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The Soundtrack project is an ongoing project that aims to enhance the pages related to music in Halo media, boosting pages' readability as well as recording oddities.

Background

Music in Halo media generally includes soundtracks of the games and other visual media (including films and animated series). Most Halo media were released with official soundtracks. Most of these soundtrack albums and their tracks have been documented on Halopedia.

However, there are "oddities" - other musical pieces that were excluded from official releases. Most of the official Halo soundtracks do not contain every track heard in the games, such as variations of certain tracks or ambient tracks that went unreleased at the discretion of the composers/producers. Furthermore, marketing materials, such as trailers, often use music unrelated to the soundtrack of the media (e.g. Frederic Chopin's Prelude in Halo 3 Believe diorama). These musical pieces may not be sufficiently notable to have their own pages, but their usage should be noted nonetheless.

Project goals

Overall goals

Adopt a unified layout for articles on the tracks under the official soundtracks. Variations of these tracks that went unreleased from the soundtrack should be included on these pages.
Create new parent pages for soundtracks, titled as "Halo X soundtrack", to:
1. List out different editions of the official soundtrack
2. Record information related to the development and production of the soundtrack
3. Make note of any music featured in related media but were excluded from the official soundtracks, either being music from another title or being public domain music.

Current goals

Unify the format on individual soundtrack pages.
- Adopt new layout, which includes "Overview", "Appearances", "Arrangements", and "Production notes", if applicable.
- Embed YouTube links under the auto-generated YouTube topic channels (e.g. "Martin O'Donnell - Topic")
Make/Enhance parent pages.
- Decide on the name for the parent pages. Potential candidates include, but are not limited to, "Halo X soundtrack", "Halo X music", and "Music of Halo X".
Get oddities recorded.
"Music of Halo" page as a potential main parent page that links to "Music of Halo: Combat Evolved", "Music of Halo 2", "Music of Halo 3", etc.
Enhance the "Template:Music infobox"
- Include a parameter to the media its tied to.
- Consider enhancements inspired by the template from Wookieepedia (example).
- Consider embedding links to official music streaming platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify.

Ongoing works

These need to be made editable by everyone working on this project:

Notes

Music Oddities

Halo Waypoint Headhunters/Mona Lisa score: https://soundcloud.com/plguitar/sets/halo-waypoint/
Halo Combat Evolved, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach music "inception": https://martyodonnell1.bandcamp.com/album/inception-halo (Commentary in YouTube)
Halo Nightfall - Christopher Carmichael: https://soundcloud.com/christopher-carmichael/sets/halo-nightfall
Halo 3 Believe Diorama uses measures 25-43, 60-64 of Frederic Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28 No. 15
Halo 3 "glue": https://martyodonnell1.bandcamp.com/album/treasure-trove-of-glue
Halo 3 Elements for Control Room: https://martyodonnell1.bandcamp.com/track/elements-for-control-room
Halo 3 "Darkness trailer includes "Beyond the Infinite" by "Udi Harpaz and the Tel Aviv Symphony Orchestra"

Soundtrack Oddities

Halo 3 Original Soundtrack -import version-
- From Japan
- Numerous covers
- cover 1 link
- https://www.neowing.co.jp/product/KDSD-20009
- cover 2 link
Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Remixes (Independent Physical release)
- Promotional disk
- front cover
- Back cover

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-The '''Soundtrack project''' aims to enhance the soundtrack pages of ''Halo'' media so they are easier to follow and oddities are recorded.
+The '''Soundtrack project''' is an ongoing project that aims to enhance the pages related to music in ''Halo'' media, boosting pages' readability as well as recording oddities.
-==Goals==
+==Background==
-===Original goal===
+Music in ''Halo'' media generally includes soundtracks of the games and other visual media (including films and animated series). Most ''Halo'' media were released with official soundtracks. Most of these soundtrack albums and their tracks have been documented on Halopedia.
-#Essentially make the soundtrack pages more generic. We use the official soundtrack names sure. But we don't focus on that.
-#We can include music or songs not on the soundtracks. If music from another title is outright used for example. Boom it can be added to that page.
-#This will be harder but trailer and so on music or songs may be fun to add whenever we notice those.
-===Current project goals===
+However, there are "oddities" - other musical pieces that were excluded from official releases. Most of the official ''Halo'' soundtracks do not contain every track heard in the games, such as variations of certain tracks or ambient tracks that went unreleased at the discretion of the composers/producers. Furthermore, marketing materials, such as trailers, often use music unrelated to the soundtrack of the media (e.g. ''Frederic Chopin's Prelude'' in ''Halo 3'' Believe diorama). These musical pieces may not be sufficiently notable to have their own pages, but their usage should be noted nonetheless.
+==Project goals==
+===Overall goals===
+#Adopt a unified layout for articles on the tracks under the official soundtracks. Variations of these tracks that went unreleased from the soundtrack should be included on these pages.
+#Create new parent pages for soundtracks, titled as "''Halo X'' soundtrack", to:
+##List out different editions of the official soundtrack
+##Record information related to the development and production of the soundtrack
+##Make note of any music featured in related media but were excluded from the official soundtracks, either being music from another title or being public domain music.
+===Current goals===
+*Unify the format on individual soundtrack pages.
+**Adopt new layout, which includes "Overview", "Appearances", "Arrangements", and "Production notes", if applicable.
+**Embed YouTube links under the auto-generated YouTube topic channels (e.g. "[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr3--4pVFK2etDsx7OSHGMw Martin O'Donnell - Topic]")
 *Make/Enhance parent pages.
-**Get a good name for the pages picked. Potential candidates include, but are not limited to, "''Halo X'' soundtrack", "''Halo X'' music", and "Music of ''Halo X''".
+**Decide on the name for the parent pages. Potential candidates include, but are not limited to, "''Halo X'' soundtrack", "''Halo X'' music", and "Music of ''Halo X''".
 *Get oddities recorded.
-*"Music of Halo" page
+*"Music of Halo" page as a potential main parent page that links to "Music of ''Halo: Combat Evolved''", "Music of ''Halo 2''", "Music of ''Halo 3''", etc.
-**Potential main parent page
 *Enhance the "Template:Music infobox"
-**Make it include the media its tied to.
+**Include a parameter to the media its tied to.
-**Potentially enhance the template with details inspired from Wookieepedia
+**Consider enhancements inspired by the template from Wookieepedia ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Han_Solo_and_the_Princess example]).
-***https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Han_Solo_and_the_Princess
+**Consider embedding links to official music streaming platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify.
-==Current work done==
+==Ongoing works==
 These need to be made editable by everyone working on this project:
 *[[User:JackVibe/Drafts/6|Halo: Combat Evolved soundtrack]]
 *[[/Template work|Template work]]
-==Oddities==
+==Notes==
 ===Music Oddities===
 *Halo Waypoint Headhunters/Mona Lisa score: https://soundcloud.com/plguitar/sets/halo-waypoint/