HALO WARS Original Soundtrack

Out now is the HALO WARS Original Soundtrack 2-disc set which features over 50 minutes of original score from the Xbox 360 game and includes a bonus DVD with several video segments and plenty bonus tracks. The compositions on this CD cleverly combines a full symphonic orchestra and choir with digital samples, guitars, bass, drums, and a slew of other instruments to create a unique listening experience that will transport the listener into the virtual war zone between the Covenant and UNSC.

The HALO WARS Original Soundtrack is composed by Stephen Rippy and performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague. All the compositions are inspired by the various worlds in the Xbox 360 game, and the twenty five tracks on the first disc offer a variety of musical emotions. Some tracks are somber and atmospheric having a bit of a new age feel, while others are more bombastic and energetic, creating almost an industrial feel. Every track fits comfortably into the Halo universe, and each of the HALO WARS main characters have their own feel that is brought into this Soundtrack.

Included in the package is a bonus DVD featuring three videos tracks, nine bonus tracks, and nine 5.1 mixes of tracks from the first music disc. The nine bonus tracks are more upbeat, adventurous tracks, which are a welcomed deviance from the melancholic first disc. The 5.1 mixes offer an interesting version of the previously heard music, dividing the audio spectrum into clever configurations. The three video tracks consist of two cinematic trailers and one behind-the-scenes video. The first video piece, “Spirit of Fire: Three Cities”, is a behind-the-scenes video that offers an interesting split screen format where we can see how three different recording sessions (Dallas, Prague, and Seattle) were utilized to complete the final mix of the CD’s opening track “Spirit of Fire”. The next video piece “Five Long Years” is a fully animated 5+ minute short, featuring some breath taking images and of course the music from the CD. The third and final video is the action packed “Teaser Trailer” that will surely inspire anyone who’s not familiar with the HALO WARS games to go out and buy it. The HALO WARS Soundtrack is available now through Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc. and the HALO WARS Xbox 360 game is available through Microsoft Game Studios.

Rating: 2 ½ Skulls

Track Listing:

1. Spirit of Fire

2. Bad Here Day

3. Perspective

4. Money Or Meteors

5. Flollo

6. Just Ad Nauseum

7. Unusually Quiet

8. Flip And Sizzle

9. Put The Lady Down

10. Six-Armed Robbing Suit

11. Action Figure Hands

12. Status Quo Show

13. Part Of The Plan

14. Work Burns And Runaway Grunts

15. Freaked Out

16. Rescued Or Not

17. Best Guess At Best

18. One Problem At A Time

19. De Facto The Matter

20. Part Of The Problem

21. Fingerprints Are Broken

22. Out Of There Alive

23. Through Your Hoops

24. Under Your Hurdles

25. Insignificantia (All Sloppy / No Joe)

Bonus DVD tracks:

VIDEO:

1. Spirit of Fire: Three Cities

2. Five Lone Years

3. Teaser Trailer

AUDIO:

1. X-06

2. Fingerprints Are Broken

3. Five Long Years

4. Money Or Meteors

5. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

6. Best Guess At Best

7. Quite The Vacation Resort

8. Bad Here Day

9. We’re Burning Sunshine

Sources:
http://www.halowars.com

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