About
“Hell March” is a soundtrack song written by Frank Klepacki for the 1996 Command & Conquer game Red Alert. The song was so widely loved by the Command & Conquer community that some rendition of it has appeared in every Red Alert game since. Additionally it has been used as a theme for videos featuring everything from military force, to simply marching.
Origin
“Hell March” was released along with Command & Conquer: Red Alert on October 31, 1996 by Westwood Studios[1].
Spread
On Feb 13, 2006, YouTuber Daggersquad uploaded a video with various photographs of Joseph Stalin, Soviet troops and vehicles, Soviet propaganda, and war scenes with “Hell March 2”, the Red Alert 2 version of the song playing. The video got 318,281 views, 550 likes, and 114 comments.
On May 31, 2006, YouTuber strongmike uploaded a video featuring verious British armed forces and captions with anti terrorist statements (shown below, right). The video got 119,175 views, 397 likes, and 858 comments.
On August 26, 2014, the Youtuber Rodrigo Xavier uploaded a video featuring people in Pikachu suits marching to Hell March 2, the video got 593,897 views, 4,717 likes, and 466 comments.