Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack: Difference between revisions

Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack
Label:	Sumthing Else Musicworks
Producer(s):	Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Composer(s):	Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Stan LePard and C. Paul Johnson
Total length:	114:59

Revision as of 19:56, September 15, 2022

This article does not have enough inline citations and/or does not adhere to the proper citation format. You can help Halopedia by adding citations.

"Overall I think this score is a bit more intimate and personal. We're telling a human story, not a cyborg story. This isn't a space opera but a story that takes place on Earth in one city. Although the player gets to inhabit the shoes of several characters, they still primarily should feel like one person discovering the mystery that lies behind the ruins of New Mombasa."

— Martin O'Donnell to Music 4 Games

The Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack consists of music tracks composed by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Stan LePard and C. Paul Johnson is a two-disc set similar to the Halo 2: Original Soundtrack and Halo 3: Original Soundtrack.^[1]^[2]

Overview

As with the previous soundtracks, each music is made up of suites, and the suites are ordered to correspond with their in-game appearance. It was composed and produced by Marty O' Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and includes a complete 68 track listing inside. There are 17 songs on two discs.

Track listing

Disc 1

Overture – 5:38
The Rookie – 7:29
More Than His Share – 5:48
Deference for Darkness – 6:38
The Menagerie – 6:09
Asphalt and Ablution – 6:03
Traffic Jam – 5:52
Neon Night – 5:37
The Office of Naval Intelligence – 8:49

Disc 2

Bits and Pieces – 7:01
Skyline – 7:01
No Stone Unturned – 3:22
One Way Ride – 6:50
The Light at the End – 7:52
Data Hive – 6:03
Special Delivery – 10:22
Finale – 8:12

Trivia

The movement "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper" from the Finale has a runtime of 3:43, a reference to 7 and possibly the eponymous Monitor 343 Guilty Spark. Additionally "Prepare to Drop," named after the game's tagline, has a runtime of 1:17, a reference to Master Chief.
Marty O'Donnell was trying to evoke the feeling of jazz, while not literally creating jazz music. Throughout the soundtrack there are several songs that contain solo saxophone sections that create a lonely, urban atmosphere. In the tracks "Skyline" and "Traffic Jam" however, an electric guitar along with heavier sounding percussion are used in the more cinematic moments in the game.
The soundtrack won several awards; the Best Original Score at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards^[3] and Best Original Score and Sounds in the Czech Gaming Awards "Invaze 2009".^{[citation needed]}
Most of the tracks that play during Mombasa Streets have a film noir flare, due to the jazz perspective used in the soundtrack. This seems fitting, since most film noir movies are about detectives, and The Rookie is, in a sense, a detective.

Sources

[The_Marty_Army_News_post_8.2F8.2F2009-1] bungie.net: The Marty Army News post

[Amazon.com_Listing-2] Amazon: Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack

[3] Wikipedia: 2009 Spike Video Game Awards

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{era|H3R|RW}}
+{{Title|''Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack''}}
-{{Ratings}}
+{{Status|RealWorld}}
-[[File:Halo_3_odst.jpg|thumb|Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]
+{{references}}
-{{quote
+{{Soundtrack infobox
-|Overall I think this score is a bit more intimate and personal. We're telling a human story, not a cyborg story. This isn't a space opera but a story that takes place on earth in one city. Although the player get's to inhabit the shoes of several characters, they still primarily should feel like one person discovering the mystery that lies behind the ruins of [[New Mombasa]]|Martin O'Donnell to Music 4 Games.
+|image=[[File:Halo 3 odst.jpg|300px|Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]
+|release=
+|label=Sumthing Else Musicworks
+|producer=[[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
+|composer=Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Stan LePard and C. Paul Johnson
+|performance=
+|length= 114:59
 }}
-The [[Halo 3: ODST|''Halo 3: ODST'']] Original Soundtrack consists of music tracks composed by [[Martin_O'Donnell|Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]], is a two-disc set similar to the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]] and [[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]].<ref name="The Marty Army News post 8/8/2009">[http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/fanclub1/News/Archive.aspx?mode=news#cid488545 The Marty Army News post]</ref><ref name="Amazon.com Listing">http://www.amazon.com/Original-Soundtrack-Martin-Michael-Salvatori/dp/B002LBGBOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1253308360&sr=1-1</ref>
+{{Quote|Overall I think this score is a bit more intimate and personal. We're telling a human story, not a cyborg story. This isn't a space opera but a story that takes place on [[Earth]] in one city. Although the player gets to inhabit the shoes of several characters, they still primarily should feel like one person discovering the mystery that lies behind the ruins of [[New Mombasa]].|Martin O'Donnell to Music 4 Games}}
-__TOC__
-{{clear}}
+The '''''[[Halo 3: ODST]] Original Soundtrack''''' consists of music tracks composed by [[Martin O'Donnell]], [[Michael Salvatori]], [[Stan LePard]] and [[C. Paul Johnson]] is a two-disc set similar to the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]] and [[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]].<ref name="The Marty Army News post 8/8/2009">[http://halo.bungie.net/fanclub/fanclub1/News/Archive.aspx?mode=news#cid488545 '''bungie.net''': ''The Marty Army News post'']</ref><ref name="Amazon.com Listing">[http://www.amazon.com/Original-Soundtrack-Martin-Michael-Salvatori/dp/B002LBGBOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1253308360&sr=1-1 '''Amazon''': ''Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack'']</ref>
-==About The Soundtrack==
-As with the previous soundtracks, each song is made up of suites, and the suites are ordered so that you hear them in the way that you would hear them if you played through the game. It was Composed and Produced by Marty O' Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and includes a complete 68 track listing inside.
+==Overview==
-==Track Listing==
+As with the previous soundtracks, each music is made up of suites, and the suites are ordered to correspond with their in-game appearance. It was composed and produced by Marty O' Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and includes a complete 68 track listing inside. There are 17 songs on two discs.
-{{Soundtrack List
-|name= Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack
+==Track listing==
-|1= [[Overture (Song)|Overture]]
+{{col-begin}}
-|t1= 5:37
+{{col-2}}
-|2= [[The Rookie (Song)|The Rookie]]
+===Disc 1===
-|t2= 7:27
+#[[Overture (Halo 3: ODST)|Overture]] – 5:38
-|3= [[More Than His Share (Song)|More Than His Share]]
+#[[The Rookie (music)|The Rookie]] – 7:29
-|t3= 5:46
+#[[More Than His Share]] – 5:48
-|4= [[Deference for Darkness (Song)|Deference for Darkness]]
+#[[Deference for Darkness]] – 6:38
-|t4= 6:35
+#[[The Menagerie]] – 6:09
-|5= [[The Menagerie (Song)|The Menagerie]]
+#[[Asphalt and Ablution]] – 6:03
-|t5= 6:10
+#[[Traffic Jam]] – 5:52
-|6= [[Asphalt and Ablution (Song)|Asphalt and Ablution]]
+#[[Neon Night]] – 5:37
-|t6= 6:04
+#[[The Office of Naval Intelligence (music)|The Office of Naval Intelligence]] – 8:49
-|7= [[Traffic Jam (Song)|Traffic Jam]]
+{{col-2}}
-|t7= 5:50
+===Disc 2===
-|8= [[Neon Night (Song)|Neon Night]]
+#[[Bits and Pieces]] – 7:01
-|t8= 5:35
+#[[Skyline]] – 7:01
-|9= [[The Office of Naval Intelligence (Song)|The Office of Naval Intelligence]]
+#[[No Stone Unturned]] – 3:22
-|t9= 8:48
+#[[One Way Ride]] – 6:50
-|10= [[Bits and Pieces (Song)|Bits and Pieces]]
+#[[The Light at the End]] – 7:52
-|t10= 7:01
+#[[Data Hive (music)|Data Hive]] – 6:03
-|11= [[Skyline (Song)|Skyline]]
+#[[Special Delivery]] – 10:22
-|t11= 6:58
+#[[Finale (Halo 3: ODST)|Finale]] – 8:12
-|12= [[No Stone Unturned (Song)|No Stone Unturned]]
+{{col-end}}
-|t12= 3:21
-|13= [[One Way Ride (Song)|One Way Ride]]
-|t13= 6:48
-|14= [[The Light at the End (Song)|The Light at the End]]
-|t14= 7:49
-|15= [[Data Hive (Song)|Data Hive]]
-|t15= 6:01
-|16= [[Special Delivery (Song)|Special Delivery]]
-|t16= 10:21
-|17= [[Finale (Song)|Finale]]
-|t17= 8:10
-|total= 114:59
-}}
-* Original composition:
-* Sound design:
-* Arrangement:
-* Label:
-* Performance:
-{{Sectstub}}
 == Trivia ==
-*The movement "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper" from the Finale has a runtime of 3:43, a reference to [[7|seven]] and possibly the eponymous [[Monitor]] [[343 Guilty Spark]]. Additionally "Prepare to Drop," named after the game's tagline, has a runtime of 1:17, a reference to [[John-117|Master Chief]].
+*The movement "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper" from the Finale has a runtime of 3:43, a reference to [[Seven|7]] and possibly the eponymous [[Monitor]] [[343 Guilty Spark]]. Additionally "[[Prepare To Drop (music)|Prepare to Drop]]," named after the game's tagline, has a runtime of 1:17, a reference to [[John-117|Master Chief]].
-*It seems that Marty O'Donnell was going for more of a jazz perspective. In Deference for Darkness, there is a short saxophone section. More brass appear to pop up more in this soundtrack than the others. However in tracks like [[Skyline (Song)|Skyline]], it has the same variety of electric guitar, string, percussion, and other instruments; it is this combination and mixing that makes the Halo soundtracks so renowned and recognizable.
+*Marty O'Donnell was trying to evoke the feeling of jazz, while not literally creating jazz music. Throughout the soundtrack there are several songs that contain solo saxophone sections that create a lonely, urban atmosphere. In the tracks "Skyline" and "Traffic Jam" however, an electric guitar along with heavier sounding percussion are used in the more cinematic moments in the game.
-*The soundtrack was awarded the Best Original Score at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards.
+*The soundtrack won several awards; the Best Original Score at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Video_Game_Awards#2009_Awards '''Wikipedia''': ''2009 Spike Video Game Awards'']</ref> and Best Original Score and Sounds in the Czech Gaming Awards "Invaze 2009".{{citation needed}}
+*Most of the tracks that play during [[Mombasa Streets]] have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir film noir] flare, due to the jazz perspective used in the soundtrack. This seems fitting, since most film noir movies are about detectives, and [[The Rookie]] is, in a sense, a detective.
 ==Sources==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Ref/Sources}}
-{{Halo Music}}
-[[Category:Halo Music]]
+{{Soundtrack}}
-[[Category:Music]]
+[[Category:Halo 3: ODST OST| ]]
-[[Category:The Real World]]