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#halo3 #reaction
Halo is probably the only game series where I can hear a song and think "oh, that's from this segment". so iconic.
Listening to tribute I swear I could just hear Lord Hoods monolog.
Is the Dawn rated for atmosphere?
When I was 8 years old, this was the only game I played for almost a year. So I know this feeling just as well friend.
@@levi22es one way to find out, grab some cover
You should try a game called 'Valley'.
Love your facial expressions.
Thanks Marty 😀
The Godfather of Space Opera bringing a sense of balance with just your presence! #MartyForCongress
No wayyyyy
Oh! He IS here! Hi Marty!
Heyya Marty, I hope your run for office goes well man! Wishing the best.
My grandfather passed away in 2010. One day, about a month before the cancer took him, he was visiting and I had the Halo 3 menu on the TV - “Never Forget”was playing. He heard this song and stood at parade rest as he became entranced by its beauty; I stood there next to him in silence. After it ended he said “At my funeral, play this song for me.” To this day, whenever this song plays, I picture that proud ex-Marine standing in the living room: strong jaw upraised, eyes filled with sorrow, hands clasped behind his back, ever the stoic soldier. He finished his fight soon afterwards. I make this post in honor of him and the strength that he imparted to me, and how this beautiful song has played such a pivotal role in so many lives.
I thank him for his service and I wish him a peaceful rest.
Clearly a man of class. Thank you for the post him for his service.
You'll forgive me for it is the internet, and such a story is so profound and sincere that our calloused souls immediately reflex "this must not be true." You'll forgive me because if the story's true, it stands on such a deep foundational core of "human being" that you know not only why I had to preface this comment, but ultimately why I had to write appreciation towards yours. Semper Fi.
May he rest in peace
@@wren7195 I can see why you’d be skeptical, but he knew I loved Halo and he also knew his time was nearing its end. He was depressed at that time and I guess hearing how sad Never Forget is, plus knowing how dear the series is to me, felt a surge of emotion
”Is there like a story aspect to the game that I just have no clue about?” Hearing someone say that while listening to Tribute is so wild. That song evokes so much emotion.
you just had to be there
@@ACheekyOtterI really want her to experience it.
Seriously. Like. Understatement of the century. I love how even someone who didn't experience it at the time, can still feel and relate to the emotions that were instilled in us. To this day I cannot hear this music without goosebumps.
That's one of those, "Where men cried" moments 😂😭
Goes to show just how important the music is to the whole story. If it can invoke emotion without any knowledge of the background, that’s something special.
You'll Love Halo 3: ODST. Very different overall tone, Marty sort of went off on a jazz tangent with that game, and it totally works
This, I commented about this on a prior video actually. It'd be a great video to see
Agreed.
ODST is so atmospheric and the mood is great. They really enhanced the gameplay and makes every halo game up through Reach feel incredibly cinematic as you're playing.
And now you must have an appreciation for free-form jazz! *defference for darkness plays quietly*
I also recommend this one last time. The Menagerie is probably my favorite piece of music ever. It just fits the vibe of my psyche.
15:45 "For us, the storm has passed. The war is over. And let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark, and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure. Sacrifice, an unshakeable conviction that their fight... *our* fight... was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They enobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten... ... I remember how this war started, what your kind did to mine. I can't forgive you, but you have my thanks... for standing by him to the end. Hard to believe he's dead..." "Were it... so easy..."
Chefs kiss👌 Perfect!
“Wake me, when you need me”
Come on, Chief. I need you.
In memory of those fallen in the defense of Earth and her colonies. March 3 2553. 117
Chills
When you said "this feels like the end of a story" during tribute, you couldn't know how right you are. In more ways than one. End of the story, end of a beloved trillogy, end of a chapter in the lives of the people who played these games. It's very emotional for me.
It was the end of an Era man. I’m glad to have lived through that time.
It was the end or near the end of, imo, the golden age of gaming. And hotdamn was I there for it.
I was there too. I'll never forget. The Halo games (by Bungie) told great stories about courage, heroism, sacrifice, and stoicism. My dad showed me Combat Evolved when I was 10, and the trilogy plus ODST and Reach played a pivotal role in my adolescence. I will *never* forget them.
Beautiful memories, fellas.
Best times, we were truly blessed
I almost can't bear to hear these soundtracks anymore. It's not just the story but the countless hours I used to spend playing this game with my friends on the couch. Haven't really talked to them in like 15 years at this point. I miss them so damn much.
Couldn't keep it together at Never Forget, especially after tribute. I mean I was already crying my eyes out at Finish The Fight, but I'm just a wreck now.
Different times now.. some of my most memorable times involved playing this game on split screen with my buddies. Everyday after school my friend would come to my house and we’d play this until his mom came by to pick him up. And almost every Friday my other friends would come over and we’d just have a blast.. Damn, what a time
@@UPLYNXED Never forget.
I know man. I understand totally.
Why not just check on them? See how they're doing?
"Never forget what?" Never forget that is just the main menu music. You went from Tribute to Never Forget which is what you get from beating the campaign and then you're just sitting in the main menu absorbing the vibes
Fun fact: it's called Never Forget because Marty O'Donnell forgot the name of the original and named it Forgotten, then Never Forget, instead!
@@caramelldansen2204 lmao no way
@@caramelldansen2204 even better, i heard he also just, forgot about the song existing till they basically finished putting all the music in the game
@@caramelldansen2204 it was originally called unforgotten in Halo 2, it's called this because Michael decided to do a Marty style piece but Marty didn't know how to fit it in, so it was originally part of the Halo 2 end credits and then was slightly remade for the Halo 3 menu
@@mythicknz8203 UNforgotten! Thanks!
Halo is a very story focused franchise. It encompasses not only games, but comics, novels, movies, animated short films, and even an anime. There are countless stories, beloved characters, and deep and complex lore. It's essential the Star Wars of videogames
Good thing you didn't mention the ongoing you know what lol.
@@mctyfun531The non cannon show that’s horrible… yeah… such a disappointing waste of potential. 343 and Microsoft continue to disappoint and mismanage the franchise.
@@stealthhunter6998 343i never respected Bungie's halo games, they had their own ideas and now the creators of the show are doing the same by ignoring the source content. Hope it dies like Netflix's Witcher.
There's a TV show too but we don't talk about it. 😅
@@stealthhunter6998 Bungie barely acknowledged and perhaps even at times resented the Halo EU (books, comics etc). MS/343i on the other hand embraced it a lot.
I showed my girlfriend Halo a few years ago, and when she heard Never Forget, she told me it felt like she was feeling nostalgia for something she had never experienced before. It's such a perfect way to describe it
Anemoia.
Anemoia.
Yes Halo is an extremely story focused game, many people buy the games just for the campaign and don’t even touch the multiplayer aspect. You’ll laugh a lot, cry a lot and just have an incredible experience
Never played the multiplayer aspect? Yes everyone buys Halo for the story, but everyone continues to play 100's of hours after the campaign is finished because of the multiplayer. You gotta find some reliable friends to rank up in multiplayer with.
Sergeant Johnson has some brilliant one liners
The only time i cried was when i saw Halo. Dumbstruck. Blinded by its majesty
Apart from halo 5… ugh
@@iLive4HStyleuntil infinite I was always a 100% campaign guy. I’ve seen the light now but I still prefer single player, now if 343 could write a good one please.
So, fun fact, "Never Forget" was named as such because Martin O'Donnell fully produced the track but then completely forgot it existed until every part of the game has its music. Then near the end of game development he found the track and knew it had to go somewhere, so "Never Forget" ended up as a menu song that can sometimes show up. However, the name has taken on a meaning entirely of its own by the fans as it's been played at countless funerals and is basically the rallying cry of nostalgic fans.
No way this is true, right? The version in Halo 2 is named Unforgotten lmao
@@tom2matI was about to say lol. Maybe Unforgotten's backstory but def not Never Forget.
@@tom2mat it's basically what Martin said during a 2 hour interview with KeyofGeebz on Geebz's gaming channel RPGeebz
@@tom2mat It’s true, just for Halo 2.
Reminds me of band of brothers
Listening to three gates INSTANTLY transports me to the Ark Also it’s cool that Never Forget can bring you to tears without even having the sentimental value of the Halo 3 experience itself attached to it
100%, when behold a pale horde played all I remembered was when the forward unto dawn breaks atmosphere on the ark, bro chills
Love you Billy. Go Birds
I remember Never Forget when I launched Halo 2 at launch in November 2004. My brother and I just took it in. It was a new era
I feel like never forget, really embodies that sense nostalgia, taking you back to cherished memories. Regardless of wether or not the song holds any significance to the listener. Its just such a well paced, well composed track. Marty is a genius composer
For me thee gates takes me back to delta halo before killing the prophet of regret
The Halo 3 soundtrack never fails to give me goosebumps. Just remembering seeing the Foreward Unto Dawn circling in the distance as this little ship, until that trumpet sounds... and then it rapidly approaches, getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and you realize it's coming in VERY close to where you're standing. The bow wave of wind from its approach blows everything around you away, and it finally comes to a stop just above you, seeming to go from 60-0 in just a few seconds. Then, the cargo elevators start to lower, and the ship leaves you with some very nice, very powerful treaded 'gifts'.
If I'm remembering correctly there was a few people within Bungie and/or Microsoft at the time this game was being made who thought that using a piano for its soundtrack would not work after Halo 2's electric guitar stuff. Marty O'Donnell insisted on using it though. What resulted was a soundtrack that can instantly be recognised from this piano chord alone 0:12
17:05 "hard to believe he's dead" "Were it so easy"
Why do you think the arbiter said that? I think that he knows he’s still alive.
@@A-MR.Ewell ny the end arbiter and chief were battle brothers on an insane mission to save the universe. But before that they had been trying literally everything to kill each other. If it were so easy to kill John Arbiter would have succeeded.
@@Dunkopf well said…
He knows. Even before they teamed up, The Chief was legendary among the Covenant. His name was spoken with fear as he was dubbed: "the demon" by the Covenant. The Covenant knew about the Spartans and feared them as well but none more so than The Chief. There were high-level assassin Sanghelli who wore special red armor and were tasked with the most dangerous behind enemy lines missions; which included assassination attempts on The Chief himself. They all failed. Over time the Covenant started to believe that The Chief was unkillable and they trembled even at the mention of him. @@A-MR.E
Every Halo game has at least one theme where you can say “yep, this is THE theme” and you’re right on with One Final Effort being that theme. Plays during probably the best moment of the game and it just embodies the entire H3 soundtrack.
"All ships fire at will"
@@dernwine That was a solid cutscene, but nothing beats two scarabs
@@aksis2133 Tank beats everything!
@@aksis2133 two scarabs wasn't a cutscene
The majority of the song was in previous games, with Unyielding and Truth and Reconciliation. It's a rearrangement.
Halo 3 is by far my favourite piece of media ever. What Marty O’Donnell and co accomplished was a stroke of perfection. I verge on tearing up every time I hear “tribute”, “never forget” and “keep what you steal”, such iconic riffs.
Dont reduce mike salvatori too just and co
Never Forget is definitely one of my all time favorite Halo pieces.
Halo is one of the most important game franchises to me, I played Combat Evolved when I was only Three years old (I'm 24 now) my dad was a huge gamer) and I would often play with him and his friends and still beat his friends cause of how much I played the game, I could never beat my Dad at it though lol Halo 2 I probably enjoyed even more than Combat Evolved growing up, it just seemed so grand in comparison with the story and new songs, even many remixes of old tracks Halo 3 made me into an avid Xbox player single handedly growing up, the Campaign, the Multiplayer, Forge, and the Music all tying it together, it was such an amazing finale to the original trilogy. The song "Tribute" legit made me cry when it was used in game because of the accompanying scene... Everytime I hear the soundtrack no matter which game, whether it be CE, 2, 3, even from ODST, Reach, and the newest games too, I get reminded of all the good times I've had playing each and every game Even with the direction Halo has gone in recent years, I don't think anything will ever stop me from loving the franchise and especially the Music The music in the 343 entries is no slouch at all and goes so hard But Marty O' Donnell is something else, man. He's an amazing composer and nothing has truly topped his work in the Halo franchise imo Halo is truly Legendary, and the Music plays such a huge part of that for sure
We have such a similar story it’s crazy
"Never forget", Spartans never die they're just missing in action 😭
You didn’t have to go there, bud
Yeah
"Keep what you steal? What is it that was stolen?" Two hearts. A human one and a cybernetic one.
And the Activation Index… as a souvenir, just in case.
@@xCrimsonxTidex Thought I'd try shooting my way out. Mix things up a little.
Officially it's actually knowledge that is stolen, as Cortana takes information and keeps it with her. But yes, that too!
@@VainerCactus0 “Just keep your head down… there’s two of us in here now.”
the green one and the blue one
Something to note about Behold a Pale horse. The first section is a reprise/remix of "On a Pale Horse" from the first Halo game. If memory serves, both themes play during vehicle based sections which fits the horse motif and you were spot on about the pale horse representing death as the covenant(enemies) see Spartans, and master chief in particular as Demons.
A version of it also plays during the gondola section on Delta Halo in Halo 2
Marty odonnel is probably my BIGGEST musical inspiration. His work for halo 3 and ODST specifically. Those games really shiwed me how much a piano can effect a whole song. Just adding bits here and there can darastically change the emotion of the song.
Honestly the halo trilogy alone could be a case study about how good it is. Its still wild to me how good the soundtrack to these games are still good this many years later.
10:57 “ keep your head down. There’s two of us in here remember”
That quote.... My personal best moment in the entire franchise. So much comes together and goes full circle. Especially according to the music. Everything that was build up for cortana and master chief comes together and even their soundtracks are combined.
@@SilverViper1000 right on
Brings a tear to my eye
Figured I’d try shooting my way out.
@@kozzy18 Mix things up a little.
So, for your comment at 18:10, some general things to be aware of. 1. Yes, halo has a very significant story aspect! And some of the best tracks, including the one playing at this time, are playing during story beats. Let’s say the vibes you get from this are not incorrect, it is kind of the end to a story. 2. A lot of the tracks, like on a pale horse, represent entire levels or sections of levels. Elements within them may loop or repeat depending on your progress through a mission, before progressing to the next general section of the level and the next section of the track. This is also, for example, why the suggestion to start at 2 minutes in for Three Gates was a thing, because it’s that particular section of track that is really good.
I was really off put by the "start at 2 comments" at first but in context with One Final Effort it works well. You don't need the teaser of Three Gates, you get all the goodness from the intro but with the tail it deserves
16:10 "This feels like the end of a story" I love the way you describe these things. It's nice to see people appreciating this stuff like you do! You've earned a sub from me! I'm gonna be watching your Xenoblade videos too, as I adore that game series just as much as Halo!
16:09: "Oh this feels like the end of a story." 343i: Were it so easy.
Whenever you react to Halo Reach's music, I strongly recommend you watch the Deliver Hope trailer because it has one of the most amazing pieces of Halo music I have ever heard. Edit: So a quick clarification. The music in the Deliver Hope trailer was never released on Reach's OST, but i swear it is one of the most amazing tracks I have ever heard.
That score makes me... remember Reach
Im coming back after hearing that 2 min masterpiece, It makes my eyes sher a tear
Ehh I think the Discover Hope music is cool but a bit generic and would take time away from other better tracks in game
She’ll really like We Remember because of the electric guitar.
I just watched it and cried for about 10 minutes afterward
18:24 "Never forget"
I'M NOT CRYING UR CRYING
The way it works is you have a cutscene that comes before each level, like a mini movie. It sets up what you're doing and gives context. Then as you play the music adjusts to what kind of activity you're doing, so fast paced for action, or dramatic if there's so.e threat pending. The gameplay is also occasionally interrupted with short reprieves where the characters will talk and update the story, this is often accompanied by it's own music. Then you close out the level with another cutscene, and there's end credits like a movie.
The soundtrack encompasses the themes of the game so well. The tiniest bit of hope shining through the most dire possible situations, the feeling of like, "This is it. If we fail, humanity is over"
5:34 "Look, up high! Here she comes!" Nuff said
When that frigate comes down with scorpions. iconic moment.
I can even picture the screen shake and the dust flying by haha
“Is the Dawn rated for atmosphere?”
Man, I instantly made a swooping handgesture mimicing the frigate's descent and lowering of the lift when that part came on. And now I'm tearing up at the start of Keep What You Steal. Halo will always be special
@@captainkeyes1523 Guess we’re gonna find out!
5:40 If You Know, You Know. Marine 1 *"Up High, Here She Comes"* Marine 2 *"Is The Dawn Rated For Atmosphere?"* Marine 1 *"I Guess We're Going To Find Out, Hey Take Cover"*
The way my jaw dropped during that part playing it for the first time🤣
Miranda Keyes: "I'm making my descent"
That scene plays out in my head whenever I hear that segment of the track
A little bit later: “Tank beats ghost” “Tank beats hunter” “Tank beats everything, ah man I could do this all day”
Tank beats ghost! Tank beats Hunter! Tank beats everything!!
I love that she gets so invested with “keep what you steal” and yet for us Halo vets we know this one played during one of the most terrifying and stressful missions in the game. 😂
This was my first online game. All of this music is ingrained into my head. I was singing along with it from my memory the entire video. I can place exactly where these tracks are in missions and in trailers. I’m so glad to watch someone else experience this for the first time. All of the halo games really. I know others have already answered, but yes there is a large story aspect to the games. Halo CE’s story is almost like an 80’s action sci-fi love letter mixed with Alien. Halo 2 plays like a drama. It’s probably the most complex and the best story of the games. Halo 3 plays like a modern action flick. If you are interested you should look up the cutscenes or story. It’s pretty interesting and detailed! ODST is based on noir investigation movies. Reach starts out like a military thriller but quickly turns into a tragedy Never Forget makes me cry. It was the menu music. It reminds me of all the time me and my friends killed in 08-10 on this game. The late nights, the custom lobbies, Forge mode, pictures, bungie favorites, Team Snipes, Grifball, SWAT, and everything else. Never Forget makes me get lost in a wave of nostalgia.
One of my favorite things about the halo music that not a lot of people talk about, is that the instruments in most of the pieces represent individual characters, (although I wouldn't be surprised if someone has commented this already and I missed it) Cortana - Piano Master Chief - Strings UNSC (Military)- Drums & Brass Covenant (Aliens) - Synth/Techno & Vocals, sometimes wood percussion Flood (Scary Aliens) - High Strings and Vocals When going back and listening to the music you can tell whats happening in the story just by the way the instruments collide and interact and influence each other There's a piece that plays at 9:54 when two characters reunite that just beautifully combines their two instruments, and themes, into one goosebump inducing moment when they finally come together again after so long.
Yes, I can almost imagine myself in a setting of a faction when I hear the music, like when unsc type themes I can imagine marines gearing up and getting ready for war as sgt Johnson yells at them to pick up the pace, like the beginning of the piece tribute
This is an awesome observation I had only noticed piano for Cortana, I'm going to pay more attention with this in mind from now on
18:26 Ah yes, I remember my 9-year-old self being so hyped to play this game, booting it up on the old Xbox 360, and then having this song hit me like a truck on the main menu. Didn’t really know why it hit me so hard at the time but looking back, it’s clear how much these stories, and the beautiful music written to enhance them, really stuck with me.
Yes. Even if it's just a video game... the struggles of humanity, chief and the arbiter. We were there every step of the way. Along side friends that played with us. It is commonly thought... this is nostalgic music. And it truly is.
I feel this nostalgia every time I boot up MCC on PC. Halo 3 is still great in 2024
Youve simply GOT to do a video contrasting all of the "A Walk in the Woods" renditions from each game. A Walk in the Woods Heretic, Hero Zealous Champion Another walk Walking away, & Through the Trees
Never Forget really hits hard on the main menu. Unfortunately the Halo Xbox 360 servers shut down in early 2022 leaving behind many memories for so many people. Hearing Never Forget while in the menu definitely feels haunting and nostalgic. Always will be my favourite halo track!
Never Forget is a personal favorite of mine. It would play on the main menu and I'd spend a lot of time there just listening as a camera panned across a desolate landscape. BTW ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. Think of them like space paratroopers.
I really can recommend the ODST live action trailer and the first 5 min Of Halo 3 ODST. Both show pretty good what ODSTs are.
Same bro. I love all the versions in each game.
Never Forget always hits different after that first playthrough
Bungie Halo has to have the most emotion inducing music of any game ever. It is sheer brilliance and pure art. Seeing someone else enjoy the music brings me such unexplainable joy
The Halo Trilogy is basically a religious experience. Especially for young men of the era.
Your reaction to never forget is all of us who played the game thinking about our childhoods. I used to just sit on the main menu and listen to that play over and over (with the storm in the background)
Halo has always done such a great job at making you feel like you are fighting a battle that cannot be won .Which makes every victory for the humans feel like a major relief, especially in Halo: Reach. The mood is pretty much "We're losing this war but damn, if we're gonna go down...WE'RE GOING DOWN FIGHTING!"
Three Gates is an adaptation of Leonidas from the second game's soundtrack, a song that plays as the protagonist crosses a lake to assassinate the prophet of regret, one of the religious leaders of the Covenant. One of my favourites from the Halo 2 soundtrack.
To give an idea of how good this music works as a story device, for every song that played, I could tell you exactly what was happening and what the characters were doing and saying.
Same to me. The music intensifies the moments so much that you barely can listen to the music without imagining what happened in the game. Marty's emotional equity really hits.
More or less same. I may need some time to recall but I can do it
17:04 "This feels like the ending of a film." For many of us it was the ending of our childhood.
The Bungie era of Halo has one of the best stories of any media form. It's one of those works of art that everyone needs to experience at least once.
“We’ll light the ring, and we’ll all go home”… Halo’s story, music, scenery, etc is what really brought me in as a kid and still to this day as an adult. The trilogy is really just untouchable when it comes to the music and it continued to get better with each of the games. And to add to my above statement: Playing through the games, way too many times (it’s never enough), I know exactly which part of the game each section of music playing comes from. And it brings a whole next level of emotion when you know exactly what’s happening in game when these songs are playing..makes me tear up every single time just like you were doing during “Never Forget”, I believe that this song will always get me to tear up. Just shows how much the music means to us and especially to those who have played the games.
Halo 1-3, odst, and reach have some of the best soundtracks in all of gaming. If you ever did reaction videos to the cutscenes of each game, the soundtrack is 10x more powerful and the eyes will get watery lol. Glad you like these!
Halo 4 has an underrated OST. It trades some of the epicness of the previous OSTs for suspense and a little bit of dread. It has a little bit of nightmarish quality to it that is very different. Halo 5's OST is unmemorable outside of a couple of tracks. Infinite has a very good OST and sounds much like a new take on the original trilogy's OSTs.
@@carteljameson8395Halo 4 ost is super underrated it's just like 1 tier below the Bungie games and Ilex should react to it
Honestly, probably better to actually play the games. There’s still lots of context to be had from dialogue and gameplay during the missions.
All 3 of these videos were very enjoyable to relive the moments nostalgically while also watching you nail describing the emotions/themes which are exactly how they were used in the games
Subbed! I looooove these videos. As a life long Halo fan the soundtracks have been a core memory from the start. I love when you start a song, start commenting, and I'm like oh just wait til the song drops she's gonna lose it. Can't wait for ODST, Reach, and Halo Infinite
10:00 this track always makes me emotional. 3 games building up to this moment. A reunion of two who never should have been broken apart. The protagonist doesn't show many emotions and it's still such a big emotional gesture.
Chief keeps it bottled up for years after Cortana's "death". All of a sudden he just can't keep it to himself anymore and he cracks, and you see that there's humanity within Maester Fief
Your reaction to Never Forget is me every single time I hear it to this day. Halo 3 was a big part of my childhood and that song alone just makes me think of it and reminisce. To this day, it’s part of my playlist to try to fall asleep at times. The whole entire video I was waiting for it and your reaction didn’t let down! Thanks for listening to this soundtrack. Absolutely stunning.
I just wanted to say thank you for making me want to play these games again. I've been going through some hard times recently and haven't been able to do anything, but watching you react to all of the trilogy soundtracks made me remember why I played these games to begin with. Started the download about halfway through the video. I can't wait to relive my childhood and play the very thing that shielded me through a traumatic time. Thank you for making these videos, and if you ever do play the games I hope you enjoy them as much as we did. These stories have brought friends, family, and strangers from around the world together in a way that is forever remembered as the best days of our lives, and there isn't a single day I'm not wishing to go back. I can Never Forget.
the part when you asked about how the games goes, that song was called tribute and thats at the end after the war during a cutscene showing the dead from the war and the admiral or captain hood giving respects for the dead and anouncing that during the rebuilding after the war that the hillside they stand on would remain barren in honor of those who died to fight the alien covenant
"I will never forget that feeling I just felt" encompasses everyone who played this masterful franchise. You just can't describe that "feeling" the Halo soundtrack gives you, to 100% accuracy. Such a unique bunch of video games.
So Halo is a very sad and emotional set of games with an incredible story. Finish the Fight is a song used in the promotional trailers but a version did play in the games and it was a very intense scene. Halo 3 had probably the highest stakes so the entire story was very intense. The tone is definitely much darker in Halo 3 than it was in the others. Humanity is on the backfoot trying to survive. Halo 3 is the most emotional of the original three games. You are correct Tribute is the song played at the very end. The game had a very somber but uplifting ending. A we lost a lot of good people along the way but the war is finally over type of ending.
I don't think the tone is darker in Halo 3, I will say it's probably the most serious of the trilogy
@@peanutgallery4 Definitely most serious. The stakes are the biggest in 3. Humanity is on the brink of extinction because of the Covenant's actions.
@@crazyguy_1233More likely because of the flood infection
@@khronosis6934 Shh trying to keep out spoilers just in case this person wants to play Halo.
This soundtrack has a special place in my heart. My family and I had to get a ferry to travel to say goodbye to my grandmother who had taken ill. So picture that night before I saw her for the last time, experiencing a night voyage where I wasn't able to get a wink of sleep. And had the Halo 3 soundtrack playing in my ears. So parts like Never Forget certainly have a special meaning to me. I had other music playing over that journey, but this music was the thing that stuck with me from that night.
Some background on Halo 3: ODST for when you do it. ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, this is the first game you don’t play as the Master Chief and are put in the boots of one. It takes place in an abandoned city overrun with enemies. Separated from your squad you make your way through dark and desolate streets with enemies scattered throughout, trying to piece together what happened to your squad and where they went. There’s themes of noir and mystery that make for a great setting, a departure from the main line but still really good. Looking forward to the next video!
CAN'T WAIT for watching you listening to ODST's soundtrack. It is one of the most special soundtracks in Halo and a real standout. Great reaction!
Finish the Fight was "an event". It marked the most hyped trailer of that E3. Goosbumps to this very day. Regarding ODST... The soundtrack for that game is... different. Both Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach have this eary atmosphere of something is not clicking, but is so beatifully layed out that you get immersed in this melancholic sadness.
"Never Forget" always gives me chills and makes me tear up with all of the emotions packed into it. Closing out an amazing story and journey. Playing through them in my early childhood and growing up with them. They truly changed my life. Such beautiful pieces. Thanks for doing this and experiencing them along with us!
5:41 is the theme that kicks up during my favorite moment in any halo game: when the Forward Unto Dawn lands overtop of you on the Ark, and you see the scale of the ship up close
"I didn't want to feel things!" Ufff just wait until you get to Reach
I hope she watches the cutscenes. The music wouldn't be nearly the same in gravity without it.
in tribute i always hear that lone violin hold tone and always think "thats chief right there" the man the myth the legend.
Dang, even after all these years, these tracks still give me goosebumps. The nostalgia hit so hard, I actually started to tear up, especially on Tribute.
seeing you enjoy what ive been playing since i was a kid is so eye watering to watch. i love this game/s so much and seeing others enjoy it brings me so much joy
18:23 “Never Forget. Never forget what? What if I forget?” You won’t. (Edit) 22:04 - Told ya lol Jokes aside, I’ve been listening to these soundtracks since I was a little kid in 2004, and it is very cool to see someone new to the franchise experience some of, in my opinion, the best soundtracks in gaming. Also if/when you go back to the halos you’ve already done, and since you seem to have a preference to Halo’s use of choirs, you should check out: The Maw - Halo: CE [Pretty short somber song made up almost entirely of a male choir] Heavy Price Paid - Halo 2 [Very sad, but VERY pretty song composed of mostly choral singing with a piano for flavor] Heretic, Hero - Halo 2 [Percussion heavy with a choir, and bass guitar to back it up] Halo Reborn - Halo 3 [Straight up beautiful choral opening with a pretty unsettling ending] Hope you see this and give my recommendations a try!!
I nearly forgot the emotions I felt but just hearing Tribute & Never Forget brought them all right back.
Thank you so much for this, halo is such a musical experience, personally my favorite experiences have been halo 3, halo ODST and halo Reach, those are so unique musically
'Never Forget' is special to me, and im sure a lot of people like me who grew up on Halo 3. It isn't just a beautifully composed piece, its a memory of your friends. All together sharing an unforgettable experience. And even after your friends all signed off for the night, that soundtrack accompanied as you sat to hesitantly shut off the console for what we didnt know would be one of the last times. I miss you guys, and ill truly never forget you and all our efforts we put into those game nights.
i appreciate this video so much. and i love the real emotion in your reactions to the tracks. this game series very much made me the gamer i am today and just something about the soundtrack for this game, it just hits you. and yes there is a very iconic story aspect to this game. its amazing.
Halo was my childhood and me and my friends still play it, thanks for making me relive that sense of wonder for the first time again :)
I legit started tearing up when Never Forget started (Also highly recommend Never Forget Midnight Version if you listen Halo 4's). That song holds such a special place in mine and everyone's hearts. That song epitomizes melancholy and nostalgia. Everyone has their own images that come to mind when it plays, giving everyone a unique yet shared connection with the music.
"Never Forget" is every Halo player's funeral song. It hits so close to the soul.
When you asked if there was a story aspect, I nearly screamed In my late twenties I've taken to reading as my primary source of story content intake, though I'll occasionally take a foray back into my old digital stomping grounds to play things like Red Dead redemption, God of War, ect... because my first love and my first introduction to complex story telling was video games. That was all a long way of saying that Video games offer incredible stories worth experiencing, and Halo, is one of the greats among them. Despite the gameplay being a furious blur of iridescent, neon, violence, the story told there within is one of tragedy, both large and small, a story of struggle both within and throughout. Its a story of friendship both expected and unexpected but above all, its a story of hope and what we can accomplish so long as we have it.
Also, btw, for future listenings - I HIGHLY recommend both Ori and the Blind Forest along with it’s sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Both stellar, STELLAR soundtracks.
True, Will of the Wisps particularly is up with the best of Halo for my favorite videogame soundtracks
favorite game soundtrack of all time. easily. and yeah, glad you checked out keep what you steal; it’s a gem
Never Forget man, when the Vocal Choir kicks in always makes my eyes tear and when the final piano starts it forces me to wipe my eyes cause its so... beautiful and the games story is so, wonderful.
Playing the games while hearing the music is something else entirely, as each of these are tailored to the moment, 5:36 is when the forward unto dawn ( name of a halo ship ) enters atmosphere and drops of all the tanks, and my god is amazing when you see it
I love these 3 vids of yours. My favorite part has been your consistent ability to go “oh this feels like spacey or menacing” and those bits/songs in question are *exactly* used on those very moments. It’s made me really appreciate the incredible work put into these OSTs
17:39 I love this part in the game when Arbiter says "take us home"
There are so many old electronic remixes of Never Forget. The trance ones are so weirdly nostalgic, because combining it with the already reflective nature of trance music, plus some people including low resolution footage of Xbox 360 gameplay (servers finally were shut down in 2022) just make it kinda sad. But glad that it happened. It’s weird because technically you can still play the online of the Xbox 360 games through the Master Chief Collection, but knowing that the specific version of the game that the footage is from cannot be replicated (for now, emulator developers can figure out crazy stuff) makes it even more emotional
Never Forget always gets me. I was 6 when we got our first Xbox and Halo was the game I always played with my older brother. I remember listening to its original version “Unforgotten” as a child and the “Never Forget” a little later. Hearing it always reminds me of my childhood in a melancholy way, like I’m remembering something wonderful that only lives in my memory now. It’s a gateway to a childhood I will never get to experience again. Sometimes it hurts, but I love it all the same.
It’s amazing how much a soundtrack can do to someone. A flood of memories from my teenage and childhood years came back. All the memories on H3 multiplayer, especially with Never forget…. I remember all the friends I met.. all the MM games. Such a close game to my heart.
ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper
I hope you do the ODST soundtrack next! It's quite a departure in many ways from the main games but it's honestly my favorite of the Halo soundtracks. My top picks for that soundtrack is what is known as "Rain" the first 3:05 of the track "Deference for Darkness", it's atmospheric and a bit jazzy and is more or less the main theme of the game. There is a very powerful piece that plays at several big set piece moments of the game, each time it appears it has more complex layering and instrumentation, it shows up in "The Menagerie" and "Traffic Jam" but the ultimate, and my favorite, iteration is in the track "Skyline" from 4:33 on. Lastly I would recommend "Neon Night" as another atmospheric jazzy track with slightly more energetic than "Deference for Darkness".
The piano in Finish the Fight ALWAYS gives me goosebumps
seeing your reaction to never forget really makes me want to see your reaction to Halo 3 ODST soundtrack lol
You should honestly react to the halo cutscenes. It's story is just as strong as star wars. I really think the music would be more impactful if you understood how the music compliments and moves with the story. You would love it. Halo 2 specifically is a literal movie. Please like this so she can see this!
Found this channel by chance. Halo's music in general is what the games so great. Think that what makes it so hard to find good games to stick with. It was a hero's journey. Actually going to make an edit: I think Halo lives up to being one of the best series. If it wasn't for the music I don't know if it would have hit so hard. It has a good story and in the 3rd game the emotion really pumps up. (Halo through Halo 3, Reach, and Odst. All amazing) For the people who don't know, timeline wise it goes Reach, Halo, Halo 2/ Odst, Halo 3)).
I don’t know if you’d ever be down to play these games for videos but I would love to see your reactions to this game series. Seeing how emotional just hearing the music can make a person makes me want to see them react to the narrative/gameplay moments the music is connected to.
Anyone else who shed a tear at Tribute in remembrance of those reported as missing in action?
The first track of Three gates (13:00) actually is called "leonidas returns". It's a reference to master chief, the main character, who is part of a secret military experiment where the subjects are called Spartans. And master chief is kind of the leader of the Spartans.
Halo 3 is what made me love piano. I'd been learning for about two years before it releasing, but finding some epic fan transcripts of the pieces lit that fire for me to learn what the piano can do. One Final Effort, Black Tower (synth strings), Keep What You Steal, and Never Forget are standards of my repertoire now A lot of people talk down H3 because the biggest pieces of it don't have much new to them save for the piano fanfare, but I love it for the refinement, the skillful beauty of finally having the orchestral treatment it deserves. Every track was perfect for its moment, nothing was out of place, and it all just felt right. It's less about feeling like a badass and more about feeling like a hero, it's grand space opera
For ODST, a lot of tracks are grouped into level suites, so some people know them by the track title itself and some people know them by their actual name that was on the album sleeve, a bit similar to 3. The wiki has the track breakdowns. Every other track has a calm jazzy piano and sax start because of story progression, a lot of which are very brief and quite unique so you can probably hit all of them. One track recurs with versioning, "Rain" then "Another Rain", I think the latter has a nicer pace because it's slow. The action theme of the game, "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper", is an interesting play on the Halo Mjolnir theme by sharing structure but almost no tone. Have "One Final Effort" fresh on the mind before listening and you'll see what I'm after. Almost the entire soundtrack is Bb Dorian/Ab major, unlike the first three games being in mostly E dorian
The first 6 halo games (CE, 2, 3, ODST, Reach & Wars) were some of the core best moments of my childhood, the amazing stories, memories of playing them with friends, the music etc. Still love to go back and play them, the nostalgia is so strong with these games.
It's so hard to not fall in love with this music and feel emotions tucked away from your childhood come out 🥲 Keep making these for all the great Halo songs you haven't covered yet :)
The whole of the Halo series, has been my childhood. Although I was not as much as a fan when bungie left, it is still such a big part of my life. I hope when the next halo comes out that they bring back some of the in depth story. The fight for humanity, the loss of worlds and key characters. The story that grabbed my heart to begin with.
The opening song you listened to Finish The Fight plays during the Halo 3 E3 2006 reveal trailer. You should watch that trailer because that song goes with that trailer perfectly with how the music progresses.
I have loved watching you react to the halo soundtracks. In your first halo video you reacted to A Walk in the Woods, but it was actually remade in most of the other halo games. in Halo 2 it’s ‘Heretic, Hero’, in Halo 3 it’s ‘Released,’ and ‘Walking Away’ in Halo Reach. Not saying you gotta react to them, but it’s really interesting how they change between their renditions!