Music of Halo 2: Anniversary
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The music of Halo 2: Anniversary is the musical score to Halo 2: Anniversary.
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Production[edit]
- "...the music is already composed, and what we are really doing is revisiting the material. The puzzle becomes... how do you honor the material? How do you keep it fresh and interesting for a new generation?"
- — Lennie Moore[1]
The original score produced by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori served as a guide for the production of the new music, and nearly all of the tracks are remakes of the original Halo 2 pieces, re-orchestrated by composer Lennie Moore.[1]
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Recording[edit]
The soundtrack was recorded between July 26-31, 2014.[2] The Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack was re-recorded with the San Francisco Symphony, a 40-person opera choir, and a 28-person boys' choir. Wataru Hokoyama served as the orchestral conductor.[1] Steve Vai, who worked on the original Halo 2 original soundtrack, was hired to re-record his original guitar tracks for the remastered soundtrack. Two new tracks by Misha Mansoor replace the exclusive original songs by Breaking Benjamin and Incubus in the "Anniversary" mode, however the original tracks are retained in "Classic" mode. The soundtrack in Halo 2: Anniversary is in surround sound.[3]
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Official Soundtracks[edit]
- Main article: Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack
The official Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack was released on November 11, 2014.
Unlike Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Original Soundtrack, where each remastered track were near 1:1 recreations of the original tracks from the Halo: Combat Evolved's official soundtrack, the Halo 2: Anniversary official soundtrack's track listing deviated from its Halo 2 iteration; the suite structure adopted by many tracks in Volume 2 was also largely abandoned in favour for individual tracks. While all Halo 2 music composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori were adapted and orchestrated for the game itself, the remasterd versions of the following tracks were omitted from the official soundtrack:
- Unyielding was omitted from the official soundtrack, though the soundtrack features the remastered version of its remix Reclaimer.
- The second section of Ghosts of Reach, featuring Weight of Failure with percussion, was omitted from its remastered version.
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The official soundtrack also contains remastered versions of music that was previously unreleased in their Halo 2 iterations:
- Halo Theme Scorpion Mix.
- The second section of Menace No More.
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