diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 8f33d9500e..0519fccb98 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			orderManager.LastTickTime = Environment.TickCount;
 			orderManager.StartGame();
 			worldRenderer.RefreshPalette();
+
+			if (!isShellmap)
+				Sound.PlayNotification(null, "Speech", "StartGame", orderManager.world.LocalPlayer.Country.Race);
 		}
 
 		public static bool IsHost
diff --git a/mods/cnc/notifications.yaml b/mods/cnc/notifications.yaml
index 2509fe17ce..48e4d674ed 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/notifications.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/notifications.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Speech:
 		BaseAttack: baseatk1
 		HarvesterAttack:
 		Leave: batlcon1
+		StartGame:
 		UnitReady: unitredy
 		NoBuild: nobuild1
 		Training: bldging1
diff --git a/mods/d2k/notifications.yaml b/mods/d2k/notifications.yaml
index 35bf5d8aea..46af2a46c6 100644
--- a/mods/d2k/notifications.yaml
+++ b/mods/d2k/notifications.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Speech:
 		BaseAttack: ATACK
 		HarvesterAttack: HATTK
 		Leave: ABORT
+		StartGame:
 		UnitReady: UNRDY
 		NoRoom: NROOM
 		Training: TRAIN
diff --git a/mods/ra/bits/bctrinit.aud b/mods/ra/bits/bctrinit.aud
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdc233b175
Binary files /dev/null and b/mods/ra/bits/bctrinit.aud differ
diff --git a/mods/ra/notifications.yaml b/mods/ra/notifications.yaml
index 3f0251cc00..cfcde2d486 100644
--- a/mods/ra/notifications.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/notifications.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Speech:
 		BaseAttack: baseatk1
 		HarvesterAttack:
 		Leave: bct1
+		StartGame: bctrinit
 		UnitReady: unitrdy1
 		NoBuild: nobuild1
 		Training: train1