firefue
06-09-2018, 01:59 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm working for years on a Halo best of album. Don’t misunderstand the “years” here. It makes maybe 10 years I’m searching to build/find the perfect one. It represents thousands of listening hours.. I have no pretension at all doing so. I’m just a Halo player for years and know most of the games by heart until knowing easter eggs or finishing everyone of them in legendary several times for 16 years. My favourite one is Halo 2 because of his story which is to me one of the most inspiring and ambitious I’ve seen for a video game, soundtrack, multiplayer.. I still remember the E3 expectations before it’s released.. Whatever! Everyone will have his own opinion on the best Halo of all times.
Here are some rules I'm respecting doing so:
1. Best possible quality for all Halo soundtracks
2. I didn't mind the number of tracks as CD means nothing today. I just took the best ones. I had in my collection about 700 tracks and more than 31h of Halo music.. So believe me 65 tracks is not so much. Final tracklist represents 65 tracks and 3h38 of music
3. The soundtracks can be from any Halo game (even TV shows or whatever from the universe)
4. The way I ranked the songs is not in chronological order. It’s a very important point to me. The way I did it was to have the best listening experience possible. I’m searching for a global harmony that is not depending on chronological order. Even if sometimes I put together some songs by themes as Earth/Mombasa for example. There is no interest to me to make a chronological order to hear the different games soundtrack one after the other. On this point, it’s my choice and I ask you to respect it. Of course I’m totally opened to advices on the order/tracks or whatever. I did this best of as I have a very deep experience of Halo so I felt I could bring something here
5. Some of the songs are coming from splitted exclusive editions of my own (in FLAC) . I always considered the splitted as better listening experiences (if you take Halo 2 Volume 2 suites some are very hard to listen if not cut)
6. For every songs I put the context in the title (mission, menu, remix of a past Halo song..)
7. I considered all the Halo soundtracks for which I played a very very long time so it was legitimate (it means every Halo game excepted Halo Wars 2 for which I consider I didn’t play enough to pick or not some songs).
8. I tried to make it the most emotionally impacting possible
9. I strongly recommend to get your experience of this soundtrack on iTunes or Winamp (all songs are tagged)
10. I'll probably extend or review the soundtrack with Halo 6 (or maybe Halo Wars if I believe one or some tracks deserve it).
Would be a great tribute if we land to 77 tracks ;)
Track Title Structure:
XX. Theme:* Track Title [Remix] (~Album Title:[/COLOR] Context)
XX: Track Number
Theme:*: Theme (Arbiter/Earth/Cortana..) --> if applicable
~Album Title:: Album Title (gives you the Game or whatever)
[Remix]: If the song is a remix of a past Halo song (previous game) I give it to you here
Context: Mission Title, Menu, End Credits..
*I put "Bungie's farewell for the track "Walking Away" as this one doesn't appear in the game (Halo Reach which is the last game Bungie composed)
Here you are. Tracklist and according quality:
1. Opening Theme I: Opening Suite (~ Halo OST: Main Menu) [FLAC]
2. Bad Here Day (~ Halo Wars OST: Shield World) [FLAC]
3. Opening Theme II: Overture (~ Halo Reach OST: Main Menu) [FLAC]
4. Money or Meteors (~ Halo Wars OST: Arcadia) [FLAC]
5. Bridge Too Far (~ Halo: Spartan Assault OST) [MP3 - 269]
6. Opening Theme III: Lone Wolf (~ Halo - Extra tracks: Halo Reach Trailer) [MP3 - 258]
7. Awakening (~ Halo 4 OST: Shutdown) [FLAC]
8. Action Theme I: Kamchatka (~ Halo 5 Guardians OST: Osiris) [FLAC]
9. Overworld Theme I: Truth and Reconciliation Suite (~ Halo OST: Halo, Keyes, Two Betrayals) [FLAC]
10. Heroic Theme I: Spirit Of Fire (~ Halo Wars OST: Opening Menu) [FLAC]
11. Covenant Dance (~ Halo OST Assault on the Control Room) [FLAC]
12. Blue Team (~ Halo 4 OST & Halo 5 Guardians OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
13. Perilous Journey (~ Halo OST: Assault on the Control Room) [FLAC]
14. The Gun Pointed to the Head of the Universe (~ Halo OST: The Silent Cartographer) [FLAC]
15. Action Theme II: Rock Anthem for Saving the World (~ Halo OST: The Silent Cartographer) [FLAC]
16. Overworld Theme II: Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Metropolis) [FLAC]
17. Heroic Theme II: Enough Dead Heroes (~ Halo OST: The Pillar of Autumn) [FLAC]
18. In Amber Clad (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Delta Halo) [FLAC]
19. Cloaked In Blackness [Under Cover of Night Remix] (Halo Anniversary OST: Truth and Reconciliation) [FLAC]
20. Opening Theme IV: The Last Spartan (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Cairo Station) [FLAC]
21. Earth/Mombasa Theme I: Earth City (~ Halo 2 Vol.1 OST: Outskirts) [FLAC]
22. Earth/Mombasa Theme II: Broken Gates (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.2: Metropolis) [FLAC]
23. Earth/Mombasa Theme III: Moon Over Mombasa (~ Halo 2 Anniversary OST: Metropolis) [FLAC]
24. Action Theme III: Street Sweeper (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Mickey's Flashback) [FLAC]
25. Peril (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Gravemind) [FLAC]
26. Sacred Icon Suite 2 [Sacred Icon Suite Remix] (~ Halo Legends OST: Origins) [FLAC]
27. Action Theme IV: Air Traffic Control (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Romeo's Flashback) [FLAC]
28. Walking Away [A Walk in the woods Remix] (~ Halo Reach OST: Bungie's farewell) [FLAC]
29. High Charity (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Quarantine Zone) [FLAC]
30. Overworld Theme V: Behold a Pale Horse [On a Pale Horse Remix] (~ Halo 3 OST: The Ark) [FLAC]
31. Action Theme V: Osiris Suite, Act 1 (Halo 5 Guardians OST: UNSC Infinity) [FLAC]
32. Arbiter Theme I: Heretic, Hero (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Delta Halo) [FLAC]
33. Earth/Mombasa Theme IV: Cast Aside (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Mombasa Streets) [FLAC]
34. Earth/Mombasa Theme V: Pounding the Pavement (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Mombasa Streets) [FLAC]
35. Earth/Mombasa Theme VI: Rain (~ Halo 3 ODST: OST Mombasa Streets) [FLAC]
36. Requiem (~ Halo 4 OST: Requiem) [FLAC]
37. Prometheans Theme I: Arrival (~ Halo 4 OST: Midnight) [FLAC]
38. Overworld Theme IV: Unreconciled [Halo Theme Remix] (~ Halo Reach OST: Tip of the Spear) [FLAC]
39. Arbiter Theme II: Ghosts of Reach (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Regret) [FLAC]
40. Never Forget Suite A [Never Forget Remix] (~ Halo 4 OST: Midnight) [MP3 - 258]
41. Ashes (~ Halo Reach OST: Closing credits) [FLAC]
42. Overworld Theme III: Halo (~ Halo OST: The Maw) [FLAC]
43. Action Theme VI: Reclaimer (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.2: Quarantine Zone) [FLAC]
44. At Any Cost (~ Halo Reach OST: Various Levels) [FLAC]
45. Heavy Price Paid (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Uprising) [FLAC]
46. Unwearied Heart [Rue and Woe Remix] (~ Halo 2 Anniversary OST: Rue and Woe) [FLAC]
47. Green and Blue (~ Halo 4 OST: Ending) [FLAC]
48. Warrior World (~ Halo 5 Guardians OST: Enemy Lines) [FLAC]
49. Action Theme VIII: Blow Me Away Instrumental (~ Halo - Extra tracks: Gravemind) [MP3 - 192]
50. Both Ways Remix (~ Halo Reach OST: The Office of Naval Intelligence) [FLAC]
51. Action Theme VII: Leonidas (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.2: Delta Halo) [FLAC]
52. Impend (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Cairo Station, Regret) [FLAC]
53. Sword control [The Gun pointed to the Head of the Universe Remix] (~ Halo Reach OST: ONI Sword Base) [FLAC]
54. Opening Theme V: Finish the Fight (~ Halo 3 OST: First trailer) [FLAC]
55. Cortana Theme I: Keep What You Steal (~ Halo 3 OST: Cortana) [FLAC]
56. Gravemind Part II (~ Halo 3 OST: The Covenant) [FLAC]
57. Halo Reborn [Under Cover of Night Remix] (~ Halo 3 OST: Halo) [FLAC]
58. Inbound Imminent (~ Halo Reach OST: ONI Sword Base) [FLAC]
59. Epilogue Theme I: Finale [Complete suite] (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
60. Epilogue Theme II Never Forget Suite B [Unforgotten Remix] (~ Halo 3 OST Mythic Menu) [FLAC]
61. Epilogue Theme III: We Remember (~ Halo Reach OST: Ending) [FLAC]
62. Epilogue Theme IV: Tribute (~ Halo 3 OST: Ending) [FLAC]
63. Epilogue Theme V: Jameson Locke (Halo 5 Guardians OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
64. Epilogue Theme VI: 117 (~ Halo 4 OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
65. Overworld Theme VI: Halo Suite (~ Video Games Live Vol.1) [FLAC]
[B]MEGA Link (https://mega.nz/#!81BD1DpJ!rf6faav58DyvUxWntza_C5K2ON_bXjNX4hfyY1M5pag)
[B]Password: Toushiro17
Toushiro17 is my gamertag if interested
If someone would have the skills and time to make a cover that would be great :)
Then the goal would be to find a way to underline the Halo’s universe and not one Halo’s precise soundtrack.
Please don't hesitate to make any comment respecting the hard work (because I can swear it is..) / Also you'll notice that there are some albums I didn't find the Lossless versions (and believe me I search a long time..) so if you have some of these albums in FLAC or M4A please tell me!!
You will notice that 4 songs are not in FLAC. I took the best possible quality I found. If you have better, please contact me :)
Dont also hesitate to go to see my Halo Complete Collection thread (Thread 61683). Some links may be dead or not in FLAC. I can reupload some if asked on that topic.
Last point: Excuse my English I’m French so if some stuff are not very clear don’t hesitate to tell me.
I'm working for years on a Halo best of album. Don’t misunderstand the “years” here. It makes maybe 10 years I’m searching to build/find the perfect one. It represents thousands of listening hours.. I have no pretension at all doing so. I’m just a Halo player for years and know most of the games by heart until knowing easter eggs or finishing everyone of them in legendary several times for 16 years. My favourite one is Halo 2 because of his story which is to me one of the most inspiring and ambitious I’ve seen for a video game, soundtrack, multiplayer.. I still remember the E3 expectations before it’s released.. Whatever! Everyone will have his own opinion on the best Halo of all times.
Here are some rules I'm respecting doing so:
1. Best possible quality for all Halo soundtracks
2. I didn't mind the number of tracks as CD means nothing today. I just took the best ones. I had in my collection about 700 tracks and more than 31h of Halo music.. So believe me 65 tracks is not so much. Final tracklist represents 65 tracks and 3h38 of music
3. The soundtracks can be from any Halo game (even TV shows or whatever from the universe)
4. The way I ranked the songs is not in chronological order. It’s a very important point to me. The way I did it was to have the best listening experience possible. I’m searching for a global harmony that is not depending on chronological order. Even if sometimes I put together some songs by themes as Earth/Mombasa for example. There is no interest to me to make a chronological order to hear the different games soundtrack one after the other. On this point, it’s my choice and I ask you to respect it. Of course I’m totally opened to advices on the order/tracks or whatever. I did this best of as I have a very deep experience of Halo so I felt I could bring something here
5. Some of the songs are coming from splitted exclusive editions of my own (in FLAC) . I always considered the splitted as better listening experiences (if you take Halo 2 Volume 2 suites some are very hard to listen if not cut)
6. For every songs I put the context in the title (mission, menu, remix of a past Halo song..)
7. I considered all the Halo soundtracks for which I played a very very long time so it was legitimate (it means every Halo game excepted Halo Wars 2 for which I consider I didn’t play enough to pick or not some songs).
8. I tried to make it the most emotionally impacting possible
9. I strongly recommend to get your experience of this soundtrack on iTunes or Winamp (all songs are tagged)
10. I'll probably extend or review the soundtrack with Halo 6 (or maybe Halo Wars if I believe one or some tracks deserve it).
Would be a great tribute if we land to 77 tracks ;)
Track Title Structure:
XX. Theme:* Track Title [Remix] (~Album Title:[/COLOR] Context)
XX: Track Number
Theme:*: Theme (Arbiter/Earth/Cortana..) --> if applicable
~Album Title:: Album Title (gives you the Game or whatever)
[Remix]: If the song is a remix of a past Halo song (previous game) I give it to you here
Context: Mission Title, Menu, End Credits..
*I put "Bungie's farewell for the track "Walking Away" as this one doesn't appear in the game (Halo Reach which is the last game Bungie composed)
Here you are. Tracklist and according quality:
1. Opening Theme I: Opening Suite (~ Halo OST: Main Menu) [FLAC]
2. Bad Here Day (~ Halo Wars OST: Shield World) [FLAC]
3. Opening Theme II: Overture (~ Halo Reach OST: Main Menu) [FLAC]
4. Money or Meteors (~ Halo Wars OST: Arcadia) [FLAC]
5. Bridge Too Far (~ Halo: Spartan Assault OST) [MP3 - 269]
6. Opening Theme III: Lone Wolf (~ Halo - Extra tracks: Halo Reach Trailer) [MP3 - 258]
7. Awakening (~ Halo 4 OST: Shutdown) [FLAC]
8. Action Theme I: Kamchatka (~ Halo 5 Guardians OST: Osiris) [FLAC]
9. Overworld Theme I: Truth and Reconciliation Suite (~ Halo OST: Halo, Keyes, Two Betrayals) [FLAC]
10. Heroic Theme I: Spirit Of Fire (~ Halo Wars OST: Opening Menu) [FLAC]
11. Covenant Dance (~ Halo OST Assault on the Control Room) [FLAC]
12. Blue Team (~ Halo 4 OST & Halo 5 Guardians OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
13. Perilous Journey (~ Halo OST: Assault on the Control Room) [FLAC]
14. The Gun Pointed to the Head of the Universe (~ Halo OST: The Silent Cartographer) [FLAC]
15. Action Theme II: Rock Anthem for Saving the World (~ Halo OST: The Silent Cartographer) [FLAC]
16. Overworld Theme II: Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Metropolis) [FLAC]
17. Heroic Theme II: Enough Dead Heroes (~ Halo OST: The Pillar of Autumn) [FLAC]
18. In Amber Clad (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Delta Halo) [FLAC]
19. Cloaked In Blackness [Under Cover of Night Remix] (Halo Anniversary OST: Truth and Reconciliation) [FLAC]
20. Opening Theme IV: The Last Spartan (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Cairo Station) [FLAC]
21. Earth/Mombasa Theme I: Earth City (~ Halo 2 Vol.1 OST: Outskirts) [FLAC]
22. Earth/Mombasa Theme II: Broken Gates (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.2: Metropolis) [FLAC]
23. Earth/Mombasa Theme III: Moon Over Mombasa (~ Halo 2 Anniversary OST: Metropolis) [FLAC]
24. Action Theme III: Street Sweeper (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Mickey's Flashback) [FLAC]
25. Peril (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Gravemind) [FLAC]
26. Sacred Icon Suite 2 [Sacred Icon Suite Remix] (~ Halo Legends OST: Origins) [FLAC]
27. Action Theme IV: Air Traffic Control (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Romeo's Flashback) [FLAC]
28. Walking Away [A Walk in the woods Remix] (~ Halo Reach OST: Bungie's farewell) [FLAC]
29. High Charity (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Quarantine Zone) [FLAC]
30. Overworld Theme V: Behold a Pale Horse [On a Pale Horse Remix] (~ Halo 3 OST: The Ark) [FLAC]
31. Action Theme V: Osiris Suite, Act 1 (Halo 5 Guardians OST: UNSC Infinity) [FLAC]
32. Arbiter Theme I: Heretic, Hero (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Delta Halo) [FLAC]
33. Earth/Mombasa Theme IV: Cast Aside (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Mombasa Streets) [FLAC]
34. Earth/Mombasa Theme V: Pounding the Pavement (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: Mombasa Streets) [FLAC]
35. Earth/Mombasa Theme VI: Rain (~ Halo 3 ODST: OST Mombasa Streets) [FLAC]
36. Requiem (~ Halo 4 OST: Requiem) [FLAC]
37. Prometheans Theme I: Arrival (~ Halo 4 OST: Midnight) [FLAC]
38. Overworld Theme IV: Unreconciled [Halo Theme Remix] (~ Halo Reach OST: Tip of the Spear) [FLAC]
39. Arbiter Theme II: Ghosts of Reach (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Regret) [FLAC]
40. Never Forget Suite A [Never Forget Remix] (~ Halo 4 OST: Midnight) [MP3 - 258]
41. Ashes (~ Halo Reach OST: Closing credits) [FLAC]
42. Overworld Theme III: Halo (~ Halo OST: The Maw) [FLAC]
43. Action Theme VI: Reclaimer (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.2: Quarantine Zone) [FLAC]
44. At Any Cost (~ Halo Reach OST: Various Levels) [FLAC]
45. Heavy Price Paid (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Uprising) [FLAC]
46. Unwearied Heart [Rue and Woe Remix] (~ Halo 2 Anniversary OST: Rue and Woe) [FLAC]
47. Green and Blue (~ Halo 4 OST: Ending) [FLAC]
48. Warrior World (~ Halo 5 Guardians OST: Enemy Lines) [FLAC]
49. Action Theme VIII: Blow Me Away Instrumental (~ Halo - Extra tracks: Gravemind) [MP3 - 192]
50. Both Ways Remix (~ Halo Reach OST: The Office of Naval Intelligence) [FLAC]
51. Action Theme VII: Leonidas (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.2: Delta Halo) [FLAC]
52. Impend (~ Halo 2 OST Vol.1: Cairo Station, Regret) [FLAC]
53. Sword control [The Gun pointed to the Head of the Universe Remix] (~ Halo Reach OST: ONI Sword Base) [FLAC]
54. Opening Theme V: Finish the Fight (~ Halo 3 OST: First trailer) [FLAC]
55. Cortana Theme I: Keep What You Steal (~ Halo 3 OST: Cortana) [FLAC]
56. Gravemind Part II (~ Halo 3 OST: The Covenant) [FLAC]
57. Halo Reborn [Under Cover of Night Remix] (~ Halo 3 OST: Halo) [FLAC]
58. Inbound Imminent (~ Halo Reach OST: ONI Sword Base) [FLAC]
59. Epilogue Theme I: Finale [Complete suite] (~ Halo 3 ODST OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
60. Epilogue Theme II Never Forget Suite B [Unforgotten Remix] (~ Halo 3 OST Mythic Menu) [FLAC]
61. Epilogue Theme III: We Remember (~ Halo Reach OST: Ending) [FLAC]
62. Epilogue Theme IV: Tribute (~ Halo 3 OST: Ending) [FLAC]
63. Epilogue Theme V: Jameson Locke (Halo 5 Guardians OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
64. Epilogue Theme VI: 117 (~ Halo 4 OST: End Credits) [FLAC]
65. Overworld Theme VI: Halo Suite (~ Video Games Live Vol.1) [FLAC]
[B]MEGA Link (https://mega.nz/#!81BD1DpJ!rf6faav58DyvUxWntza_C5K2ON_bXjNX4hfyY1M5pag)
[B]Password: Toushiro17
Toushiro17 is my gamertag if interested
If someone would have the skills and time to make a cover that would be great :)
Then the goal would be to find a way to underline the Halo’s universe and not one Halo’s precise soundtrack.
Please don't hesitate to make any comment respecting the hard work (because I can swear it is..) / Also you'll notice that there are some albums I didn't find the Lossless versions (and believe me I search a long time..) so if you have some of these albums in FLAC or M4A please tell me!!
You will notice that 4 songs are not in FLAC. I took the best possible quality I found. If you have better, please contact me :)
Dont also hesitate to go to see my Halo Complete Collection thread (Thread 61683). Some links may be dead or not in FLAC. I can reupload some if asked on that topic.
Last point: Excuse my English I’m French so if some stuff are not very clear don’t hesitate to tell me.