G4TV: Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack Review - Music for Repelling the Covenant

G4TV writes: "Much like the game's namesake soldiers, the soundtrack album for "Halo 3: ODST" performed a surprise, precision insertion onto my desk last week. Even though I had exactly zero hands-on time with ODST yet, all of about 0.7 seconds passed before I spun up the CD to hear what Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori had created for the game's audio ammunition. The big question I had was, since ODST is a different take on the Halo-verse, how would this translate into the music? We've even got samples prepared to drop, in this spoiler free review."

[Peter North]

We're reviewing Soundtracks now, RRODbots are getting desperate.

[mistajeff]

I definitely think ODST has the best soundtrack out of all the games. I was expecting the same stuff as the last 3 games but was pleasantly surprised at how unique it was. Though I'll admit I REALLY liked the Incubus stuff on the Halo 2 soundtrack, I bought it just for that 25-minute piece (that they unfortunately split up into 4 tracks over the course of the album).

[dgroundwater]

Yeah I liked Halo 2's soundtrack a bit more than Halo 3's. This will be quite different based on the bits I've heard, but equally awesome. It's just so unique and recognizable with the sax solos etc.

[mistajeff]

It's a little noir-ish, like they say in the article. I'm glad they went that route instead of the typical music you hear in games during night-time sneaking ops, that sort of ominous brooding stuff. The noir style not only fits the mood better, it helps CREATE the mood. Good stuff.

[Jok3r]

This piece is prob the best I have ever heard from a videogame

http://video.gamesfather.co...