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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.[1] 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. [2] Originally intended to be the theme for the Brotherhood of Nod faction in the Covert Operations expansion to the original 1995 Command & Conquer game,[3] the track eventually ended up enlisting itself as a staple in the Red Alert series instead.
“ | 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.".[4] - 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,[5] 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2ND_HAND | The Second Hand | 04:28 | ||
ARAZOID | Arazoid | 04:17 | Unused in-game due to the file being misspelled 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 |
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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 consisted of remixes of older tracks, as well as some tracks that were merely renamed from their PC/DOS originals. Some of them are shared with Sole Survivor.
Name | Original name | Length | PC appearance | Remarks |
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The Second Hand | 04:43 | Counterstrike | ||
At Our Base | Backstab | 04:48 | Counterstrike | |
The Factory | Chaos | 04:15 | Counterstrike | |
Crush Remix | 03:42 | Sole Survivor | ||
No Mercy Remix | 03:32 | Sole Survivor | ||
Mud Remix | 04:47 | Sole Survivor | ||
Tanks Legion | Running Through Pipes | 04:36 | The Aftermath | |
Chaos In Europe | The Search | 04:37 | The Aftermath | |
Gain Money | Shut It | 04:29 | Counterstrike | |
Tanks Assault | Traction | 04:01 | The Aftermath | |
The Valley | Voice Rhythm 2 | 04:22 | Counterstrike | This track has the same an error at 3:47 as the PC version. A corrected version appeared on Frank Klepacki's website, and later in the Remastered Collection. |
Take Some Rest | Wasteland | 04:03 | The Aftermath | |
Workmen Remix | 03:25 | Sole Survivor | ||
Radio 2 Remix | 03:32 | Sole Survivor | Also appears as CD audio track on the Counterstrike CD. | |
Militant Force | 01:52 | Red Alert | The game's score theme. Does not appear in the in-game playlist. | |
Hell March Remix | 03:32 | Sole Survivor | ||
Twin Cannon Remix | 03:45 | 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 |
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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.
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.
The tracks include:
- Cobalt 60 – Crush (Command & Conquer Mix)
- Revolter – Full Screen Horror
- 16 Volt – Two Wires Thin
- Laibach – God is God
- OOMPH! – I.N.R.I. vs. Jahwe
- Project Pitchfork – 2069 AD
- The Prodigy – Breathe
- Machines of Loving Grace – Richest Junkie Still Alive
- Ugly Mustard – Twist and Shake
- Strapping Young Lad – Spirituality
- Girls Under Glass – Burning Eyes
- Psykosonik – Ride
- Violent Vision – Pleasure of Sin (Remix)
References
- ↑ Frank Klepacki. COMMENTARY: Behind the Red Alert Soundtrack. frankklepacki.com. Retrieved on 27 July 2006.
- ↑ Hell March Shout Full Sample - YouTube
- ↑ Frank Klepacki. COMMENTARY: Behind the C&C Soundtrack. frankklepacki.com. Retrieved on 27 July 2006.
- ↑ Frank Klepacki. (Untitled). Facebook.com.
- ↑ Top Gear. Penny-Arcade.com (2008-11-13).
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