Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Hell March + Live | Reacting To Video Game Music!

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  • @HappyBell92
    @HappyBell92 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Fun Fact: Frank Klepacki the composer was 17 when he joined Westwood and was either 17 or 18 when he made Hell March.

    • @Mason-xn9bg
      @Mason-xn9bg ปีที่แล้ว +63

      i was so unsure of this statement so i looked it up... 100%. he was 17. no way.... and won 2 awards for red alert. damn.... well earned.

    • @chupasaurus
      @chupasaurus ปีที่แล้ว +26

      The first game with Frank as lead composer came out 1 year after he joined Westwood and it was many "firsts" despite the number in the title: Dune II. Red Alert was released 4 years later.

    • @StorMRagE4EVA
      @StorMRagE4EVA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      He was 17 in 1991 I believe, he made hell march in 1997 which he would have been 23 when doing if

    • @nietzchepreacher9477
      @nietzchepreacher9477 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StorMRagE4EVA bloody impressive still

    • @mazz85-
      @mazz85- 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He woulda made these songs no matter what i think, maybe slight differ vibes.

  • @chroipahtz
    @chroipahtz ปีที่แล้ว +155

    The music absolutely fits! Red Alert is basically an alternate history version of World War 2, with lots of bombastic corny/badass scifi elements mixed in. It's like if you took a WW2 game and combined it with Starship Troopers, and it was made in the 90s so of course it's edgy and badass about it.

    • @winspyy
      @winspyy ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Except Red Alert is what if the Cold War actually wasn't so cold.

    • @Keldiur
      @Keldiur ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@winspyy its a mixture of both. Spoilers ahead.
      The whole timeline is an alternate reality where Einstein creates a time machine and erases Hitler from history. As a result, Stalin and Russia instead invade Europe with no formal resistance for a while.
      So its kinda a mixture of the two.

    • @infynity8015
      @infynity8015 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sci-fi? 50% hehehe
      look at the inventions of the soviet union hahaha check out some video of those crazy inventions for the time they were...
      😂😂😂

    • @Volgalist
      @Volgalist ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@infynity8015 Well, Soviet like them big and crazy, mammoth heavy tank (RA1) and apocalypst tank (RA2) are actually almost become a reality of Soviet's super tank project, well, if their economy not a clusterfuck like this.

    • @lfadedragel9178
      @lfadedragel9178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Keldiur Spoilers for a 27 year old game.

  • @Futune_
    @Futune_ ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Hey UncleJesse, glad to see you enjoyed the song! Hell March is the main theme of the Command and Conquer: Red Alert series of games, each one having a different remix of this theme as well. The second part of the song is part of it as one, but it doesn't show up in later remixes or live performances. Cant wait for you to hear more from the Command and Conquer universe! ✌

  • @ScarriorIII
    @ScarriorIII ปีที่แล้ว +128

    This is THE song. Nothing screams tactical dominance on a supreme level quite like it. This song is, for many of us, the formative military song of our childhood.

    • @vyressi
      @vyressi ปีที่แล้ว +7

      IDK It's a close tie with Act on Instinct for me.

    • @thertsfan
      @thertsfan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh I hope he hears brain freeze from yuris revenge

  • @DeMause
    @DeMause ปีที่แล้ว +112

    The Tiberium Suns was actually a fan band initially. Named for Command and Conquer: Tiberium Sun which Frank also did the OST for. When they did the remaster of the game Frank brought them on board to record everything.

    • @Grandmastergav86
      @Grandmastergav86 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and did a fantastic job

    • @Nyerguds
      @Nyerguds ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "Tiberian Sons," actually. Y'know. It's a pun on the game name. They're *not* actually a "fan band" though; they _named_ themselves after Tiberian Sun, but they aren't specifically focused on C&C songs or anything.

    • @KertaDrake
      @KertaDrake 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Living the dream of guitars and green crystals.

  • @Nyerguds
    @Nyerguds ปีที่แล้ว +42

    For the record, the guy's shouting "Reform line, quick march". There were huge amounts of speculation on that in the community throughout the years, but they tracked down the original sample, and a former Canadian drill instructor confirmed that it was most likely a shortened form of the Canadian drill line "Reform line, remainder, quick march."
    Oh, and no, this is _not_ "from EA". This is from Westwood Studios, which got bought by EA when Virgin Games fell apart.

    • @Nirual86
      @Nirual86 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I thought it was "Die Waffen legt an" (ready the weapons in German) for a long time but even that seemed a bit off. Funny how long it took us to realize a song named Hell March would include "march" in the vocals.

    • @Nyerguds
      @Nyerguds ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Nirual86 didn't help that the composer himself didn't have a clue either and just said something like "sure, whatever" when someone proposed it could be that German line.

    • @alicechan1462
      @alicechan1462 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      RIP Westwood

    • @jawesomes6939
      @jawesomes6939 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Funny cause I thought it came outta ww2 Nazi Germany March. 😅 I mean I can dig it.

    • @Nyerguds
      @Nyerguds 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jawesomes6939 Ancient WW2 recordings don't tend to produce good quality audio samples.

  • @secretagenttau2233
    @secretagenttau2233 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Hell March 3 is my FAVORITE. Hell March is probably the most recognizable RTS music

    • @Nyerguds
      @Nyerguds ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm kind of missing the soft pieces in HM2 and HM3. The RA1 soundtrack was delightfully experimental.

    • @BismarckBiscuit
      @BismarckBiscuit ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes hell march 3 is awesome especially the Soprano version

  • @GarylIl
    @GarylIl ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This song is so good! Might seem out of place for an RTS in theory but basically it only plays when you're playing as the soviets (or whatever they were called instead in RA). This song comes on and you have all sorts of crazy tanks and rockets and tesla coils and you're like... It's time to CRUSH lol. It's just iconic for the game.

  • @Torenhire
    @Torenhire ปีที่แล้ว +14

    ayyy I was at that live concert, good times! Love this track, and most of the Red Alert games' music

  • @ButterPacket
    @ButterPacket ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Frank Klepacki and the Tiberium Sons are gods amongst mere mortals. I love his work, Brain Freeze is one of my favorites and the live version is absolutely face melting! 🤟😝

    • @DeMause
      @DeMause ปีที่แล้ว

      Completely agree. If I was ever going to make a platinum request it would be Brain Freeze. Really don't got that kind of free cash sadly.

  • @bunnytails
    @bunnytails ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I grew up playing Starcraft, another RTS from the 90s. And while I'd never played it, I've always known of the existence of Command & Conquer: Red Alert. So my curiosity of this other popular RTS from that time made me click on this video.
    And all I have to say is... UMM WHAT??? HELLO???? (I would use stronger language but YT no likely)
    I had no idea there was music like this in that game! That was awesome, and I also immediately thought of Pantera.
    Thanks for the reaction and thanks to everyone who requested it. :)

    • @Krim04
      @Krim04 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just in the chance you didn't know, you can get the C&C and Red Alert on steam, and right now it's even on sale until the 27 for a whole $7.00 right now. You can experience the game and the soundtrack all at once.

    • @bunnytails
      @bunnytails ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Krim04 damnit. Another game added to the backlog. 😂

    • @guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943
      @guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Krim04 I went to a website and downloaded the cd

  • @DarwinAwardWinner
    @DarwinAwardWinner ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The way the soundtrack worked in the original game was that there was a playlist of songs that just looped continuously during all gameplay (or shuffled if you enabled the option). No track was ever explicitly matched up with any particular gameplay section. The track list started out with just 5 or so songs on it in mission 1, and additional tracks were "unlocked" as you progressed through the missions, until you had the complete track list in the last mission. Each faction had a different song list, but with some overlapping songs. Of course, Hell March was on both factions' starting track list (track 2 IIRC, after a faction-specific track 1), so it was one of the tracks you heard more than any other from start to finish while playing as either faction.
    Edit: Oh yeah, this was also the BGM used in the trailer/intro cutscene when you first launch the game. So they definitely knew this was the flagship of the OST.

  • @throwaway4553
    @throwaway4553 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I distinctly remember the late John 'TotalBiscuit' Bain declaring his dream of organizing a concert featuring Frank Klepacki, Mick Gordon and one or two more composers/musicians, some of them having been personal friends of his.
    Sadly, he passed before seeing that dream becoming a reality.

  • @sayajin9513
    @sayajin9513 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Duuude I'm so glad someone requested this! One of the staple soundtracks of my childhood

  • @snaffu1
    @snaffu1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Did a double take when I saw Jesse and Hell March in my feed. Hell YES I'm clicking that!! Glad you got to experience a headbanging classic.

  • @weertangel7231
    @weertangel7231 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This brings me back, i grew up with the C&C series(All hail Kane!) and Red Alert 1 was such a revelutionary game, both in gameplay and music and i'll never forget those songs.
    If u ever get the chance, check out the C&C remastered edition on Steam, they remastered all the songs(added a jukebox function as well) and that together with C&C 1 and Red Alert 1 u get one hell of a expirience for a low price :)'
    And yes, the music fits into the game perfectly, it has some quiet parts but usually ramps up when want it to.
    And Command and Conquer(Tiberium saga) and Red Alert are 2 series that were released side by side, just play one if u want to know how it is, u'll love it i'm sure.

  • @virgilchen6679
    @virgilchen6679 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Grinder" in Red Alert is my favorite song
    is Rock and roll

  • @hago66
    @hago66 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Laughed at confused headbanging, concerned head bobbing. OST of red alert is godly.

  • @misterbin00
    @misterbin00 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The thing about RTS is that you get to charge a brigade of tanks to crush the puny enemies into red stains on the dust...
    So, yes. This metal music totally fits the tone of the game.

  • @DarkJarris
    @DarkJarris 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    the look of confusion when it got the second stage was everything i wanted to see

  • @MoogieSRO
    @MoogieSRO ปีที่แล้ว +30

    C&C holds a special place in my heart. The games are not at all my usual vibe, but back when I was a child there was limited choice in games, and something about that universe just sparked my imagination. The music was, I think, a large part of it, and especially this track.
    I don't think the franchise gets enough praise for its storyline. On the surface it might seem like your typical retro-future wargame, where swarms of units and tanks smash into each other across a map. And that's accurate, insofar as the gameplay goes. But there's so much more going on than just two sides at war: there's time travel assassination plots, there's fanatical cults, and eventually aliens even get involved. The plot is nuts in all the best ways, and is wonderfully portrayed through hammy live-action cutscenes with real actors, including (eventually) the likes of James Earl Jones and Michael Biehn. They're charming, low-budget, shamelessly earnest, cheesy as you like, and I absolutely love every second of it.
    If I'm honest, though, it really is all about Kane: one of the most compelling, charismatic characters in all of gaming history. Joseph David Kucan's screen presence is captivating and unforgettable, and those cutscenes are forever burned into my mind. I've occasionally looked up playthroughs on TH-cam just to see his performances again.
    Long live the Brotherhood. Kane LIVES!

    • @secretagenttau2233
      @secretagenttau2233 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      PEACE THROUGH POWER

    • @windsgrace688
      @windsgrace688 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tim Curry's "SPACE!!!" line delivery is still legendary.

    • @Valerkos93
      @Valerkos93 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@secretagenttau2233 why does this moto sounds like Megatron's?

    • @seekittycat
      @seekittycat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As I read your comment all the memories of this game is just coming back this is brilliant I can hear all the VFX and voices. This game wasn't my genre either but in the same way this game sparked my imagination.

    • @Keldiur
      @Keldiur ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@windsgrace688 everyone forgets J.K. Simmons as the President of the USA in the third one. J. Johna Jameson as the Pres. It was great.

  • @VoltaicBacklash
    @VoltaicBacklash ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That second half is indeed part of the song. I believe this is the only rendition of Hell March that has that part on it. The future games with their own versions do not have that second half iirc.
    That being said, I'm personally a fan of that part. The game is an RTS, so not having the full song be go all the time works imo.

  • @romanoonamor7690
    @romanoonamor7690 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I LOVE this music. C&C Red Alert is a RTS where you build an army to defeat another army, and when you have like 20 tanks and starts destroying a base, and this music kicks in... it's PHENOMENAL. You feel invincible.

  • @flockofmurlock
    @flockofmurlock ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh shit! I was there at this MAGfest show! Awesome show these guys put on! Never played the games but the songs still give me chills LOL, This song, above all others LOL!

  • @jk844100
    @jk844100 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should definitely check out all the other version of Hell March, you can really hear how it evolves from game to game.
    You just listened to the first one (just so you know, Hell March is the main theme song of the Red Alert series).
    Then they released Red Alert on home consoles; called Red Alert: Retaliation which had a Remixed version of Hell March as the intro song: th-cam.com/video/Aw9TmExJhg4/w-d-xo.html
    Then RA2 came out with the main theme; Hell March 2 which goes back to the metal sound but sounds more like the remix rather than the original: th-cam.com/video/cyDwuwwlXcQ/w-d-xo.html
    Then there was RA3 which again had the main theme; Hell March 3, which is similar to HM2 but more orchestral: th-cam.com/video/AM9uQ1fqV2I/w-d-xo.html
    Then, for the remastered collection which came out a few years ago they made a Hell March 2/3 medley that they performed at mag fest, which is one of my favourite live performances: th-cam.com/video/_D060aTK6tU/w-d-xo.html
    And as a bonus I’d highly recommend the Grinder 1/2 medley: th-cam.com/video/1I3BUYUELi4/w-d-xo.html

  • @WallNutBreaker524
    @WallNutBreaker524 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Frank Klepacki one of the original videogame music legends ahahaha , also your voice is quite soothing , it's like ASMR a little , bcuz unlike many many youtubers I watch who are like jacksepticeye , you sound like your whispering hahaha.

  • @Adrobiel
    @Adrobiel ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Command & Conquer series had some banger tracks back in the day that's for sure.

  • @AS-dx3kw
    @AS-dx3kw ปีที่แล้ว +9

    wow I surely never dreamed that someone in 2022 would still listen to Hell March. Great reaction man!

  • @ZombyDragon
    @ZombyDragon ปีที่แล้ว +5

    KineticSoup here.
    So glad you got to this! To me this song has always been up there with One Winged Angel. (Disclaimer: Personal nostalgia) I'll say that this is probably the most iconic and distinctive of the CnC soundtracks, but there is much more gold to be mined. Looking forward to when you get around to the others on your list. :)
    And yes, as others have said, this matches the gameplay perfectly. The rocking bit fits the heavy tanks and bombastic action, while the electronic half fits the strategy/buildup phases. The game just ran a playlist basically, nothing dynamic, so most of the music multitasked a bit.

  • @windhelmguard5295
    @windhelmguard5295 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Red Alert takes place in a world where allied time travellers murder adolf hitler before the second world war, delaying it by a few years and relegating Germany to being a minor power at best, thus mutually assured destruction is never established, leading to an all out conflict between the western allies and the soviet union.
    the presence of time travellers from the future also caused a butterfly effect, leading to rapid technological developments on both sides.
    hell march is the intro theme to the game.

  • @SirSlush_
    @SirSlush_ ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oh man, the Red Alert soundtrack is super iconic. All of the songs in this game are awesome. Lots of the music is electronic actually, Hell March is quite a unique song in the overall soundtrack featuring those guitar riffs you hear in the beginning.

  • @JessesAuditorium
    @JessesAuditorium  ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Song mentioned in this video;
    Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
    th-cam.com/video/Ypkv0HeUvTc/w-d-xo.html

  • @nicholaswhaling7233
    @nicholaswhaling7233 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Frank Klepacki's work is permanently ingrained into my brain. Anytime I hop into a tank in a game, I start hearing "Grinder" from RA2 in my head.

  • @theredknight1757
    @theredknight1757 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hell March is the main theme to the Red Alert branch of Command & Conquer. The series takes place in an alternate timeline created when Einstein invents a time machine, goes back in time, and kills Hitler before he can start WW II. In absence of that the Soviet Empire invades Europe in the original. After losing, the Soviet psychic Yuri allows them to launch a full invasion of the United States in RA2. Hell March plays during each game's intro video, showing initial invasions. The expansion and RA3 branches off more alternate timelines that are to convoluted to quickly cover. I recommend checking out Hell March 2 and 3, as well as Drok, the main theme from RA2's expansion.

  • @alden2085
    @alden2085 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good god, I haven't thought about this song in decades, but damn was it a banger when I used to play C&C....

  • @Karou812
    @Karou812 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Red March renditions for Red Alert 2 and 3 are also absolutely worth it

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeaaaaaa man I love RA2, it has an industrial theme to it, with the expansion having more funky hiphop themes to them

  • @lucar1154
    @lucar1154 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I never skipped the intro of the game just to hear this song. The beginning while we advance in that dark tunnel with the title scrolling always gave me chills.

  • @wadprime
    @wadprime ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm so happy to see this! The C&C franchise is my absolute favorite, the soundtrack is a huge part of that, and Hell March is certainly in everyone's top 10 list.
    It was so refreshing to see you as an absolute outsider get to experience this! I get what you're saying when you say there's a bit of a mismatch between the visuals, and to that I would say to go search for the intro to the game, it sets the tone for the game better than just screenshots ever could.

  • @AMTRAX
    @AMTRAX ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My next recommendation after this one is “Act on Instinct” from Command and Conquer remastered. Absolute banger

  • @Biosleeve
    @Biosleeve ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Loved playing the Red Alert games when I was a kid, and half the reason was the soundtrack - hope we get to hear some more down the line!

  • @Nirual86
    @Nirual86 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    fun fact, a bunch of other themes created for the earlier games have lyrics (or sometimes just voicelines going along with the music) that were removed for the ingame versions because the developers were worried about players getting confused between voices coming from the soundtrack versus ingame announcements (or the latter getting drowned out).

  • @kobarsos82
    @kobarsos82 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Literally the best real time strategy war game with real armies from the 90s.
    Nothing more nothing less. You could literally send hundreds of soldiers, 40 tanks and helicopters/airplanes and you could see them on screen. Pure mayhem.
    Without limits on how much army you can make as long as you found the resources. Way ahead of its time.
    Insane ost too, just insane. All the adrenaline pumping up with the soundtrack, as you send your armies to their death to finish your missions.
    Those were the days!

    • @syphon_9892
      @syphon_9892 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like the game world in conflict

  • @zooziz5724
    @zooziz5724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So about the drums, in the beginning of the song. I've watched some random videos of real miltiray marches with this song playing in background. Drums matches the footsteps of soldiers marching in every single one of those videos. It's incredible detail and I would have never noticed it myself or even came to think about it.

  • @whisped8145
    @whisped8145 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Guitar sets in: "Hah, he did not expect that :D"
    Jesse: "I did not expect that..."
    It's great when you have an accidental dialog :D

  • @wristcontr0l
    @wristcontr0l ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "This song is made to headbang, with that beat!"
    I mean, I feel it's made to march on Berlin and take it at all costs, but yeah, guess we can headbang on the way there.

    • @DifunctedReble
      @DifunctedReble 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *Moscow

    • @tinyhowie
      @tinyhowie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This song is made to send 200 heavy tanks into the Allies base.

  • @nevanV12
    @nevanV12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Imo Hell March one of the most iconic video game soundtracks, specially in the RTS genre.

  • @Malacite
    @Malacite ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This and Mechanical Man are some of my all-time favorite RTS songs. So many memories

    • @Paltse
      @Paltse ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm a mechanical, I'm a mechanical, I'm a mechanical man.

  • @MrPerson61
    @MrPerson61 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This song has multiple versions for all the Red Alert games, as well as at least 3 or so mixes of this first version. The second part that is more techno only plays during the credits. The main guitar part is always used in the openings. I love all iterations of this song.

  • @Swilson361
    @Swilson361 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Command and conquer red alert one of my favourite games from when I was a kid, didn't expect you to react to this, awesome.

  • @F4Wildcat
    @F4Wildcat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It was my birthday 1996 in november. We had the family PC up for the first, even with internet. My dad said i was allowed to buy a game for the PC "like in his C64 days". There were a hundred of diffrent PC games in the local videogame store. And of all of these, i picked red alert. And boy...what was i glad that i took this one. I fully immersed myself in the missions, played skirmish against 6 diffrent AI's that made the PC run slow as heck. But man, it was a very cold but best winter ever.
    Then came tiberian sun. And my journey in the C&C Franchise had been cemented.
    Thanks Jesse for reviewing this AMAZING masterpiece of a soundtrack

  • @Adantehand
    @Adantehand 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Frank Klepacki is a living legend.

  • @Laerei
    @Laerei ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh god yes! And I unironically love the techno part of the song as well! It's weird and confusing and yet it fits?

  • @StormEyeB
    @StormEyeB ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Command and Conquer series is a more fast paced and action filled RTS game, and the heavier soundtrack definitely fits far more than you'd think. Both for setting the more urgent pace of battles/building and just being perfect framing for the very loud war SFX. (hence the 'wide open' feeling. Gotta have space for the dialogue, noise, and the game to tell you when units and buildings are done) Hell March especially fits when you're going on the offensive and you see all the troops you've amassed rush into the enemy base, creating a trail of carnage in their wake.
    In fact it was such a good fit and a popular song, it was remixed two more times for sequel games.

  • @Razor921
    @Razor921 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You really need to listen to the rest of Frank Klepacki's stuff for the Command & Conquer series. I think you'd love pretty much everything. Songs like Crush, Act on Instinct, Grinder, Got a Present For Ya and Killing Machine are so iconic and there's nothing else quite like it in the RTS genre.
    Actually for the recent Remaster of the original C&C and Red Alert, him and his band remixed several tracks to put on the soundtrack, including Act on Instict (the most iconic track from the original game). Would love to see you check out both the original and the remix of that, since it's one of my favorite tracks in the series.
    Honestly though I could recommend the entire remix album they did for the remasters, every single track is a banger. It's 1 hour and 14 minutes of pure joy and passion for the series he was part of creating.

  • @LerThiL
    @LerThiL ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You just made me search the concert and watch it all, got to tell you need to react to that final encore too, thats Hellmarch 2/3, basicly hellmarch adaptation in C&C Red Alert 2 and 3. Totally worth it.

  • @A1phaWolf150
    @A1phaWolf150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from Las Vegas! Frank Klepacki and this series are my Hometown Heroes!

  • @eckolwarlock
    @eckolwarlock ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember being 12 years old and getting this game for Christmas in 1996. Firing it up on my old Packard Bell and loving it. Then realizing this song reminded me of "Walk" by Pantera

  • @kamilwachel2832
    @kamilwachel2832 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    just to make sure - the guy on the bass guitar in live of Tiberian Sons is Frank Klepacki (its polish name :) )

  • @VladisRed
    @VladisRed 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Originally Hell March Frank did to The Brotherhood of NOD to first Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn) 1995. But Westwood Studios save this track to main theme of USSR to C&C Red Alert 1996

  • @zefyrisd69
    @zefyrisd69 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh man, the memories... For many players of RTS game in the 90s /early 2000s, this song and Klepacki's main songs in general are legendary. He did most of the soundtracks for the whole C&C franchise and that franchise has been associated to that aggressive music style during its lifetime. BTW if anything the MENU song hits even harder than that (Grinder).
    I can't answer that last question from a neutral PoV since these music tracks are heavily associated with its gameplay in my mind. All I can say is that it fits the game, and very well. x)

  • @griever4519
    @griever4519 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The voice you hear shouts german btw. "Die Waffen - Legt an!" Translates to ready your weapons basically.

  • @H31MU7
    @H31MU7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hearing this band cover Ace Combat tracks is something that 90's me wouldn't even comprehend, but here we are

  • @Nyerguds
    @Nyerguds ปีที่แล้ว +3

    On the subject of that second part: the C&C: Red Alert soundtrack was extremely experimental. A lot of the tunes switched from hard metal/industrial to softer electronic ambience. While it is a bit odd to switch to that inside one song, it actually really suited the bleak war scenario portrayed in the game. Look up the track "Trenches" from the game and you might see what I mean; that track just oozes WW1 style trench warfare; cold, desperation, and death. Now, do note this game has no context sensitive music; the C&C series is one of the very few game series I know that had an accessible playlist, with fully named tracks. But this means that it varies between these harder and softer ones all the time anyway. So having softer and harder parts inside one song didn't sound that odd.

  • @BigN00b
    @BigN00b ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know you did Sonic Adventure 2 music, but you HAVE to listen to the Knuckles stages! They are called Wild Canyon, Pumpkin Hill, Death Chamber, Aquatic Mine, and Meteor Herd. They are rap songs that have a funk to them.

  • @seekittycat
    @seekittycat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My brother played this game and I always beg to stay in the title screen so can I listen to this 😎🤟. I didn't play this game at all but still remember this song

  • @TheDarkChaplain
    @TheDarkChaplain ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hell March, Vector and co all fit the game perfectly. C&C goes pretty hard, it's gritty and while it doesn't take itself too seriously, which is obvious from the live action cutscenes in particular, it's very visceral for an RTS from an era where the number of pixels on screen was still extremely limited.
    While the "action" on screen is obviously just RTS-style clicking, dragging and clicking more, queueing up production of units or putting down buildings, it's not a game to relax to in my opinion, but one that keeps you on edge. Units die fast, much faster than most RTS of its era. Where in, say, Warcraft you could reasonably save your troops by pulling back a bit and having the enemy's auto-targeting go for an uninjured unit of your own instead, C&C is very squishy. The announcer voice will repeatedly and rapidly inform you about a "unit lost". Heck, your troops can be simply *run over* by enemy vehicles! In many ways, classic C&C is more about the macro scale than the micro of something like Warcraft or even Starcraft. Individual units are deemphasized, with the hyperindustrial tone of building your base, recruiting units, and harvesting resources taking a more prominent place in how the game is presented.
    And then you have the storylines, which are a BIG part of C&C. It's often campy, but in the best way. Red Alert presents an alternate timeline, springing off from the original, where Albert Einstein's Time Travel experiments were successful. It literally opens up with going back to kill Hitler before he rises to power, and puts the Allied Forces against the Sowjets instead. The campaign map is engaging, there are even branching mission choices, and you'll frequently be called by live action FMV versions of your superiors or assistants during missions. The acting is glorious, often funny while still maintaining a serious tone overall. Things become even more trippy when Red Alert 2 introduces mind control.
    It's a fantastic series, and one EA did very dirty back then, after buying Westwood and basically gutting them out of business. C&C 4 was a failure in many ways and a departure from the established concepts, while Red Alert 3 leaned too heavily into the comedic aspects, even changing the visual style. A mobile game was attempted, with back-then popular gameplay aspects, but everything basically flopped and consigned the franchise to oblivion... until recently, when community people were assembled as an advisory staff for a proper, faithful Remake of CC1 & RA1, with all their expansions - and THAT was truly awesome, and a labor of love. Been praying for the same treatment for the sequels, particularly RA2, ever since!

  • @side-fish
    @side-fish 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The soundtrack fits in the intro of Red Alert. There's a montage in the intro that goes well along with the soundtrack.

  • @kjohnson9306
    @kjohnson9306 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The opening intro to the game with this song as the title track was my introduction to the Command and Conquer universe.

  • @BigFry9591
    @BigFry9591 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And there's 3 different versions of this song for all 3 different games. You gotta do Hell March 2 next. It's my favorite! 😁

  • @michaeljablonowski5014
    @michaeljablonowski5014 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is one of the best pieces of computer game music ever created.

  • @therighttrousers343
    @therighttrousers343 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I only played Red Alert 3, and I wasn't too into the gameplay, but I do love Soviet March. And George Takei. And the designs for stuff were cool.

  • @ChromaticDiscord
    @ChromaticDiscord ปีที่แล้ว +3

    C&C up to Red Alert 2 is just wall-to-wall bangers (except for Tiberian Sun, which took a more ambient approach). You can't go wrong with Frank Klepacki.

  • @x7y2k12
    @x7y2k12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The whole concert at MagFest was excellent and I can't recommend it enough!

  • @Arashmickey
    @Arashmickey ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved this guy's compositions ever since playing Dune 2, incredibly evocative of Arrakis and the weird universe that Dune is set in. Listening to that while playing a sci-fi game on what seemed like a sci-fi computer system as a kid has been simply unforgettable.

  • @alastairwallace6153
    @alastairwallace6153 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The first awesome soundtrack to come with an awesome game, as in C&C, then red alert 1 was just out of this world amazing. Frank is an amazing composer.

  • @windsgrace688
    @windsgrace688 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you enjoyed the song! I personally love the live versions of songs which is why I was a little shocked I didn't see anyone else request live version. While I prefer the live version for Hell March, I honestly didn't know that the second electronic phase of the song existed so you're not the only one who got thrown for a loop lol.

  • @Weltallgaia
    @Weltallgaia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Used to listen to watch this intro all the time back on my ps1 copy.

  • @wateralwayswet
    @wateralwayswet 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I feel like the bass parts are like wheel tracks of a heavy tank, so soothing but energetic at the same time

  • @malcolmthorne9779
    @malcolmthorne9779 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Red Alert 3 has a ton of memorable soundtracks. You'd get a kick out of checking those out, I can tell.

  • @Weigazod
    @Weigazod ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have been waiting for this.

  • @Masamatt90
    @Masamatt90 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that opening "Meatball Sub with Sprite!"

  • @justanotherdave4835
    @justanotherdave4835 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song made metal heads out of most computer labs back in the day

  • @mushinbujin
    @mushinbujin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had no idea there was a live version. But yes, Hell March is a big deal. When I first played this game (at least 1997, probably later) I was blown away by the music. This is actually pretty darn close to FF7 or Symphony of the Night in terms of the music quality, plus the live action cutscenes portraying Stalin as well as many fictional characters. And the game is just plain fun.

  • @mrmadtanks
    @mrmadtanks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A legend song in C&C!! The electronic part was an extended version that would only be played during the game. And the 'short' version which is the same you've listened in the Tiberian Sons live, was the main theme and only used for the introduction cinematic of the game. Cheers!

  • @-BuddyGuy
    @-BuddyGuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Command and Conquer Red Alert (including expansion pack) OST was my soundtrack for long drives across the US in my 20s. Passing by nuclear power plants, military bases, heavy industry at night in my machine. Some of it is atmospheric, slow, synth, but all of it is cold, industrial, military. Frank Klepacki called it industrofunk

  • @Xaito
    @Xaito 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the most iconic pieces of video game soundtracks out there for me.

  • @SilverKnight16
    @SilverKnight16 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My favorite song in the entire C&C series, hands down.

  • @vyressi
    @vyressi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is not from EA. It's from Westwood Studios, which EA bought, slaughtered, and wore as a hat for a few weeks until it got tired of it.

  • @RikkiNakesone
    @RikkiNakesone ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Red alert on the ps1 hell march doesnt have the electronic part of the music, but i remember i’d leave the ps1 on while i was in school for no real reason than to return to the map covered in ore… i guess i was creative as the ai was basically beat! Lmao
    I sometimes still play to this day on pc, openRA and the remaster

  • @Ludovit110
    @Ludovit110 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Huh, now that I've listened to all 3, my favorite is definitely Hell March 2. ^^

  • @hmgirlpopuri5819
    @hmgirlpopuri5819 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell yeah! All the Westwood RTS games had killer soundtracks.

  • @Cenvere
    @Cenvere ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell march 2 an Hell March 3 are also good as sequel songs. Worth it. If anything I think Hell March 2 Is my favorite.

  • @w1ndex
    @w1ndex หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God this brings back memories, this song fucks.

  • @footballrus123
    @footballrus123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    its literally the best song in any video game ever!!!

  • @fredt1983
    @fredt1983 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh man, what a tease. There was 3 red alerts (and expansions) each with different versions of Hell march, which is what he was referencing to by "I think we had a couple more of these songs we could play..."

  • @VISOX
    @VISOX 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    song so epic i love it, play it every day (so i guess i was suggested your video)

  • @walruslegion
    @walruslegion ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would love you to listen to another amazing Westwood game, emperor battle for dune that has Klepacki in and some other amazing artists like David Arkenstone, invincible from the harkonen faction and some of the Ordos tracks are phenomenal

  • @PhantomGun4
    @PhantomGun4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell March is pretty good. I really like his Machines Collide song.

  • @ServantOfBoron
    @ServantOfBoron 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    - "Am I late to the party?"
    Only about a quarter of the century, but it is never too late to join :)

    • @JessesAuditorium
      @JessesAuditorium  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Speak of the devil, I'm currently recording another C&C video as we speak.

    • @ServantOfBoron
      @ServantOfBoron 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@JessesAuditorium Awesome! Looking forward to it :)

  • @supersai4198
    @supersai4198 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RA3 had some insane songs. RA2 such a simple yet amazing game.