Old Composer REACTS to Halo Game Theme Original Composition Reaction and Breakdown
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Halo Game Theme Original Composition Reaction and Breakdown | The Decomposer Lounge
Now we need the HALO 2 version! You’ll really have fun with that one
VAI!
Yes please Geebz
Yeah, man. You gotta hear the Halo 2 Mjolnir Mix version of this. Steve Vai plays guitar and the composer says that John Mayer plays guitar anonymously on some of it.
YES
anything halo 2 would be legendary
Yes please!
Ok... if we're doing game themes now no one can leave out DOOM and DOOM Eternal soundtracks... Mick Gordon being the main composer for the most part.
I second this.
BFG Division \m/
Running from Evil, from Entryway in Doom 2 is my childhood, and Into Sandy's City is the best song out of any and all Doom games.
Hard agree.
Im looking forward to this
Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori (the composers for the original vision of this game series) were excellent composers in their own right - most of the instrumentation for the first game wasn't live, and were samples. They just didn't have the budget - gaming wasn't big, and the company they worked for, Bungie, wasn't a big gaming studio. That this theme was composed as well as it was, and to fit the game it was made for, was a miracle unto itself. With Halo 2 and onward they had no problem acquiring more live talent for the compositions. The second game, Halo 2, still prominently featured digitized or sampled tracks - but many more instruments and general ambient and aura sounds were recorded specifically for the game. The third game in the series (and onward) featured live recordings prominently - taking responsibility on the recording of most of the character themes, and some key pieces during gameplay. Each of the games were designed with the sound in mind. O'Donnell in particular was chiefly responsible for how the different acts of the movements correspond to things happening in the game.
They used to, as a gaming company, actually document their development- you could hear them directly talk about the audio department in each game, and its development. (If you weren't aware before, game development is essentially artistic hell.) The developers had many tribulations on their way to releasing each title, getting better every step of the way. That the first game could produce such a well-crafted composition under such immense pressure is nothing short of amazing!
P.S. They did indeed work with Steve Vai for Halo 2, but I was unaware of Mr. Misha Mishnoor of Periphery also working with the series of games until the comments on this video! Very cool!
Martin said in an interview he hired singing monks for the first game - I believe that’s the only commissioned part present in the 1st score
Fun fact: Marty is ALSO the guy who made the theme for Flintstones vitamins!
@@TerLoki1 million stronggggg! And growing!
"if periphery covered this"
It's funny you should mention this. When recording the soundtrack for the remastered release of Halo 2 Misha Mansoor of periphery joined in for a remaster of Steve Vai's theme, as well as creating a whole new track for the game.
Misha Mansoor also kept working with Bungie on the Destiny OST. The piece; Sepiks Redux slaps.
Yep. To clarify: the Halo 2 version of this theme had Steve Vai and the Halo 2 Remastered had Misha Mansoor.
I never knew this! That's wild!
Ya
the 2 songs misha made for h2a were follow in flight and breaking the covenant. gungnir mix was still performed by steve vai
Alright. "Mick Gordon: The Only Thing They Fear Is You" from the Game "Doom Eternal" is next..
Problem with Doom Eternal music is finding the version from the OST, instead of the awkwardly spliced together game rips.
BFG Division yo
@@darkphoenix2 isn't not just on Spotify
Doom 2016 has the better track and didn't have all the awkward crap where Mick Gordon forgot to do his job and deliver the correct amount of tracks on time.
Yes (but the one mixed and mastered by Mick, it's way better).
Steve Vai did the guitar work for this music in Halo 2 so you can hear that chug that you are talking about. He worked directly with Marty O'Donnell who was the driving force behind the music. Also shout out to Michael Salvatori who also worked on this music.
Salvatori gets nowhere near the amount of credit he deserves, not to bash Marty of course.
theres one more thing id like to add, Martin O'Donnell worked on the game design and had input as to where the game was going, not only just the music
Just commenting to push this further. He talked about periphery covering this so the next best thing is hearing steve vai shred over the instrumental haha
@@SkylordNiko, I knew he was considered part of the dev team but I wasn't sure how much input he had in that. My assumption was that he just focused on the score.
@@gramursowanfaborden5820, Agreed 💯
It is not physically possible for me to be more fanboyish about this video than what I am right now. Damn, Geebz. This goes right to the soul. Thank you.
These are actually all real instruments and vocalist performances, sure it's edited and mixed in post but these are all indeed real orchestral elements \m/
I was gonna say, I swear i can remember old behind-the-scenes videos that show Marty conducting a small orchestra in a sound studio.
@@coletonw yessir! I swear I saw it on his TH-cam back in the day, makes me feel so old haha
@@coletonw It was not full orchestra for Halo CE. I think it may have actually been mostly synth/MIDI or computer generated sounds. Halo 2 had live performances, notably Steve Vai (or however you spell it) on the guitar. I'm fairly certain that it wasn't until Halo 3 that they got a real full orchestra to record. There is behind the scenes of the audio work for Halo 2 and a Vidoc of the orchestral recording for Halo 3.
There is absolutely no way these are real strings.
If that was 100% real instruments they made a lot of effort to make it sound like synth. The notes did not sound organic.
If Periphery covered this...boy do I have a treat for you. I believe misha of periphery did some of the soundtracks for halo 2
Yes, in the Anniversary/Master Chief Collection. But... Vai.
Sepiks prime theme cover by bulb. YW! (its a bungie game called destiny, kinda big deal, top 10 in steam for years)
Incubus did a cover and it fucking SLAPS
WAIT, REALLY? What did he play?
@@Dennis19901 Here homie here's a link to his halo 2 contributions
One of the fun things about the melody is that the composer, Marty O'Donnell, threw it all together in less than a day, because the demo of the game was going to be shown off at an apple expo and they needed a theme for it ten minutes ago. The theme he slapdashed together ended up being so memorable, it became part of the game's, and later the franchise's, dna, and here we are 20 years later, still getting that twinge in our chest when we hear that piano.
God, has it really been 20 years already? Almost 22 years now, I guess.
Halo was one of the biggest games to ever bring my brother, his friends, my friends, and myself together when it came out. One of the most influential games I have ever played, even if I stopped playing a long time ago for others.
Gives me chills every single time. The epitome of epic
Bloodborne soundtrack is another one that you should listen, it's one of my favorites.
Yes definitely! The Ludwig theme is my personal fav
Second that, Ludwig's theme
Halo was a huge part of my teenage years and this song is definitely on my soundtrack of life.
Many a night in the early 2000s my friends would gather into one friends house all weekend long while his mother worked night shifts so we had the whole house to ourselves. 14-15 year old boys, with a full fridge of food, soda, internet access, and video games with no adult supervision, no cares in the world and a whole life ahead of us with endless opportunities. Loads of laughs. Plenty of victorious moments; a few stinging losses. Amazing times. Many MANY standby bluescreens while the server looked for a new host because someone quit the game or someone was hitting the standby button on their router trying to cheat. Countless bombs armed and flags taken. A plethora of, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!" and numerous counts of, "get F*@&ed kid!! Owned!!". My friends and I kicked SO many rocks as Master Chief into the hole on Silent Cartographer in Halo CE that we could have probably have filled it up. "Alright, I think i'm done... why did you guys start another game? Oh S*#% it's Lockout! Okay, I'll play this one and i'm done!" - "Okay, good win. Now i'm.... Okay, after THIS one.... Oh duuuude it's one flag on Ivory Tower!!". Rinse and repeat for HOURS. "Wort wort wort".
*Gained the lead*
*Lost the lead*
*Tied the leader*
*Gained the lead*
*Lost the lead*
*Tied the leader*
*Lost the lead*
"Triple kil- KILL-TACULAR!!!"
*Gained the lead*
*Game over!* All within the waning moments of a match.
And who could forget the pleasant and ever-so-respectable post game lobbies that were completely articulate and inspired great moments of humanity and unity? Heh... Those were the days. Yeah, Halo is still around, and many of my friends still play, but it's somehow not the same anymore. We only have time for a handful of rounds a week before we have to get off and rest up before going back to work and live an adult life and pay bills. Ah well..
Obligatory Dark Souls 3 "Soul of Cinder" suggestion if we're still doing video game tracks. Also, well done Geebz.
Sir, finishing this fight.
The track of my childhood. Gives me goosebumps everytime.
I haven't watched this yet but I know it's going to be epic, and this is an amazing idea. This theme always gives me goosebumps. Throwback to my time in Iraq in '03-'04.
Are we doing video vame music now? Cuz bruh, whole new world just opened up for your channel lol
Mick Gordon's compositions for Doom 2016 and Doom: Eternal are crazy interesting. If continuing the video game theme, this would be a great breakdown with his mix of both live and electronic soundscapes. They are viscerally intense!
Love the vids!
Doom Eternal has a fantastic score.
Yes please.
They’re both excellent, but Doom Eternal, for sure!
@@marchmont5918, Doom Eternal had serious issue during production which led to Mick Gordon getting fired. That's why there is so much inconsistency in the score.
@@MaddDogg316 I didn't realize that!
I absolutely adore both Marty O'Donnell's and Michael Salvatori's work on the themes for the original Halo trilogy. Unreal.
This will forever be a part of the soundtrack of my life and I wouldn't want it any other way! So many great tracks from The Halo series. Halo 2 has a great version of this track featuring my guitar hero Steve Vai.
Same man. Just hearing the very beginning of this song gives me chills. I eventually start tearing up remembering the good days of halo 1 and 2 and how epic that shit was, and just life back then in general. Amazing song.
There are so many great moments in Halo 2.
"For what purpose Master Chief?"
"To give the Covenant back their bomb"
:)
@@snop6176 I relate very much to all of this. I miss those times as well. So many fun times. This music just brings it all back
@@Angrist17 that is a fantastic moment. What a great way to begin an epic adventure. Still gives me chills when he kicks off of the bomb in zero gravity
Great game music- City Ruins Rays of Light, Weight of the World- Neir Automata Crisis Core- Price of Freedom FFVII- Aerith’s Theme, One Winged Angel just to name a few. Some real talent out there putting great music to great games!
Dancing Mad from FFVI is another great one
I was going to mention those FFVII songs as well. Definitely memorable tracks.
So much good music in Final Fantasy 7!
Please react to the Halo 2 theme that features Steve vai. It's exactly what you thought it would sound like with metal involved.
The Halo theme still gives me chills.
It's like a national anthem for me, being a teen in the mid 00s.
I remember playing this game around the time it came our about 20 years ago and following Bungie through the game series with and even 343 when they took it over, but to this day when I hear the Halo theme it just brings me such a strong emotion and the chills from the memories of when I was growing up playing it. This is one of those songs that will bring me to the edge of tears with just sheer emotion.
The HALO and Bungie studios have played a huge role in my life.
same man, my entire childhood was halo. luckily can still play the old games online like the good old days on the master chief collection.
Being a 14 when Halo 3 hit was peak childhood memories.
No responsibility, just getting home from school and playing Halo. I miss those days.
@@alexg1778 Sorry for pawning you guys when you tried to get a level 50 ;-)
@@alexg1778 glad you got to experience that. My peak was Halo 2 at 19-20 years old. And then World of Warcraft happened, lol so I missed out on Halo 3. But I'm glad to be playing Halo Infinite. It is so good, imho
Sound track of life!!! I love it and it’s so true I was just watching this video and my 5 year old son said “are you watching halo”
Just come across this randomly.
I love how you can see your eyes flicking across, see you mouthing parts and breaking it all down in your head, piecing it all together. You aren't just hearing the music, you're listening to the composite parts.
I was literally playing og Halo CE last night and dreamt about it all night. Then you upload this! Crazy synchronicity, bruh.
The everlasting gift from gummybears
I think this one really shows the versatility of orchestral strings. Here, they represent space, but with a few tweaks you could turn this into a pirate soundtrack, or go the other way and set up an old west vibe.
4 TVs, 4Xboxes, and a wide open Saturday at a friends place for an all day LAN party. This game takes me back to wonderful, simple times, and the music is a huge part of resurrecting those feelings. Appreciate the trip!
I wish I could put into words how much the Halo soundtrack (and this song specifically) means to me. This is a MAJOR part of my soundtrack of life. My best memories in life are tied to this, it takes me back to a time of wonder in my life being 11 years old and playing one of the greatest games of all time, combined with meeting and getting to know friends who were and still are very important parts of my life. Having LAN parties with Halo and having the most fun I've ever experienced in my life, and it created bonds with people that have been unbreakable ever since.
OHMYY YEESSS! You should check out the mjolnir mix of this song too it's the halo 2 theme and it got steve vai shredding all over it, fucking amazing.
Great breakdown btw! really enjoyed your take on it
The Halo music and particularly the Halo 3 OST will always be hugely significant in my "soundtrack of life" .
Goosebumps.... EVERY TIME! Love it!
Yes Finally, imagine him reacting to the skyrim soundtrack
I think he should start with Oblivion and Morrowind, Morrowind for the iconic theme song and/or Oblivion for it's overall soundtrack and improved theme. Oblivion's iteration of "Reign of the Septims" if probably the best one
I vote for this.
hmmm, I guess
Any Jeremy Soule track tbh. Him work in Neverwinter Nights, Guild Wars, Morrowind, etc is so good.
Here to tell you he reacted to song of the dragonborn about a week or so ago, and it's exactly as good as I imagined it was :-)
The Fable 2 - Bower Lake theme is such a great song Geebz! Another game theme that doesn't follow a metal genre. It's phenomenal and is a song that is easily in many gamers' "soundtrack of life"
Another fun game soundtrack to do would be the “Quake” soundtrack by Trent Reznor.
The choir parts of this theme creates a sense of awe and reverence, which fits the gargantuan, ancient structures on Halo. And also, the first drumbeats are so primal, driving.
Goose bumps every fricking time the song plays..
So many good things happening in this video! For one thing, I haven't seen many music reacts channels that react to video game music. I'm sure they're out there, but they are definitely not prevalent. This helps differentiate your channel. I loved watching you get excited about who might cover this song with the shoutout to Periphery. Shows that you've truly grown to love some of the music you've been exposed to. And its fun to think about how they would interpret this song, I think they'd be a great fit, same as you. If you'd like to see some metal interpretation of soundtrack stuff, Epica did an album called "The Classical Conspiracy" where they did metal covers of film scores like Pirates of the Caribbean and Spiderman. They also did Verdi's Dies Irae, and some other really great selections. Totally worth checking out!
sepiks prime theme cover by bulb?
@@michiganman5969 Thanks for letting me know! I am aware of bulb but I haven't listened through much of it.
oh you're doing actual game soundtracks too? dude I'm so in
I have always had a weird thing with Halo. It's like being back in time, because i'm a young kid. My dad LOVES Halo as one of his favorite games and he gave me an old xbox 360 to play halo 3.I really loved playing the older halo games from like the early 2000's like halo 3, halo reach, etc. I became really connected to these games, it's like i'm 30 years old lol.
Was one my favourite games for a long time, that music just gets you pumped up and ready!
There is an infinite world of awesomeness in videogame music. I mean it. Nobuo Uematsu, Koji Kondo and Kinuyo Yamashita are a MUST
Destiny!! The music in that video game series is absolutely phenomenal.
It is truly a beautiful game to play. Environments, particles, textures, story, music.
I love the spartan helmet on your thumbnail LOL. But yes the Halo 2 theme song is...astounding. It gives me chills
It's funny you mentioned Periphery because Misha Mansoor is a Halo fan, and actually did music for the remaster of Halo 2.
And destiny!
@@michiganman5969 Yup he played a lot of Destiny.
If you want live, listen to the Video Games Live! version. ALL they do is absolutely fantastic!
The nostalgia i get from this theme is unreal.
I have never thought before why the melody of this soundtrack worked so much for a shooter game in the space. After watching your analisis i can think about the melodic lines as a musical representation of confrontation in a battlefield... i mean, the instruments even if they are classic ones, they are playing not in a very harmonic way, but much more like a fight, while one line takes protagonism others keep going, but with an underlying order and logic provided by the drums and cellos setting the rythm and power, like artillery in the backgroung. The intro sets a mood for something old, misterious, sacred or meaningful. Even if it is an orchestral piece, it has more of a folk feeling in the melody and some sounds effects too. Really the composer hit the right dots about what makes something epic feel epic.
Hahaha that's cool! You should look into Nobou Uematsu's stuff, he's the main composer for those Final Fantasy games, classic stuff! He's super influenced by older rock stuff, maybe something like Those Who Fight Further, Dark Messanger, To Zanarkand. Amazing compositions! He also has a rock band that covers the video game music The Black Mages, they are super sick aswell
Oh my goodness video game music.
One-Winged Angel Rebirth from the Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Anything from either the original Final Fantasy 7, or from the Remake honestly, you will not be disappointed! Aloha!
Under the Rotting Pizza is fun! Not a song with a lot of variation to it, but damn it’s catchy.
Anything from the black mages or the Distant Worlds albums ;)
I appreciate your reviews so much. Music is such a large part of my life, I've been playing piano and singing since my early years, but I find writing music so difficult despite the abundance of instruments around me. The way you describe the engineering and layering of some of my favorite pieces really inspires me to try to start writing again. Thank you!
This is magical, I can't believe I get to see Geebz experience this masterpiece for the first time
This is awesome! You should definitely check out Steve Vai's Halo 2 themes.
diablo 1, tristrum theme, some amazing acoustic work
Amazing! I hope to continue seeing these videos, this is one of my favorite current youtube channels
Despite sitting next to a very warm radiator I got massive chills listening to this again. Through me back to 2001 on a massive nostalgia trip...
Damn now you HAVE to do Halo 2 Theme (Mjolnir Mix) please!
That’s Marty doing the alien call thingy haha 😂
man I wasn't planning to spark up but this video is something really freakin special. I was really into halo back in high school super nostalgia for me and the music in halo is so good
There's not a whole lot of games of which I'd say that they are firmly burned into my soul, but when this track starts... Man, 4v4 on system link was so much fun. Thinking back on that now, 4 player split screen on small monitors. So much fun!
Well after doing this you absolutely HAVE to do "Follow in Flight" from the Halo 2 soundtrack. It's a track that Misha Mansoor from Periphery wrote for that game!!!
Misha Mansoor (periphery) song in Destiny is legendary. SEPIKS PRIME THEME COVER BY BULB !!! 🤘🍎🤘
Halo and Gears of War!! Such great memories!!
This is absolutely the soundtrack of my life lol :) I find myself humming this tune when I'm just walking around, all the time :)
I know this isn't going to be a thing you continue, but I agree with the comments you really should cover one of Mick Gordon's song from the recent doom games. As they are metal it kind of ties back into your main series as well
Sloooowly changing my mind - it's always about music and the more I'm learning about the gamming theme worlds the more I think I should just start a new segment! Thanks for your comment - Awwwright!!
Chiming in to echo this! Mick Gordon killed it on those soundtracks.
@@KeyOfGeebz Micks "the only thing they fear is you" (doom original soundtrack) is basically a monster of a song that just happens to come with a game lol.. the super gore nest is another...
One winged angel from final fantasy vii next please :)
Game or Advent Children? :O
@@crawfoliam Advent Children's version is better, by a significant amount but the game version is good too.
God, those monks.
Instant chills every time.
Ik my comment is late, but someone will see it : the orchestra was performed by the Chicago Sympathy Orchestra and the voices where Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. The intro melody is just them and then they added reverb and sang it multiple times and overlapped them.
Do the Mick Gordon arrangements of the DOOM and DOOM ETERNAL soundtrack please!
Haven't they played this with a real orchestra for special events in the past?
Instant goosebumps every single time
Halo combat evolved original theme song is a MASTERPIECE!! my skin shivers when I hear it.
If you do game soundtrack stuff check out Michael McCann’s work on Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the song Hengsha Daylight Pt.1 😍🙏🤙 Its really cool the way he intensifys the music as it goes along because In the game the main aspect is to be sneaky and depending on if the enemy hears something or full on sees you the music changes accordingly. Really cool stuff xD
Dude, you really need to check out Bloodborne or Dark Souls soundtracks
I was just thinking this
Agreed
BLOODBORNE
Ohhh yeah, the guys are here
So what is everyone's favorite weapon? #Kirkhammer lol
I can’t believe my eyes right now! I absolutely love Halo and couldn’t believe what I was seeing when I saw the thumbnail.
First of all: LMAO you actually listened to the Halo theme
Second: Day 5 of asking for A Song for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
Bro I'm thinking about buying you a cup of coffee. You gave a college professors analysis of my favorite games theme song.
YOU ARE THE MAN!
Swung by to hear your fab banter.. and btw YOU know how much I love the video games..
Goosebumps, everytime!
Man its like im back on that ring right now. The music really sets the scene. Matching the visuals so perfectly.
I appreciate you doing this SO Much!
You just did the best video game soundtrack ever. Good work
5:50 really cool hearing you talk about the theme being played on guitar without having heard the Mjolnir mix (Halo 2 Soundtrack) I'm like "he doesn't know!!"
so happy youre listening to halo's soundtrack.
I remember I was like 7 years old when I was waiting for my dad to boot up his xbox so we can play the campaign together and i remember hearing this theme while he was turning on his 2nd controller and we played split screen for an hour on this yellow leather couch every saturday night and it would be the best hour of the week. Thanks dad for introducing me to this amazing game series
I remember playing this on co-op with my bro twenty years ago or so on Xbox! It was such an accomplishment to complete the story mode on legendary difficulty
Yes!! Now that you hear the chug potential, check out the Mjolnir remix!! You won't be disappointed!
Video games are a HUGE part of the sound track of life for many of us. Good stuff, Geebz. I love how diverse you are.
Incubus has a song or two that were either featured on later versions of Halo, or were "inspired by" and wound up on a Halo collection I have.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a couple albums out of game themes, from Halo to Super Mario to Tetris to Legend of Zelda.
Mike Patton has voiced some video games, including an upcoming Ninja Turtles release.
Trent Reznor was on the Diablo 2 soundtrack.
Good point that it is soundtrack music, I often play games with the music off and my own playlist in the background but some games really nail the soundtrack perfectly.
halo 2! steve vai on guitar is killer! halo fanboy here but geez geebz always knows how to brighten my day
Never has a thumbnail for a video put such a smile on my face. Bravo 👌
Love this game and this is a seriously quality soundtrack, because each game has it's own little twist on this song 🎵
Big Halo fan here. This is one of my favorite compositions that was written three days before the game demoed at MacWorld, inside of a car. The music has always been one of the most memorable and... *iconic* parts of this game, composed by Martin O'Donnell with the help of Michael Salvatori.
Here's some fun facts about this theme in particular:
- The non-monk singing you hear in the song is the composer himself, Martin O'Donnell, not a professional vocalist. His vocals also show up in Under Cover of Night, and one of his colleagues mistook it for a girl singing.
- The Halo 2 version of this song has a guitar overlay by Steve Vai
- The song itself, as well as several others on the soundtrack, feature a mix of live orchestration and synthesized sounds samples, which is probably why you noticed that some of this music didn't sound like live instruments.
- Marty's three themes for this song which he has repeated all throughout the original trilogy, are "ancient, mysterious, and epic", a feeling he captured through the monks, the badass percussion, and the wonderful melody of the strings and cello.
- The melody for this theme song is inspired from "Yesterday" by the Beatles, but definitely not a copy of it. Marty has said that it's mostly in the progression: one high point, one low point, and four sort of irregular phrases.
This was all done live, and recorded and mixed for the game. The man behind it all, Martin O'Donnell, who has a channel here on youtube btw, even threw his voice in there with the chorus for the melodies. Halo as a series, minus 4 and 5, has some of my favorite videogame music ever. Steve Vai helped with the main theme for Halo 2 so check that out when you get the chance, along with Zealous Champion, one of my favorites from Halo 2.
Awesome!! My boys used to tear it up in some Halo LAN matches. The theme was always epic. Gotta hit up Nobuo Uematsu Geebz! I think you would enjoy the Distant Worlds versions of his works on the Final Fantasy series. He was the composer for entries 1-10 in the franchise. 6, 7 and 10 have some standout tracks. Loved the reaction! Thanks!
MAN, if you're doing this, you gotta do the Mike Gordon Doom soundtrack. BFG division, Rip & Tear, and 'The Only Thing They Fear Is You' are probably the most standout ones. The sheer intensity that he gets across is unreal. You won't need a coffee afterward.