The Weather Channel - Evolution of Storm Alert Theme (2002-Present)

[@Goober-Delicious]

I love how The Weather Channel’s answer to the question “What music should we play during severe weather?” Has always been “Boss music”.

[@vibrantgleam]

ironically the new one gives me the most fear lmao.

[@notnowboi7795]

Or before the panic tracks it was just fusion jazz💀

[@nitrolight1778]

When you watching the weather channel and a Hurricane's health bar pops up at the top of your vision:

[@pizzahouse_hotnready]

The final boss of weather

[@aidanfitzpatrick8652]

"Hurricane Gordon and Hurricane Helene, Meteorological Partners in Crime"

[@gamma-ray2024]

That is what I called storm alert 2008

[@vibrantgleam]

LMSDKASADNDSHADSDHAASH I AM CRYING

[@neil4692]

Disclaimer: Bringing out a US Flag doesn't add anything to defence stat

[@b_e_p_i_s_m_a_n6212]

Weather Channel, All Bosses (No Damage)

[@dirtyconsole2247]

I am crying at this comment. Floridians every August be like 🤣

[@muffychuthatoneguy7251]

The Storm Alert in 2006 feels like a RPG fantasy Boss Battle, and the new 2018 version sounds like the genuine earth is about to fucking end any second

[@muffychuthatoneguy7251]

And the 2008-2010 one just sounds like some sad movie about someone dying tragically

[@jneal1347]

@@muffychuthatoneguy7251 Total Oblivion vibes.

[@Annokh]

The latest version sounds like Othercide and Dust: The Elysian Tail OSTs had a baby.

[@Daroga1]

2006 was made by Yoko Shiminora, the writer for most of KH tracks.

[@macewindu9100]

it is

[@yourguyisa3853]

Imagine it’s 2006, you’re in a scary ass storm and Kingdom Hearts boss music starts playing

[@vibrantgleam]

That would motivate me not to die.

[@blinxcat]

TWITTER HAS SPILLED OVER HERE, LORD HELP ME

[@windy4566]

Hi :D

[@sadriposting]

Twitter gang

[@blitzen8876]

lol oops

[@Hectoreo]

There is no escape.

[@neil4692]

We here

[@FailSafe161]

I got both Stephen Arnold's "Perfect Storm" 1 and 2 permanently burned into my brain during the 2004 hurricane season. I think I was like nine years old and we were living in the Tampa Bay Area. We got at least a little bit of every hurricane that season. Our transformer exploded in the backyard during hurricane Frances and knocked our power out for a week!

[@KingdomHeartsBrawler]

"Eye of the Storm" is probably my favorite of all of these. I can only describe it as being the lovechild of Donkey Kong Country and Metal Gear Solid.

[@DoiInthanon1897]

Yeah it’s pretty nice track

[@DetectiveOlivaw]

Little bit of Ace Combat in there too

[@vepply]

BUT, you're fucked

[@hhoop3876]

@@DetectiveOlivaw Bingo, just add some opera too

[@obiwancannoli1920]

gives me Metroid vibes for some reason

[@jorgetrevino325]

Yoko didn’t have to go that hard in 2006 😭

[@dougy2shoez]

The actual composer is Chris Kennedy, even though it gives off MASSIVE Yoko Shimomura vibes.

[@jorgetrevino325]

@@dougy2shoez I guess I was wrong lmao

[@kabarxd8164]

"Storm Alert (2006) is literally a kingdom hearts track lmao that's so sick.

[@randomstate2987]

I have a feeling weathermen are becoming too powerful to the point they have themes for summoning storms

[@thexreaper6930]

4:11. The Weather Channel. Is. ETERNAL!!!!!

[@anonymhous8875]

We shall go together...

[@therealist6421]

Anger and Hatred are supreme...

[@somethingsomething9006]

"Sora...are you sure you can trust the forecast?"

[@thexreaper6930]

@@somethingsomething9006 Riku...are you sure you are not jealous of the forecast.

[@somethingsomething9006]

@@thexreaper6930 "RRRRRRRAAAAA- Embrace...severe thunderstorms..."

[@blinxcat]

Alright, so this video blew up because of a popular twitter post and I want to clear up some misconceptions: -Stephen Arnold Music (SAM) DID NOT compose the 2006 weather alert theme, the author is unknown but it uses the old 2000's channel jingle in parts of the song so it was indeed made for TWC. (Yoko Shimomura didn't compose it either, that's merely a meme.) -Red Mode was composed by MMM (ManMadeMusic) -The 2010-2013 song is known as "Titan Warfare" however TWC's is faintly different from the actual soundtrack variant. -Lawrence of Astoria is a stock song and so is "Eye of the Storm" however SAM produced a unique variant of Eye of The Storm specifically for the channel. -Yes, specific songs did overlap each other in terms of years of use. -The '06 song remained far in use as 2008.

[@TaylorMMontgomery]

Stephen Arnold Music made the original signature jingle for the weather channel so I'm surprised they didn't do the track. It sounds very much like their work and goes with the rest of the package they composed for them at the time (PM Edition, Weather Center, Weekend Edition etc)

[@Jodrik713]

Christopher Kennedy actually composed the 2006 Storm Alert theme

[@polotiks-wx]

they still use lawrence of astoria astoria as background music for hurricane coverage

[@deadchannellmao1242]

Timestamps: 0:00 Alert Mode (2002 - 2004) 0:28 Stephen Arnold - Perfect Storm (2004 - 2005) 1:06 Joseph Saba - Lawrence Of Astoria (2005 - 2006) 2:11 Stephen Arnold - Eye Of The Storm (2005 - 2008) 4:11 Storm Alert (2006) 6:10 Storm Alert (2006 - 2007) 7:03 Severe Weather (2008) 7:46 Storm Alert (2008 - 2010) 9:34 Storm Alert (2010 - 2013) 10:44 Storm Alert / Red Mode (2013 - Present)

[@OrangeNoNukegara]

Why do they all sound like they belong in jrpgs

[@DetectiveOlivaw]

The first three are distinctly Metal Gear Solid

[@Kirito843]

The fifth sounds like a Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts boss battle theme.

[@kokonbini]

@@OrangeNoNukegara With a song name like Lawrence of Astoria, could anyone blame you for asking?

[@fallenangeldraco3778]

Dude the fucking song name is fit for a boss name

[@dan_loeb]

storm alert/red mode sounds like something im going to hear on yakuza 8's ost. twc needs to drop an album of this stuff.

[@AlexDimLight]

Like a dragon 8*

[@dan_loeb]

@@AlexDimLight yeah they only just announced the title change a week after i posted that.

[@universalsinewave7559]

Seeing so many people appreciate this music makes me wanna weep. When I first heard this, I felt a chill down my spine. The feeling of energy. I wanted to share what I listened to with others, but unfortunately, I was too young. Now I'm glad to see others enjoy hearing these tracks.

[@Zashxq]

this is really sweet. i'm glad you're able to share this with others, today

[@jellycore1316]

​@@ZashxqAww, same here! ^^ That's awesome, thanks for sharing! I'm glad you can now, too!

[@ifoxy-]

storm alert 2006 sounds like a final boss battle

[@justanotherguywithamoustac8893]

Snake, you have to infiltrate the eye of the storm to get to the metal gear. It's utmost priority to compromise the metal gear schematics before the patriots get to it first. It has a weather control type weapon that can create hurricane level storms.

[@simonpetrikov3992]

That’s sounds like a mgs plot

[@masicbemester]

Metal Gear Solid: Eye of the Storm

[@AlyCatVR]

Some of these sound like the BGM to an unfinished Sonic game, holy moly

[@poltergrits]

Mother Nature is angry. The storms have gotten more brutal. The Storm Chasers are our only hope now. Can they free humanity from the wrath of these Super Cells, or will this be their final broadcast? Find out in the Weather Channel's new RPG: Weathering the Storm

[@SinOfSloth428]

"Bad video game idea" (It's peak)

[@dirtyconsole2247]

*Wuthering the Storm: 24/7 Days Re:Forecast

[@Voidrings116]

TWC: the video game Alert Mode (2002 -2004) - Battle Theme Perfect Storm - Force Battle Perfect Storm 2 - Boss Battle Lawrence Of Astoria - Important Scenes Eye of the Storm - Battle Results Storm Alert (2006) - Protagonist Theme Storm Alert (2006 - 2007) - Rival Theme Severe Weather - City Exploration Theme Storm Alert (2008 - 2010) - Rival Battle Theme Storm Alert (2010 - 2013) - Comforting enemies Red Mode - Final Battle

[@LeSenatorJirb]

u hit everything on the mark

[@thenachothief]

This needs to be top comment its so accurate

[@growingup15]

I would play the sh1t out of that.

[@whytho1690]

Hah! Yes

[@ryancarter2959]

Man I remember the 2005-2008 one so vividly. My family watched the coverage of hurricane Wilma like a hawk. Still sticks in my head to this day

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

You're not alone. I remember when Hurricane Katrina was approaching and I heard that song in August 2005. After the Coasts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi were being slammed by Katrina, I had experienced the East quadrant of the storm, which spawned a quite a few Tornadoes across North and Central Georgia on the afternoon of August 29, 2005. Then I heard this song again nearly a month later when Hurricane Rita hit Louisiana and Texas on September 23 and 24, 2005, as well as Hurricane Wilma in October of that year. Then in September 2008, I would hear this song when Hurricane Ike slammed Texas. Crazy stuff to say the least!

[@MoonlightMirage]

Eye of the Storm hits so hard, having lived through both Rita and Ike and watching TWC throughout both (when we had power) The music gave that sense of urgency and hope to persevere through these disasters

[@MoonlightMirage]

Though I would later go on and live through Harvey and Laura, I wasn't watching TWC and used the weather websites and apps to keep updated, so I don't have that same sense of nostalgia - they definitely made the storm alert theme more urgent as time went on, as in "You need to prepare now, this is extremely urgent"

[@JaredLewis-d5t]

You sound like a Texan my friend.

[@sofiaciel7599]

i remember the panic attacks i had over Rita and Ike, even though both narrowly missed us i also remember, less fondly, the panic attack i had over Harvey, because i was told by the person i was living with that they didn't really care if we lived or died when the choice was made to just hunker down and weather the storm

[@NoriboshiArielle]

"Storm Alert" (2006): Prepare for the RPG boss battle! Seriously, I'd love to play a game where that composer did the soundtrack.

[@zojinbo3775]

This would be a banger ost for a 90s jrpg

[@SlyHikari03]

2006 is my favorite. It fits that era perfectly.

[@Electronic_Tec]

2013- present music is straight fire

[@DoiInthanon1897]

I looked all around the Weather Channel just to find this. What a banger. I’d forgotten about how good it was 😂

[@Electronic_Tec]

@@DoiInthanon1897 how u know I did the same😂😂😂

[@DoiInthanon1897]

@@Electronic_Tec I guess we had the same idea 😏😂

[@d0g3br34d]

Ikr

[@areminfoxxtrot1064]

Why does it go so hard though, like why is The weather channel's music such a banger

[@auberginereverie]

2006 reminds me of an action movie and it's so damn underrated idk why

[@Ragchomp]

it feels like kingdom hearts

[@charalinedreemurr2953]

The 2006 one is a bop

[@thefrizguy4198]

Yup

[@fluffbutt9960]

hella

[@lob5645]

Alert Mode (2002 - 2004): Metal Slug Stephen Arnold - Perfect Storm (2004 - 2005): Metal Gear Solid Storm Alert (2006): Kingdom Hearts Storm Alert (2008 - 2010): Radiant Silvergun Storm Alert / Red Mode (2013 - Present): Yakuza

[@vboi5697]

2013-Present sounds more like PS2-era Ace Combat to me, but apart from that, I agree.

[@tuxbullet2792]

eye of the storm 2005-2008 is the most iconic one for me. man i remember being 7 and glued to the local on the 8s during hurricance katrina coverage. so crazy

[@smolmuffin]

2008-2010 one sounds like something you would hear in a trailer or movie. Its got that epic orchestra vibe.

[@ZMike38]

The taiko drums make it lowkey hilarious, like they really went full Marvel score for the weather channel

[@xspiderfanx]

if Marvel makes a movie about Storm, they should totally use that for the trailer and soundtrack!

[@sjaltavilla]

The 2010-2013 track used is actually sampled from a track named 'Titan Warfare' composed by Mark Petrie. Thank me later.

[@smithdj416]

Thank you!! I have been looking for this for YEARS!!

[@abc-il4it]

Song now used by Fox News Channel as commercial outcue song to introduce hurricane segments during Fox & Friends since 2017. I've found out that fact about three months ago.

[@smithdj416]

@@abc-il4it I am so determined now to find a fox news segment with it playing lol.

[@abc-il4it]

@@smithdj416 There you go: archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20190905_100000_FOX__Friends/start/5660/end/5700

[@smithdj416]

@@abc-il4it I wanted to go back to this comment because I just learned that they used "Titan Warfare" just recently on Fox News for Hurricane Ian in 2022! They are still using it!

[@MoosicandCritters]

The composer went really hard on the 2006 theme! 🌀🔥🔥

[@Dinklr]

Honestly Eye of the storm sounds suprisingly similar to a jrpg area theme. I would imagine this would play in a place called thunder canyon. Storm alert 2006 would be the theme that plays when you fight the boss of thunder canyon, Stormslayer.

[@Frgkjdfjvvc]

man i loved when this played during the moore 1999 tornado boss fight

[@kionisua8564]

1:06 love that so much, gives me Ace Combat vibes, fighting in a storm and stuff x3

[@coreflakes]

mfw the weather forecast is MISSILE

[@ArtieArchives]

Who remembers the four new soundtracks they used for Hurricane Matthew?

[@Astr0-1408]

Why Does Strom Alert spund like it belongs in either Kingdom Hearts or Xenoblade chronicles

[@espurresso]

allegedly it’s because the KH composer worked on it

[@amosdeguzman9980]

@@espurresso I completely doubt Yoko Shimomura composed for a Weather Channel.

[@espurresso]

@@amosdeguzman9980 it would be funny though

[@CDJAM-webm]

7:04 this goes super hard

[@junkmail5283]

I want to mod this into City Skylines

[@DoiInthanon1897]

The current one is so good, that’s actually a banger

[@MarkMeadows90]

2:11 I remember that tune like it was yesterday. Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Devastating times.

[@LaserBird9000]

Thank you, I’m going to use these in an up coming boss fight in my dnd campaign.

[@tart-miano]

The weather themed, stressful music reminds me of Pokemon RSE. Remember the part where a world-flooding storm, or a earth-melting heat (depending on which game you played) would happen and that creepy ost made you feel a deep fear for the wrath of God? Yea thats how the intense WC music makes me feel

[@smithdj416]

I wish I could find the name to the 2010-2013 one, there has to be a production music soundtrack somewhere out there. During that time they used "A Brutal Campaign" by NYB from Killer Tracks for a lot of the severe coverage.

[@TekkenCorp]

it is 2013 storm alert theme

[@spclanghorne4494]

Titan Warfare by Mark Petrie

[@KratosAurionPlays]

I'm always gonna be weirdly nostalgic for that 2006-2007 storm alert theme.

[@MichaelMangi]

10:44 I've noticed in more recently posted Red Mode captures that they seem to have dropped that opening alert noise, though it's still the alert noise the WC app makes for severe weather notifications.

[@blinxcat]

I've had both versions of the song sitting on my drive but since both seem to be used (with alert noise or not) I included it anyways.

[@MichaelMangi]

@@blinxcat Yeah I think I prefer the alert noise.

[@muffinnnnnnnnn]

The alert noise plays when your area is threatened by whatever triggered Red Mode and doesn't when your area is away from it!

[@kingMT514]

Lawrence of Astoria, Eye of the Storm, both 2006s Storm Alerts, and 2013 Red Mode are straight FIRE 🔥🔥🔥 Edit: Notice how 2013's theme has been used the longest and is still being used (as of 03/2023). They (like myself) must really like it!

[@DesoloZantas]

2:11 Stephen Arnold - Eye Of The Storm (2005 - 2008) Gummy ship to the Weather Channel World -------------------------------- 7:03 Severe Weather (2008) Weather Channel World stage song, roaming the storm world has been invaded by heartless. -------------------------------- 4:11 Storm Alert (2006) You have to fight a demon tide heartless (the heartless tornado from KH3) in the Weather Channel world -------------------------------- 10:44 Storm Alert / Red Mode (2013 - Present) Vanitas....again

[@blinxcat]

what

[@sorrymabbad]

Damn "Storm Alert (2006-2007)" really feels like it came out of a Type-Moon VN lol

[@TheRandomChannel_idk]

2006 theme is fire. 4:11 if you want to listen.

[@aMiyafuji]

Oh wow. The graphics of 2008, when HD tv was becoming standardized. I've always really liked that. It was sharp and clean, which HD really brought out a lot better than SD.

[@guffingtonreal]

the most recent one goes so hard it's like fight music in an adventure game

[@theo5675]

I love the 2004 storm alert it's so classic I use it as my ring tone every hurricane season lol

[@Augustlove801]

storm alert 2006 is the most beautiful music ever

[@Hope4NewDay1]

10:44 Junichi Masuda: "I don't remember composing this song"

[@Noobmoxi]

2006 storm alert is more of a boss fight music

[@captainrex2737]

The current one is absolutely GOATED

[@dxciphr]

this is literally final boss music

[@espurresso]

if you think about it storms are the final bosses of life

[@Bloodlyshiva]

For all our works, we are still puny against Nature when it is truly pissed.

[@ferminstrongvtuber4852]

This sounds more like a videogame ost.

[@enigmaticcosmos]

Those 4 hits at the beginning of "A Perfect Storm" perfectly sum up how Florida was pummeled by all those storms that year!

[@windy4566]

Storm alert 2006 is some final fantasy or kingdom hearts stuff. Got that parasite Eve piano too, no way it wasn’t Yoko shimomura

[@logantafoya8348]

OMG you're right. It was reminding me of some game soundtrack I played back when I was a kid. I just couldn't quite put my tongue on it.

[@logantafoya8348]

The 'Severe Weather' 2008 one kind of reminds me of Parasite Eve, too. Like something you'd hear when in a peaceful area before the mutant Mitochondria creatures have started attacking.

[@carlos_did_a_thing]

Thanks to the algorithm, I am now obsessed with these

[@Etriland]

Now I grew up with Red Mode (I'm 12 and we got cabel in 2014. Man, remember Time Warner Cable? Geez, I feel old), but Storm Alert 2006 and Eye of the Storm are my faves, but I want Eye of the Storm tho

[@KajiBidan]

The amount of these that could be Ace Combat tracks is sending me.

[@StainedGlassLamp]

"A Tornado Watch and Been Issued for Our Area."

[@MachuGamingDX]

Eye of the Storm, without a doubt, the best Storm Alert theme TWC ever made.

[@oinkymomo]

these all go unnecessarily hard

[@TheAbyssalEnderling]

If I had to pick a favorite, it would be the 2006 storm alert theme. I play that one on loop all the time. Second favorite? Either Eye of the Storm or the one used from 2013 to present day.

[@Cosumii]

Eye of the Storm is literally Pokemon Pokecenter music and Storm Alert is the potential champion theme (also gives FF/KH boss vibes fr)

[@TravelAnthony]

they need to bring back "eye of the storm" thats nostalgia

[@koiyune]

4:17 this song has now been confirmed to have been written by Chris Kennedy.

[@brettbousman5070]

None of the other songs have the sense of urgency as the current song has.

[@parkerblackforces]

i like how the music always used to have a sense of urgency to it back then

[@random.1445]

2006 storm alert goes hard 🔥

[@NathanaelLusk]

Totally didn't make Eye of the Storm my ringtone 👀

[@blakemk]

you know shit is about to go down when Storm Alert/Red Mode starts playing

[@typhzilla]

why does storm alert 2006 sound like kingdom hearts music deadass

[@regularshowman3208]

Wait but why do these all go hard

[@cosmicpeaches]

“Eye of the storm” sounds like Pokémon Battle Revolution music to me

[@youngmastereraqueez9558]

IT'S POURING RAIN IN THE COLOSSEUM!

[@RadeonVega64]

same

[@johncole2469]

Listening to this reminds me so much of the historical 2004 and 2005 seasons. The theme from 2013 to present is the screeching one designed to scare people.

[@palletlover8519]

WHY ARE THESE BOSS THEMES?!?

[@ARandomKid-v4m]

Bro why is it like fricking battle music 😭💀

[@awobbles9404]

Oof. That storms lookin’ pretty bad Alexa, play Red Mode-

[@TheJigGang]

when red mode plays yk ur cooked💀

[@JimDandy1082]

I think the 2005-2008 era (2:12 in the video) is the best one. You always knew to come running to the TV to catch the latest on the hurricane that was churning in the Atlantic.

[@AGESRings]

why tf storm alert sounds like it’s coming out of a xenoblade game 😭

[@Maverynthia]

4:12 Storm Alert (2006) - Christopher Kennedy

[@Bbabybear02]

Hurricane Helene 🌀

[@Djstudiosgold]

Lawrence of Astoria is just Metal Gear Solid music.

[@Apt46]

as any american would know, the times when the storm’s health bar show up and then u need to defeat it are the worse!

[@melissahoffman4687]

Storm alert red code 2018 is missing. They would sound it for tornado warnings usually. NEW TWC Storm Alert Music (2018) - KZbin

[@blinxcat]

It's a secondary theme, not a main one

[@thefakeretronaut]

10:44 nostalgia

[@MysteryWill9125]

But it says 2013 to now (present)

[@aMiyafuji]

The final theme could of used the red logo. Would of been a nice touch :3

[@justinbaker9417]

Listening to the 2005-2008 Brings back memories of the night before Katrina hitting our state 😮

[@davidmatthewvinotjr8396]

The 05-08 Local on the 8’s and the 2008 Storm Alert theme (Personally) are the most appropriate sounding ones for a Storm.

[@bobbyjeffsupremelordofcraz3532]

2006 was when a Floridian named John did the windy thing.

[@neil4692]

The current one goes hard