Hailed by many gamers as a big improvement over Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2 refined the 3-D graphics engine introduced in its predecessor – and it rocked out the music. If there’s one thing that makes the Red Alert 2 soundtrack – which was available from Westwood Studios for a limited time around the game’s release – stand out from the rest, it’s a refreshing blast of heavy metal guitar. The real standout here is the blistering, fast-paced “Destroy”, though there are close runners-up: “Grinder” and “Industrofunk”. The six-string pyrotechnics are a nice addition to the by-now-familiar C&C style of techno music, but the old style isn’t completely lost – tracks such as “Probing” and “Fortification” are pure old-school C&C cues that wouldn’t have been out of place in the original game.
This may actually be my favorite soundtrack from the Command & Conquer games, simply because it’s so different from the others, while still keeping the “feel” of what came before it.
- HM2 (3:44)
- Industrofunk (3:12)
- Ready The Army (4:57)
- Grinder (2:27)
- In Deep (3:24)
- Motorized (4:02)
- Power (3:56)
- 200 Meters (4:12)
- Destroy (4:38)
- Burn (4:37)
- Probing (4:19)
- Blow It Up (3:11)
- Eagle Hunter (4:16)
- Fortification (4:02)
- Jank (3:46)
- C&C In The House (4:06)
Released by: Westwood Studios / Electronic Arts
Release date: 2001
Total running time: 62:49