So for quite some time, especially recently with rumors of CoH3 in the works, I’ve seen fans of the CoH games on forum threads, Reddit, and a rather new comparison video that expressed how CoH1’s soundtrack was superior and more memorable to its sequel. Hell, I was one of them.

That was until I gave the CoH2 soundtrack another listen on their own and not only do I think it deserves more love but I think I overall prefer it.

The Eastern Front tracks with the choir is just haunting and empowering and it really creates this sense of war of survival/annihilation, which really captures the historical spirit of the Great Patriotic War.

The Western Front soundtrack has this very forlorn and desperate tone to it, with hints of heroism here against overwhelming odds (especially fitting from the American faction’s perspective).

Now the British feel quite different from the others. It sounds decisive, calculated, and with class. Plus it’s nice to hear Velasco bring back the choir one last time for the full game’s soundtrack.

That’s not to say CoH1 OST is bad. I quite like it still. I think where CoH1 does outshine CoH2 is in the more quieter ambient tracks (which is where people like Jeremy Soule excel in). CoH2’s ambient tracks are a bit muted and blend in more with the atmosphere so it does sound less pronounced.

But I feel CoH2 outdoes CoH1 in the combat tracks department and that’s where Velasco excels in. I mean, he’s done God of War and Mass Effect 3 and he just comes swinging when the words ‘combat’ and ‘epic’ come to mind.

So, thank you, Mr. Velasco, hope to see your works continue to inspire and instill dread on a grandiose scale in the future.