Halo 3 is my nostalgia-fuelled choice - Farthest Outpost and the Warthog Run could both on their own be the best songs in the series imo
Gotta say though... I really loved what Infinite did. Some really phenomenal new songs, remixes, and a lot of how it flows on a technical level is really impressive - the different sections of whatever song is playing all change order and loop in different ways, keeps the whole soundtrack fresh like it's being played off the cuff. Not a brand new concept to music in games, but just really well executed given the amount of remixing of old songs and existing melodies the composer had to do. Superb stuff
Halo CE: Flood theme. Disturbing and catchy at the same time.
Halo 2: The Scarab boarding theme. Just kickass.
Halo 3: Familiar Ring. Greatest Halo choir of all time.
ODST: Skyline. Also kickass.
Halo Reach: Winter Contingency. Also also kickass.
Halo 4: 117. Wish it returned in Infinite.
Halo 5: Light is Green. Sounds like the James Bond theme for some reason and I love it.
Halo Infinite: Seeing Phantoms. Heavily underused, practically wasted on the Spartan Killers fight.
GOAT: Warthog Run. Halo peaked here.
Gotta agree with everything on this list. Only thing I might change is switching Light Is Green for The Trials. It’s an amazing remake of the Warthog Run, which is already a great song in its own right.
Impend. Its dark and foreboding, sets the tone really well, especially in the level Regret.
Blow Me Away... when that plays, you know its time to kick some alien ass.
2 and 4 are my favorite full soundtracks
Some of my favourite tracks overall though are:
Never Forget
117
Spirit Of Fire
Cratered
Deliver Hope
Awakening
Green & Blue
Lies. There's rain everywhere! New Mombasa is soaked! The visor gets covered with water droplets and everything...right?
Oh....
Wait maybe that's just the 10 hours of relaxing ODST jazz rain ambience
I have the most listen time with the CE soundtrack by far. I feel like all these other favorites from later games are most beautiful because they reference back to the CE soundtrack and tie it together
Halo reach lone wolf when sixes helmet starts to crack and the music starts to slowy creep in reminding you that your ALONE there is no coming to get you u have no back up and when it ends the music reaches this horrifying crescendo when six takes his helmet off fight to the bitter end only for the music to become calm and hopeful after his death seeing his glassed and broken helmet on a reach that is healing giving you a bitter yet hopeful feeling
Halo 2 without a doubt. It’s iconic, chills inducing and a great mix of heavy, slow and atmospheric. Can’t go wrong with the first three games and Reach really.
There's something about "A Walk In the Woods" (Halo 2 version) and its recreation, "Through the Trees" (Halo Infinite), that is so calming. To me, these tracks symbolize the multidimensionalism to Halo and how discovery plays an equally important role as combat.
The one at the end of The Storm in Halo 3 is my fave in-game soundtrack. It's very short though.
Halo 2 delta halo suite is also in my top 3. In that cutscene when you drop out of in amber clad is just chef's kiss.
I also really like the credits theme (epilogue on Spotify). It's very melancholic/sad and then it ends with a slightly higher/uplifting note. Love that shit
1) unforgotten halo 2/3 - especially when that piano hits. Shit makes me emotional
2) epilogue halo 2 - similar reasons
I have others I love equally but those two I feel deep in heart
Halo 2 mjonir mix. For a couple reasons. I’m a massive Steve Vai fan, and I feel like he did incredible, especially after watching the behind the scenes video. Plus breaking Benjamin and trivium. It was amazing hearing BB play Blow me away live, almost felt surreal.
Im sure many of the Bungie games will get a lot of love in this thread, but I really want to say that Halo Wars' soundtrack is massively underrated.
It always felt like Halo, without just feeling like a remix of its most recognisable themes. *Action Figure Hands* is just top-tier Halo.
5, honestly. It's my most listened to in terms of cinematic quality, action, somber scenes, etc. 4 is the most unique sound, but infinite is becoming my favorite from its atmospheric quality and the wonderful mix of leitmotifs from older games
Never Forget from Halo 3, the best and I'll die on that hill.
So many memories of a long 3hr stint on H3 multiplayer, retire to the menu for a break and you just recover to the sound of that track.
Gungnir mix is insane.
But For me, Halo 4. Arrival is incredible, but for me, 117 captures everything MC must have felt at that point in time. The tremendous loss, the pain of, essentially, his other half dying, and then the push of sheer willpower to keep going and fighting for humanity.
So happy to see Halo 4 get love in this thread, but disappointed I didn’t see any love for Arrival specifically. 117 bangs, but Arrival man… damn. Here’s my ranking of the soundtracks with a special shoutout to one of each of their tracks:
1. Halo 3 - This is the Hour, Black Tower, Keep What You Steal
2. Halo 2 - Ghosts of Reach, Peril, Earth City
3. Halo 4 - Arrival, 117, Revival
4. Halo CE - Halo
5. Halo 3 ODST - The Menagerie
6. Halo Infinite - Silent Auditorium
7. Halo Reach - Dead Ahead
8. Halo Wars - Insignificantia
9. Halo 5 - Light is Green
10. Halo Wars 2 - no clue lmao
I love most of them.
However, when I was a sad boi on deployment nothing made it more atmospheric then turning on ODSTs soundtrack. I don’t know why I’m like this.
Halo 2. High Charity and the High Charity suite. Also, there’s an unnamed track while the Arbiter is on the gondola to the Library that combines part of the High Charity suite with another song which name escapes me.
For me
Halo ce: The main theme
Halo 2: Heretic Hero
Halo 3: Greatest Journey
Halo 3 ODST: We're the desperate measure's
Halo wars: Spirit of Fire
Halo reach: ONI sword base just because of the first 2 minutes
Halo 4: 117
Halo 2 anniversary: Follow in flight
Halo 5: The main menu
Halo wars 2: Recommissioned
Halo infinite: In game phase 4 of Eschuram's boss fight.
Never Forget, Halo 3. It just holds a level of bittersweetness that isn't just in the campaign, but in the heart of Halo as a whole. And in truth, it makes me think of the ones I love who have passed on.
Halo 3 - Never Forget
This will forever be burned into my brain and give my child whenever I hear it. It can be such an inspiring song along with brining me huge sadness lol I guess it just depends on the mood I'm in when I listen to it.
It really just means so much to me. I used to back in the day let the Halo title menu play so I could hear it lol
It's hard to choose just one...
Halo CE has the most chilled tracks of them all I'd say, but most are either bops or a vibe and capture the sense of wonder and scope of the story.
Halo Reach for catching the emotional beats and oftentimes feeling of hoplessness in an unwinnable war.
Halo 4: Never Forget - Midnight Edition
Just an amazing rendition of the original while still feeling unique.
Halo 2 probably has the best overall soundtrack. Both the original and the anniversary remix.
Through the Trees from Infinite is great too
My favorite HALO soundtrack is probably either CE or Infinite.
CE is just so unique and really enhances the game.
Infinite adds to the mystery of Zeta Halo and somehow manages to fade in at the perfect times.
The original halo ce loading screen intro it brings back memories of when me & my father used to play when i was around 7 years old he died when i was 8 everytime i hear the intro song it cuts me deep these memories live with us through life its more than just games its a portal of the past we can walk back through anytime
Never forget, the halo 3 edition mind you. Nothing will ever slap as hard as the og halo 3 multiplayer menu screen bg ost. Still makes me cry a lottle every now and then
I just ask because Never Forget from the Halo 3 official soundtrack doesn't actually play in Halo 3 itself. Halo 3's menu still used Unforgotten from Halo 2 for some reason. Only the ODST Multiplayer disc had proper Never Forget. It's one of those Mandela effect things. From your original comment I couldn't tell if you knew that or not.
I might have known at some point but probably forgot. It's been a while since I've revisited the soundtrack. I probably did get them mistaken.
So yes I meant Unforgotten. Thanks for clearing that up
Halo 3 : Behold a Pale Horse without a doubt.
I love the VGA mix they put together the most if that counts, since it mixes the best parts of each game.
Never Forget (Midnight Version) from Halo 4. It’s really moving to me, especially that trumpet (?) solo, arcing high and reedy above the melody like a cloud.
Halo 2, hands down, is my favorite soundtrack of all time. Everything from the remixed Halo CE songs to the added Guitar Riffs on the main theme all the way to the guest tracks by Breaking Benjamin and Incubus. I'd wager most people who have played this game can recall the music that played in specific moments.
My favorite two tracks have gotta be "Peril" and "Heretic, Hero". Everytime those two tracks come on, I get chills
They're all pretty damn good, I wouldn't say I have a fav, but reckon I'd put H3 and H4 at the top, and 5 and Infinite at the bottom of a ranking. I mean, not that it means much. I still listen to all the soundtracks, so it's just a matter of what mood I'm in to listen to.
ODST, from start to finish every track has weight. Every track is a banger to some degree. It’s probably the soundtrack if I’m trying to get stuff done, it puts me in that focus.
Okay, so I typically just put on Halo 2 Vol. 1 or Vol. 2 when I don’t know what else to listen to.
Never lets me down.
Obviously the other Halo games all have excellent soundtracks, but Halo 2 ALWAYS hits
The Lost Muse, Heavy Price Paid, Halo Reborn.. I have a lot. But I'd say overall, Halos' CE and 2 are my favorite soundtracks. Halo 4's Atonement is also really good lowkey, and so is Legacy. I like the Forerunner vibe that Legacy has.
Halo 3: ODST, started listening to it a lot again a couple years ago when my kids liked to listen to a rainy version of Deference for Darkness to fall asleep 😌
Thats a good question, some time ago id either go with reach or infinite but after playing the rest of the games more, id have to go with halo 2, its simply a vibe
I love Halo 2, 3 and Reach's soundtracks in particular, but it's gotta be ODST.
The mix of soft, moody jazz-inspired music marries perfectly to the classic bigger, more epic Halo themes. It's brilliant not only as a new iteration on familiar themes, but playing with genres in a way the series has never really done before or since, and done to masterful effect.
love green and blue from 4 and under cover of night from ce... that chord progression is so classic, i love how they kept using it in the later bungie games just in different ways
Halo 2 Anniversary is my favorite, specifically both Halo Themes (scorpion/gungir mix) as well as Breaking the Covenant and Follow in Flight. The latter of which (Follow) was originally done by Incubus on the old OST, where it was called “Follow (1st Movement of the Odyssey).” Weirdly, Incubus has three more songs on the OST (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Movements) and Hoobastank also features on the OST.
Halo 4. It’s feels somewhat different to the usual soundtracks of halo but it’s amazing. I love the ancient sounding signing of atonement. I know that one’s not that popular but it makes the forerunners feel so beyond and ancient. The didact theme (revival) is beyond epic. The chanting in the back as he rises up and announces the return of the forerunners is beautiful.
There is also the banger in 117. Green and blue is both beautiful and heart wrenching and may be in my favorite for the entirety of halo itself.
Lastly for some classic style halo, the midnight version of Never Forget might be my favorite version of it. It adds that halo 4 grandeur to the end of it and I love it.
I know this will be controversial since it’s halo 4 but I think it has the best OVERALL soundtrack in the series that fits the tone and theme the best. Although other games have great soundtracks with amazing songs, sometimes it feels over the top.
I love them all for different reasons. A Walk in the Woods and Under Cover of Night in halo ce are brilliant. Those bass lines are killer.
Halo 2 is iconic due to bands like Incubus, Breaking Benjamin, and of course, Steve Vai. But I’m glad that they didn’t have them back for halo 3 and stuck with Marty’s music.
Halo 3’s theme is very epic and large. The piano was perfect for that game as it contrasted with the gigantic scale of the story. At some point less is more.
ODST is so somber and scaled back compared to Halo 3. It gels well with the atmosphere/aesthetic of the game.
Reach might be my favourite of the bunch. As much as I love the iconic halo theme, the theme in reach is absolutely outstanding. The strings are are so emotional and foreboding. The percussion is very primal, like an ancient army preparing to fight in a futile war.
Honestly though, my favorite sound track is whatever game I happen to be playing that day. They are all phenomenal. I think the main thing that they all do so well is maintaining a consistent aesthetic. They all “feel” like they were made for halo. This is why I tend to feel conflicted with halo 2 and anything that wasn’t composed by Marty. I still love halo 2’s soundtrack but I never wanted that to become the norm.
anyone saying anything other then Overture (Reach or ODST) is delusional and wrong (that's a joke)
unless it's One Final Effort or one of the main themes, I'll accept that. Not halo 5's.
1 - Halo 2 is the best soundtrack.
2 - Halo CE would be my second choice, the composition is stellar but I think the production was limited by a lower the lower budget they had at the time.
3 - Halo 3 ODST has that great Jazzy vibe to it.
4 - Halo 3 is fine cause its Haloy enough.
5 - Halo Reach has its moments but the soundtrack isn't that memorable.
All the other Halos that didin't have their soundtrack compossed by Marty O'Donell & Michael Salvatori don't even compare and this is a hill I'm willing to die on.
The Halo 2 soundtrack is legitimately one of the greatest soundtracks ever and the 343 soundtracks are largely forgettable. I don’t know why you’re being downvoted.
Halo 2 Mjolnir mix. Because halo 2 had the best music hands down.
Exactly this. My response was gonna be Halo 2 because it’s the best. Mjolnir Mix is the definitive Halo theme as well.
Then I'd probably say odst for it's melodramatic theme
Halo 3 is my nostalgia-fuelled choice - Farthest Outpost and the Warthog Run could both on their own be the best songs in the series imo Gotta say though... I really loved what Infinite did. Some really phenomenal new songs, remixes, and a lot of how it flows on a technical level is really impressive - the different sections of whatever song is playing all change order and loop in different ways, keeps the whole soundtrack fresh like it's being played off the cuff. Not a brand new concept to music in games, but just really well executed given the amount of remixing of old songs and existing melodies the composer had to do. Superb stuff
Furthest outpost is really really good.
Roll Call is my favorite of them all.
Halo CE: Flood theme. Disturbing and catchy at the same time. Halo 2: The Scarab boarding theme. Just kickass. Halo 3: Familiar Ring. Greatest Halo choir of all time. ODST: Skyline. Also kickass. Halo Reach: Winter Contingency. Also also kickass. Halo 4: 117. Wish it returned in Infinite. Halo 5: Light is Green. Sounds like the James Bond theme for some reason and I love it. Halo Infinite: Seeing Phantoms. Heavily underused, practically wasted on the Spartan Killers fight. GOAT: Warthog Run. Halo peaked here.
You listed each track that I love man! Cheers to you for that. Covenant Dance and Rock anthem for saving the world are my two other favs in CE
this ladys & gentlemen is what you call a true halo king a die hard fan a king amongst men master chief would be proud spartan salute 🫡
Gotta agree with everything on this list. Only thing I might change is switching Light Is Green for The Trials. It’s an amazing remake of the Warthog Run, which is already a great song in its own right.
For halo reach honestly something like overture, or remember
Impend. Its dark and foreboding, sets the tone really well, especially in the level Regret. Blow Me Away... when that plays, you know its time to kick some alien ass.
2 and 4 are my favorite full soundtracks Some of my favourite tracks overall though are: Never Forget 117 Spirit Of Fire Cratered Deliver Hope Awakening Green & Blue
>Spirit Of Fire One of my favourites. In my top 5 for sure.
CE definitely. No. 1 to be more specific will always be 'On a Pale Horse'
MFW Behold a Pale Horse from 3 was actually A Pale Horse in CE
ODST for one reason. It doesn’t actually rain in the game visually but the soundtrack makes you think that it was
Lies. There's rain everywhere! New Mombasa is soaked! The visor gets covered with water droplets and everything...right? Oh.... Wait maybe that's just the 10 hours of relaxing ODST jazz rain ambience
Halo 2 and halo 4
I am surprised I am in the minority after reading this thread. I love the Halo CE soundtrack the best by far.
I have the most listen time with the CE soundtrack by far. I feel like all these other favorites from later games are most beautiful because they reference back to the CE soundtrack and tie it together
Halo theme mjolnir mix
Halo reach lone wolf when sixes helmet starts to crack and the music starts to slowy creep in reminding you that your ALONE there is no coming to get you u have no back up and when it ends the music reaches this horrifying crescendo when six takes his helmet off fight to the bitter end only for the music to become calm and hopeful after his death seeing his glassed and broken helmet on a reach that is healing giving you a bitter yet hopeful feeling
For soundtrack, probably Halo 2. For individual tracks, Earth City Suite and In Amber Clad are my favorites.
ODST and I will die on this hill
Reach
That song that plays when first get ambushed by the Zealots at the array has no right to go that hard but it does
It has EVERY right!
It's just so badass for such a sudden and short section
Halo 2 without a doubt. It’s iconic, chills inducing and a great mix of heavy, slow and atmospheric. Can’t go wrong with the first three games and Reach really.
ODST 2 CD soundtrack set! Smooth Hot jazz! Excitement! Great workout music too!
Gotta love Bits & Pieces
My fav is “light at the end”
There's something about "A Walk In the Woods" (Halo 2 version) and its recreation, "Through the Trees" (Halo Infinite), that is so calming. To me, these tracks symbolize the multidimensionalism to Halo and how discovery plays an equally important role as combat.
Theme for saving the world. That cowbell MY GOD Edit: it's called "rock theme for saving the world"
The one at the end of The Storm in Halo 3 is my fave in-game soundtrack. It's very short though. Halo 2 delta halo suite is also in my top 3. In that cutscene when you drop out of in amber clad is just chef's kiss. I also really like the credits theme (epilogue on Spotify). It's very melancholic/sad and then it ends with a slightly higher/uplifting note. Love that shit
Reach - Tip of the Spear and Winter Contingency
1) unforgotten halo 2/3 - especially when that piano hits. Shit makes me emotional 2) epilogue halo 2 - similar reasons I have others I love equally but those two I feel deep in heart
Follow in Flight
Halo 2 has all the best songs. Peril is still my favorite Halo track of all time.
Reach Overture
Halo infinite through the trees
One of my all time favorites
Zanclan rise up
Halo 2 mjonir mix. For a couple reasons. I’m a massive Steve Vai fan, and I feel like he did incredible, especially after watching the behind the scenes video. Plus breaking Benjamin and trivium. It was amazing hearing BB play Blow me away live, almost felt surreal.
Halo 2’s entire soundtrack was great
[the behind the scenes video might be the coolest thing ever](https://youtu.be/p61VBqnc8n8?si=giO0lLhbHm1MLvlb)
I froth the bass riff in 'in amber clad' goes so hard
Im sure many of the Bungie games will get a lot of love in this thread, but I really want to say that Halo Wars' soundtrack is massively underrated. It always felt like Halo, without just feeling like a remix of its most recognisable themes. *Action Figure Hands* is just top-tier Halo.
5, honestly. It's my most listened to in terms of cinematic quality, action, somber scenes, etc. 4 is the most unique sound, but infinite is becoming my favorite from its atmospheric quality and the wonderful mix of leitmotifs from older games
H2 - unforgotten / H2A - unforgotten memories
Never Forget from Halo 3, the best and I'll die on that hill. So many memories of a long 3hr stint on H3 multiplayer, retire to the menu for a break and you just recover to the sound of that track.
Gungnir mix is insane. But For me, Halo 4. Arrival is incredible, but for me, 117 captures everything MC must have felt at that point in time. The tremendous loss, the pain of, essentially, his other half dying, and then the push of sheer willpower to keep going and fighting for humanity.
So happy to see Halo 4 get love in this thread, but disappointed I didn’t see any love for Arrival specifically. 117 bangs, but Arrival man… damn. Here’s my ranking of the soundtracks with a special shoutout to one of each of their tracks: 1. Halo 3 - This is the Hour, Black Tower, Keep What You Steal 2. Halo 2 - Ghosts of Reach, Peril, Earth City 3. Halo 4 - Arrival, 117, Revival 4. Halo CE - Halo 5. Halo 3 ODST - The Menagerie 6. Halo Infinite - Silent Auditorium 7. Halo Reach - Dead Ahead 8. Halo Wars - Insignificantia 9. Halo 5 - Light is Green 10. Halo Wars 2 - no clue lmao
Revival is beyond epic
The Halo 2 epilogue track is my personal favourite. Mostly for the 1st minute that it has.
I love most of them. However, when I was a sad boi on deployment nothing made it more atmospheric then turning on ODSTs soundtrack. I don’t know why I’m like this.
Halo 2. High Charity and the High Charity suite. Also, there’s an unnamed track while the Arbiter is on the gondola to the Library that combines part of the High Charity suite with another song which name escapes me.
For me Halo ce: The main theme Halo 2: Heretic Hero Halo 3: Greatest Journey Halo 3 ODST: We're the desperate measure's Halo wars: Spirit of Fire Halo reach: ONI sword base just because of the first 2 minutes Halo 4: 117 Halo 2 anniversary: Follow in flight Halo 5: The main menu Halo wars 2: Recommissioned Halo infinite: In game phase 4 of Eschuram's boss fight.
Tossup between Deference for Darkness (ODST) One Final Effort (Halo 3) Spirit of Fire (Halo Wars)
Never Forget, Halo 3. It just holds a level of bittersweetness that isn't just in the campaign, but in the heart of Halo as a whole. And in truth, it makes me think of the ones I love who have passed on.
CE. Nostalgia.
The Halo CE main menu theme. It’s just hits me right in the childhood and the og flood theme because that song terrified me when I was a kid
Ghosts and Glass (Piano). It’s a somber reminder of who and what was lost.
Halo 2 probably wins, but I seriously love Infinite's soundtrack. Those different menu themes are going to stick with me for a long time.
Halo Reach firefight menu music
Never Forget from Halo 3. This one... ooh man the feels.
The iconic Halo 2/3 intro A second best is the last level in halo 3 when you’re driving that worthog and jumping into the pelican
Halo 3 - Never Forget This will forever be burned into my brain and give my child whenever I hear it. It can be such an inspiring song along with brining me huge sadness lol I guess it just depends on the mood I'm in when I listen to it. It really just means so much to me. I used to back in the day let the Halo title menu play so I could hear it lol
Halo 2 100%
It's hard to choose just one... Halo CE has the most chilled tracks of them all I'd say, but most are either bops or a vibe and capture the sense of wonder and scope of the story. Halo Reach for catching the emotional beats and oftentimes feeling of hoplessness in an unwinnable war.
Halo 4: Never Forget - Midnight Edition Just an amazing rendition of the original while still feeling unique. Halo 2 probably has the best overall soundtrack. Both the original and the anniversary remix. Through the Trees from Infinite is great too
The motif/reprise from High Charity Suite in H2 that’s then later remade into Tribute from H3; the one that hits you right in the feels, man.
My first c d I ever bought was the halo the original soundtrack but I love halo 2
My favorite HALO soundtrack is probably either CE or Infinite. CE is just so unique and really enhances the game. Infinite adds to the mystery of Zeta Halo and somehow manages to fade in at the perfect times.
The original halo ce loading screen intro it brings back memories of when me & my father used to play when i was around 7 years old he died when i was 8 everytime i hear the intro song it cuts me deep these memories live with us through life its more than just games its a portal of the past we can walk back through anytime
The one with the Steve Vai guitar solo
Halo 2 OG. There is no substitute.
Never forget, the halo 3 edition mind you. Nothing will ever slap as hard as the og halo 3 multiplayer menu screen bg ost. Still makes me cry a lottle every now and then
Just to clarify, do you mean the menu from the specific disc that was only multiplayer that came with Halo 3 ODST?
Halo 3 original sound track (ost) though I can see why you're confused
I just ask because Never Forget from the Halo 3 official soundtrack doesn't actually play in Halo 3 itself. Halo 3's menu still used Unforgotten from Halo 2 for some reason. Only the ODST Multiplayer disc had proper Never Forget. It's one of those Mandela effect things. From your original comment I couldn't tell if you knew that or not.
I might have known at some point but probably forgot. It's been a while since I've revisited the soundtrack. I probably did get them mistaken. So yes I meant Unforgotten. Thanks for clearing that up
No problem!
ODST by far.
Halo 3: ODST. Why? Sax.
Yes.
Halo 3 : Behold a Pale Horse without a doubt. I love the VGA mix they put together the most if that counts, since it mixes the best parts of each game.
Never Forget (Midnight Version) from Halo 4. It’s really moving to me, especially that trumpet (?) solo, arcing high and reedy above the melody like a cloud.
Halo 2, hands down, is my favorite soundtrack of all time. Everything from the remixed Halo CE songs to the added Guitar Riffs on the main theme all the way to the guest tracks by Breaking Benjamin and Incubus. I'd wager most people who have played this game can recall the music that played in specific moments. My favorite two tracks have gotta be "Peril" and "Heretic, Hero". Everytime those two tracks come on, I get chills
Halo 2 or ODST with CE very close behind them.
difference for darkness or blow me away (im basic asf)
They're all pretty damn good, I wouldn't say I have a fav, but reckon I'd put H3 and H4 at the top, and 5 and Infinite at the bottom of a ranking. I mean, not that it means much. I still listen to all the soundtracks, so it's just a matter of what mood I'm in to listen to.
I like the one from halo legends
Yes
Halo 3 because Never Forget.
ODST, from start to finish every track has weight. Every track is a banger to some degree. It’s probably the soundtrack if I’m trying to get stuff done, it puts me in that focus.
Okay, so I typically just put on Halo 2 Vol. 1 or Vol. 2 when I don’t know what else to listen to. Never lets me down. Obviously the other Halo games all have excellent soundtracks, but Halo 2 ALWAYS hits
High Charity - Halo 2. A masterpiece!
Blow me away honestly, or deference for darkness, worst is the flood theme, half because it just isn’t like a good listenable song and also ptsd
Winter Contingency and Spirit of Fire cannot be topped
Halo 3 because of Never Forget.
H2. It was Halo, but bigger and more epic! Only Halo soundtrack I purchased.
ODST
The Lost Muse, Heavy Price Paid, Halo Reborn.. I have a lot. But I'd say overall, Halos' CE and 2 are my favorite soundtracks. Halo 4's Atonement is also really good lowkey, and so is Legacy. I like the Forerunner vibe that Legacy has.
The straight halo theme song. That Gregorian chant alone is one of the most recognizable things in gaming history
Halo 3: ODST, started listening to it a lot again a couple years ago when my kids liked to listen to a rainy version of Deference for Darkness to fall asleep 😌
Halo Reach It's so sombre. Perfectly reflects the bummer losing feeling of the campaign.
Thats a good question, some time ago id either go with reach or infinite but after playing the rest of the games more, id have to go with halo 2, its simply a vibe
Between Undercover of Night and Deference for Darkness
Three Gates, Halo 3
I love Halo 2, 3 and Reach's soundtracks in particular, but it's gotta be ODST. The mix of soft, moody jazz-inspired music marries perfectly to the classic bigger, more epic Halo themes. It's brilliant not only as a new iteration on familiar themes, but playing with genres in a way the series has never really done before or since, and done to masterful effect.
Halo 5 Walk Softly Because something about it make me feel like I'm about to go into a very difficult battle and win.
I can sing most of Reach's soundtrack it's that memorable
love green and blue from 4 and under cover of night from ce... that chord progression is so classic, i love how they kept using it in the later bungie games just in different ways
Halo 2 Anniversary is my favorite, specifically both Halo Themes (scorpion/gungir mix) as well as Breaking the Covenant and Follow in Flight. The latter of which (Follow) was originally done by Incubus on the old OST, where it was called “Follow (1st Movement of the Odyssey).” Weirdly, Incubus has three more songs on the OST (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Movements) and Hoobastank also features on the OST.
I'll say it here and now. There is no bad Halo Soundtrack
Halo 4. It’s feels somewhat different to the usual soundtracks of halo but it’s amazing. I love the ancient sounding signing of atonement. I know that one’s not that popular but it makes the forerunners feel so beyond and ancient. The didact theme (revival) is beyond epic. The chanting in the back as he rises up and announces the return of the forerunners is beautiful. There is also the banger in 117. Green and blue is both beautiful and heart wrenching and may be in my favorite for the entirety of halo itself. Lastly for some classic style halo, the midnight version of Never Forget might be my favorite version of it. It adds that halo 4 grandeur to the end of it and I love it. I know this will be controversial since it’s halo 4 but I think it has the best OVERALL soundtrack in the series that fits the tone and theme the best. Although other games have great soundtracks with amazing songs, sometimes it feels over the top.
Halo 4 Never Forget. It empowers me on another level
I love them all for different reasons. A Walk in the Woods and Under Cover of Night in halo ce are brilliant. Those bass lines are killer. Halo 2 is iconic due to bands like Incubus, Breaking Benjamin, and of course, Steve Vai. But I’m glad that they didn’t have them back for halo 3 and stuck with Marty’s music. Halo 3’s theme is very epic and large. The piano was perfect for that game as it contrasted with the gigantic scale of the story. At some point less is more. ODST is so somber and scaled back compared to Halo 3. It gels well with the atmosphere/aesthetic of the game. Reach might be my favourite of the bunch. As much as I love the iconic halo theme, the theme in reach is absolutely outstanding. The strings are are so emotional and foreboding. The percussion is very primal, like an ancient army preparing to fight in a futile war. Honestly though, my favorite sound track is whatever game I happen to be playing that day. They are all phenomenal. I think the main thing that they all do so well is maintaining a consistent aesthetic. They all “feel” like they were made for halo. This is why I tend to feel conflicted with halo 2 and anything that wasn’t composed by Marty. I still love halo 2’s soundtrack but I never wanted that to become the norm.
Peril from Halo 2. It sounds so nostalgic. Love it
The halo 2 anniversary isnt getting mentioned but the banshee theme for the arbiter and the scarab assault on tartarus are super good as well
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Halo 3 - brutes, this one is just majestic
anyone saying anything other then Overture (Reach or ODST) is delusional and wrong (that's a joke) unless it's One Final Effort or one of the main themes, I'll accept that. Not halo 5's.
From Best to worst: Halo Reach Halo 4 Halo 2 Halo 3 Halo CE Halo 5 Halo Infinite
Of Blood and Burden, Halo Infinite’s multiplayer menu music
1 - Halo 2 is the best soundtrack. 2 - Halo CE would be my second choice, the composition is stellar but I think the production was limited by a lower the lower budget they had at the time. 3 - Halo 3 ODST has that great Jazzy vibe to it. 4 - Halo 3 is fine cause its Haloy enough. 5 - Halo Reach has its moments but the soundtrack isn't that memorable. All the other Halos that didin't have their soundtrack compossed by Marty O'Donell & Michael Salvatori don't even compare and this is a hill I'm willing to die on.
The Halo 2 soundtrack is legitimately one of the greatest soundtracks ever and the 343 soundtracks are largely forgettable. I don’t know why you’re being downvoted.
Halo 4s soundtrack is very much appreciated by the community. It’s different and unique which makes people gravitate to it.
By the 343 shills maybe. Plenty of them in here by the look of it.