The Aftermath and Retaliation. The music tracks can be listened to on Frank Klepacki's website.

An official soundtrack was released, containing all fifteen songs plus a hidden bonus track. Half a minute after the end of track 15 plays an unnamed bonus track. Its melodramatic opening was used in the secret campaign, and the track itself is a tribute to Misirlou, using the rhythm of an earlier Command & Conquer music piece, "No Mercy". In the media player on Frank Klepacki's website, the track is titled "Surf No Mercy".

Hell March
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Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor Online

by Frank Klepacki

  1. Map Theme
  2. Iron Fist
  3. Hell March (Remix)
  4. Drill
  5. Depth Charge
  6. Crush (Remix)
  7. Creeping Upon
  8. Twin Cannon (Remix)
  9. Workmen (Remix)
  10. No Mercy (Remix)
  11. Mud (Remix)
  12. Great Shot!

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

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The soundtrack of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun was released in 1999. In addition certain editions of Tiberian Sun came with the soundtrack bundled in, such as in the Platinum Edition and Firepower bundle pack, which also contained the original Tiberian Sun and its expansion pack, Firestorm.

Reception of the soundtrack was mixed as the music departed from the industrial music style of the original Command & Conquer in favor of a slow, moody ambient music reflecting the game's apocalyptic setting in a world being ecologically ravaged by Tiberium.

I didn't want to stray too far from the original C&C soundtrack, but it had to be more futuristic and ambient. From there I tried to capture the mood the designers wanted for each mission. I even brought in another composer for some of the in game scores, Jarrid Mendelson, who I knew would compliment my style for this genre of music. Also, you'll notice I put more development into GDI & NOD's signature themes for the movie sequences[6].

— Frank Klepacki, Senior Composer

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm

by Frank Klepacki

  1. FS Menu
  2. FS Map
  3. Slave To The System
  4. Rain in the Night 2
  5. Link Up
  6. Killing Machine
  7. Infiltration
  8. Hacker
  9. Elusive
  10. Deploy Machines
  11. Initiate

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

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Hell March 2
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Red Alert 2 Original Soundtrack is a soundtrack album containing musical tracks from the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, composed by Frank Klepacki and produced by Westwood. It was originally released in 2001. The soundtrack spans 16 tracks and has a duration of approximately 63:00.

The title track of the album is a rewritten version of the original Hell March from Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge

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Track listing
Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge Original Soundtrack
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drok"Frank Klepacki2:36
2."Bully Kit"Frank Klepacki4:15
3."Brain Freeze"Frank Klepacki4:01
4."Defend the Base"Frank Klepacki4:26
5."Phat Attack"Frank Klepacki3:54
6."Tactics"Frank Klepacki4:59
7."Trance L Vania"Frank Klepacki3:28
8."Deceiver"Frank Klepacki3:58

Command & Conquer: Renegade

by Frank Klepacki

  1. # Options
  2. Command & Conquer
  3. Got a Present for Ya
  4. Sniper
  5. Act On Instinct (Remix)
  6. Stomp
  7. On Your Feet
  8. Sneak Attack
  9. Move It
  10. Sakura Dog Fight
  11. Sakura Battle Theme
  12. Packing Iron
  13. Ambient Industrial
  14. Ambient Beach
  15. Fight Win Prevail (Remix)
  16. Ammo Clip
  17. Renegade Jungle
  18. Defunkt
  19. Mechanical Man's Revenge
  20. In The Line Of Fire (Remix)
  21. Stop Them Again
  22. Great Shot (Remix)

Command & Conquer: Generals

by Bill Brown and Mikael Sandgren

  1. Generals Main Theme
  2. Search and Destroy
  3. Fight for Peace
  4. In the Field
  5. Makin' a Sweep
  6. Mother of All Weapons
  7. Firestorm
  8. Overlord Moving
  9. Runaway Train
  10. The Dragon Awakes
  11. Red Army Rising
  12. The Middle Kingdom
  13. Dawn of Courage
  14. Uprising
  15. The Sacrifice
  16. One Path to Freedom
  17. Glory
  18. Our Day Has Come
  19. Tides of Wrath
  20. Commanche Down
  21. Rescue Ops

Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour

by Bill Brown and Mikael Sandgren

  1. Zero Hour Main Theme
  2. Helix Armada
  3. Resistance
  4. GLA Anthem
  5. Raid In Progress
  6. The Final Hour

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

by Steve Jablonsky and Trevor Morris

  2. Mourning Hour
  4. Crystalline
  6. Drop Attack
  8. Blue Control
  10. Black Dawn
  12. Tiberian Influx
  14. Aftermath
  16. Alien Substance
  18. Yellow Temple
  20. Crimson City
  22. Blue Glory
  24. Deadly Force
  26. Gathering Intel
  28. Heavy Handed
  30. The Zenith
  32. Yellow Dawn
  34. Infection
  36. Guilty Pleasure
  38. Infestation
  40. War Zone
  42. Defense Line
  44. Light Infantry
  46. Havoc
  48. Rebel Forces
  50. No Surrender
  52. Research Initiative
  54. Yellow Explore
  56. Intelligence
  58. Radiation Alert
  60. Maelstrom
  62. Red Ashes
  64. War Machine
  66. Red Life
  68. Renegade Attack
  70. Yellow Planet
  72. Unleashed
  74. Apocalypse
  76. Returning to Base
  78. Global Response
  80. Alien Arrival
  82. Bleak Twilight
  84. Base Repairs
  86. Waiting Game

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

by Trevor Morris

  1. Red Dusk
  2. Act On Instinct (Short Version)
  3. Act On Instinct (Long Version)
  4. Mechanical Mind (Short Version)
  5. Mechanical Mind (Long Version)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

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Composer Frank Klepacki returned to write three tracks for the game. When interviewed regarding the matter, Klepacki indicated a strong desire to contribute more, but admitted that due to the fact that he is no longer being employed by Electronic Arts and currently works for Petroglyph Games, this may be contractually impossible. At the RA3 Community Summit in June 2008, Klepacki showed a video to the entire C&C community in which he stated that he had been hired to work on Red Alert 3, and that he was composing Hell March 3, the most recent update of Red Alert's iconic theme.[8][9]

In November 2008, Crispy Gamer [10] reported that James Hannigan and Timothy Michael Wynn wrote the bulk of the game's remaining 114 minutes of music, with Hannigan composing the "Soviet March" menu theme along with music for the Empire of the Rising Sun Faction, and Wynn the music of the Allies and the remaining Soviet tracks. Music4Games has also covered the game's music score.[11]

The band From First to Last composed several remix versions of Hell March and Hell March 2, also featured on the Red Alert 3 soundtrack shipped with the Premier Edition.[12]

Tracks that were missing from the OST were released unofficially here, [1]

by James Hannigan, Timothy Michael Wynn, Frank Klepacki, and Mikael Sandgren

Track List
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soviet March"James Hannigan2:47
2."Hell March 3"Frank Klepacki3:33
3."Grinder 2"Frank Klepacki2:56
4."Hell March Remix"From First To Last3:57
5."Russian Celebration"Timothy Michael Wynn1:04
6."The Might of the Empire"James Hannigan0:53
7."The Motherland"Timothy Michael Wynn2:06
8."The Red Scare"Timothy Michael Wynn2:05
9."The Calm Before..."Timothy Michael Wynn1:09
10."The European Storm"Timothy Michael Wynn2:17
11."For Mother Russia"Timothy Michael Wynn2:03
12."Russian Retreat"Timothy Michael Wynn1:08
13."Red Rock"Timothy Michael Wynn1:20
14."The Big Apple"Timothy Michael Wynn2:04
15."Fortifying Brighton"Timothy Michael Wynn1:15
16."The Red Storm Draws Near"Timothy Michael Wynn1:02
17."Shock and Awe"Timothy Michael Wynn1:52
18."Desertion"Timothy Michael Wynn1:24
19."How the West was Won"Timothy Michael Wynn1:49
20."Mykonos"Timothy Michael Wynn0:41
21."The Battle for Mykonos"Timothy Michael Wynn2:05
22."Lying In Wait"Timothy Michael Wynn1:09
23."Enter the Shogun Executioner"James Hannigan1:36
24."East Moves West"James Hannigan1:32
25."The Rising Sun is Setting"James Hannigan1:06
26."For the Emperor!"James Hannigan1:09
27."For the Empire Has Risen"James Hannigan0:35
28."Eastern Mysteries"James Hannigan1:56
29."Sayonara"James Hannigan2:39
30."In the Belly of the Dragon"James Hannigan2:49
31."The Sleeping Beast"James Hannigan1:59
32."The Red Menace"Frank Klepacki1:06
33."American Cowboys"Timothy Michael Wynn1:14
34."All Your Base Are Belong to Us"James Hannigan1:04
35."The War Machine Heads West"Timothy Michael Wynn2:04
36."Crisis in Cuba"Timothy Michael Wynn2:08
37."The Floating Monstrosity"James Hannigan1:59
38."The Chill of War"Timothy Michael Wynn1:02
39."Soviet Winter"Timothy Michael Wynn1:41
40."Take 'Em Out, Tanya!"Timothy Michael Wynn1:07
41."The Download"Timothy Michael Wynn1:05
42."Red Alert 3 Credits"Mikael Sandgren2:27
43."Soviet March (Reprise)"James Hannigan2:44
44."Hell March 2 Remix"From First to Last1:14

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising

The Uprising soundtrack was unofficially released here, [2]

Reception and Legacy

References

  1. ^ Westwood Studios (2000). The Westwood Studios Catalog. Westwood Studios.
  2. ^ Gwilym Wogan (2000-11-01). "Review of The Music of Command and Conquer". Soundtrack Central. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Frank Klepacki. "COMMENTARY: Behind the Red Alert Soundtrack". frankklepacki.com. Retrieved 27 July 2006. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Frank Klepacki. "COMMENTARY: Behind the C&C Soundtrack". frankklepacki.com. Retrieved 27 July 2006. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Top Gear". Penny-Arcade.com. 2008-11-13.
  6. ^ "Game Trivia for Command & Conquer: Firestorm". MobyGames.com. 2008-11-13.
  7. ^ "Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Soundtrack". eMusic.com. 2008-11-19.
  8. ^ "Electronic Arts announces Red Alert 3 composer". Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  9. ^ "Frank Klepachi - Exclusive Interview". Evo Gamer. 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  10. ^ http://www.crispygamer.com/features/2008-11-03/behind-the-music-of-command-conquer-red-alert-3.aspx
  11. ^ "Interview with Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Music Team". Music 4 Games. October 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  12. ^ "Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Premier Edition)". Retrieved 2008-11-08.
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