Halo Music

What Halo game has your favorite music? Personally, I like Reach and Halo 4, but I want to know what you guys think. (Feel free to go on rants about how the themes get repeated over and over again and how you may or may not think this is annoying.)

Personally I feel that Halo 1 and 4 have the best music. Halo 3's soundtrack also is a heavy contender though.

Matrillex wrote:

I liked Halo: Reach, Halo 2, Halo 4, and Halo 3.

yeah, they are pretty good. I especially like Reach and 4.

There can be no choosing. Even the post-Marty music, which should have been a let down, was a great addition to the franchise. Halo may not always get everything right, but they always manage to get the music right.

My favorite soundtrack is definately halo 5. I usually listen to music at work, specifically music with no lyrics as I find it hard to work when there is words lol :P, and I almost listen to the halo 5 soundtrack daily... atleast once or twice a week... its that good.

Halo CE and H3 music is beautiful

They are ALL fantastic, but Halo 3 was my first experience of Marty O'Donnell's genius so I'll go with that.

Halo 2, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 3 & Halo 4

Halo 2 would probably be my favorite. The variety of music in that game is just unmatched by any of the others. It has variety from the sadness of Remembrance to the cheerfulness of Peril, and from there to the almost stressful tone of Ancient machines. Each of the pieces has its own unique sound that fits the particular moment in the game. One thing I have to say though is that I don't like Blow Me Away as much as others do. I can't say it's bad, but I think it's one of the weakest pieces on the track.

When it comes to rest of the soundtracks, I think CE is amazing for similar reasons as Halo 2, though it doesn't perhaps have as much variety. But it nonetheless uses a great variety of instruments to create an interesting mix. Halo 3 ODST I have to commend for the fact that the soundtrack managed to be unified in tone without being repetitive (for repetitive, see Halo 5).

Halo 3 has went lower over the years in my books. It's a solid soundtrack, but something about it pales in comparison to the above three. I guess it's a bit less varied in tone, and the theme is too standard to be as interesting as that of ODST. Halo Reach, on the other hand, I've come to like more over time, though I haven't yet figured out whether it's just my tastes changing, or the poor quality of the Halo 4 and 5 soundtracks that have made me more appreciative of all of Marty's work.

And speaking of Halo 4 and 5, the most appropriate adjectives to describe these two are "generic" and "repetitive". What in Halo 4 isn't ruined by the obnoxious electronic sounds just doesn't sound very special in any way or form. When it comes to Halo 5, two things: 1) not every piece needs to turn action packed halfway through, variety is key, 2) the first 1 minute and 33 seconds of Warrior World was great, and the first half a minute of Covenant Prayers was interesting. I have to give credit where credit is due, and if 343i just were more daring with this sort of stuff, we could get something great. But the fact that the Halo 5 soundtrack only has two minutes of content I find exciting enough to say something positive about from over two hours of music speaks volumes about how uninteresting the soundtrack is.

EDIT: Just realized while relistening to the Halo 5 soundtrack that the rest of Covenant Prayers didn't go as I remembered, so scratch that part about first half a minute. Although I don't think the overly dramatic violins fit the theme of the song, it's altogether a unique part of the soundtrack and represents a step in the right direction.

1. Halo Reach
2. Halo 3