History AwesomeMusic / MedalOfHonor

* [[https://youtu.be/GFJwR00HrFA Panzer Blockade]] plays during the first appearance of hostile tanks in the entire series. Fittingly, it mostly consists of oppressive, militaristic drums and horns, but occasionally the heroic strings of Manon's spirit of resistance will break through. It makes a truimphant comeback in ''Allied Assault'', where it becomes the [[{{Rangers}} US Army Rangers']] and [[PlayerCharacter Lt. Mike Powell's]] {{leitmotif}}.

* [[https://youtu.be/UcVJfRnpEBk Stopping the V2 Launch]] plays during the last level of the game's VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. It makes sure you know that, too, with a very distinctive leitmotif that gets louder each team you hear it.

* [[https://youtu.be/GFJwR00HrFA Panzer Blockade]] plays during the first appearance of hostile tanks in the entire series. Fittingly, it mostly consists of oppressive, militaristic drums and horns, but occasionally the heroic strings of Manon's spirit of resistance will break through.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtU0Cmx3Jqk Attack on Fort Schmerzen]]. A song tense and rousing in equal parts, perfect for shooting your way through the bunkers and hallways of the titular fort.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcVJfRnpEBk Stopping the V2 Launch]] plays during the last level of the game's VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. It makes sure you know that, too, with a very distinctive leitmotif that gets louder each team you hear it.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxZVyEwwSwg The Jet Aircraft Facility]], based on its name, was originally intended for a different mission. Despite this, it still fits very well as you work your way towards U-4901's control room in one of the game's most hectically paced levels.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJwR00HrFA Panzer Blockade]] plays during the first appearance of hostile tanks in the entire series. Fittingly, it mostly consists of oppressive, militaristic drums and horns, but occasionally the heroic strings of Manon's spirit of resistance will break through.

* The beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ELFxB-tGhE Main Menu Theme]] is so iconic that later ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' games would occasionally have it play during certain portions of the campaign, or in the case of ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'', borrow it as a menu theme altogether. Even RealLife [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGsLvpE4bc orchestras]] would play this particular theme during D-Day anniversaries.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXgEtHsiEA Tiger Tank]] plays when Lt. Powell and the Allied King Tiger crew finally manage to capture an intact example of the the titular tank, and [[TankGoodness proceed to wreak havoc with it]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1WPfxz0Jdo Schmerzen]] plays twice during the finale. It captures the tense moments of what proves to be an epic final level involving tense close-quarters firefights, StuffBlowingUp, and a CollapsingLair.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2J0EPGcfAc Sniper Town]] plays during ThatOneLevel. Tense, and full of suspense, just as many a veteran player of this game would feel.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ibQ9AQ3Mus The Half-Track Chase]], [[NonIndicativeName despite playing during a truck chase]], is still sure to keep you on your toes as your vehicle barrels through the narrow streets of a Dutch town.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FkuE4eS0Q Sturmgeist's Armored Train]] is another very fast paced song, with many of the instruments imitating the sounds of the train you're currently fighting on. It reaches its climax near the end, with menacing bells and OminousLatinChanting to represent the eponymous BigBad.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gONaoXXKIo Thuringer Wald Express]] in the very next level. It keeps some of the train motifs of the previous song, but takes on a much more methodical, martial tone to remind the player that they're currently stranded well behind enemy lines.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlywwS-jZ8 Main Titles]], an uplifting piece that captures the contrasting nature of the Pacific War to the situation in Europe.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKkPK6ZrQE Hymn to Brothers Lost]], which by itself is already seen as a tearjerker to many who have played the game.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8iwlA7-UF0 Taiko Brigade]], a theme appropriate for the losing situation in "Fall of the Philippines". This theme plays as Japanese Army troops are gradually overrunning the US Marine positions in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K33fFr70SA Jungle Swarm]], which would probably be ''the'' {{leitmotif}} for HungryJungle and JungleWarfare tropes.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B97vC1k3vl8 Courtyard Strike]], which plays during the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, onboard the IJN ''Toshikaze''. A tense and epic theme appropriate for the start of a FinalBattle.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOD15HjllE Main Theme]], a heartwarming and somber introduction to what is probably one of the best stories in any of the campaigns throughout the series.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNqlTN54LM Wonder]] plays during certain loading points, particularly just before the main menu. It helps to establish ''Pacific Assault's'' more story-centered plot, and to provide players with a sense of attachment to the main characters.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DK6e94JYmM Battleground]] plays during the loading screen before the different levels, and is seen as one of the more memorable ones out of the bunch.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ret5yBdS9u8 Boot Camp]]. A theme appropriate for a full level that's part JustifiedTutorial, and part BootCampEpisode.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZDitsejI0 Pearl Harbor (end)]], a somber theme that plays during the ending of the final Tarawa segment, signifying that, despite the bitter fighting they just went through, Conlin's squad [[AndTheAdventureContinues is still going to go through even more hardship]].

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvoBcwFu5U0&t=64s Main Theme]] foreshadows an epic campaign and an equally impressive multiplayer for such an underrated game.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiKYvgSocM4 Back Alleys]], aka the weapon loadout song. A dark and somber theme that helps to build up to the tense firefights that happen later in the levels you drop in.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snub-EO_g5M Gunfight In the Ruins]], which plays during several firefights inside the titular Paestum ruins in the Italy level.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWby3XiKIo Defusing the Charges]] plays during the Paestum level upon escaping from the exploding German ammunition depot, and during Operation Market Garden, when tasked with destroying a German PlungerDetonator.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbAIVJ6je4I Taking Out the Sighting Tower]], which ironically plays when clearing the radar station off Utah Beach instead of the actual Spotting Tower. Despite this, it's still an epic theme that captures the intensity of the close-quarters fights that take place.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N10rWUT1UIc Tank Battle]], a shortened version of "Beneath the City" from ''Medla of Honor: Underground''. A tense theme that plays whenever a German Tiger I tank has to be dealt with. And when one is encountered, always expect it to be ThatOneBoss.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHqmOUeS-5E Operation Varsity]] plays when clearing the industrial sector of Essen. Compared to previous levels, this one takes on a DarkerAndEdgier tone, indicating that the European War is coming to an inevitable close.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZQFOFjvBEU Airborne (End Credits)]]. As one Youtuber describes it, "Medal Of Honor in its purest form".

Having once been a {{Video Game Long Runner|s}} ''and'' a FlagshipFranchise for Creator/ElectronicArts for more than a decade, the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' series is bound to have dozens upon dozens of beautiful, awesome, and tragic pieces intertwined with one another when played over the recreated battles of Europe and the Pacific. Having iconic composers like Creator/MichaelGiacchino and Christopher Lennertz compose soundtracks for the majority of these games also helps a lot.

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With an iconic soundtrack by Creator/MichaelGiacchino, one would expect one of the best UsefulNotes/WorldWarII FPS games ever made to have an equally awesome soundtrack.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLITD9c4bw The Schmerzen Express]]. This theme plays just as Lt. Powell, having just escaped a German occupied town, makes his way through the forests just outside the town and into a heavily defended train station. Of special note is that this is also plays during ''Spearhead's'' Bastogne level, where Barnes and other members of the 10st Airborne retake Foy, and in ''Breakthrough'', where Baker enters Gela with members of the 82nd Airborne.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-o1EPfo8Bk Rangers Lead the Way]] plays during the very first level, following you and your squad's cover getting blown. It can pretty much count as ''the'' {{leitmotif}} for the [[{{Ranger}} rangers]], and to an extent Lt. Powell himself.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2bNDU85oCs&t=155s The Communications Blackout]]. Similar to the Main Menu theme, this soundtrack has reappeared in later ''Medal of Honor'' games whose soundtracks were also composed by Giacchino, most notably ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAirborne'', where this plays during the Operation Varsity level.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP_Bd3dpc7Y Half-Track]], introduced in the ''Spearhead'' ExpansionPack. A track appropriate for the ensuing ChaseScene it's a cover for.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBA6JhFtP6E&t=77s Sturmgeist]], another track introduced in ''Spearhead'', which plays when raiding the German supply depot during the Bastogne mission, as well as during the ending credits. An epic track that captures the tense firefight between Barnes and the surprised Germans defending the depot. It is later reused in ''Breakthrough'', as well as prominently in ''Medal of Honor: Frontline''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoguj-h6qY4 Aircraft facility]], which plays as the ClosingCredits theme for ''Allied Assault''. After finally, ''finally'' clearing [[ThatOneLevel several difficult levels, one after the other]], players, even veteran ones, will feel a sense of achievement after surviving the last few waves of German soldiers in the final segment.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7819oHzcLQ Thuringer]], the ending theme of ''Breakthrough''. While shorter than the other two ending themes, it's still a pretty awesome-sounding track in its own right, and gives players a sense of fulfillment of having just made out of several difficult missions alive. The last part of this theme returns in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAirborne'' as well, playing whenever Travers respawns.

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Having once been a VideoGameLongRunner ''and'' a FlagshipFranchise for Creator/ElectronicArts for more than a decade, the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' series is bound to have dozens upon dozens of beautiful, awesome, and tragic pieces intertwined with one another when played over the recreated battles of Europe and the Pacific. Having iconic composers like Creator/MichaelGiacchino and Christopher Lennertz compose soundtracks for the majority of these games also helps a lot.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBA6JhFtP6E&t=77s Sturmgeist]], another track introduced in ''Spearhead'', which plays when raiding the German supply depot during the Bastogne mission, as well as during the EndCredits. An epic track that captures the tense firefight between Barnes and the surprised Germans defending the depot. It is later reused in ''Breakthrough'', as well as prominently in ''Medal of Honor: Frontline''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBA6JhFtP6E&t=77s Sturmgeist]], another track introduced in ''Spearhead'', which plays when raiding the German supply depot during the Bastogne mission. An epic track that captures the tense firefight between Barnes and the surprised Germans defending the depot. It is later reused in ''Breakthrough'', as well as prominently in ''Medal of Honor: Frontline''.

Having once been a VideoGameLongRunner ''and'' a flagship franchise for Creator/ElectronicArts for more than a decade, the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' series is bound to have dozens upon dozens of beautiful, awesome, and tragic pieces intertwined with one another when played over the recreated battles of Europe and the Pacific. Having iconic composers like Creator/MichaelGiacchino and Christopher Lennertz compose soundtracks for the majority of these games also helps a lot.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoguj-h6qY4 Aircraft facility]], which plays as the ClosingCredits theme in this game. After finally, ''finally'' clearing [[ThatOneLevel several difficult levels, one after the other]], players, even veteran ones, will feel a sense of achievement after surviving the last few waves of German soldiers in the final segment.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ret5yBdS9u8 Boot Camp]]. A theme appropriate for a full level that's part JustifiedTutorial , and part BootCampEpisode.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLITD9c4bw The Schmerzen Express]]. Having just escaped a German occupied town, this theme plays just as Lt. Powell makes his way through the forests just outside the town and into a heavily defended train station. Of special note is that this is also plays during ''Spearhead's'' Bastogne level, where Barnes and other members of the 10st Airborne retake Foy, and in ''Breakthrough'', where Baker enters Gela with members of the 82nd Airborne.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLITD9c4bw The Schmerzen Express]]. Having just escaped a German occupied town, this theme plays just as Lt. Powell makes his way through the forests just outside the town and into a heavily defended train station. Of special note is that this is also plays during ''Spearhead's'' Bastogne level, where Barnes and members of his squad use captured half-tracks and trucks to make a supply run through German territory, and in ''Breakthrough'', where Baker enters Gela with members of the 82nd Airborne.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoguj-h6qY4 Aircraft facility]], which plays as the ClosingCredits theme in this game.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoguj-h6qY4 Aircraft facility]], which plays as the ClosingCredits theme in this game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoguj-h6qY4 Aircraft facility]], which plays as the EndCredits theme in this game.

* The beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ELFxB-tGhE Main Menu Theme]] is so iconic, in fact, that later ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' games would occasionally have it play during certain portions of the campaign, or in the case of ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'', borrow it as a menu theme altogether. Even RealLife [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGsLvpE4bc orchestras]] would play this particular theme during D-Day anniversaries.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXgEtHsiEA Tiger Tank]], which plays when Lt. Powell and the Allied King Tiger crew finally manage to capture an intact example of the the titular tank, and [[TankGoodness proceed to wreak havoc with it]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1WPfxz0Jdo Schmerzen]], which plays twice during the finale. It captures the tense moments of what proves to be an epic final level involving tense close-quarters firefights, StuffBlowingUp, and a CollapsingLair.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-o1EPfo8Bk Rangers Lead the Way]], which plays during the very first level, following you and your squad's cover getting blown. It can pretty much count as ''the'' {{leitmotif}} for the [[{{Ranger}} rangers]], and to an extent Lt. Powell himself.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2J0EPGcfAc Sniper Town]], which plays during ThatOneLevel. Tense, and full of suspense, just as many a veteran player of this game would feel.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP_Bd3dpc7Y Half-Track]], a track introduced in the ''Spearhead'' ExpansionPack. A track appropriate for the ensuing ChaseScene it's a cover for.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNqlTN54LM Wonder]], a theme that plays during certain loading points, particularly just before the main menu. It helps to establish ''Pacific Assault's'' more story-centered plot, and to provide players with a sense of attachment to the main characters.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DK6e94JYmM Battleground]], which plays during the loading screen before the different levels, and is seen as one of the more memorable ones out of the bunch.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWby3XiKIo Defusing The Charges]], which plays during the Paestum level upon escaping from the exploding German ammunition depot, and during Operation Market Garden, when tasked with destroying a German PlungerDetonator.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHqmOUeS-5E Operation Varsity]], which plays when clearing the industrial sector of Essen. Compared to previous levels, this one takes on a DarkerAndEdgier tone, indicating that the European War is coming to an inevitable close.