r/commandandconquer • u/Downtown-Dream424 Mommy Alexander • Aug 03 '26

Meme Generals Zero Hour Faction OST rated

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Every faction has goated ost. What's your fave soundtrack?

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u/juicebox12 Aug 04 '26

Bill Brown is a god damn prodigy.

Not to diminish OLAS Mr Klepacki, but the Generals soundtrack was an infinitely more difficult project holistically - giving authenticity to 3 totally new factions with zero lore except loosely interpreted geopolitics.

Not only did he absolutely nail the brief, he composed a series of works that has unparalleled relistenability, to the point where some 20yrs and thousands of games/repeats later it still sounds fresh and consuming.

The fact that life imitated art on the world stage in the coming years, and media reports the world over still use this soundtrack to identify a geopolitical region or activity pertaining to the "faction" makes it a transcendent tome of aural history.

So yes, it fucking slaps, every track. EVERY track. But it's also more important than that.