James Hannigan to compose Red Alert 3? A look at his past music.

As Lion’s Red Alert Den (RADEN) reported, it appears that James Hannigan will be composing music for the upcoming Red Alert 3 soundtrack. Unlike Bill Brown, Steve Jablonsky/Trevor Morris, James’ music is much more orchestral than the composers I mentioned. The quality sounds great, judging from his music jukebox he has on his website and sounded a bit more memorable than the previous music done for Tiberium Wars. If you listened to track 2, “Primus”, the music has more electronica elements, and track 21, “Cygnus”, has plenty of electronica with sampled electric guitar riffs. Based on my analysis, I predict that the Red Alert 3 soundtrack will be more orchestral that touches on 3 elements: Empire of the Rising Sun (more Japanese ethnic sound), Soviet Union (bombastic sounding), and the Allied (more patriotic/heroic). Some electronica pieces may appear in the game as well.

PC Gamer also noted that “Hell March” will make a return to the Red Alert sequel but it’d be hard to say how it’s going to composed. However, it’s obvious Frank Klepacki will not be able to compose Red Alert 3 due to his commitments to Petroglyph Games as sound designer/music composer and not to mention his side-projects and other live performances outside of his workplace. As soon as more details appear, I will update this blog.