Halo was a groundbreaking video game on a number of fronts. Right out of the gate, it cemented Microsoft’s new Xbox console as a serious competitor for Sony and Nintendo. It established a first-person shooter control scheme for controllers that we basically still use today. And the music… well, it was instantly iconic and remains so today. The music rules.
Now, Halo Studios and Laced Records are putting out remastered original soundtracks for Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 on vinyl, available individually or in a collected set (see it on Amazon or the IGN Store).
Halo Original Trilogy Original Soundtrack Preorders
Also available individually
The soundtracks are set to release on April 4 and are available for preorder on Amazon right now. If you buy the whole set, it costs $200.98. Purchased individually, the price totals $195, so that’s the better value, oddly enough. That said, the Amazon preorder price guarantee means you’ll be locked into the lowest price any of these items drop to prior to release. So preorder now, and you’ll pay the lowest price.
All told, if you buy the complete set, you get 83 songs spread across eight heavyweight LPs. All of the tracks are specially remastered for vinyl and come in a wide-spined outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeves.
Halo: Combat Evolved Original Soundtrack Track Listing
- Opening Suite
- Truth and Reconciliation Suite
- Brothers in Arms
- Enough Dead Heroes
- Perilous Journey
- A Walk in the Woods
- Ambient Wonder
- The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe
- Trace Amounts
- Under Cover of Night
- What Once Was Lost
- Lament for PVT. Jenkins
- Devils... Monsters
- Covenant Dance
- Alien Corridors
- Rock Anthem for Saving the World
- The Maw
- Drumrun
- On a Pale Horse
- Perchance to Dream
- Library Suite
- The Long Run
- Suite Autumn
- Shadows
- Dust and Echoes
- Halo
Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Track Listing
- Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix
- Peril
- Ghosts of Reach
- Heretic, Hero
- Flawed Legacy
- Impend
- Ancient Machine
- In Amber Clad
- The Last Spartan
- Orbit of Glass
- Heavy Price Paid
- Earth City
- High Charity
- Remembrance
- Prologue
- Cairo Suite
- Mombasa Suite
- Unyielding
- Mausoleum Suite
- Unforgotten
- Delta Halo Suite
- Sacred Icon Suite
- Reclaimer
- High Charity Suite
- Finale
- Epilogue
Halo 3 Original Soundtrack Track Listing
- Luck
- Released
- Infiltrate
- Honorable Intentions
- Last of the Brave
- Brutes
- Out of Shadow
- To Kill a Demon
- This Is Our Land
- This Is the Hour
- Dread Intrusion
- Follow Our Brothers
- Farthest Outpost
- Behold a Pale Horse
- Edge Closer
- Three Gates
- Black Tower
- One Final Effort
- Keep What You Steal
- Gravemind
- No More Dead Heroes
- Halo Reborn
- Greatest Journey
- Tribute
- Roll Call
- Wake Me Up When You Need Me
- Legend
- Choose Wisely
- Movement
- Never Forget
- Finish the Fight
That's a lot of great music right there. These soundtracks have the iconic main theme, complete with choral singing, plus lots of exciting tracks filled with strings and driving percussion. It's the good stuff, particularly for anyone who grew up playing the Halo games on Xbox and Xbox 360.
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Originally posted:
Dec 11, 2024 4:50 pm