Halo Reach Is Breathtaking. 

It didn't take long for Reach to fall. Our enemy was ruthless. Efficient. But they weren't nearly fast enough. For you had already passed the torch. And because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets, shattered our enemy's resolve. Our victory - your victory - was so close... I wish you could have lived to see it. But you belong to Reach. Your body, your armor - all burned and turned to glass. Everything...except your courage. That, you gave to us. And with it, we can rebuild.

"You want to know if we're losing?" "I know we're losing, I want to know if we've lost."

20:28 starts playing. Current objective: Survive.

One of the best portrayals of the inevitability of the loss of Reach is the very first cutscene. You load in to the game, hear the somber music, knowing Reach will be lost. You customize your spartan's look, choose your difficulty, and click play. The scene you are greeted with is your freshly created helmet lying unoccupied in a field with a hole through the visor.

Reach was a verrrrey emotional game because not only the music but this was Marty's final halo game he scored. We miss you Marty! ❤❤❤

Reach is a prequel. The "one ship that escapes the massacre" thanks to noble team's efforts and sacrifice is carrying some of the heroes of the original halo trilogy.

Forgot my favorite one. “We’ve been engaged.” (Sick guitar riff starts playing)

Halo Reach starts like a typical Halo game, but when you reach the second, one of your teammates sacrifices himself to destroy a ship, only for hundreds more to take its place. It's this exact moment when you realize how hopeless this fight really is. The second half is filled with loss after loss, losing all of your teammates one by one, until you stand alone and are forced to watch your character die, surrounded by death and destruction, as the planet burns to ash

Man Reach was so good… we just don’t get games like this anymore. I’m curious to see what you’ll think of the coming Halo games, as this was the final soundtrack made by Marty O’Donnell and Bungie.

Halo 1-3 gave the feeling of fighting back to the never ending odds. ODST gave the feeling of being alone, trying to find our way back. Reach gave the feeling that we have already lost, but are trying to pass the baton to the next for a better chance. #RememberReach

You have got to be KIDDING! She doesn't listen to Winter Contigency? New Alexandria? Reach's Ost is too long to not do a part 2! We Remember takes the melody in the Epilogue and slaps the Electric Guitar on it to really drive home that feeling of melancholy.

"tip of the spear" or "Fer-de-Lance" in French can be used to denote the vanguard of an attack as the tip of the spear is the first part of the spear that pierces your enemy, in the Level Tip of the spear you start Leading a charge of Vehicles to assault the enemy.

Halo Reach is very different from the other game in terms of tone. Unlike in the main games where your on and adventure and kicking ass saving humanity. In Reach your a passenger watching the world burn down around you no matter how hard you fight. So yeah this game has a lot of darker themes compared to the rest of the games.

Halo 3, ODST and Reach will always be a part of me as the halo games I spent my childhood playing. Such amazing games and fantastic soundtracks. I really miss those days.

The intro to Reach is such a great display of storytelling. You’ve just finished customising your Spartan, making them look all cool and stuff, then you start the campaign and one of the first shots is the helmet you picked out laying in the dirt, scorched, and with the visor shattered.

"Where does he get off, calling a demolition op, Priority On-" 17:37

YOU FORGOT WINTER CONTINGENCY. ITS SO GOOD.

If you knew Halo lore when they announced Reach, you knew you were in for something different and this whole score helped shape and define that feeling of helplessness that sits on the entire game. It's the best one in the series imo.

If there was ever a halo game to play for the story, itd be reach.

I'll never forget when I was listening to that epilogue music around 24:12 and a message from Bungie pops up on the screen and basically says: "Thank you for coming along with us on this journey and being here all these years." I grew up with Halo and it has always been my favorite game so seeing that message, knowing it was the end of Bungie's Halo, with that beautiful music in the background brought tears to my eyes for sure!

When Marty made these OST versions of the background music. He often found ways to turn all the music from a single level including it's cutscenes into single tracks. This was necessary because the in-game tracks don't really have a solid ending to stop on, so he would just blend them into one big score for the OST version.

I love halo reach, I can’t believe no one recommended the winter contingency for the video, it’s one of the best songs in reach in my opinion

"Tip of the Spear" is a British idiom, meaning the first military unit or operation to engage the enemy, referring specifically to an attack that breaks the enemy's formation. Since the tip of the spear is more dangerous than the shaft, and can be followed up with extra swordsmen, cavalry, or whatever else. The modern day equivalent would be akin to a drone strike. It actually does apply the same way to Reach, despite using guns as their weapons, as it's the name of the mission where you are taking down the enemy shield generators.

This game came to my hands out of nowhere. I barely played Halo 2, just a few missions, then my little brother came to me and say 'brooooo, this is the begining of the story, please, play it with me' and because we are a duo of dunks we play it in legendary, 1 run, and it wasent quick, took us days because fps wasnt my kind of games, anyway, we play it thinking we are gonna win at some point, but mission after mission we get our minds down, until at last, we played epilogue, after a hard two weeks of solo playing Reach, and the first thing we do, after drop some tears, without looking, we fistbump each other and proceed to play the better than ever in my entire life, and let this torch pass, to those who can carry the flame. Beautifull story, beautifull mechanichs, beautifull music, just a beautifull game

It’s also really interesting, if you know what to listen for you can hear Marty’s style changing in this soundtrack into what we would eventually get with Destiny 1. Like honestly there parts of this OST where I think it sounds closer to Destiny than the other Halo games.

The official soundtracks are arranged to be kinda like movements that roughly align with the levels and tracks played. In the game some things that seem to be one continuous theme don't play all the way through in game. Some bits play throughout the game, some battle music, ambient stuff, etc. The first song for Tip Of The Spear didn't play that way in the game, except in the credits. That little cliffhanger bit is where it ends in game.

"...and this must have been quite the cutscene if I am right." Yes. Yes it was.

i feel like at 22:33 when you said "may their sacrifice be remembered" could not have been at a better moment considering the music to come

Time Stamps: 0:02 - Overture 5:45 - Nightfall 11:29 - Tip of the Spear 17:33 - Ashes 20:27 - Epilogue

Halo Reach one of my favorite halo games

Winter contingency should have been put here instead of nightfall tbh

Most elite units of any country in the modern world are referred to being the tip of the spear as they are the "sharpest point" in their countries armed forces, in the music piece tip of the spear it is referring to the fact that you are the first part of the UNSC and reach army to engage the covenant officially

Watching all your reactions I can conclude that I still absolutely love Halo's soundtracks. The shiver I got on my spine when Ashes started. I'd love to recommend Endless Legend and Endless Space 2 for a react. The soudntracks are gorgeous. Endless Legend has a more unplugged vibe while Endless Space 2 has that synthwave space vibe.

The background breathing at 3:34 might have just been the instrumentalists. I do a lot of recording work and that sounded like a breath that was either too intermixed in the "good" take to remove, or added to give it some space.

"It's very mellow...very somber." She doesn't know.

Hope everything is going ok for you.

Look up the closing cinematic from Halo: Reach, here on RU-vid. It will give you a whole new appreciation for the Epilogue.

Honorable mentions that didn’t make the video: Long night of solace, Exodus, Pillar of autumn

I love how Even tho Halo has been slowly dying for years every once in a while a small yt Channel reacts to something out of the Games like the Soundtrack or cutscenes, gathering the Community in the comment section People sharing Stories and memories, exlpaining the Plot to people who are unfamiliar to the Games, thanking bungie or Marty O‘donnel. It‘s pure nostalgia for me and i love it. Even tho i am Late to the party (being Born 2002, started playing Halo 3 ODST in 2013/14) i am still very proud to be a Part of this Community. I will Never forget the good times i had playing Halo and i will Never stop listening to the soundtrack once in a while.❤❤❤

Halo Wars is next up I believe

The breathing you're hearing is probably the musicians inhaling, Marty used an actual orchestra for Halos music, and in a lot of the tracks available thru Apple Music you can hear sharp inhaling. Also, no worries on the video bein late, it arrived on my 21st bday :D

Well Reach _was_ supposed to be a sombre game.Honestly its my favourite game in the series and the music plays a huge part in elevating it.Marty as always bringing the heat.

You seriously need to play this game for yourself to really get the emotions behind the soundtrack, or at the very least, watch a lets play. Please, treat yourself with this absolute gem of storytelling!

From the door gun of a Falcon, my squad and I watched as New Alexandria burned, the water of the bay below us reflecting the orange flames. It was almost beautiful. We could do nothing as fleeing civilian aircraft were cut down by the purple beams of plasma from orbit. Above the endless mayday calls, an air traffic controller begged UNSC command to dispatch rescue teams. "Negative, Control... no point..." The wrecked planes sank into the water, a few hundred more souls who would never leave Reach.

"How long?" "Question of my life..."

If I remember correctly, Reach had dynamic in-level music that reacted to the player, so the soundtrack versions are actually a bit different to how you'd experience it while playing.

You should listen to Gears of War’s music, especially 2 and 3. The franchise comes from the same period as these Halo games and, at least in regards to 2 and 3, express a lot of emotion.

It’s amazing how she can tell the just if the story based on just the music. Very impressive.

what i would like to see is you wathcing the cutcenes where these songs are used, they are used so well in the context of the scenes

The only one in Noble team that survives is the one with the sniper

Halo Reach, my favourite Halo personally. My brother and I spent so many hours playing Firefight or replaying the campaign. Those long tracks seem to be the soundtrack for the entire level and cutscenes for that level. It's great how I can still imagine exactly where most of these play. Tip of the Spear meaning the first into the fight. The rest of the spear is following behind after you, the elite forces. Although you can use an alien energy sword in the game.

Don't do Halo 4. Installation 00 found out that its soundtrack isn't covered under the same use terms as the rest of the games in the series after nearly losing his channel to copyright strikes.

Now that you've listened to Reach you have a few options going forward This was the last entry with music from Marty O’Donnell & Michael Salvatore so the next games aren't as good, Halo 4 is pretty decent but 5 & Infinite aren't really worth it (at least in my opinion) you also skipped the spin off Halo Wars which is great but has a different composer, there is also a Halo Wars 2 which has a different composer to Halo Wars, it's pretty good as well There's also a bunch of great tracks from the games you have listened to that you missed, you could always do a part 2 or a compilation of suggested tracks from the whole series Or you could take a break from Halo for a while if you want (I can understand if you want a change of pace for a while) I'll keep tuning in regardless though.

The unsettling section of the epilogue soundtrack plays in the cutscene where your player character dies

Tip of the spear is a military term for the unit the initially punches through enemy lines in an attempt to make room for further military action. It's related to the mission in which the song takes place

I highly recommend Perfect Dark and Banjo-Kazooie for the Nintendo 64. Grant Kirkhope made GORGEOUS music for these games.

Gotta say again you should react to as many of the halo trailers you can find. The halo 3 believe campaign is my favourite. Hope things get easier for you soon tho!

Been waiting for this one, it's one of my favourite soundtracks

Reach is a story about noble team, but it’s also about reach herself. The cinematics go out of their way to take a “planetary” perspective.

Winter Contingency alone necessitates a part 2 to this.

There are those who said this day would never come. What have they to say now?

22:05 The cracks form in your helmet. You feel the blood spill out of your wounds. Your alone. But you’re used to it. 22:30 You fall, finally, ready to go. 23:10 Remember Reach.

You need to play some of the games

Love that you mention the tracks belonging behind a cutscene. As theyre usually played as youre playing the level, which shows how cinematic these games were!

It's called Tip of the Spear because it's about the army group sent as the first wave of attack against the aliens in a massive operation, hence the proverbial "tip" as they spearhead the initial charge.

Thanks for making these videos, it's been delightful to hear you jam out to these soundtracks

This was basically bungies goodbye to halo, the last few frames of cutscene are the opening to halo ce

god, surviving hordes of covenant knowing im going to die while epilogue played had me actually crying, it was hard to shoot lol

its so cool to see people playing this game so many years later, this game had a HUGE impact on me when i was 12

This is my absolute favorite Halo Soundtrack. A lot more gritty and militaristic in tone. So much nostalgia

This is my favorite game of all time, with a close second Halo 3. Odst was also a Gem. Halo just stays in a special place at my heart. The emotion, the narrative, the events and the meaning of it all. It's just beautiful.

3:40 That breathing is the ensemble taking deep breaths between each measure. I don't mind, it's my favorite small piece of music in the menu (possibly the ost too, but there's the piano piece in lone wolf and etc.)

Been very excitedly awaiting this one since the start of the series! Hope things get better for you soon, and the video was great regardless nothing to worry about

Anyone think she should listen to a couple of the anniversary scores? Genesong slaps!

17:10 Tip of the spear refers to the person front and centre in a formation, similar to the term 'taking point'. They're the first one in, similar to how the pointy end on a spear always comes first.

Yooooo! I was just listening to the halo reach OST then decided to check my notifications then boom! I love your serendipitous upload schedule!😊

Somebody has probably commented this already but it's called tip of the spear because that track is from the level where you have to get to the top of a super duper tall covenant spire

The long awaited video !!! I’m so happy you got to react to Halo Reach’s soundtrack. :) It holds a special place in my heart and its music is no exception.

There was so much of them i didnt recognize, then all of a sudden i was back playing it over a decade ago. It is still my favorite one. I loved reading others experinces with it too.

Just so you know, tip of the spear is a military term to describe the lead elements of a military operation. The spear is the army itself, the tip being the units driving them forward. Thanks for doing this, got kind of emotional listening to this music again. Haven’t felt that way in a long time.

The Reach soundtrack is a little different from the other games because each track is for a specific mission, rather than being its own thing.

Only 5 seconds of "Ashes" and i start to cry so hard, like Emile sais I miss her so mutch

i love how the fantasy part is pulled back and the military feel is pushed forward. they really compliment their games / settings so well

Also. Please do what the other fellas said about winter contingency. And if you can, halo 4. Neil davidge created a masterpiece. Unfortunately halo 4 was the beginning of the end for the franchise storywise. In my opinion. But he was extremely creative. It was really interesting for him to experiment with traditional musical instruments to create otherworldly sounds. His words.

Thanks for making this video. Took me back to the past

Hands down one of the best halo games to exist, amazing story, great music, great gameplay, truly a masterpiece, the story hits the hardest out of all the halo games in my opinion, there is no happiness, it’s all grim, death, all about humans being destroyed by a greater threat, your new friends all die fighting for the great good, except for one, but ultimately the sacrifice was worth it, the discovery of the halo ring and the events that followed would have never happened if it wasn’t for those who sacrificed themselves on reach. Such a great game.

I was expecting "We remember"... I know it's just a variant from Halo 3's Never Forget, but hear me out, it's Reach... "Remember Reach!" was written in the streets of Halo 3: ODST and it's always been in some way or another in every Halo piece of media. The trailer for Halo: Reach... Halo 4 and Halo 5 in my opinion don't have that much of a great OST aside from "Convoy" in Halo 4 and "Crypt" in Halo 5 heh..

The scene that plays during the epilogue always gets me

YAY! I've waited for this one! Thank you!

Btw the breathing sound was literally the low brass players taking breaths so that they could keep playing.

Reach is the most emotional of the games. Nightfall is played during the level where your team finds the site where the invasion is taking place. Tip of the Spear is played when the UNSC begins their response to the attack on Reach. It ends very badly for the UNSC and they soon realize the immense scale of the invasion. 60% of the entire human fleet is headed to Reach to defend the planet. Ashes plays a bit later on. The threat was destroyed but then a massive fleet of Covenant ships arrive and they begin orbital bombardment on the planet targeting civilian populations. Ashes plays as the city you so hardly defend is lost alongside someone important and it’s important to note that by this point the UNSC has just about lost Reach most human ships begin fleeing Reach except for the Pillar of Autumn which is still fighting at Reach. I always found Ashes haunting especially with the context. Epilogue Reach is lost to the Covenant and you have your final stand taking out as many Covenant as you can but Reach's fall led to the discovery of Halo and eventually led to humanity's survival from near extinction.

"Slipspace rupture detected"

And that's a wrap on Halo. Man, it's such a satisfying ending imo. I'm glad you experienced the whole series like this. I expect that in your free time you're gonna be listening to the rest of the tracks that you didn't cover in this journey, and I heartily recommend it. I especially recommend it on something like Tidal or Amazon Music tho rather than Spotify, ofc. For tracks like these, I definitely think the added bitrate is huge, cause of the strings and the percussion.

I got excited when she said Ashes was her favorite because its one my favorites as well but also makes me tear up every time I listen to it. I get whelmed by the sadness of the game & associated past romantic relationship I just got out of around the time of the game. Its a bittersweet theme that I love to death.

Tip of the Spear was from a cutscene, the best cutscene in the whole game and one of the bets in the series.

Loving the videos! Reach is one of my favourite games ever and the Halo franchise has the best video game music to date in my opinion! Some suggestions perhaps for future ones (that I personally love): - God of war (the new ones and the older ones - the older ones have more of a “rage” feel whereas the newer ones have beautiful harmonies) - Last of us (fun fact - the composer didn’t actually write a score for the main theme, he just played it!) - Halo 4 (different composer, but I really like the music in this game!! Check it out!) - Ori and the blind forest (this music is incredible. I love it) - Uncharted series (get that real adventure vibe, and the main theme is kick ass!) -Elder scrolls oblivion/skyrim - really beautiful atmospheric music! And loads of adventure music in it -Horizon Zero Dawn / Horizon forbidden west Keep doing what you’re doing! Music in games is often overlooked but so important!

Bro soon as I heard overture I instantly got goosebumps every time I hear this is give me goosebumps cause I. How nostalgic it is to me

"Tip of the Spear" is not necessarily a military term, but at least a tactical one. In this instance they are the tip of the spear, the first insertion/contact for a larger force to follow them in.

Epilogue is the song that plays during my alarm in the mornings I usually let the song play through at least once. It's quiet compared to the clock alarm I used to use everyone should know the damn beeping noise they make lol. Also should do part 2 and have others like Winter Contingency and Ghosts and Glass etc.

17:07 "Tip of the Spear" in this context is a metaphor. The "Spear" here is the army, or formation. Being the "Tip of the Spear" means you are at the front of the formation and are expected to make contact with the enemy first.