Shreddin'
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Old Stuff[1], also later titled Shreddin',[2] is a music piece that appeared in Halo: Combat Evolved, but was not featured in Halo: Original Soundtrack. However, it was later released as a free download on Bungie.net in 2002.[1][3]
Appearance[edit]
The music appears in-game as flip music in the campaign level 343 Guilty Spark, when the John-117 is playing the recording chip from Wallace Jenkins' helmet. It plays when Avery Johnson and his squad are aboard the Pelican enroute to the Flood containment facility. A second section, featuring an electric guitar solo, was omitted from its in-game appearance.
Production notes[edit]
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- Matt Soell noted that the track draws inspiration from the works of Ozzy Osbourne and the opening is similar to "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" by Beastie Boys.[3]
- In the files for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was a folder named "rr1"; contained in this folder was a version of this song that was not present in the Xbox or PC release. Interestingly enough, this version of the song had interactive elements like other tracks in-game, such as an introduction, alternative loops, and an ending, with Rock Anthem for Saving the World being stored in a similar folder named "rr2," both facts which suggest that Old Stuff may have originally been intended to be played instead or was a placeholder for Rock Anthem for Saving the World.[4]
- In 2007, when a website tool called "Silverlight" was introduced to Bungie.net, the piece was retroactively given the alternative name "Shreddin'" on an old Bungie music player page, which also features alternate names for several extra Halo pieces that had been previously released.[2] Despite this fact, the name was reverted back to "Old Stuff" at some point when Silverlight was depreciated.[5]
- Old Stuff shares a remarkable resemblance with a piece that composers Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori had previously worked on for another game, Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator.
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Bungie.net, Halo Music Outtakes (Retrieved on Dec 6, 2003) [archive]
- ^ a b Bungie.net, Halo (Xbox) Soundtrack and Music (Retrieved on Jun 8, 2008) [archive]
- ^ a b Bungie.net, Halo Music Outtakes Part 1 (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2014) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Datamined - rr1 and rr2 folder
- ^ Bungie.net, Halo (Xbox) Soundtrack and Music (Retrieved on Apr 12, 2016) [archive]
