Halo 3 ODST: Original Soundtrack - 04 Rain (Deference for Darkness) 

When you are so lonely that seeing a brute makes you feel better.

Guys, you're not going to believe this but one of my friends who was last online 9 years ago (on Steam) came back online yesterday! He even messaged me and we played MCC all night. It took 9 years but he's back.

On January 13th, 2022, the Xbox 360 servers for all Halo games were taken offline for good. All the memories we made, all the friends we met, all the laughs we had together. I'm proud to call all of you my friends. What can I say? It was a hell of a night...

The phrase "deference for darkness" implies, as this is essentially the Rookie's ambient theme, that the Rookie has strong respect or even worship of the darkness - in this case, especially, the Moon. This makes sense as the Rookie was born on Luna, which is colonized by 2080 in the Halo lore. He would probably have a Moon-related faith or simply feel most at home when the sky is dark, as it would be on Luna. It also means he would have a view of home simply by looking up - assuming no clouds are in the way.

You guys are the best. I love seeing the notifications for new comments all these years later.

halo is great but odst really makes you feel alone with rookie at night. playing at 3am in the morning in a dark room best thing ever.

Haha at one point we all probably fought against eachother probably even teabagged one another and now we're here , thanks for the great time brothers ✊

It's 2AM right now. I'm driving, alone, still 150 miles of highway till home. Slight drizzle outside and almost no other cars on the road. Playing this on repeat for like 17th time.

John-117/ The Master Chief: The Legend Spartan B-312/ Noble Six: The Lone Wolf Spartan Jameson Locke: The ONI Hunter ODST Private/ "The Rookie": The Forgotten Soldier

This game really knew how to punch you in the emotions. Especially that city and this theme.

Came back to this after Michael Salvatori was laid off from Bungie. Thank you for everything Michael😭❤️❤️

I hope this'll reach someone one day. Today is the loneliest night I've felt in a good minute. My father has just passed away around 3pm today. This was among one of the very few first games we played together. I've visited this song dozens upon hundreds of times before. It hurts a lot more now. Looking upon a sky several hours past is his passing, towards the infinity of sol. Knowing the hole he's left will only get bigger, or won't be filled for a long while. Either way, It's feet first into hell for me.

I can't believe they were stupid enough to fire marty omg

As someone else once said, this is the perfect game to play when it's it's drizzling outside and it's the middle of the night. Complete's the immersion.

Firing this man is the biggest mistake bungie has ever made

“It was a dark and stormy night... but water wasn’t the only thing falling from the sky that East African evening. Death in form of plasma, spaceships, and god-fearing monsters also fell like rain into the streets of New Mombasa. Hell, I rained in hours ago. Now I wander these dark and lonely streets, searching for answers to questions I should’ve asked hours ago. Questions whose answers might mean the end of me, if the rain doesn’t end me first...”

Knowing that that this game is about 7 years old makes me feel so old

Girls in the rain: ew I'm gonna get all wet! Boys in the rain:

This song is so bittersweet for me now. I started playing Halo last year, it'd been on my list for a while but I finally picked up the MCC on steam and started around May. At the time I had a best friend of around 7 years who I was very, very close to for a long time, I definitely spent an unhealthy amount of time with him. He had been slowly drifting out of contact with me for a while, but when I got to ODST it'd been months since we last talked. Walking the abandoned streets of New Mombasa, rain softly pattering down, car alarms echoing in the distance, and deference for darkness playing in the background was the first time it occurred to me that I might not speak to him again. At this point I should probably mention that it doesn't seem like he was too busy or anything, I still see him playing video games for hours these days and, even more hurtful, hanging out with other people that were once mutual friends. It just feels like he doesn't give a shit anymore. Anyways, from that point on this game became a bit of a therapeutic experience for me. I've struggled with social anxiety my entire life so he was pretty much my only close friend, pair that with the pandemic and my time in ODST ended up being the loneliest I've ever felt, but also the most comforted. It provided an escape. This game evokes such a feeling of quiet sadness now. By the time I'd finished playing Halo 4 around October 2021 (I couldn't play Halo 5 on PC) I was getting close to someone my friend had introduced me to the year before. Eventually that closeness turned into a relationship when she came over to deliver a beautiful painting of Master Chief that she had made for me. She was my first gf... I guess, idk if I really see it that way. For reasons I don't feel I should discuss here, that relationship ended after a month. Needless to say, that painting is now in the closet and a couple months afterward I felt like being done with that group of people was the best course of action, even though it hurt a lot. At that point it's not like they would've cared anyways. I foolishly talked with former gf a week after she broke up with me. I knew it'd be a mistake but I did it anyways. In our talk she mentioned that she had actually played games with former friend a couple days earlier. What a kick in the nuts that was, man. Funnily enough, former gf actually tried to reach out at the start of March and I flatly told her that I wasn't ready to talk again, which was true. She seemed somewhat hurt by that, but left me alone. Haven't spoken to either of them since. In the time since, Deference for Darkness has been one of my comfort songs, a bittersweet reminder of that time period. I've made some good friends, tried to branch out and break myself of the social anxiety curse, and you know what? I've had some measure of success. So far it isn't enough to fill that hole though. I think I need some kind of long term project to work on and some friends that I go out and do stuff with. I've been a shut-in for my entire life though, so that kind of stuff doesn't come easy for me, I try my best. I'm gonna go see Doctor Strange with a friend this week, so that's a start. Anyways, I kinda turned this into a journal entry, so sorry for anyone who actually read this lol. But thank you if you did bother to read it. I appreciate that.

This song honestly nowadays makes me break apart i used to play halo all the time with my best friend who sadly passed away growing up me and him would play this for hours and not get bored i think of him everytime i play halo and think back to the best memories i had with him. Thank you so much for being in my life and being my best friend i hope its easier and your not suffering i love you

I remember being in third grade when this game came out, we would always talk about it at lunchtime (as eight year olds, not many of us could play it at the time) and we'd agree that when we aged, we would all play this game together. Fast foward seven years and almost all of them have either moved away or transferred schools, and since I didn't have a phone before they left, there was no way to get back in touch with them. Now whenever I look back upon this game, I always think of the missed opportunities and good times we could've had playing together. I love this game though, because it gives me hope. When I see the Rookie finally getting reunited with his teammates, it gives me the thought of one day being reunited with my own friends who I've lost over the years. Who knows, maybe I'll see them, or maybe I never will.

One of the most underrated halo games of all time. Are people forgetting what an amazing and atmospheric campaign this game had? Not to mention that this was the first halo game to include firefight, one of the most popular game modes to date!

Came back to this after the Michael Salvatori lay off, Bungie is dead.

"You are alone, you are in the city, you are trying to unravel a mystery. That's the feeling you have everytime you're the Rookie." Martin O'Donnell

The atmosphere that was set in Halo 3: ODST was very dark and lonely. You played as an ODST who looked for clues in an abandoned city in the dark to find his crew again. Adding in the soundtrack, especially this track in particular, sets the mood very well. It made you feel very alone... I need to play this game again.

The perfect song for this game. An empty city with plenty of skyscrapers for enemy snipers as you wander the city alone like you are the last survivor in the whole world.

As I write this, I am lying in bed after a session of MCC with a friend of mine. We're going for all of the achievements and it is pretty much his first venture into the Halo franchise. When I was younger, my older cousin introduced me to these wonderful games, and it was then that I became a Spartan. We played the Campaigns, custom games, matchmade games, you name it. I loved every moment of it, though eventually we got older. We couldn't hang out much any more, though when we did... We decided we wanted to try to 100% complete the Master Chief Collection. We finished Combat Evolved on Legendary, but that is unfortunately all we got to do. A year ago, my best friend and older cousin passed away due to stage 4 esophageal cancer at the age of 22. I would not be the man I am today without his impact, and I am eternally grateful to him for that. Because of this, Halo is a sentimental series for me now. Thinking about and playing this series fills me with strange emotions, but they are not bad ones. I've never felt more proud to be a Spartan, and my goal is to - with my new friend - fulfill the mission my cousin and I had those years ago. Spartans never die, after all. Love you, Andy.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” - Dr Suess

Here's to you, Marty.

My sadness leaving my body after my mom says "don't be sad"

All my friends are long gone. We didn't play odst, we played reach. we were all last online together 12 years ago. When they shut down the reach servers a part of me died. I'm happy that some are still playing together. Cheers to all you gents who i and my friends no doubt talked copious amounts of shit if we beat you or lost to you. Cheers fellas and remember the good times.

Stuck at home, in lock down, it’s raining. PERFECT.

10/10 would cry again

yes thank you so much just what i need to buss

Thank you so much

The quiet atmosphere The lonely streets The alarms of cars The footsteps into the streets of New Mombasa The burning brittle buildings from a distance The soothing depressing music The feeling of company with Virgil The flashbacks Feet First Into Hell Remember Reach

ODST was such an amazing game. It seems like every single halo fan ive talked to hated that game. The brand new campaign with new silenced weapons, night vision, epic missions, FIREFIGHT, dropping into battle in a pod, and an awesome dark city to explore and find clues that explain these missions just sold it for me. A brand new experience. People say "ohhh but you weren't the Master Chief" who cares, its still halo. And it was amazing.

Another 9 years will pass and this song will still be great. Thanks for the memories.

R.I.P Rookie, you will be missed

Now everytime I see rain I think of this song and play it in my head.

You’ve come too far to give up now. This life is all you have. Dont stop fighting.

AMBASING

"hey you there?" last online 9 years ago oh..............right

This game is ten years old today. And this song is still just as beautiful as it ever was. And I think this is still my favorite shooter.

This is so nostalgic, i wish halo was popular again, they dont make games as good as these anymore

Yes shit yes thank you

To this day, my favourite track in all of Halo. Scratch that. All of video games.

Rest in Peace, Rookie.

yes thank you so much thank you

IM BUSSING😩

There's a storm outside my house right now, and i'm hearing this. So beautiful....

I love the feel of being alone with the rain... Halo 3 ODST is my favorite halo!

yes, thank you

yeeees thank you Thank you so much Thank you This may be what I just need to buss This may be what I need to buss Because Ambassing Ambassing oooh ambassing

Ive never played ODST. But listening to this makes me feel a growing sadness in my soul. Ensuing but calming. Impactful to say the least. I feel alone. Pondering the thoughts of my actions that led me up into this point. Were they worth it? Was it worthwhile to make friends with the ones around me? To love? In addition, its releiving knowing that there is a serine, calming feeling to this. But the emotions you hide so deeply inside of you arise to though. Knowing that the sweet, ignorant, happy days of yesterday are all but a fleeting memory now. Having the desire to relive one more day like that. It hurts on the inside. And this song makes me feel that. A calm sense of safety to feel but an addition to the saddening thoughts that lay deep within our hearts...

AMBASSING! 😩😩

This song obliterates my soul.

Expectations: *joins the Helldivers for liberty, democracy, and freedom* Reality:

It may jus be what I need to bust. Cuz Ambasing. Ambasing. Ambusing 😫

Girls in the rain: Ugh I didnt bring an umbrella!! Boys in the rain:

such a pleasure to see a lot of old halo fans !!!!!!

“Gentlemen it’s been an honor..” - my friend during the final mission of reach

This song tells the story of thousands with a couple of sounds

this + rainymood = perfect

(2:23 - 3:10) The trooper, after many long hours of being lost, alone, and war-torn, sits against a dumpster along a dark alley, hiding from the Covenant looking through the shadows by using the glowing hue of blue and green from their weapons. The trooper takes a pained. yet deep breath and takes off his helmet, looking tired, scared, and ashamed for not being able to find his squad mates in the dark and cold mega city of Mombasa. He looks up in the sky, seeing the devilish dark gray and black clouds that loom over the sky with the skyscrapers torched in many fires that brighten the cloud’s surfaces with a dark blood red and orange blanket. He looks down at his body and takes in his wounds; the plasma burn to the chest, the brute’s bite on his arm, and the many bruises and cuts he got in his failed journey. He is afraid and he was unsure. As blood trickled out of his nose and mouth, he began to cry silently because he didn’t know what to do. He opens one of his torn pouches to find a picture of him with his family. The picture was wet with the soft rain and ashy from his previous hostile encounters. He only wished that he could see them one last time, but ultimately knew the reality. He could hear the covenant get closer and closer by every step and taunting him, saying they could smell his blood and fear, but he decided to take in his last moments alone quietly. He didn’t want to fight anymore-it was tiring and harsh, and he couldn’t take anymore. He took in his last memory he’d make; he listens to the rain hit his helmet with the cracked visor and the few soft callings of thunder, the few Phantoms flying over using their spotlights searching for any human to kill, the terrible smell of the dumpster he sat along, and the city still quietly burning in the night. Rather than staring into the light, he stared into the shadows, and began to slow down his breathing and close his eyes. He did it because he knew how it felt to be in the dark and he wasn’t afraid anymore; he was no longer alone. He had a Deference For Darkness.

Yes, thank you so much... Thank you.

RIP Amba Singh

I wish Marty had worked on the Halo 4 soundtrack. How he consistently creates complex yet amazing compositions that fits the atmosphere of every game perfectly (Halo, ODST, Reach) just baffles me. I'm sure he would've done much better with what we got with Halo 4 (not that it's bad, just not good enough)

Ten years. Ten. Years... *TEN. FUCKING. YEARS.* Jesus christ i still remember having a blast on Firefight with this game, takes me back to when me and my cousins played the campaign almost all the time, we eventually beat it on heroic when we were about 10-13. Nowadays we all live separated and in different countries, they entered college and i'm working, really feels like yesterday since we last played this game... I also hope the Steam release of MCC brings us back together, i miss you guys.

January 13th Thursday 2022 is the day of Halo 3 odst servers has shut down... You will be remembered by millions of players. Thank you. Godspeed Spartans!

This may be just what I need to buss cus I’m bussing

let us all wish for ROOKIE'S SOUL TO REST IN PEACE :(

You know when Marty write these songs he's telling us a story of a lonely survivor ODST walking in a night time city trying to find his family of brothers and sister so they can get out of New Mombasa and head straight home to their families.

"Yes s***, thank you so much"

Look alive, were going home -Johnson

If I ever die and have a funeral, this and Lux Aeterna are going to be played. If I'm going to go out, I'm going out with a bang

A light rain is falling across the dark city, lit only by fires that continue to rage and the odd electronic sign that remains lit. Smoking husks of cars litter the streets. The city is quiet. And you, as ODST, walk a lonely way trough the dark city of New Mombasa - which was besieged by the Covenant 7 hours earlier. Brutes are patrolling the streets covered with wrecks, human bodies and dust. As you meet up with the other troopers, you can sense their despair. You continue, you and your team. You walk trough the narrow alleyways of the huge city, hoping for an extraction, which might never come. you'll find that the sense of loneliness and tension the lonely night offers is largely lost now you have people watching your six. With little to no help, you'll have to survive the night. The question is... will you?

It feels like so long ago me and my brother were playing split screen on halo. This soundtrack always brought back memories. And i will never forget that command code. "Be Human."

When you just got done destroying a automaton factory on Melavalon Creek and then the silence hits

RiP Bungie - You ruined your image with Destiny; RiP Halo - Your Stories, soundtracks, and all the fun I've had with this series will be missed

thank you so much

Playing as the rookie until the last few missions feels like the definition of loneliness

Yes thank you so much

Yes shit, thank you, that you so much, this might just be what I need to bust

Yes thank you. Thank you so much. This may be just what I need to buss. This may be just what I need to buss. Cause I'm bussing. I'm bussing.

Yes thank you so much, Thank you! That may just be what i need to bust

This is my first time listening and finding this song....I feel...alone, yet in awe of the beauty I just heard. As if change itself was a song/melody. I feel as if ive been sitting on the bench for an hour in the rain at night, yet im lying down in my bed as I type this. I know nothing of music theory or anything of that sort...ive only played halo reach out of the entire franchise. This was beautiful...it gave me acceptance....of what? I cannot be sure. The best part? I listened to it out loud, i cannot wait to listen to this on my headphones. Thankyou to the creator of the amazing piece of music and thankyou to the RU-vidr who posted it to their channel. A sub and a like is well earned. I hope you find happiness and clarity like this song has just given me. Edit after listening in my ears... I feel like I've achieved what my goal was in my life...or atleast at this time in my life however I have no one around to show it to. The price was too steep for me to appreciate. What good was my victories if there was no one to share it with. I'm tired....I dont want to always be the lone fighter...I dont want the weight...I want to live the rest of my life....living...not surviving. I feel like there's nothing but the next mission/objective and that I always need to be doing something....and if there isn't one, I feel lost as if my existence has no meaning.....but I'm used to always fighting...its all I know...I know how to survive...but not truly live. Theyve been one in the same all my life and I fear i know longer know the difference. I continue to fight daily and refuse to surrender. The weight is my burden, the burden is mine to shoulder alone. It's what pushes me forward. It's what I've needed to finish the countless battles and missions...I need to learn to let go of these things...but I'm scared. I'm scared of finding out the person I am under the armor ive been wearing. I want to show I'm capable on and off the battlefield and that I can differentiate the two. I've grown into a fine warrior deep down....but I'm scared to fully embrace the peace, the friendships, the love...the support...all of it....but I must try. Rest easy everyone...I apologize for the long writing. Stay saucy fam.

Thank you so much😢 thank you😢😢

Loved how this song fit with the lonely streets. Wish halo was still great. Sadly 343 had to take over.

god fucking damn I miss the old halo, listening to this makes me appreciate the art and story of pre bungie leave. It's sad because I know microsoft will never release their grasp on the halo series until it's an empty irredeemable shell of it's former glory. Halo is dead, but it's spirit lives on with those that came here to listen to this great piece of music.

ooooohhh Yes thank you, thank you so much, that may be just what I need to bus, that maybe just just what I need to bus, cus ambussing! Ambussing!! AMBUSSING!!!!!

Games are not games, though they may be called that. They're experiences. And this game was one hell of an experience.

“ we must not forget who we are, or where we come from” - Emperor Meiji, Last Samurai

Never seen a comment section which is active for such a long time. I'm glad that you guys didn't forget ODST and still come back to this video.

Yes thank you so much... thank you

1:46 This always makes me cry because it allows my childhood nostalgia to resurface and make me miss the past.

I loved this game soo damn much :) The epic feel of being a rookie! Story was great, playing this game out on legendary was one of the most satisfying experiences!

September 22, 2009. 9 years old, I grew up without the wealthiest of incomes in the family, so I remember vividly, balling my eyes out for days and days because my parents refused to get me this new $60 game. All I did at home was play Halo 3, so this game meant so much to me at the time, and frankly those memories that were made when I did finally get to play months after waiting beyond release, made this game still mean so much much to me 14 years later. I remember it like it was yesterday. No game I've ever craved has left such a mark on me like that.

Listening to this while going through old screenshots on my computer. I miss the old squad

This makes me reminisce about the good ol days staying up playing Xbox all night with your homies...wish I could go back