Halo Soundtrack [First, Second & Third]

HALO SOUNDTRACK [FIRST, SECOND & THIRD] Artist...................: Various Title....................: Halo Soundtrack [First, Second & Third] Genre....................: Game Soundtrack Year.....................: (2002 - 2007) Channels.................: 2 (Stereo) (Dual Channels) Sample Rate..............: 44,1 KHz Sample Size..............: 16 Bit Encoder..................: LAME 3.98 Encoder Settings.........: Variable Bit Rate -V 2 (Standard) Covers...................: Front Tags.....................: Proper In The Files As the audio director for Bungie, Martin O'Donnell was tasked with writing the music for Halo: Combat Evolved. He had scored previous Bungie projects, including Riven: The Sequel to Myst and Myth: The Fallen Lords, while working for his audio company, TotalAudio, along with Michael Salvatori. O'Donnell was nervous about the project, saying he approached it, "with fear and trepidation". O'Donnell stated his main influences were music he liked—"a little Samuel Barber meets Giorgio Moroder". Bungie's Director of cinematics, Joseph Staten told O'Donnell, "the music should give a feeling of importance, weight, and sense of the "ancient" to the visuals of Halo". O'Donnell's first piece of music, "Halo", which would become the "the signature theme for Halo", was written and recorded in three days. O'Donnell recruited Salvatori and three other colleagues he had recorded jingles with—Robert Bowker, Jeffrey Morrow, and Rob Trow—to produce the "chanting monks" that open the piece. Originally, he had intended the Qawwali accents to be sung by one of the professionals, but after singing an example of what he wanted, the others suggested using O'Donnell's own rendition instead. The theme premiered at the 1999 Macworld Conference & Expo demonstration of Halo: Combat Evolved. The remaining themes were simultaneously written, recorded, and produced from July to September 1999. The music was written with a variety of equipment including, "keyboards, synths, and samplers as well as digital recording equipment controlled by computers". Live instrumentations, from members of the Chicago Symphony and Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, were added where needed. The soundtrack features a wide range of sounds, O'Donnell described it as, "Gregorian chant, string orchestra, percussion and just a bit of a 'Qawwali voice'". Working closely with level designers, O'Donnell divided the music "into chunks". Based on these "chunks", "[Halo's] audio engine could play [the music] back dynamically based on the player's actions". For the soundtrack release, O'Donnell rearranged the music featured in the game in order to make listening to the soundtrack "more enjoyable". Albums: 2002 - Halo 2004 - Halo II [Vol 01] 2006 - Halo II [Vol 02] 2007 - Halo III Tracks: Halo 01 - Opening Suite 02 - Truth And Reconciliation Suite 03 - Brothers In Arms 04 - Enough Dead Heroes 05 - Perilious Journey 06 - A Walk In The Woods 07 - Ambient Wonder 08 - The Gun Pointed At The Head Of The Universe 09 - Trace Amounts 10 - Under Cover Of Night 11 - What Once Was Lost 12 - Lament For PVT Jenkins 13 - Devils...Monsters... 14 - Covenant Dance 15 - Alien Corridors 16 - Rock Anthem For Saving The Universe 17 - The Maw 18 - Drumrun 19 - On A Pale Horse 20 - Perchance To Dream 21 - Library Suite 22 - The Long Run 23 - Suite Autumn 24 - Shadows 25 - Dust And Echoes 26 - Halo Halo II [Vol 01] 01 - Halo Theme [Mjolnir Mix] 02 - Blow Me Away 03 - Peril 04 - Ghosts Of Reach 05 - Follow [1st Movement Of The Odyssey] 06 - Heretic, Hero 07 - Flawed Legacy 08 - Impend 09 - Never Surrender 10 - Ancient Machine 11 - 2nd Movement Of The Odyssey 12 - In Amber Clad 13 - The Last Spartan 14 - Orbit Of Glass 15 - 3rd Movement Of The Odyssey 16 - Heavy Price Paid 17 - Earth City 18 - High Charity 19 - 4th Movement Of The Odyssey 20 - Remembrance 21 - Connected Halo II [Vol 02] 01 - Prologue 02 - Cairo Suite 03 - Mombasa Suite 04 - Unyielding 05 - Mausoleum Suite 06 - Unforgotten 07 - Delta Halo Suite 08 - Sacred Icon Suite 09 - Reclaimer 10 - High Charity Suite 11 - Finale 12 - Epilogue Halo III 101 - Arrival - Luck 102 - Sierra 117 - Released 103 - Sierra 117 - Infiltrate 104 - Crow's Nest - Honorable Intensions 105 - Crow's Nest - Last Of The Brave 106 - Crow's Nest - Brutes 107 - Tsavo Highway - Out Of Shadow 108 - Tsavo Highway - To Kill A Demon 109 - The Storm - This Is Our Land 110 - The Storm - This Is The Hour 111 - Floodgate - Dread Intrusion 112 - Floodgate - Follow Our Brothers 113 - The Ark - Farthest Outpost 114 - The Ark - Behold A Pale Horse 115 - The Ark - Edge Closer 201 - The Covenant - Three Gates 202 - The Covenant - Black Tower 203 - The Covenant - One Final Effort 204 - The Covenant - Gravemind 205 - Cortana - No More Dead Heroes 206 - Cortana - Keep What You Steal 207 - Halo - Halo Reborn 208 - Halo - Greatest Journey 209 - Ending - Tributel 210 - Ending - Roll Call 211 - Ending - Wake Me When You Need Me 212 - Ending - Legend 213 - [Bonus Track] - Choose Wisely 214 - [Bonus Track] - Movement 215 - [Bonus Track] - Never Forget 216 - [Bonus Track] - Finish The Fight 217 - [Bonus Track] - Love Your Friends [By Halo 3 Contest Winner Princeton] Enjoy, SvC

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broatzz (2009-09-17)

Great quality and super fast download!
Tanks SvC

DIVON777 (2009-09-23)

thnx man..absolutely great!

cross143 (2010-12-19)

Thank you all for seeding :) really. Thanks.

TacoMann (2011-04-21)

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SnipedSniper (2011-07-24)

Thank you very much this shit is awesome

ODBC (2012-02-28)

Thank you for sharing!

TechnoSam (2012-12-03)

Great Torrent. The only thing I would complain is that there is no listed album artist, so when I put it into iTunes, it made me about 5 or 6 different albums for Halo 2 and 3, based on artist. I had to manually sort them into just one album.
But hey, it's free, so what can I say?