Frank Klepacki

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Frank Klepacki, from his album Morphscape (2002)
Frank Klepacki (right at the edge of the stage with red coat) at Video Games Live while he is playing "Hell March" (2008)

Frank Klepacki (born May 25, 1974 ) is an American video game music composer and musician.

He composed the pieces of music for various computer games, such as the " Command & Conquer " series (all parts before " Command & Conquer: Generals ") or the Dune games from Westwood Studios . His well-known pieces include “Hell March”, “No Mercy”, “Face the Enemy” or “Act on Instinct”. Klepacki uses different styles in his works. Some of his pieces fall into the rock category , while others fall into the electronic or hip-hop category .

In addition to his music for video games , he also composes songs for commercials, films and TV shows.

Frank Klepacki was a member of the bands "I AM" and "Home Cookin '" before he released six solo albums of his own:

  • Morphscape (2002)
  • Rocktronic (2004)
  • Virtual Control (2005)
  • Awakening of Aggression (2006)
  • Infiltrator (2009)
  • Viratia (2009)
  • Conquering 20 Years (2012)
  • Digital Frontiers (2016)
  • Game On! (Tina Guo, 2017)

He has also been the drummer for The Bitters since 2003 .

Since 2004 he has been employed as audio director at the game company Petroglyph Games , where he worked on the music for the Star Wars video game Star Wars: Empire at War and the real-time strategy game for Sega , Universe at War: Earth Assault .

In June 2008 it was announced that Klepacki will compose the music for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 . Klepacki returned to the C&C universe after 6 years and two parts absence.

Frank Klepacki also worked on the music for Command & Conquer Remastered . He remixed seven hours of his music for the game.

Web links

Commons : Frank Klepacki  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.cnc-inside.de/news-artikel,Alarmstufe-Rot-3---Frank-Klepacki-ist-dabei,31625,1.html
  2. ↑ Pre- order Command & Conquer ™ Remastered Collection on Steam now. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Klepacki, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer game composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1974