Just like a score for a movie, the album opens with the main theme "Medal of Honor" which is the theme for Lt. Jimmy Patterson, the main character of the game. The theme is not spectacular but it is "straight to the point". It is very patriotic and glorious. It reminds me a bit of David Arnold's theme for Independence Day. The theme is well used throughout the score. The second major theme of the score is the Nazi theme. It is similar to the Nazi theme in the Raiders of the Lost Ark. In fact, I think it would be equally effective if John Williams' Nazi theme is replaced by Giacchino's theme. This second theme is used as frequent as the main theme throughout. The score is very intense and heart pumping from beginning to end. There is only a brief lighter moment in "Colditz Castle". There are brief descriptions on what goes on in the game behind each track. Reading the descriptions and listening the music the same time, if you can use a little imagination, is like watching an intense mini-movie. Other than the two themes mentioned, every other track is filled with other exciting militaristic motifs and rhythms. "Attack On Fort Schmerzen," "Rjuken Sabotage," "Merker's Salt Mine," "The Jet Aircraft Facility" are some over the top action cues. They are so good that it seems like a waste not using them is a real movie. If you don't think this score is bombastic enough, I don't know which score is. I guarantee you that this score will fill up your appetite of a bombastic symphonic score. The album also contains a light big band tune that Giacchino composed as a source music for the game. The cue sounds very much like a tune by Cole Porter. Also, probably just for the hell of it, it also includes the national anthem track which includes incidental noises of the recording session.