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Halo 3 Original Soundtrack (2-CD Set) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Martin O'donnell, Michael Salvatori, Northwest Sinfonia
Label: Sumthing Else
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $8.99
You Save: $6.99 (44%)
New (39) Used (10) from $8.48
Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 1635
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 2037
UPC: 669311203724
EAN: 0669311203724
ASIN: B000W04S6U
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Arrival (Luck) | | • | Sierra 117 (Released) | | • | Sierra 117 (Infiltrate) | | • | Crow's Nest (Honorable Intentions) | | • | Crow's Nest (Last of the Brave) | | • | Crow's Nest (Brutes) | | • | Tsavo Highway (Out of Shadow) | | • | Tsavo Highway (To Kill a Demon) | | • | The Storm (This is Our Land) | | • | The Storm (This is the Hour) | | • | Floodgate (Dread Intrusion) | | • | Floodgate (Follow Our Brothers) | | • | The Ark (Farthest Outpost) | | • | The Ark (Behold a Pale Horse) | | • | The Ark (Edge Closer) |
Disc 2
| • | The Covenant (Three Gates) | | • | The Covenant (Black Tower) | | • | The Covenant (One Final Effort) | | • | The Covenant (Gravemind) | | • | Cortana (No More Dead Heroes) | | • | Cortana (Keep What You Steal) | | • | Halo (Halo Reborn) | | • | Halo (Greatest Journey) | | • | Ending (Tribute) | | • | Ending (Roll Call) | | • | Ending (Wake Me When You Need Me) | | • | Ending (Legend) | | • | Bonus Tracks (Choose Wisely) | | • | Bonus Tracks (Movement) | | • | Bonus Tracks (Never Forget) | | • | Bonus Tracks (Finish The Fight) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
In terms of mood (both martial and eerie) and structure (the score is divided into 10 suites), there's no major departure from the previous installments in the Halo series here. The biggest difference is that this time, composers Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori seemed to have had a bigger budget and were able to hire a large orchestra. Where the synthetic feel of the previous two CDs sometimes made them feel a little thin and cheap, Halo 3 has the means to match its ambitions: This music would not shame a big-budget Hollywood sci-fi/action movie. Tracks such as "To Kill a Demon" and "This Is the Hour" (both of which, typically, recycle the composers' own themes) illustrate well this expanded sonic palette. The second CD ends with a hidden track ("Love Your Friends") by a band called Princeton, a fairly run-of-the-mill pop-punk effort which won a competition to be included on the soundtrack and which feels jarring compared to the rest of the music here. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Product Description
From the most successful entertainment launch in history, comes the most anticipated video game soundtrack of the holiday season. Bungie created a new variation on the Game's musical themes this time around. Martin O'Donnell, Bungie's composer incorporated a full live orchestra and chorus which goes "above and beyond" what they've done in the past. Album produced by Nile Rodgers.
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| Customer Reviews:
 3rd disc, 3rd best, but still good. November 16, 2008
Justin Mowrey (Centerburg, Ohio USA)
Although i think this edition of game score is my least favorite of the three I still enjoyed it. Having two discs of content is great but it just feels like they stretched it out to much. Music doens't flow quite as well as the other two editions. All in all it has some issues IMO but I still like it and the HALO music has been wonderful and epic from the begining.
 If you liked the soundtracks from Halo 1 and Halo 2... August 20, 2008
Red4
Don't waste your money on the soundtrack for Halo 3. All the good stuff is on the first two soundtracks. There's nothing here that makes me want to play a track over and over and over like "Brothers in Arms" from Halo 1 or "Unyielding" from Halo 2.
Halo 3 is a remix of the good parts of the first two and a lot of it sounds like its done with a synthesizer; makes for good filler.
There doesn't seem to be a connection between the tracks of this soundtrack and the game (which I really like); just random bits of different tracks all strung together. For example, when I hear the track "Lament for Private Jenkins", I can picture the Master Chief catching Jenkins body when it falls thru the door. Nothing like that here.
This soundtrack is good for background music just to have something playing.
To say I'm disappointed with this product doesn't do justice to the word "disappointed".
 New life in old melodies August 16, 2008
TailSpin the Fox (Kennewick, Washington USA)
You know music is great if it gives you goosebumps and chills down your spine. That's what happened to me when I listened to the Ending suites. Marty and Mikey did a fantastic job polishing and rearanging old and new music for this, the final game in the Halo trilogy.
Let's not forget the packaging either. The two disc case has the classic look of the previous releases yet with a bit of a darker feel. The Arbiter and Master Chief adorn the first disc and The Chief and Cortana adorn the second disc, both discs featuring the characters in a dull shadowy color to keep with the dark mood.
In short, there isn't much here that I don't like. I highly recomend.
You: OOH! I know that! Disc 1 track 12! May 31, 2008
Tobias R. Highfill (tri-state area)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The above title describes what you say while playing the game after listening to this CD. Pretty soon you'll be freaking out your buddies by mock conducting it and saying dun dun da-da-da-daaa dun to the tune. Besides that, the music is awesome! Great orchestral music in a great FPS (First Person Shooter for you non-gamers) If you're thinking "Video game music? There's a CD for that now?" You are the biggest n00b in history.
Very Satisfied May 3, 2008
Alex (MI, US)
Not only are the CDs everything I was hoping for and more, I got a good deal for them. Plus they were shipped and received promptly.
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