Halo 4 Soundtrack Samples

[Korten12]

Spoiler: Part 1

Spoiler: Part 2

So far, my favorite is Reqiuem and Solace... This is easily becoming my favorite Halo Soundtrack.

 

[Dalek Caan]

Favorite: Arrival.

Least Favorite: Requiem.

Most Haloey(?): Revival.

It's a good soundtrack, but I think ODST will always be my favorite.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I like Green and Blue, but this doesn't really sound too Halo to me. It's like when Mass Effect moved away from Jack Wall and got Clint Mansell instead. Marty O'Donnell wove familiar elements into each halo game while keeping each game's soundtrack unique.

This one feels just too alien. The alien feeling could be effective given the setting, but I see very little to tie it in with the former games' soundtracks.

EDIT: I also like "To Galaxy". Had some of the more signature string section in it.

 

[Korten12]

None of them sound anything like any of those you posted. I hate progress

This one feels just too alien. The alien feeling could be effective given the setting, but I see very little to tie it in with the former games' soundtracks.

Like I said to a person on the Halo Waypoint forums, Halo 4 is a new direction, style, tone, setting, and atmosphere from the same games. Similar to how Halo ODST had a radically different style then Halo 1, 2, and 3.

If it had stayed the same, the older soundtracks wouldn't have fit in Halo 4.

 

[monkeymo4d]

Like I said to a person on the Halo Waypoint forums, Halo 4 is a new direction, style, tone, setting, and atmosphere from the same games. Similar to how Halo ODST had a radically different style then Halo 1, 2, and 3.

If it had stayed the same, the older soundtracks wouldn't have fit in Halo 4.

ODST was different because it had a different hero and altogether a different sort of plot but it still sounded like something from the halo universe. Listen to the ODST soundtrack again and you'll hear that it's a blend between Halo music and Noire detective-style music. Fairly deliberate because you're playing as a soldier trying to uncover clues to his squad's whereabouts by traveling the dark streets at night with only a mysterious AI providing hints.

This music? Bleep boop beep followed by hyperventilating. It's fine, it just doesn't feel like a halo soundtrack, it feels very much like a Metroid Prime soundtrack. I liked Metroid Prime, don't get me wrong, but it isn't Halo, the themes are completely different. I'm worried particularly because the composer said he was a fan of Halo. That doesn't bode well. It's like someone thinking they can write a Discworld novel because they're a fan of Terry Pratchett.

While I may agree that Marty's iconic scores have definately become a staple for the halo franchice, I dont think Halo should be limited to rehashing them just for nostalgia sake. Like Korten12 said Halo 4 is looking to take the franchise in a new direction so ultimately a change in thematic score was more of a neccesity. I mean if you think about Halo 4 is supposed to be a new beginning of some sort so naturally its gonna change.

Besides I dont think halo odst 's and Halo reach's soundtracks sounded like halo because they carried any of the themes found in previous games in them (in fact by my count Halo odst had only 3 songs which sounded similar to halo 1, 2 and 3 while Reach had 1) , what made them Halo was Marty's recognisable style and the feelings we derived from them while playing a halo game.

Spoiler: for example

This is probably my favourite song in the halo franchise and yet its completely different to Marty's previous themes. So why do I still insist on saying its a halo song. Because it captured the feeling of loneliness I was experienced while I was walking in the dark deserted streets of mombasa , in a halo game.For me a good soundtrack isnt the one which sounds similar to its predessesors but takes a theme and makes it its own to better convey the emotions it wants the player to expirience .

OT: I really like Reqium . It has a trippy Im so high sort of tranqulity.

 

[Erttheking]

I like Green and Blue, but this doesn't really sound too Halo to me. It's like when Mass Effect moved away from Jack Wall and got Clint Mansell instead. Marty O'Donnell wove familiar elements into each halo game while keeping each game's soundtrack unique.

This one feels just too alien. The alien feeling could be effective given the setting, but I see very little to tie it in with the former games' soundtracks.

EDIT: I also like "To Galaxy". Had some of the more signature string section in it.

Personally I kind of like that the soundtrack is going in a different direction, it keeps the series from going stale and just doing the same thing over and over again, but to each his own.

 

[Korten12]

So why do I still insist on saying its a halo song. Because it captured the feeling of loneliness I was experienced while I was walking in the dark deserted streets of mombasa , in a halo game.For me a good soundtrack isnt the one which sounds similar to its predessesors but takes a theme and makes it its own to better convey the emotions it wants the player to expirience .

So, what you're saying is, I should wait until I play the game and see how the music feels in context before I start declaring war on the new composer.

Okay, the music does not fill me with hope for the direction of Halo but I could be wrong and it could be awesome. Have the full version of Requiem for your trouble:

Spoiler

That isn't Requiem, the sample posted above has a different tone.

Also Context makes EVERYTHING. A song being in the right situation makes everything better.

Halo 4 is NOT Halo 1 - 3, it's a new story with the same main character, it's a new chapter, a new style, and tone, a darker tone then the previous games. If they kept the same style it would be boring. This new soundtrack is refreshing and would suck if it was just Halo 1 - 3 over again.

Also I loved ODST, but it didn't sound Halo at all... But it was Halo becuase HALO MUSIC ISN'T DEFINED BY ONE STYLE.

People have been hearing Marty for over a decade now and got it into his head that his style is Halo music. The is more to Halo's music then just Marty. Personally I feel the new soundtrack is more remisansant of Halo then ODST or Reach.