Thursday, November 17, 2011

Halo: CE Anniversary Soundtrack Guide

While it's not too hard to identify which track is which, as the tracks on the Anniversary soundtrack are mostly clever plays on the original track names, I thought I'd make this quick at a glance guide to show which track corresponds to which.  the format is as follows:

Original track name/Anniversary track name

There are a few missing, either because they don't have a corresponding track or because the Anniversary track was different enough that I wasn't able to identify it against the original. Anyway, here's the list:

Opening Suite/Random Slipspace Trajectory
Truth and Reconciliation Suite/Honest Negotiation Suite
Brothers in Arms/Bravery, Brotherhood
Enough Dead Heroes/An End of Dying
Perilous Journey/First Step
A Walk in the Woods/Lions and Tigers and...
Ambient Wonder/Still, Moving
The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe/Unless You Mean to Shoot
Under Cover of Night/Cloaked in Blackness
Lament for Pvt. Jenkins/A Private Service
Devils... Monsters.../Demons and Heretics
Covenant Dance/Choreographite
Rock Anthem for Saving the World/Rock in a Hard Place
The Maw/Yawning Chasm
Drumrun/Strident
On a Pale Horse/Pale Rider
Perchance to Dream/To Sleep
The Long Run/Marathon Sprint
Suite Autumn/Suite Fall
Dust and Echoes/Flotsam, Jetsam
Halo/Installation 04

In going back and listening to the original music, I realize how epic that soundtrack really was. What they created without the use of a live orchestra was well...incredible. So you can imagine what it really means when I say that the tracks are even more epic being played by the Skywalker Orchestra. Wow. So cool for all that great music to get the treatment it deserves. Well done 343i and Skywalker Orchestra. Thanks for making some of the most amazing game music in history even better!

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