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[NippleViking]

1:40 is sheer magic.

 

[Wurdfurd]

Now this, this is Halo.

Sounds fresh, but authentically Halo.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Under Cover of Night has always been my favourite track in the Halo series, but it seems to be overlooked from the other popular tracks from the series.

My brotha. Under Cover of Night is GOAT-tier.

This music is good, I just hope we get a new variant of the 'classic' main theme like we did with Halo 1/2 and 3.

 

[TheOddOne]

Monks, everywhere.

 

[Disgraced]

I like this more than 4's.

 

[Truant]

Some of the stuff in the opening minutes are pretty harmonically complex for your dudebro holiday shooter game.

I'm impressed.

 

[Fehyd]

Sounds like a bit more "grown up" Halo theme. Still preferred Halo 4 (117)

Halo's original music always sounds so hokey to me.

 

[Biggzy]

I get goosebumps every time I hear the monk chants, they are just so synonymous with Halo at this point.

 

[BluenoseGames]

Perfect.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

I hope we get some tracks similar to Peril or In Amber Clad!

 

[Noobcraft]

Funny. I was thinking I liked what I heard around 9.35 or so.

VMC projects are all NDA'd. Just a heads up for if/when ninjas appear.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

lol i swore of halo and buying an xbox one, but oh well, I guess not. Must hold out for reviews rather than buying on hype. Ahh.

 

[wesleyshark]

VMC projects are all NDA'd. Just a heads up for if/when ninjas appear.

Ninjas have appeared. And the menus looks amazing. I will not repost or link to it though.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Yep as usual the soundtrack will be on point. This was great.

 

[Monocle]

Sounds like a bit more "grown up" Halo theme. Still preferred Halo 4 (117)

Halo's original music always sounds so hokey to me.

Jeez... Hope you're not part of a focus group for this series.

 

[Fred Feuerstein]

It is great indeed. Enjoyed listening to that!

 

[shiba5]

So, so good.

 

[Human_me]

I'm pretty impressed.
Hype level rising.

 

[RSB]

Fun fact it was originally from Oni.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz0vr-KAqow

Heh, one of my favorite tracks in the franchise was also from an earlier Bungie game:

Halo 2 - Pursuit of Truth

Marathon - Leela

And here's the Anniversary version as a bonus: Halo 2 Anniversary - Charity's Irony

BTW, I'm really liking those snippets from the Halo 5 soundtrack. Halo will sound like Halo once again. Good.

 

[Sojgat]

I like this a lot more than the Halo 4 OST.

Actually sounds like Halo.

 

[Izuna]

Steal-edits and NDA breaking going on in here.

 

[spannicus]

Steal-edits and NDA breaking going on in here.

Hehe dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn

 

[JordanKZ]

This is an extremely solid track. Up there with Reach, which is still my favourite Halo soundtrack.

Seriously though, Winter Contingency.

 

[LightningXCE]

Heh, one of my favorite tracks in the franchise was also from an earlier Bungie game:

Halo 2 - Pursuit of Truth

Marathon - Leela

And here's the Anniversary version as a bonus: Halo 2 Anniversary - Charity's Irony

BTW, I'm really liking those snippets from the Halo 5 soundtrack. Halo will sound like Halo once again. Good.

It's also in Destiny as the Gatelord music!

https://youtu.be/hHhoDOHM7pk

 

[Bsigg12]

Finally got around to listening to this, wow. I can't wait.

 

[rokkerkory]

This is an extremely solid track. Up there with Reach, which is still my favourite Halo soundtrack.

Seriously though, Winter Contingency.

yeah this is very nice

 

[secretanchitman]

Sounds great. Every game has an amazing soundtrack and Halo 5 is no exception.

 

[Kibbles]

No, these betas are paid work, and run through a company called VMC. You have to be signed up with them to be in with the chance to participate.

https://www.vmc.com/games/GBTN/

I'm surprised Microsoft deals with them after all the leaks that end up from them.

 

[Bsigg12]

I'm surprised Microsoft deals with them after all the leaks that end up from them.

Even with the leaks, the tests are still super helpful for developers since they are all guided and require a survey to be filled out. It's probably one of the best ways they have of getting legitimate responses to certain things the dev team are trying to fix or optimize with people across the country.

 

[Dreadnought]

I'll be honest the first 3 minutes sounds like a bunch of different stuff thrown in there and it's really off putting to me

Don't really like it, there's no central melody to the theme its just a bunch of mixed up stuff

 

[BulletBees]

The piano part around 2 minutes sounds a lot like the Gaming Historians theme on Youtube. Huh.

 

[todd360]

When the piano starts the song goes from great to god tier.

 

[NullPointer]

This is really great stuff.

Music in the e3 stage demo didn't leave a single solitary impression, but this pulls me through all kinds of expansive Halo goodness. Sounds like there are distinct elements from each game to be found here too - definitely heard notes of Halo 3 and Reach in there among others. Beautiful.

And yeah, this draws me to the game in ways that demo reels and gameplay footage can't muster. This is a direct shot to my Halo lizard brain.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Steal-edits and NDA breaking going on in here.

Somebody call the whambulance.

 

[BleedOrange]

I'll be honest the first 3 minutes sounds like a bunch of different stuff thrown in there and it's really off putting to me

Don't really like it, there's no central melody to the theme its just a bunch of mixed up stuff

It a compilation of the first couple minutes of multiple songs..... I guess it wasn't clear enough.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I'll be honest the first 3 minutes sounds like a bunch of different stuff thrown in there and it's really off putting to me

Don't really like it, there's no central melody to the theme its just a bunch of mixed up stuff

I don't think it's actually the 'main theme', as people here are calling it. It's the main menu music. That's always been a lot of stuff thrown together.

 

[A.D. Skinner]

Funny. I was thinking I liked what I heard around 9.35 or so.

I"m pretty sure VMC invited me into a Halo 5 Beta. It was called Project Hg, I assumed that stood for Halo Guardians. It was only to play for 2 hours on a Sunday morning which was going to be too early for me so I declined.

The code names have never been relevant to the game being tested, this Hg would be a coincidence.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Under Cover of Night has always been my favourite track in the Halo series, but it seems to be overlooked from the other popular tracks from the series.

My brotha. Under Cover of Night is GOAT-tier.

This music is good, I just hope we get a new variant of the 'classic' main theme like we did with Halo 1/2 and 3.

Seriously, all the stuff being linked is great, especially this. Halo has some excellent OST's.

 

[Apsjdbeosnsosnsjsnaos]

I'm surprised Microsoft deals with them after all the leaks that end up from them.

I mean VMC can only do so much. The developer should have something in-game that can't be hidden easily to prevent people from posting leaks.

The threat of an NDA and console bans doesn't do anything, clearly.

 

[Blue Ninja]

On a musical note, I'm still looking for the name of the track used here.

I first heard it on the Halo 3 Legendary edition bonus content and it's been taunting me ever since. 343 reusing it just hurt me.

 

[Dreadnought]

Seriously, all the stuff being linked is great, especially this. Halo has some excellent OST's.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PmLUGk2bGK8

Another classic

 

[EdReedFan20]

This is the kind of music I've always felt Halo deserves. I'll personally never understand the the praise for the soundtracks for Halo 1 and 2. Apart from the incredibly awesome main theme (and a few other moments), the rest of those soundtracks were mostly atmospheric tracks (like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7gzk0pAw3g&list=PLxoOpZa54NksiD8p9EWkcgt81eotkv-Xv&index=21). To me, Halo always deserved a symphonic soundtrack with sweeping strings and blowing horns (a la Star Wars). This cue from Halo 5 is what I wanted Halo's music to sound like (for the most part).

 

[NullPointer]

To me, Halo always deserved a symphonic soundtrack with sweeping strings and blowing horns (a la Star Wars). This cue from Halo 5 is what I wanted Halo's music to sound like (for the most part).

For me, Halo 4's Composer intro cut-scene got way too close to Star Wars for comfort.

 

[gbpackers25]

Who is composing the soundtrack for this game? Is it still Neil Davidge?

 

[Gravemind IV]

It definitely has its own sound, but still very much inspired by the classics. I really dig it, an infiniton better than 'mute me now' halo 4 menu music.

 

[Twin Tails]

Who is composing the soundtrack for this game? Is it still Neil Davidge?

http://www.halopedia.org/Kazuma_Jinnouchi

 

[MrGreencastle]

Day 1.

 

[gbpackers25]

http://www.halopedia.org/Kazuma_Jinnouchi

Never heard of him but he has a good track record. The music I've heard so far has been great

 

[Elginer]

Fuck me that's good. That's damn good. Soooo much better than Halo 4. 343 may actually do good.

 

[Fata1moose]

The piano around 2 minutes is really awesome, excited to see that contextualized in campaign.

As far as all time favorite Halo tracks:
Under Cover of Night + Bits and Pieces are hard to beat.