I Was Stunned Listening To Halo 4. 

This music was SO good and what hurts me about it is that NO ONE back around launch gave Neil Davidge an ounce of praise for this soundtrack, at least that I can remember.

This OST is criminally underrated

10:34 "Our duty, as soldiers, is to protect humanity. Whatever the cost." "You say that like soldiers and humanity are two different things. Soldiers aren't machines. We're just people." "I'll let you have the deck to yourself." "She said that to me once... about being a machine."

Emily: "A hundred and seventeen" Halo players: "One one seven" Love your reactions.

22:32 "In this hour of victory, we taste only defeat. I ask why" "We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil." "Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms. And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered." "I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy. Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to... recede..." "Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the galaxy." "Refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit." We squander eons in the darkness, while they seize our triumphs for their own." "The Mantle of Responsibility, for all things, belongs to Forerunners alone!" "Think of my acts as you will." "But do not doubt the reality." "The Reclamation... has already begun." "And we are hopeless to stop it."

Arrival was always a banger on that last halo 4 mission

I like the heroic feeling of Halo 4’s ost. Chief was missing and presumed dead for many years only for him to return in the nick of time. He gave people hope that everything would be alright. He saved humanity from the Covenant against unbeatable odds and for it humanity praises Chief as a hero. Chief doesn’t think of himself that way but he knows he is the one that motivates people and just his presence gives people hope even when things are bleak.

"This should be a movie score" Yeah, if Halo ever gets a faithful adaptation with a high budget!

117 is widely accepted as Master Chief's theme. 117 is the number on his armor. You pronounce each number individually, so One One Seven

Halo 4 had a completely different musical direction along with art style. The music reflects it.

23:28 "This sounds like hope" You better feel hope. When you hear over the radio: Spartan one one seven is joining the battle! you know you will return home.

You definitely need to do a part 2 because there are some great tracks like To Galaxy, Green and Blue, and Laskys theme that weren't recommended for whatever reason

How they made the music in halo 4 is very underrated. I strongly encourage watching the making of. The digital sounds in particular are incredible

This may seem silly, but I was actually crying to your reactions. The music is amazing, but your appreciation and amazement to it made me so thankful that someone else hears and loves these tracks the same way I do. Thank you for choosing to be passionate when you listen to music!

117 is still one of the greatest songs any Halo game has ever produced in my opinion, the last two minutes give me goosebumps every damn time.

25:13 You don't know how long I've waited for someone to mention the strings during the climax of 117. The whole song building up to that moment is one of my favorite parts of all the Halo soundtracks.

One of my favorite things about Atonement is at the end, there's a reference to the Halo 3 track "Keep What You Steal", which is a song about Master Chief and Cortana's relationship and since Halo 4 has a heavy emphasis on the two's relationship, it's a great detail having the motif at the end of Atonement, while in Keep What You Steal starts with the motif

"In this hour of victory, we taste only defeat... I ask why?"

No "Green and Blue" Sadge

That piano part of the song “atonement” is homage to every other halo campaign whenever the chief either completes his mission or is beginning anew it’s like the musical catch phrase of his so it’s more meaningful those 4 little piano key strokes then you think to all halo players

"To Galaxy" is a track I recommend, it's one of my go-tos if I want a quick listen to this soundtrack.

No one recommended Solace or Green and Blue 😢

At 24:55 you can hear the iconic Warthog Run theme in the background for about 8 seconds and then it transitions into it's own thing, it's amazing

if you get a chance you should listen to "Revival"! it's the theme song for the villain of this game and it FUCKS

PLEASE DO A PART 2. YOUVE GOT TO LISTEN TO GREEN AND BLUE

I have been waiting for this one since you did Halo 3 and said you’ll be reacting to all the Halo games music. And Halo 4 OST may not have been done by Mr O’Donnell but it is still an amazing one with a lot of emotion! Green and Blue also just hits hard when you know the context in the story. Thank you for finally reacting!

While most of Halo 4 was composed by Neil Davidge, Arrival and 117 were composed by Kazuma Jinnouchi, who later went on to compose the music for Halo 5. Which, quite honestly, was about the only good decision made on Halo 5's production. Blue Team, Light is Green, Warrior World, Dominion, The Trials, and Crypt are some highlights from that OST. Would love to hear actual movies made with the Halo OST's so they will get more respect.

You absolutely nailed 117 being hope and sadness, specifically it’s grief. Chief, John-117, saved Earth from the Didact but it cost the life of one of his closest companions, Cortana. As far as anyone knew at this point she was dead, basically tore her own code apart to protect John.

Just wanted to poke my head back in over here and say, thanks for the shout-out and kudos for getting my username's pronunciation right the first time! I often have to give people a syllabic walkthrough of it when they want to give a shout-out, so it feels good to hear people nail it like you did!

That was the quickest intro I´ve ever seen, I wish more people would do the same, was fuunny tho, caught me off guard

Also for context for 117 Imagine you're flying a space fighter carrying a nuke Trying to reach a world ending weapon to destroy it, destroying turrets and dodging obstacles desperately trying to save earth

Part 2 of halo 4 ost? "To galaxy", Lasky's Theme" and "green and blue" should be on the list

This soundtrack did in fact win an award! Guiness World Records has it as the highest rated video game soundtrack on the US albums charts (as of 2014 metrics, 2 years after release).

Pleas do a part 2 to H4 soundtrack, Their is some official remixes of the H4 soundtrack that slap so fucking hard as well.

Watching your reaction and commentary makes me happy 😊 Thank you!

Yea. That was my reaction to arrival too. Along with the gameplay at that moment made for such an epic experience. Goosebumps every time

I think there would be excellent people who would react to the green and blue song, which is Cortana's farewell.

19:22 Tremolo! There's technically a couple types of tremolo, but most commonly on a string instrument it's exactly what you described: rapid repetition of a note that isn't necessarily in time. If you liked the different take on the music in Halo 4, I would recommend the soundtrack of the little spinoff arcade game that accompanied it: Spartan Assault. The soundtrack was done by the very talented Tom Salta, who basically lived and breathed Halo: CE's soundtrack working on the remaster of it, and his take on the music of Halo is rooted in that original soundtrack as much as it is in the new direction of Halo 4's music.

Yea I had a feeling she would like 117 🤣

Arrival is absolutely awesome

For all the flak Halo 4 gets, even with it's campaign which I think is actually pretty great story wise, the soundtrack has always been top tier. It strays from Martin's music a lot, but is great in it's own way and clearly respects the original themes. I love the OG trilogy music more, but 117 is top 3 in all of Halo imo.

"Weapons! Prepare a firing solution! We promised to get the Chief inside that ship, and I'm NOT about to let that man down!"

Best Halo soundtrack in my opinion.

I will admit, I've never played a Halo game in my life. My parents are very strict when it comes to technology, but despite that, whenever I hear "Never Forget", I get waves of chills. It's such a beautiful track, and every time I hear it, something stirs in me ... I don't know. But I really want to play the games now to know why it plays, why it's so significant, and see if I'm the only one that feels this way about it.

Is nobody going to talk about the fact that Neil Davidge, the composer of this game, produced for Massive Attack???

Unpopular opinion at the time of Halo 4's release, but i liked some of the music and some of the new art style. I'm happy to know that now is at least accepted.

Halo 4 OST is built different 👌117 plays strongly at the end of the game (end credits) and we hear the main boss The Didact giving a monologue as Master Chief 117 walks like a badass hero through the mega ship Infinity and he gets his armor taken off as the music just builds like it did towards the end with the brass. I had the biggest goosebumps through the cut scene. She really needs to watch halo 4 end monologue

Gears of war needs to be on the list someday

Definition of eargasm loool

I've loved so much of the Halo music over the years but for some reason Halo 4 is the only album on my phone. It's so well rounded.

I stood by this at launch and I STILL do. Halo 4 is a great game! Not perfect and its defo not on the level of the previous games, but for a team brand new to working with each other; taking on a series as big and ingrained in the public consciousness as Halo? They did very well! To me, Halo 4 is 343's most complete experience at launch and its the 343 game I feel had the most passion poured into it. I hate how 343 over-course corrected Halo 4 in the wrong ways and ditched Halo 4's entire story set up... I really wish Halo 5 was a proper contination of Halo 4... What could have been...

Green and Blue is a absolute must. Have have HAVE too, emotional roller coaster of a song especially those who have played the games for years

I like how all the Halo games have their own music that is distinct but uniquely Halo and I don't think any Halo game missed on the music department you can tell where each song is meant to be in the games, for example, Atonement and 117, Atonement is the main menu theme and 117 is the end of the game, this goes for all the Halo games also!

When she said 117 sounds like pure hope she got it right because Master Chief is #117 and he is humanities hope.

Halo 4 soundtrack is fantastic. It is different from previous Halo, but sets the tone perfectly for the Reclaimer saga. So many tracks to remember. Some I uniquely link with the Forerunners. Love it 😊 Btw, there are also several shorter pieces in this soundtrack, which I really like, such as Requiem or Wreckage

I'm smiling at your reactions, because they're peak in what a reaction to these tracks should be!

Halo 4 has some fantastic music. Arrival is so great because of the stakes at play in the game at that point. It matches the action taking place and the monumental push the Master Chief is doing to stop the Didact.

It WAS a fitting soundtrack that marked the end of a beautiful franchise that helped drag me through my difficult childhood. I will miss you Chief...the REAL Bungie Chief. Im still hoping you will wake one day, cause i need you🫡

Is there going to a Part Two? 'Green and Blue' is the best title on that disc...

Love when your music reacts pop up on me feed. This was great! Still waiting for you to watch the Halo 2 guitar video where he is listening to the song the first time and improvs it.

Halo 4 is one of my favorites! "117" is always a banger, although I'm sad that "To Galaxy" wasn't in this video. It's the Halo 4 multiplayer theme and it always gets me so hyped up.

I actual just did the biggest smile like some weirdo at 24:59 when she got the reference.

Arrival is my favourite soundtrack of Halo 4 117 is my second favourite

I remember the chills of hearing Atonement for the first time when booting up Halo 4 on launch day.

Oh that was nice! I hope a part 2 will come up because there's a lot more and especially that... really eerie one. Epic

Been waiting for this for months, was not disappointed.

This might need a part 2... Halo 4 has some of the best music in a 343 game, Hyper recommend Green and Blue, Revival, Wreckage, Requiem.

No Green and Blue? That's the best one from Halo 4 IMO.

it's mental to think that Atonement was the *Title screen/main menu music.* It was the first thing you heard after the logos finished whipping past, the first piece of in game music you hear in Halo 4. It has been quite some time since I played Halo 4, even on MCC, so I very much could be wrong, but I do not recall that song ever playing in a mission or cutscene.

Actually piano notes at the end of attonement music resembles to the notes of keep what you steal from halo 3 ❤. A Tribute to masterchief and cortanas relationship

Id love to see you hear the music from Risk of Rain 2. It’s so unique and complex that I feel like you’d have a blast diving into it!

Classic Halo's music is legendary, and Halo 4's while not quite on the same level, is still so, so good, and criminally underrated. There are some good scores, but "Arrival", man... "Arrival" hits so hard every time... Actually makes me emotional... "117" is also up there... Edit: I would like to change my statement after listening to Halo 4's soundtrack again. It is legendary along with classic Halo's music... Neil Davidge did an incredible job, and deserves more praise for his work on Halo 4...

I never remember hearing that version of Never Forget, a nice twist, but only remember the O'Donnell original. When was that played in the game?

23:30 Yup, that's the protagonist theme, Master Chief's theme

I still hold 117 up there as one of the best Halo tracks, period. Criminally underrated by the community due to it not being Bungie, but the 343-era games still had killer OSTs.

As my profile image say, halo 4 ost its my favorite of all the halos

I can't listen to Arrival without thinking of Dan Bull's Halo 4 rap. It just sounds like his rap should be there the whole time haha

Halo 4 is still an amazing soundtrack all these years later. Really stands out among the series and Arrival is probably my favorite track in the entire series overall

People absolutely don't give game scores/osts enough credit, there is another channel I have been dabbling in called MarcoMeatball and he has been showing people like classical musicians and industry professionals video game music for the first time and I have been really enjoying the different takes but it goes to show that these songs can be treated with the same respect as traditional orchestral music and that there is more to video game music than chiptunes and the retro sound that came from consoles from the late 80s early 90s, as the decades have gone one the music has evolved and adapted to the different uses and needs for the different games they are made for. Tracks made to accompany emotional moments that rival traditional media, stir anxiety and fear, and most importantly in a lot of cases adapt to what is happening in the game to accompany whatever the player is doing. Halo has some of my favorite music for that.

117 always reminds me how much I love Master Chief

How dare you not put Green and Blue on the reaction 😭

One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard is the space engineers OST

@MegMage just uploaded her completion of of the finale of H4 today. You should really check it out, Emily.

I, like many others, believe you should do a part 2 because some of the best tracks from Halo 4 are missing for whatever reason. Tracks such as Revival, Solace, Mantis, To Galaxy, Green and Blue, Aliens, Haven, and Lasky's Theme.

I think you'd absolutely love Made In Abyss's soundtrack. Kevin Penkin, the composer, is an absolute genius

Check out the Crysis games specifically 3 I think you'll appreciate Hans Zimmer's work on that series. Love the reaction!

I remember listening to the H4 soundtracks when I was highschool and this video took me back to that time for a few minutes 🥲

green and blue was my personal favorite in the ost

My RU-vid feed is becoming a bunch of these, and I am happy about it.

When the horns come in at 2:03, I always get James Horner vibes.

People rag on this soundtrack because Halo 4 put the game in a new direction in a lot of ways. Not that the direction was bad, but it was different. The main character up til this point had kind of been a sort of machine for us to pilot. Halo 4 tried giving him some emotions and they did it well by making him lose someone he was close to. It was not what the people were expecting.

I think the title Green and Blue deserves it's own little reaction.

Arrival is perfect, for me. It plays during the finale of the game. You need to stop the bad guy from winning pretty much. During the build up you are running to different platforms to hijack some computers, shooting some enemies along the way. Then it hits. The enviroment becomes chaotic, the music swells, there are even more enemies. You gotta buy time now while Cortana hijacks the computers. It's you, vs this mechanical army, for the fate of the world, with only the ost pushing you to give it your all, like a real bardic inspiration. In that moment, you truly become the protagonist. This is a core memory for me. I'll never forget that feeling.

The legend of Spyro a new beginning main theme song!! You won't be disappointed!

Now that you've gotten this deep into Halo, it would be so great to watch you introduce yourself to the Destiny music canon. Both were originated by Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori, and if you love Halo 1-4, Destiny's various OSTs will take you on an amazing ride.

Yes!!! I loved your Halo series. I used to be a music theory/performance Major, with a specialty for Trumpet performance. I even recently Re-Arranged "Never Forget" From Halo 3's OST for a Brass Quintet :) (Just wanna add, Halo 4 OST version of "Never Forget (Midnight Version)"... I have to say... while Martin O'Donnell set the framework for that piece with his original in Halo 3, the composer seriously has me internally fighting with myself on which one is better, in my opinion because his take on it is SO Gorgeous.) But I've always had the Halo OSTs in my playlist, since I was in Middle School. I've always loved Martin O'Donnell / Michael Salvatori's Compositions for the Bungie Halo Games. And before Halo 4 release, and before Halo 5 released, they released the OSTs first. The MINUTE they were available, they were in my iTunes.. Neil Davidge did a great job on Halo 4... And I'm so happy that he paid so much homage to Martin's Compositions. If you listen to the pieces he wrote, even in the one's you heard in this video, he does a call back to the main Motif's in so many different ways... It really helped the players/fans of Halo to keep their connection with the game despite its difference in art styles.. My favorite track was "Atonement", the first piece you observed here. Vocals were just beautiful, and that French Horn solo.. GA!!! I love hearing other musician's reactions to things I've always loved and were near and dear to my heart. Thank you for having an open mind to the music, and the games I've followed, and grown up playing & feeling the emotional reactions that were intended by the Composers & developers of these stories since I was 6 years old

If you haven’t already you neeeeeeEEEeEeEEDDD to do Destiny next, especially after rewatching the first few Halo vids, because in my opinion, musically, the Destiny soundtrack is a continuation of Halo. It’s composed by Martin O’Donnell once again, arguably the greatest videogame composer of our time. Though I would say do each expansion as a seperate video as there is a lot to cover.

The one thing Neil Davidge did really well was keep with the tradition of having a different identity that fits with the story. CE, 2, ODST, 3, Reach, Halo Wars, all had their own theme in a sense. While the rhythm and the 'theme song' itself stayed the same, they had different styles.

Ok ok great video, thank you but you owe it to your life to listen to “Green and Blue”. It makes me so sad that you didn’t.

Atonement is the only video game song that’s made me intentionally sit in the main menu for the music.