Treyarch: Its just a wwII game, dont get to crazy on making music Sean Murray & Kevin Sherwood:

It’s so weird having hard metal paired with a historical shooter, but honestly the game just would not be the same without it. I think that on its own, WaW is very tonally different from every other COD (something which carried over into the other Treyarch games, albeit watered down). It’s a lot grittier and darker, and certainly more visceral, something which metal absolutely supplements! It’s part of why WaW’s ost is my favorite, it’s bold and a perfect counter to the more predictable (but still great) osts of games before and after it. Sean Murray was great, and I’m glad they kept him for BO1.

I want to point out that some of the double kick drums in Eviction, and in Downfall have the same beats per minute that an MG42 has in rounds per minute, 1200. And in Eviction the pace is more broken, between busts of about 3 to 5 seconds, which is what a well trained MG42 gunner would fire in, but in Downfall, they become not only more pronounced, sounding closer to actual gunfire with the distortion, but the bursts are a lot more frequent, and last longer, which tells you that this is a last ditch gunfight, and the gunner is either in a panic, or is an untrained conscript.

"See how things have changed my friend. Now it is their land. Their people. Their blood."

"He wants mercy!" "You do not deserve mercy." "What mercy did you show to our people?" "Time to die!" "Wait wait! He may help us!" "Help us? He can die for us." *Gun shot*

The heavy hitting, rhythmic nature of the music, combined with the metal and electronic parts really brings out this sense of the industrialized violence machine that WW2 was, with the occasional haunting vocals to remind you of the very real, very horrific cost in human lives we as a species paid for the creation of that machine.

Sean murray was the lesser known mick gordon in the 2000s fr

People say the metal segments are "out of place" but I think they're thematically fitting, especially in the Soviet campaign where many of the metal tracks are remixes of the more tamed ones from earlier. It represents the sheer technological and industrial might of the country, alongside its vengeful and deadly fury that swept across Eastern Europe. In Eviction there's even one part that sounds like machine gun bursts, immersing further into the world and blending music with gunfire. Sean Murray is one of the greats.

I would pay good money to hear a full orchestra play these themes live !!

Best campaign, best soundtrack, best gore system, dark and gritty w/ no censorship, pretty good multiplayer, and the game that introduced zombies to the Call of Duty franchise. World at War is the best Call of Duty ever in my opinion. I don't think Treyarch will ever develop another game like World at War sadly.

Sean Murray is an excellent composer, the heaviness and industrialized sounds along with the haunting and melancholic vocals. Waw is, and always will remain, one of, if not THE BEST COD game in the franchise!

The Eviction soundtrack is my favorite part. The buzzsaw sounding guitar with the high pitched riff in the background and the staccato drumming. Such a perfect and evocative compliment to the game's brutal atmosphere. I still play that mission and get chills whenever the guitar kicks in.

i’m playing waw for the first time and man, playing with headphones is heaven. it pulls you in and doesn’t let go.

Downfall Soundtrack really capture the brutality, seeing a wounded soldier and young boy soldier that losing limbs really show how much far men would do to fight

I am the great-grandson of a Red Army soldier. He was drafted into the motorized infantry in 1943. Passed the сrossing the Dnieper, fought on the territory of Ukraine, Moldova, met the victory over Germany in Budapest, even a photograph from that day has been preserved. And later he was redirected to Austria and the Czech Republic. Has a military merit medal And managed to go around Studebaker (thanks to the allies). He also had a wound to his face and collarbone. Listening to these soundtracks and remembering the game, I can’t even imagine how terrible and scary it was. Our ancestors are heroes and fearless people. Not depending on the side of the conflict and the affiliation of the soldier. I'm just really sorry that all this happened, and is happening to this day.Thanks to our ancestors for this heavy victory in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific, and around the world. And thank you for this video bro❤️

The eviction part is legit the best piece of video game soundtrack I've ever heard. When I played this campaign on veteran and I heard this part, I was literally sweating in the middle of winter!

the downfall part is fucking incredible, that drumbeat that sounds like an mg42 just ripping away combined with the haunting choir and the industrial sounding guitar just kinda gives the feeling that god left has this place and the warmachine is churning out death on a truly massive scale, 10/10

‘MILLER! GET THE AUX CORD!’

I like how the metal really helped the atmosphere, it helps it feel so much more grimey and hopeless

I dont know if anybody will read it but pay attention to downfall 11:45. The beat speed is a change from MG-42 to MP-40. It was a literal genius who put such an idea to a music.

This is why COD World at War is probably my favourite shooter, if not my favourite game. These soundtracks absolutely kick ass and go so well with the grim tone of war.

Best soundtrack of any cod. Thank you

No matter how many times I listen to this game's soundtrack, I will never get tired of it. Mostly because I find this to be my version of "Vietnam flashbacks" (God forbid I will actually have such flashbacks).

Man, we'll never get another World at War. Nothing from Activision will ever come this close to just how brutal and morally grey the war could be.

"Tojo has tunnels running throughout the entire rock. Where just gonna have to burn them out." Mission starts: Drops flamethrower

Downfall's track scared the absolute shit out of me when I played the level. It felt so intense and really hammered in that you were fighting in the very heart of the Reich.

Perfectly captures the industrialised manner of WW2. I still play this game atleast once a year to remind myself what CoD once was

Love how metal, an at the time very aggressive and barely-heard-of musical concept is being used in this game. I know it was used mainly to make just a point that it's a brutal FPS game, but the metal being paired with the older instrumentals relative with the environment the mission takes place in really gives off the feeling of "Those times are gone. Now is the time for death, rape, and destruction." Because war turned even the best into monsters, and the soundtrack sells that you are one.

Something I have always felt is that the electric guitar is particularly excellent at conveying emotions that we often times have trouble expressing with words. The theatrical composition of WaW's soundtrack combined with these segments really make you consider the brutality of war and drive home just how violent these conflicts really were. So much panic, sorrow and rage can be conveyed through guitar. Music in general is a whole universal language anyone could understand and this game's soundtrack pretty damn well conveys what it wants to tell in such a unique way. The orchestral parts tell you the scope of where you are almost like an intro narration to a movie, then you're dropped directly into the absolutely horrific metal sections that properly rip the veil away to show you what you're really facing, much like a soldier seeing real combat for the first and likely last time. In short, I love this game's soundtrack deeply

I like how in the downfall segment, the metal sounds like an MG42 firing off

Back then : German Victory with actual Hitler speech Now : NoOoOoO yOu CaN't PuT sVaStIKa In A wW2 GaME !!!!! Back then : game based on history with actual videos from WW2 in the campaign to connect to the real world > immersion 100 Now : My Team vs The Enemy Team Back then : boots on the ground, weapons are coherent with the time period Now : ah yes, let's put 10 attachments on every guns and make them complitely out of place. You can equip attachment that weren't even made in WW2. What a respectful addition for WW2. >Shameless, gay, coward and Greedy Activision, that's the problem

Bro I'm a huge metalhead and I never knew why, but tis definitely was a major influence. I used to play this bitch's campaign for hours on end. Just like another commenter here I discovered this game through a cousin of mine when I was around 5 and we played coop on the Seelow maps. Now I replayed it on PC many years later and all modded up. What a great CoD and I forgot the badass soundtrack. Thank you for posting this.

The music absolutely defines this game, all of the visuals of the war's brutality would not be the same without it.

eviction, downfall and little resistance are the most brutal (and in my opinion) best songs in the game. they perfectly represent how dark and gritty the game is.

10:36 I've always loved how brutal this track sounds.

I love that huge difference between metal in american missions and soviet missions. First one shows a battle between unstoppable force and immovable object, while the second depicts pure bloodbath which eastern front was.

I actually love the tone thier going for especially on the level "Eviction". Your fighting on the streets with tanks, MG42's, Panzershrecks, Heavy Rain, and Thunderstorms. Your so much Chaos around you.

I did not expect to see such a compilation, Eviction and Downfall remain my absolute favorites.

That metal segment in eviction hit different when you were fighting tooth and nail *just* to go up the street, there’s literally a firefight going on over your head, it reeked of desperation

If American soldiers had metal music in the 1940s the war wouldve ended 3 years early.

sean murray walked so mick gordon could run

In this November World War hits 15 years old. I want to replay this game again just to see how COD supposed to be. Music, gore, gunplay and more.

Downfalls fast beating drums mimick the sound of an MG42 at certain parts 11:52-12:00 genius

Absolute Masterpiece. The game the Soundtrack The Cast the Tone the Story GG.

I love that specifically in the Japanese theatre missions like Little Resistance they use a pan flute which is pretty much a stereotypical japanese instrument, it's synonymous with samurai video games and movies

Dude eviction goes hard as fuck

Ahhh the memories of playing waw on vet and having to dodge endless grenades from hell and getting lit tf up for moving away from them

5:09 + veteran is one of the best moments in the game

3:14 im gonna say nothing

10:21 I’ve always liked this part

absolute jam thanks for putting this together

Little resistance was my favorite out of all the Pacific soundtracks. It really did give a feeling of 2 nations clashing against each other.

Thanks for this, WaW music is such a good work or workout music playlist. It’s fresh in my mind after playing the campaign again recently.

Their Land, Their Blood 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

Vendetta will always be a zombies track to me. It plays lightly in the background while you're playing zombies

There will never be a cod game even as close to perfect as WaW was. the theme of victory, tragedy, cowardice/fear, and pride will never be beat. This and Bo1 will always be my favorite cod games no matter what happens, not because of nostalgia, but because just simply how good they are.

After so many years only one brought it to us all thank you!

The first fps I ever played im 13 and found this game at my cousin's house when I was 6 this is still a great game used to play it before I went to school newer generation says thanks for this game

The game feels like a meatgrinder when metal part kicks in. A useless dreadful meatgrinder - just like a real war.

Thanks for the comp. Best COD ever.

Thanks for compiling this!

I don’t think I can ever express my amount of respect for this game. Even the genre of soundtracks that are usually meant to empower players are turned into something more horrifying. This music is bloodlust and destruction personified in its truest form.

It is great! Thank you so much

Sean Murry and Kevin Sherwood were ahead of thier time crafting this

Thanks for uploading this

16:21 my favorite of all

Sean murray and the art direction team nailed this game. Its so introspective of ww2 and its grittiness. The raunchy industrial guitar with hints of orchestral hits tell you thats its not some unsung hero of ww2 coming to save the day. Its a brutal and realistic display of violence and terror that humans unleashed on one another. Depressing, somber and most of all terrifying.

Lol I conveniently just found your old video for the first time so this may as well be the only version for me

Fun fact, metal and orchestra music have the same fundamental music structures and that’s why they work so well together :)

You know, I usually find the soundtracks for the COD games to be fairly generic and forgettable, but WAW is a massive exception. This shit GOES HARD. Not only that, but it perfectly matches the gritty nature of the game. This game would not have been the same without it, and I think the soundtrack (along with the dark tone) is what really set itself apart from all the other COD games for me. All the other COD games after this point (even the good ones) always felt cheesy and over-the-top, while this game was the complete opposite. Anyways, Eviction is by far my favorite track of the bunch, and I thank you for uploading this! I also thank you for crediting the incredible composer Sean Murray, as it seems a lot of creators that reupload game soundtracks forget (or neglect) to credit the original composer. But that's enough rambling for now, have a good day :)

OMFG!!!! OML!!! I WAS TOO YOUNG TO APPRECIATE

Yes, doctor about 1:10 was when the Veteran mode flashbacks kicked in...

Dang dude 2 months later and you still reply to comments? absolute respect. .👑

Vendetta sounds like a metal track for walking in an infinite desert

Definitely the best soundtrack to be in a cod game.

Played the campaign on Veteran with this soundtrack at late nights ❤

God damn these slap

honestly. outside of tanks in Mp (basiclly invunerable) it was a damn good game with an amazing soundtrack. one of very few tracks i listen to outside of playing the game. love the compliation. just the mix of haunting chilling sounds and heavy guitar riffs in the russian campain is such a treat. we will probobly never get a gritty shooter like this ever agian.

great game. also their land their blood guitar is awsomeee and evicton and downfall

I watched and listened to this video nearly 45 days ago and decided to replay the game after a decade. I do not regret spending 10 hours on the game at all. It is by far the most brutal COD game I ever played and hands down my top 3.

The only realistic ww2 game with metal.

Cod waw and black ops 1&2 have the best soundtracks in call of duty history

This is how you know there was and artist hand involved. They could've gone with generic historical epic music; insted the composer said "trust me on this one" and paired up metal music with WWII scenarios. And it is by far the best over all campign in the series. You have to take bold decisions to make great art.

Their land, their blood, the red army's theme, downfall and the end credits slap SOOOO HARD

Honestly, Hearing guitars riffs and drum beats along with orchestal music makes it feel more serious.

World at War is such a beautiful game. The sound track only compliments it

Now It is Their Land, Their People, Their Blood...

The drum and guitar patterns around 7:27 sound like they're straight out of a Meshuggah album, lol. Funny enough, obZen, which has the famous song "Bleed" came out the same year as WaW. I wonder if the composer+musicians listened to it.

I love this game soundtrack

I love little resistance so much! Really pushes you through veteran! When I first heard that guitar riff my jaw dropped and a huge smile grew across my face. Am I playing cod or FUCKIN DOOM!?

Perfect

I’ll just say that I played the entire World at War campaign a few days ago and when I heard the harmonising/“oooooohhh” I could FEEL both the dread and anxiety that the Germans felt from the Soviet advance, and the knowledge that the soviets were going to tear Berlin to pieces. The music in World at War adds so much to the experience and it is a shame that newer Call of Duty games don’t have such iconic, memorable, and effective music.

dis game is a masterpiece and the fact there no remaster nor a remake is a crime against gaming history.

I hear the sounds of hell. This is what war should sound like.

I really like the Red Army theme but with a Guitar riff. Because it basically revealed the Red Army's feelings towards the end. Because it first starts with vocals, basically showing the Red Army was fighting a noble cause of defeating the Nazis. However; as the music progresses, the guitar riff follows along, basically showing that it isn't just about defeating the Nazis; it is also about vengeance. Vengeance for what they had done when they invaded the USSR. For they will pay for the countless lives the Motherland lost. It is their land. Their people. Their BLOOD.

0:11 - 0:28 Tensions rising between nations 0:29 - 0:36 calm before the storm 0:37 - 0:54 attack on American soil via the empire of Japan 1:03 Americas retaliation

"Dimitri, we will take the fight to their land, to their people...to their BLOOD !"

What I especially admire about this soundtrack are the Eastern Front tracks and the sheer brutality they display. Tracks like "Their Land, Their Blood" and "Eviction" invoke for me this image of men driven mad, that these Soldiers, Wehrmacht, Red Army or SS, are driven by nothing more than a burning, seething hatred for their enemies, that they dont care how much of this World they have to burn down in order to kill eachother, so long as their lust for revenge can be fulfilled. The way the guitars almost rip at your ears also gives it this feeling that these men have gone feral, that in their ferocity, even if their rifles ran out of ammo and their blades became dull, they would simply rip each others throats out with their bare hands and teeth. This music, Reznovs words and the apocalyptic landscape of 1945s Berlin really make it seem like you've descended into hell, become a demon bathing in the blood of other monsters. It perfectly delivers what the entire game strives to say: War is brutal, bloody, dirty, feroscious and UGLY. And the sheer size of humanity's collective industry of war ensures that you no longer need to imagine what hell looks like. Wait for War to arrive and you'll witness first-hand what the deepest layer of Inferno feels like

Their Land, Their Blood is my favorite soundtrack. The balalaikas are what really do it for me.

This almost makes me replay the game but then i remember the grenade spam