These traits are best highlighted by Underground's main title "May 10th, 1940 (Main Theme)". While there are still offers pulse-pounding action cues, at the same time the soundtrack adds a swash of new moods and colours, with a number of haunting compositions that display Giacchino's talent at crafting more introspective and atmospheric pieces which always maintain the listener's interest. The selections from Underground impressively demonstrate Giacchino's versatility and are in no way a simple rehash of Medal of Honor. This unfortunate occurrence is even more frustrating considering that the release has the best track selection of all three Medal of Honor compilation albums and actually could have been the album that sums up Giacchino's pioneering work for the franchise and functions as an introduction to the franchise for newcomers.ĭespite these objections, the music featured on this release is outstanding. If someone designed 10th Anniversary's score album as a commemoration of Giacchino's hugely popular Medal of Honor music, why would they leave the original Medal of Honor score off the CD? Instead, the release 'only' features pieces from Medal of Honor: Underground, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Frontline, and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. This approach is certainly valid, but it also exposes the album's most glaring deficiency. Instead, the album exclusively focuses on Giacchino's works for the franchise, ignoring Pacific Assault or anything Christopher Lennertz wrote for the series altogether. One might expect that Medal of Honor: 10th Anniversary's soundtrack CD holds music from the titles that are actually part of the games bundle, and one would be wrong in doing so.
One of the many extras that came with the bundle was a soundtrack CD, compiling music from various Medal of Honor games. The compilation brought together all Medal of Honor titles that had found their way onto PCs: Allied Assault, its two expansion packs Spearhead and Breakthrough, Pacific Assault, and Airborne. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of one of its flagship franchises, EA released the Medal of Honor: 10th Anniversary games bundle in 2008, despite the fact that the series' first game Medal of Honor had been released in 1999. Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary Soundtrack Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary Soundtrack :: Review by Simon Elchlepp
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