Command & Conquer: Red Alert soundtrack

	This article is written from a real world point of view.

This is the complete list of all music tracks from Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Counterstrike, The Aftermath and Retaliation.

Background

Red Alert's original score was composed by Frank Klepacki and was voted the best video game soundtrack of 1996 by PC Gamer and Gameslice magazines. 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 what is commonly accepted as the German marching command, "Die Waffen, legt an!" (which loosely translates to "Aim your weapons!"). However, the full recording from which the sample originates also includes commands seemingly in English, which may mean the commonly-accepted German quote is erroneous. Originally intended to be the theme for the Brotherhood of Nod faction in the Covert Operations expansion to the original 1995 Command & Conquer game, the track eventually ended up enlisting itself as a staple in the Red Alert series instead.

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After C&C came out we wasted no time kicking out Covert Ops. I wrote some more ambient style themes they asked me for, and then I began tinkering with this heavy metal song that I was trying to gear towards Nod for the next big C&C game. Brett Sperry came in my office and said "You got anything I can hear for the new C&C?" I played it for him. He said "What's the name of this one?" I said "Hell March." He said "That's the signature song for our next game.". - Frank Klepacki(src)

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Following the success of Hell March, Klepacki headed the composition of its two variations, each becoming the main theme for Red Alert 2 ("Hell March 2/HM2") and Red Alert 3 ("Hell March 3"), respectively. Recently, the original Hell March has been used in the motoring show Top Gear, particularly during their American Road trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats in season 12 episode 2.

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 with unique album art designed by Westwood Studios and, like the previous release, featured the official Command & Conquer series logo with the Red Alert series motif below. The album contained fifteen tracks, plus a hidden bonus track. Half a minute after the end of track 15 plays Surf No Mercy. Its melodramatic opening was used in the secret It Came From Red Alert! campaign in Counterstrike, and the track itself is a tribute to Misirlou, using the rhythm of an earlier Command & Conquer music piece, No Mercy. While it does not play ingame during the ant missions in Counterstrike, it does appear in Retaliation, where a bug causes it to play outside the campaign as well.

Two tracks on the disc, "Radio 2" and "Face the Enemy 2", had the numbers at the end removed from the track listing, which could potentially cause confusion, since the original "Radio" track is from the first Command & Conquer game, and "Face The Enemy 1" is a different track in Red Alert.

Track List

Names that differ from the in-game name were provided by Frank Klepacki's website and/or the Red Alert Remaster. Unless specified, the track lengths are based on the in-game playlist. Tracks that normally do not appear in the playlist were enabled through rules.ini to see their length and in-game title.

Soundtrack CD

CD index	Internal name	Name	CD Length	Game Length	Remarks
1	HELL226M	Hell March	06:22	06:15
2	RADIO2	Radio 2	04:02	03:57	Listed on the soundtrack as "Radio".
3	CRUS226M	Crush	03:47	03:42
4	ROLLOUT	Roll Out	03:53	03:47
5	MUD1A	Mud	04:46	04:40
6	TWIN	Twin Cannon	03:54	03:49	Listed in-game as "Twin".
7	FAC2226M	Face the Enemy 2	05:35	05:28	Listed on the soundtrack as "Face the Enemy".
8	RUN1226M	Run for Your Life	05:10	05:12	Listed on the soundtrack as "Run".
9	TERMINAT	Terminate	05:18	05:10
10	BIGF226M	Big Foot	05:14	05:07
11	WORK226M	Workmen	04:34	04:37
12	SCORE	Militant Force	01:49	01:46	The game's score theme. Does not appear in the in-game playlist, but if enabled, shows simply as "Score Theme".
13	DENSE_R	Dense	05:00	04:54
14	VECTOR1A	Vector	04:17	04:12
15	SMSH226M	Smash	04:35	04:32	The soundtrack disc version lasts 08:07, as it is combined with the hidden bonus track "Surf No Mercy" on the same track, with a 20-second pause between the two songs.
16		Surf No Mercy	03:12		Hidden bonus track; technically part of track 15 on the CD. Does not appear in-game, but its intro is used in the end video of the Giant Ants campaign.

Unlisted tracks

These tracks were not included in the Red Alert soundtrack disc.

Internal name	Name	Length	Remarks
AWAIT	Await	04:19	Not used in the base game due to being misnamed as "AWAIT_R.AUD", but appears properly in Counterstrike and The Aftermath. In the Red Alert remaster, the track's name was changed to "Awaiting".
CREDITS	End Credits Theme	02:43	The game's end credits theme. Does not appear in the in-game playlist.
FAC1226M	Face the Enemy 1	04:31
FOGGER1A	Fogger	04:57
INTRO	Intro Theme	03:25	The theme played on the game's main menu. Does not appear in the in-game playlist.
MAP	Map Selection	01:03	The theme played on the game's mission selection map. Does not appear in the in-game playlist.
SNAKE	Snake	04:37
TREN226M	Trenches	05:12

Counterstrike tracks

Some of these were available as CD audio tracks on the Counterstrike game disc. Note that there is no CD audio track 1; the first track is the game data.

Due to some error, all Counterstrike tracks were listed in the in-game jukebox using their internal name. The real names were provided by Frank Klepacki's website.

CD index	Internal name	Name	Length	Remarks
	2ND_HAND	The Second Hand	04:28
	ARAZOID	Arazoid	04:17	Unused in-game due to the file being misnamed as "ARAZIOD.AUD".
6	BACKSTAB	Backstab	04:38
4	CHAOS2	Chaos	04:10
3	SHUT_IT	Shut It	04:21
	TWINMIX1	Twin Cannon Remix	03:42
	UNDER3	Underlying Thoughts	04:06
5	VR2	Voice Rhythm 2	04:15	There is an error in this track (both the CD and in-game versions) at 3:47. A corrected version appeared on Frank Klepacki's website, and later in the Remastered Collection.
2		Radio 2 Remix	03:35	Appears as CD audio track on the CD, but does not exist in-game. It appeared later in Sole Survivor and Red Alert: Retaliation.

Aftermath tracks

None of the tracks from The Aftermath appear as CD audio tracks on the CD, due to the disc containing the same CD audio tracks as Counterstrike.

Internal name	Name	Length	Remarks
BOG	Bog	03:32
FLOAT_V2	Floating	04:34
GLOOM	Gloom	03:56
GRNDWIRE	Groundwire	03:48
RPT	Running Through Pipes	04:35	Listed in-game as "Mech Man 2", probably due to it using the "I am a mechanical man" clip from the C&C1 track.
SEARCH	The Search	04:36	Listed in-game as "Search"
TRACTION	Traction	03:57
WASTELND	Wasteland	04:02

Retaliation tracks

The Red Alert: Retaliation soundtrack consists of a mix of standard tracks from Red Alert and its expansions, and some new remixes that also appeared in Sole Survivor. The tracks did not have names in the Retaliation release, just numbers from 1 to 13. Somehow, a lot of the tracks in this release were given incorrect names by fans, and those names kept circulating in the fandom. The origin of these names is unknown, but since the game itself contains only numbers, they are irrelevant and not mentioned here.

Track Number	Name	Length	PC appearance	Remarks
	Radio 2 Remix	3:30	Sole Survivor	Acts as score theme. Also appears as CD audio track on the Counterstrike CD.
	Militant Force	1:48	Red Alert	Acts as credits theme.
	Hell March Remix	3:29	Sole Survivor	Acts as main menu and mission selection map theme.
01	The Second Hand	4:37	Counterstrike
02	Backstab	4:47	Counterstrike
03	Chaos	4:13	Counterstrike
04	Crush Remix	3:40	Sole Survivor
05	No Mercy Remix	3:30	Sole Survivor
06	Mud Remix	4:45	Sole Survivor
07	Running Through Pipes	4:36	The Aftermath
08	The Search	4:37	The Aftermath
09	Shut It	4:27	Counterstrike
10	Traction	3:58	The Aftermath
11	Voice Rhythm 2	4:20	Counterstrike	This track has the same error at 3:47 as the PC version. A corrected version appeared on Frank Klepacki's website, and later in the Remastered Collection.
12	Wasteland	4:03	The Aftermath
13	Workmen Remix	3:25	Sole Survivor

Cut tracks

Most of these tracks are only known to exist thanks to the Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Remastered bonus gallery. All of them were included in the Remaster release.

Name	Length	Cut from	First public appearance
Concrete	03:58	The Aftermath	Red Alert - Remastered
Journey	03:41	Counterstrike	Jukebox on Frank Klepacki's website
Hell March (Original Demo)	03:38	Red Alert	A shortened version of this track was used in trailers of the game.
The Plan	03:16	The Aftermath	Red Alert - Remastered
The Truth Is A Lie	03:32	Red Alert	Red Alert - Remastered

Disc release

The original Red Alert tracks were released on a CD in 1996, bundled with the Collector's Pack in Europe and the Domination Pack in North America. It was also available for purchase through the Westwood.com store.

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  North American front cover

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  European front cover

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  German front cover

Second soundtrack disc (Germany only)

In the German equivalent of the Special Edition, the soundtrack was released as two discs. The first disc is identical to the normal game soundtrack, with the exception that the bonus track is missing from the end of the Smash track. The second soundtrack disc is a compilation of commercial songs by various artists. Cobalt 60 released a special single called Crush, which itself was a remix of the track Crush from the game, and distributed 1000 copies among local DJs.

Crush track by Cobalt 60

The tracks include:

1. Cobalt 60 – Crush (Command & Conquer Mix)
2. Revolter – Full Screen Horror
3. 16 Volt – Two Wires Thin
4. Laibach – God is God
5. OOMPH! – I.N.R.I. vs. Jahwe
6. Project Pitchfork – 2069 AD
7. The Prodigy – Breathe
8. Machines of Loving Grace – Richest Junkie Still Alive
9. Ugly Mustard – Twist and Shake
10. Strapping Young Lad – Spirituality
11. Girls Under Glass – Burning Eyes
12. Psykosonik – Ride
13. Violent Vision – Pleasure of Sin (Remix)

References

Command & Conquer music

OST lists Command & Conquer (1995) Red Alert Tiberian Sun Red Alert 2 Renegade Generals Tiberium Wars Red Alert 3 TIBERIUM (unreleased) Tiberian Twilight Command & Conquer (2013) (unreleased) Rivals Remastered Collection Composers Bill Brown Jason Graves James Hannigan Steve Jablonsky Frank Klepacki Jarrid Mendelson Trevor Morris Mikael Sandgren Timothy Michael Wynn Other Hell March Destructible Times Two Tribes Soviet March Yuriko's Theme All the soundtrack lists include tracks that were excluded from official OST discs and expansion-only tracks