War pigs

That Company of Heroes is a good game is something I have already mentioned a couple of times. The stand-alone add-on Opposing Fronts expands this fantastic real-time strategy game to include the British, who join the Allies as a playable faction, and also adds a dynamic weather system that looks nice, but unfortunately has no influence on the gameplay.There's also more of the same with an accompanying solo player campaign. Why am I mentioning all this? Because the game does the same with its soundtrack.

It was once again written by Ian Livingstone and Inon Zur, and therefore does without a contribution from Jeremy Soule, making it much more dramatic, triumphant and action-packed. You will look in vain for touching tunes, instead there are rousing fanfares and military epics. Much is made of the instrumental score of the main game and rather less of the melodies.

Games from the Company of Heroes-series

Company of Heroes (2006)

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Here and there, there is a variation or a brief guest appearance of familiar motifs, such as in Armoured Assault, which adapts the fanfare melody from On Guard for Liberty after a sombre opening, only to stand on its own two feet again. All in all, a successful extension of the already fantastic score, the gamerip for Opposing Fronts offers few experiments and more of the familiar. Thumbs up for me, but it's certainly not for everyone.