RIP all who served in The Battle of Burger Town.

"Request broken arrow! I repeat, broken arrow!" "Roger that, solid copy on broken arrow. Major, it's been an honor. Out."

"Thats the capital building man"

1:50 "Of Their Own Accord" Day 5 - 18:35:33 Pvt. James Ramirez 1st Bn., 75th Ranger Regiment Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Modern Warfare 2 has such a powerful, emotional soundtrack.

I'm not that big of a Call of Duty fan, but even I'll admit Modern Warfare 2's campaign was fantastic. The whole Washington DC scenario was done beautifully.

1:29 that moment when you leave the bunker and you see the red sky, the Washington monument heavily damaged, the the city under attack, and this music helps. At this moment of the game, we all knew one thing... SHIT JUST GOT REAL!!!

1:43 that exact moment when i turned the corner and saw the heavily damage Washington Monument, seriously this music fitted so well with the atmosphere of that mission.

1:43 The chills...

I like the fact that everything you do in this level is utterly meaningless. Think about it: - You storm a building, clearing it of Russian troops, - You nick some Javelins and start hammering Russian forces. No matter how hard you try, you can't clear the place, there just isn't time and there's too many of them, - The Russians evict you from that building you stormed, stopping you from using the Javelins and sending you packing by overrunning you, - You flee to a helicopter and get on the gun as the SEALs defending the roof are overwhelmed. You hammer one site of many that is a staging ground for the attack on the Evac Site. You blitz the WWII monument, but while you're en-route to the next location, you're heli takes a hit. With SAM sites covering the air, you can't escape, so you try to take them head on, - You crash and awaken to see hordes of Russian soldiers moving in on the crash site, more than you can ever hope to beat, It's a pretty great level for that hopeless feel. No matter how hard you fight, the US is losing this one hard. They're talking about carpet-bombing their own capital just to deny it to the enemy. It's only the EMP that allows the US a chance by taking down the Russian armour and air support, making it a ground war the US forces can steadily claw a close victory from.

Sgt. Foley: Overlord, this is Hunter Two-One Actual, request an airstrike, over Overlord: uh, negative two one actual. All available air teams are currently tasked with multiple casvacs along the Potomac. Proceed to the target building and provide support, out.

Seing thos dead Rangers on the elevator still gives me creeps.

Listen up. This evac sites gettin hit pretty hard, and we need to buy 'em some Hooah? *Hooah!*

The way the brass peaks at 1:29 is so haunting and ominous, it really makes the scene.

0:07 "It's been a tough week, gentlemen. We've lost more than we ever dreamed. But we will recover"

"On your feet ... Were Oscar Mike"

"So when we going to Moscow?"

WHEN COD WAS A GAME

No one ever realized how dark and disturbing "Of Their Own Accord" was, especially in the evacuation on the heli, and those cut lines of dialogue when you don't get on the sniper in the crow's nest section. You can heat every unit on radio panicking as they scramble, shoving civilians in transport to get them out, some losing their lives during the escapade, and the evac site at washington monument just hold out on a russian siege before being slaughtered.

The Washington levels in MW2 by far were the most eerie and scary levels in the COD series, Seeing the sky all dusk and thousands of soldiers dying in front of the white house was a sign that America was fending for her life.

"RAMIREZ DO EVERYTHING!!!"

The Battle of D.C is probably my favorite set piece in CoD history. The music, the visuals, the stakes, it’s all just amazing. They did an incredible job of making you feel like you were fighting a desperate losing battle, but that you wouldn’t give up because you were fighting for your home. So damn good.

I'm here for 3:56 Terrifying to hear this in that Favela Juggernaut Spec Ops mission. And the short cut it uses for multiplayer sets such a great tone during matches.

My opinion, this game was the best call of duty, ever made! I think cod 4 comes extremely close

1:28 - 3:10. Best part. The devastation of the area. The deaths of comrades. A strong ost and stronger scene. Mw2 remastered rekindled my love for this past

Still replaying this game in 2017, and this is still one of the most beautiful levels in a video game I've ever played. MW2 was a great game, and the soundtrack brilliantly captured the feel of the whole thing. 1:43 is just simply amazing. Capital burning, surrounded by a horde of enemies, fighting just to evacuate your people in a seemingly hopeless battle, but charging into it without hesitation, for country, for God, for your people, for your home. Truly amazing.

Ramirez, clear the capital building of those protestors!

"Hunter 2-1 I recommend you clear out of there! I see a mass of foot-mobiles converging on your position"

Say what you will about Call of Duty. It is by no means the best franchise. But damm. It had its moments. The beginning of this level did a fantastic job of immersing us, both the music and the visual. Putting us in the skin of a soldier fighting a desesperate battle against an overwhelming enemy in his very country's capital...I'm not even american but that shit hit me deep.

Watching the UN council denouncing Russia, and then seeing a live video of DC, Kyiv, and then knowing that Pripyat, Chernobyl is being invaded like in MW1, is just haunting. Knowing that the UN, an organization to stop dictators and leaders is failing, it's almost like this game is halfway real. Now I listen to this masterpiece from Hans Zimmer, realizing the true significance of this music. Just Haunting. May God save us all.

They were about to carpet bomb their own capital city just to deny it to the Russians,dear God this game was intense.

I think MW2 out of all the CoDs was able to draw the most emotion out of everything. From No Russian to every Rangers POV mission afterwards. Accompany that with such amazing soundtracks that blend very well with gunfire and tactical callouts and radio communications, it just makes for a highly immersive feel. At 6:00 the build up and suspension that brings you to the climax of everything alone makes you feel the emotion this track conveys.

1:43 “They got optics on us..snipers, RPG teams and heavy arms fire, all floors..12 o’clock due west from our current position.”

1:45-2:04 Amazing. I also believe this mission was created to add a sense of Patriotism to the game. To get Patriotic American's pissed off, to incite them and get them to be passionate. Very well done.

6:24 Reminds me of the cut audio from the evac site radio. Whenever I heard the civilians taking up arms at the site this part of the song popped into my head.

1:42 - 2:55 This part literally made me cry the first time I heard it.

1:43 got me hit hard

Rameriez, hold down the burger joint with a stun grenade and this rubber chicken and RV with us at the convoy. MOVE!!

1:43 always gives me shivers

THEY'RE INSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING

CPL. Dunn: So, when are we going to Moscow? Ranger: Not soon enough, man. But I know we're burning it down when we get there. CPL. Dunn: Hooah. SGT. Foley: When the time is right, Corporal. When the time is right.

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The most epic mission intro in call of duty modern warfare 2.... The full realization that a powerful nation has been attacked, and bled, and the familiar landscape became a smoking heap of ruins and death

1:36 - 3:10 is some powerful music right there. This game had a POWERFUL score.

That's the freakin Capitol building man

I remember my first time playing this, and just the overwhelming feeling of horror, and awe fill me. Seeing the red skies, damaged monuments and buildings. The music, the scared and hurt soldiers. The bodies of US troops in almost every room of every building you cleared. It certainly left an impact on me.

Literally one of the greatest levels in the history of video games. Very few things have been burned into my memory like leaving the bunker for the first time and seeing the Washington Monument just as the music reaches 1:43

This game has to be remastered seriously I remember turning around at 1:43 and I could not believe my fucking eyes MW2 is my favourite cod game the emotion seeing the whitehouse at war was breathtaking.

Every once in awhile I get the feeling to replay these missions

From 6:02 - 6:25 if you listen closely you can hear the sound of marching soldiers.

1:43 ah the timing. By the time u get out of the bunker, this part of musics starts to play, as you witness washington dc in flames

When the mission first opens, you can see you're in Hell. But to see what that Hell once was, the heart of the capital of the United States of America, packs a powerful emotional gut punch the likes of which you don't expect to find in a video game. The music pretty much does the speaking for Ramirez, as he slowly digests what's happening all around him.

"Sounds like we gotta be in two places at once" "Impossible?" "Not for the 141"

who's still playing this up to now 2014?

Ramirez, count those ballots before the air force arrives

I'm not even an American, but I'll never forget seeing the White House getting hit hard after coming out of the bunker and the 1:43 part of the BGM plays in my very first MW2 gameplay. What an insane spectacle it was.

If WW3 happens right now or later… ARC - 5555’s quote still makes me fight for my country, *”Look around! We're one and the same; same heart, same blood. Your training is in your blood. And my blood's boiling for a fight!”*

I remember the first time I actually played this mission. My blood went absolutely cold at about 1:43 when you step out of the bunker.

Glad I found this, such an evocative piece

Almost 2019 now, and I still have yet to play a game that felt like the old cod games. Damn man, those were the good days

The segment at 7:54 is totally adrenaline-pumping. Watching the Washington Monument evac site getting hammered to hell by armor and helos as U.S forces desperately struggle to hold them off while protecting the remaining civilians. Hearing soldiers panicking over the radio as they're overrun. It really encaptulates the desperation as Foley's squad barely escapes from the Russian army swarming the building, out for blood. At that point, you know you're outnumbered, the U.S. are losing control over their own capital and shit's hitting the fan. Sprinting to the rooftop is your only chance of survival. And then hearing evacuation order april "everyone get the hell outta there" from overlord over the radio. Hans Zimmer nailed the soundtrack.

Start reading this at 1:29 All callsigns, the evac site is under heavy fire. Uncover enemy positions and engage potential targets. They got optics on us! Snipers, RPG teams and heavy arms fire, all floors, twelve o'clock due west of our position! Incoming! Overlord, this is Hunter 2-1, requesting air support! Uh, negative, Hunter 2-1 Actual. All available air supports are tasked with multiple casevacs along the Potomac. Proceed west to the target building and provide support, out. Roger that, Overlord! Everyone, get outta the killzone! We gotta buy some time for those casevac birds! Overlord, 2-1 Actual, we're screening west with no adjacent support, and friendly victors from BCT One are hauling ass past us, over! Copy that. Brigade Combat Team One has peeled off an LAV to provide suppression, over. Alright, BCT One's LAV has them suppressed. Get ready to move on my mark! Ready! Go, go, go! Move up, move up!

Rangers lead the way!

The first time I played this stage I was moved to tears. The way you see the wounded, the way you hear shelling..... Then as you come out of the bunker and round that first corner you see it..... The washington monument, Bare metal exposed.all it once it hits you: This is washington DC.....

3:55 we all know that we shat out pants when we played high explosive for the first time.

Love this so much especially the end . So awesome

when cod was cod... not a fucking combination of halo and titanfall

You can tell GOW Ragnarok's "Ragnarok" theme took inspiration from this : 1:34

This game being remastered was the perfect gift, just wish they remastered mp aswell.

When you exit the bunker and see the sky, the destruction, and all the fighting in America's capital, there sheer magnitude made better by the music, really made me emotional and my heart went into my stomach like "I've GOT to save this city!"

So many beautiful memories with this game

Damn i get so emotional listening to this

1:30 plays when you got out of bunker and see Washington's sky is red and Washington monument is falling down This music made me cry 😢

In case any is wondering, the bit at 1:43 is from a track named "Seige" on the official soundtrack, which mistakingly lists Hans Zimmer as the composer when he only composed the opening titles soundtrack. The actual composer is Lorne Balfe, who is an occasional "co-worker" of Hans Zimmer.

"Goliath, Goliath this stalker 2-1, stand by for report 1-3 " "Stalker 2-1, this is Goliath, send your traffic over." line whiskey 4-0 personal, line x-ray three columns of mechanized infantry /break/ line yankee:20 Bravo tango Romeos 525-639, Line Zulu: Russian paratroopers Line alpha: 1915 Zulu line echo: AK 47's and RPGs, how copy so far over?

The cutscene for "Wolverines!!!" when NORAD radios a station on the East Coast... Sierra Delta, I believe it was, & the station responds with "Their everywhere! I'm looking at Fighter Jets over I-95, how the hell did they get through!?" All in all, seeing my country being occupied & destroyed by a foreign Military Force really gave me gossebumps.

Still the most haunting song in all of CoD

this sound track gives me flashbacks to all cod mw games

Thanks God, finally I find this song! I was looking for this since 2013. Cod mw 2 is still the best in 2018!

The EMP that occurred after this level had me double taking and watching for zombies. I swear. It was just too creepy... but I fucking loved the suspense.

2:03 exact moment i saw to the horizon, with the sun cresting and the chinooks flying that way.

Not that this wasn't a great game, but can we have a modern military game where the USA and Russia are on the same side for once? Against China, North Korea, or some fictional middle-eastern country

This really sounds emotional and desperate, just like the mission itself. Maybe I’m too emotional, but this mission is something special and captures a kind of powerlessness that has not been replicated in COD since. This also reminds me of the days when Russia’s military was actually thought of as strong and scary

This music will just like Capitol hill siege in 2021 but only if they manage to burn it down.

"They have eyes on us: Snipers, RPG teams, heavy arms fire, top floor due west of our position."

Chills roll down me when I hear this....

6:25

Radio: “We got a man down! I repeat we got a man down!” You: Continues walking

This sounds really good.

This mission was a literal second D-Day, just as how the Americans fought on Omaha and Utah Beach to liberate France, they now fought on DC to liberate the White house.

For me this was the best mission in cod history

One of the best fps ever:)

Well said. What shocked me was the EAS Alert in the loading screen, then the bunker with dead,dying and wounded soldiers in it.

The last time I felt I was as immersed into a game as I would be with a good movie...

Truly, an amazing game.

#REMASTERMODERNWARFARE2

I remember everytime i played this mission, just being so astonished of the scenery, everything on fire, i can never remember the name of the building, but it just being under fire, russian troops inside, tanks shooting, mortar fire, it was truly war

The first min sounds so cool.

Get up, we're Oscar Mike

Who agrees the 'All Ghillied Up' missions were the best in COD hostory