Editing Command & Conquer (section)

==Music==
{{Main|Music of the Command & Conquer series}}
Much of the music for the series was composed and produced by [[Westwood Studios]]' former sound director and [[video game music]] [[composer]] [[Frank Klepacki]] for the early games, with composition duties being taken on by several others following the liquidation of Westwood Studios in 2003. Klepacki returned to the series in 2008 to assist with the soundtrack for ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3|Red Alert 3]]''.

The music has been received positively by critics, although praise was higher with earlier entries.

The original score for ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert'' was composed by [[Frank Klepacki]] and was voted the best video game soundtrack of 1996 by ''[[PC Gamer]]'' and ''Gameslice'' magazines.<ref name="behindra">{{cite web|title=COMMENTARY: Behind the Red Alert Soundtrack|last=Klepacki|first=Frank|url=http://www.frankklepacki.com|work=frankklepacki.com|access-date=July 27, 2006}}</ref> Among his most famous songs from the series is the theme of ''Red Alert'', titled "Hell March", which accents the style of the game with adrenalized riffs of electric guitar, the sounds of marching feet, and synthesizers to a dramatic chant. Originally intended to be the theme for the Brotherhood of Nod faction in the ''Covert Operations'' expansion to the original 1995 ''Command & Conquer'' game,<ref>{{cite web|title=COMMENTARY: Behind the C&C Soundtrack|last=Klepacki|first=Frank|url=http://www.frankklepacki.com/|work=frankklepacki.com|access-date=July 27, 2006}}</ref> the track eventually ended up enlisting itself as a staple in the ''Red Alert'' series instead, and a second version of "Hell March" was specifically created for ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2]]''.

{{blockquote|After ''C&C'' came out we wasted no time kicking out ''Covert Ops''. I wrote some more ambient style themes they asked me for, and then I began tinkering with this heavy metal song that I was trying to gear towards Nod for the next big ''C&C'' game. Brett Sperry came in my office and said "You got anything I can hear for the new ''C&C''?" I played it for him. He said "What's the name of this one?" I said "Hell March". He said "That's the signature song for our next game".<ref name="facebook">{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=119522869602|title=Frank Klepacki: Behind the music of the first Command & Conquer|last=Klepacki|first=Frank|date=2009-07-27|publisher=FaceBook.com|access-date=2009-08-08}}</ref>|[[Frank Klepacki]]|''[[Composer|Senior Composer]]''}}