Red Alert (Frank Klepacki)

Hell March is the signature tune of the Red Alert franchise. Every iteration of the series has opened to a version of that familiar driving guitar riff. While later re-imaginings have added an orchestral backing, evoking grander and more epic battles, it’s the original that remains the high-point.

That darker industrial edge fits perfectly with the game it introduces. While all anyone seems to remember are the camp FMV cutscenes, what people - and the later games with their ridiculous units and cartoon graphics - forget is that is that, away from Einstein time-assassinating Hitler, the actual game of Red Alert 1 was relatively understated and brutal. After all, war is hell. And Red Alert is Hell March.

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    Blast from the past. Forget wasting hours playing this game, forget days. This game consumed entire months of my life

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    I could play this song for hours.

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