shinobi602
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Halo 4 composers revealed
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We don't know that.
The ODST soundtrack was great at establishing a feeling of isolation but there wasn't anywhere near as many standout pieces as there was on the Halo 1 or Halo 2 soundtracks, imo.
There isn't anything on the ODST soundtrack that tops covenant dance, unforgotten, brothers in arms, unyielding, peril or of course the main theme, to name a few.
I could have sworn Frankie said it was a legal/commitment/loose ends type of reason. Not so much a 'shocking reveal' thing. They even said that Neil Davidge composed the Halo 4 teaser previously.
Blue Ninja
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Especially since Frankie revealed Davidge had worked on it (well, the announcement trailer) all the way back in June. A while later we didn't hear anything about it anymore, so a lot of us just assumed he'd been replaced.
Outside of community thread, there wasn't real hype for this anyway.
Haha. No way in hell.
ElzarTheBam
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This, it was some legal issues that was with holding the reveal, if I remember correctly.
The English Conquistador
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Quality of what? The orchestra and recording? Sure. Quality of composition? No. It will be lesser.
The English Conquistador
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Lol says who? You? The mighty Gilgamesh?
Blue Ninja
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Say what you will about Reach, but it had some damn fine music.
So says the mighty Sumerian god-king, extrapolating from the extreme mediocrity of the two film tracks and vidoc track.
The English Conquistador
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Very true, the main menu music was great, called Overture.
And the track that plays when a bunch of Warthogs are charging, called Tip of the Spear.
I can no longer take anything you post seriously.
InaudibleWhispa
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Massive Attack's Mezzanine is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the 90's. It's really, really good and according to Wikipedia:
"Most of the songs were started and co-written by Neil Davidge, but Davidge did not receive any writing credit on the record, stating in an interview with Australian magazine Audio Technology that the band already had to pay too much for the use of samples on the record to be able to afford to give him credit as well."
That he was involved with that album alone gets me excited.
"Most of the songs were started and co-written by Neil Davidge, but Davidge did not receive any writing credit on the record, stating in an interview with Australian magazine Audio Technology that the band already had to pay too much for the use of samples on the record to be able to afford to give him credit as well."
That he was involved with that album alone gets me excited.
The English Conquistador
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Lol holy shit...the music that plays at 50 seconds and just after that at 1.05...absolutely mesmerizing.
OverHeat
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Best Halo ost confirmed.
GarthVaderUK
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Direct link to the new behind the scenes vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXptECKMbP4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXptECKMbP4
I admit... that music bored me to death. I don't feel the magic
I don't want to upset anyone who likes it though, my taste obviously differs. The sound of the strings is too thin, and relies too much on electronic style to fill the empty space. The music doesn't convey to me that something is happening.
The English Conquistador
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Every piece that plays in that video...lost for words.
GarthVaderUK
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Sounds fantastic, I'm really happy they got someone who actually plays the games!
Future PhaZe
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So...mezzanine...one of my favorite albums of all time and inception/dark knight...two films in which the scores basically MADE the films.
I like Marty but...this sounds unreal.
I like Marty but...this sounds unreal.
The English Conquistador
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Yup lol. Outstanding. I loved every piece of music in that video.
Miggytronz
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OMG
Blue Ninja
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So Davidge is composing and Dunkley is conducting. Makes sense.
I like the direction it's going in from the video; not trying to replicate Marty, but move in a whole new direction. That is a good thing.
I didn't latch onto any memorable cue or melody from the video, and though it was just all snippets I was hoping for some piece to make a stronger statement. Hopefully we get a better sample in the longer piece to be released.
I didn't latch onto any memorable cue or melody from the video, and though it was just all snippets I was hoping for some piece to make a stronger statement. Hopefully we get a better sample in the longer piece to be released.
...GODLIKE
Blue Ninja
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I'm not feeling it. I like the first music piece in the video, but after that... Meh.
I admit... that music bored me to death. I don't feel the magic
I don't want to upset anyone who likes it though, my taste obviously differs. The sound of the strings is too thin, and relies too much on electronic style to fill the empty space. The music doesn't convey to me that something is happening.
Agreed. I wasn't feeling it either. I thought the part beginning at 0:50 was just terrible, like I was about to hear some dubstep breakdown or something.
The part starting around 2:15 was the only thing I halfway liked in the entire video. The rest sounded like LotR outtakes.
Bornstellar
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Ahhhh yeah.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Yeah, I read the thread, did you read the TOS?
Deadly Cyclone
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Wow, that beat at :50. Sounds great. I get a lonely/upbeat vibe from it, with some Metal Gear in there along with the Halo.
KidA Seven
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dat music
WickedCobra03
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Because of this, Marty is forever my hero. Like Halo Wars was really good, but didn't match the mainline 3+ODST Halo games. I liked his work in the previous 3 games, but there is not a "just an okay song" on the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack.
The jury is still out on Halo:CE Anniversary due to me just getting it.
{edit} I am not at all poo-pooing their efforts, but as anyone who has heard ODST's soundtrack, there is a lot of work to live up to that. Marty and Michael also had like almost a decade to perfect his sound and play with it as they will with multiple games.
therealminime
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I quite like the stuff I heard in that video. Nothing that got me all chilly like Marty's music, but I am totally content with what they are doing.
Shake Appeal
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Well, there's two things here. First, Davidge's strengths probably don't lie in crafting indelible melodies, but his sound design and use of texture, especially electronic sounds and processing, destroys Marty's. Second, the Halo melodies are so ingrained in your imagination at this point, reused, reworked, developed across ten years of repeated gameplay, that it's probably hard to remember what it was like to hear them fresh -- they may have been less 'memorable' when they appeared in trailers in 2001.
And with regard to that processed electronic stuff, I kind of hope that's a big aspect of it, and less the kind of sweeping, 'epic' orchestral score that videogames have run into the ground. ODST had my favourite Halo music in part because it was tight, muted, and used new sounds and tones.
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