That stomping industrial beat that defined a generation of PC gaming. Command & Conquer Red Alert, here under its German title Alarmstufe Rot, opens with "Hell March" and honestly nothing else needs to be said. But the rest delivers too.
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"Crush" pounds along with this mechanical rhythm that makes building tank columns feel spiritual. "Face The Enemy" brings more tension than most horror games manage. And then the licensed tracks go OFF. Prodigy's "Breathe," Laibach's "God Is God," a whole roster of mid-90s industrial and electronic acts.
This was 1997 and Westwood understood that an RTS needed to feel dangerous. The mix of Frank Klepacki originals and guest artists made this thing a time capsule. If you have never heard Hell March, fix that immediately.