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Subject: ITT: We discuss Halo 4's god awful soundtrack

Well I like 'To Galaxy' and '117'.

  • 11.20.2012 3:19 PM PDT
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You don't get it son. This isn't a mud hole, it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.

Some of Reach's soundtrack was good. But agreed halo 4's ost felt meh.

  • 11.20.2012 3:21 PM PDT

<(-_-)> Teh mokey is not amused

Posted by: OdorousLicense3
It sounds worse than Reach's soundtrack

How could anyone hate reach's soundtrack, it's one of the best things about the game. Honestly halo 4 was very atmospheric but some tracks stood out for me. Obviously 117 but there were several others that sounded good, though I don't know their names on the soundtrack.

  • 11.20.2012 3:22 PM PDT


Posted by: SubtleSpartan
Posted by: OdorousLicense3
It sounds worse than Reach's soundtrack

How could anyone hate reach's soundtrack, it's one of the best things about the game. Honestly halo 4 was very atmospheric but some tracks stood out for me. Obviously 117 but there were several others that sounded good, though I don't know their names on the soundtrack.


Reach had a bad soundtrack too.

  • 11.20.2012 3:23 PM PDT

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I don't think that Halo 4's soundtrack was very good, but that could just be because I'm comparing it to Marty's work.

  • 11.20.2012 3:23 PM PDT
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PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE.

Haven is amazing, what the -blam!- are you talking about?

  • 11.20.2012 3:24 PM PDT
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my gt is Godzillla....i just didnt link it properly

decent

...but when you look at a game like odst ..the music was almost a charcter in the story...saved the game for some people


the h4 soundtrack is good but not a game changer

  • 11.20.2012 3:25 PM PDT

TIE ME TO A TREE!!!!!

Yes, its horrible. The Menu music is just like mass effect, I noticed alot of it was taken from other Sci-Fi Movies, The Composer must have really rushed bad.

They even said we know how important the music is for halo, make it look all good and stuff on the video but its complete rubbish.

  • 11.20.2012 3:26 PM PDT

Halo 4's soundtrack is fantastic.

Requiem's sound is so incredibly rich it blows my mind. Only someone who worked with Massive Attack would be able to accomplish such a perfect "pewww" sound.

Belly of the Beast, Faithless and Ascendancy, especially the second, are very close to what Marty has done. They're not exactly brilliant works of art, but so aren't Marty's similar tracks: they're not supposed to be, they're more like "gameplay music".

Haven's theme (especially the B C B G F# G motif) is just... phenomenal.

Nemesis is awesome. The end. Marty would have never composed this, true, but that just means the composers are different people with different styles.

Solace is very different from Marty's works, but equally as great. Just beautiful!

To Galaxy: dat brass!

Immaterial is just... wow... such sonic richness! Such an organic sound! Truly remarkable.

117: dat -blamming!- theme!

Arrival and Revival are excellent too.

Green and Blue is my favorite one.
Campaign spoilers ahead: you have been warned.
I don't like to listen to this track because it always makes me think of the ending of the final mission, the cinematic with the Chief and Cortana (hence the name), and I have very mixed feelings about that whole... situation: on one hand, it's the culmination of Halo for me (everything about that scene is perfect), on the other it's just so incredibly sad, yet it isn't because, well, it isn't. It's hard to explain. I just can't listen to this in public (the library, for instance) because people start looking and they somehow notice how I'm feeling.
This track is fantastic. The downward (incomplete) arpeggio in B is incredible as well - not the notes themselves (herp, B F# B), but the sound of it.


As a musician who only listens to erudite music (and some Jazz too [Charles Mingus ftw]), I find Davidge's sound to be of an unprecedented richness (especially in "Requiem"), and I value that a lot because, well, I'm very used to the orchestral and piano sounds, and not all this electronic goodness.
Sure, he's not as technical and erudite as Marty is, but they have very different backgrounds, so that's to be expected. His sound is spectacular, though.
Does it sound like Halo to me? Yes it does. It's fresh and new, but it's Halo alright.

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  • 11.20.2012 3:26 PM PDT
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You don't get it son. This isn't a mud hole, it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.


Posted by: WhiteFang0699

Posted by: SubtleSpartan
Posted by: OdorousLicense3
It sounds worse than Reach's soundtrack

How could anyone hate reach's soundtrack, it's one of the best things about the game. Honestly halo 4 was very atmospheric but some tracks stood out for me. Obviously 117 but there were several others that sounded good, though I don't know their names on the soundtrack.


Reach had a bad soundtrack too.


No reach sounded pretty different from the orginal trilogy's ost but it was still good. Its just your opinion and this deep mindless hatred everyone had for halo reach.

  • 11.20.2012 3:28 PM PDT
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I do not want to stop asking. I do not ask to stop wanting.

I love the soundtrack, but the thing is it's too caught up in soundtracking a certain moment than setting an emotional tone for the entire game.

It's not god awful, in fact, it probably ties with Journey and lolME3 for best soundtrack I've heard this year.

Posted by: Ov3RK1LL I666I
The Menu music is just like mass effect


I -blam!-ing despise it when people take something that sounds remotely classic sci fi and immediately associates it with Mass Effect.

[Edited on 11.20.2012 3:33 PM PST]

  • 11.20.2012 3:29 PM PDT
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Yeah, it's pretty terrible.

  • 11.20.2012 3:35 PM PDT

Every time you say something is old your dick shrinks.

In every halo game before 4 I have only noticed like two songs that stuck out and that was the main theme and heavy priced paid.
Really I don't think Halo's soundtracks are that great compared to other games that had more tunes that did stick out.

[Edited on 11.20.2012 3:38 PM PST]

  • 11.20.2012 3:37 PM PDT


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Posted by: WhiteFang0699

Posted by: SubtleSpartan
Posted by: OdorousLicense3
It sounds worse than Reach's soundtrack

How could anyone hate reach's soundtrack, it's one of the best things about the game. Honestly halo 4 was very atmospheric but some tracks stood out for me. Obviously 117 but there were several others that sounded good, though I don't know their names on the soundtrack.


Reach had a bad soundtrack too.


No reach sounded pretty different from the orginal trilogy's ost but it was still good. Its just your opinion and this deep mindless hatred everyone had for halo reach.

I enjoyed Halo Reach's multiplayer and Customs, campaign...eh not so much. It was nice for Bungie to add in Space Combat, I thought it was a great addition to the game.

  • 11.20.2012 3:38 PM PDT
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I really dislike the soundtrack, and I think that Reach's was incredible. It's not an automatic disdain because Martin and Michael didn't do this one; they're just better at creating strong themes. Reach didn't use many of the same themes from the trilogy, but it was all beautiful.

All opinions.

  • 11.20.2012 3:41 PM PDT

You're arguments are invalid, this is one of the greatest Halo OST's ever.

  • 11.20.2012 3:44 PM PDT

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On the topic of halo 4 music, whats the name of the tune that plays when you're on the didacts ship putting cortana in the consoles to shut down the shield around the composer?

  • 11.20.2012 3:45 PM PDT
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I do not want to stop asking. I do not ask to stop wanting.


Posted by: SubtleSpartan
On the topic of halo 4 music, whats the name of the tune that plays when you're on the didacts ship putting cortana in the consoles to shut down the shield around the composer?


"Arrival".

The guy above you posted it.

  • 11.20.2012 3:45 PM PDT

If we disagree, it's nothing personal, opinions are opinions.
Antagonizing me to build a false sense of worth is so damn cute.

Brighten your day with science.

Felt off in places, but not horrible. The ending music was nice.

[Edited on 11.20.2012 3:46 PM PST]

  • 11.20.2012 3:46 PM PDT

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What house has a rocket pod, has legs, and has a long narrow barrel that probably shoots something powerful?

Sounds like you're describing the lower half of my body, actually.

They all were pretty terrible. None of them really pulled me in. Jeremy soule, Marty, and some others I can't think right now can do that for me.

  • 11.20.2012 3:48 PM PDT

No

Well I liked it.

  • 11.20.2012 4:15 PM PDT

Better than 3's soundtrack although CE was the best

  • 11.20.2012 4:17 PM PDT

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In the way of part of the new Germany was Poland so Hitler and Stalin took it over so Germany could grow.

What.

Really? I absolutely loved it. Sure, it didn't sound like Halo, but that shouldn't be a problem. I think it fits the feel of the new trilogy much more.

The best tracks are Requiem, Haven, Legacy, Nemesis, 117, Arrival, and Green and Blue.

  • 11.20.2012 4:36 PM PDT

So you went to the trouble of clicking on my profile, either to send a group invite or hate message, or to check my Halo stats and call me a BK. I like Peanut Butter Waffles.

Listen to Solace.

  • 11.20.2012 4:42 PM PDT

I actually think Revival was the best on the Soundtrack. Especially when you have the voices chanting.

  • 11.20.2012 4:44 PM PDT