Music Producer Reacts to HALO 3: OVERTURE 

Me after listening to the entire ODST score for the 500th time "What can I say - it was one hell of a night."

This was the best time for gaming!

I remember the context of ODST and Reach, Bungie's condition for being released by Microsoft was to make two more Halo games. Both were like a love letter to the franchise. A wonderful sendoff in both their stories, soundtracks, and characters.

ODST was such a good game. I love your analysis on the sound, it makes me want to go play it again

you should check out the track deference for darkness from this soundtrack. It combines themes of the overture but add jazz to the mix.

I practically grew up playing the Halo series, and Halo 3: ODST was the first game that really got me thinking about how important the OST in video games is. I'm so glad I got to share/request this one!

It’s almost an obligation to play this, “Difference for Darkness” and “Asphalt and Ablution” whenever it rains outside. This and Charlie Brown gave me such a phenomenal appreciation for jazz. ODST, meanwhile, gave me an immense appreciation for noir-themed subjects, whether they be a crime flick or Cyberpunk, lol.

Martin O'Donnell is an absolute genius. I really hope you react to the 48 minute masterpiece "Music of the Spheres" where all Destiny's music began. it's 8 pieces so you could do it 1 at a time.

I come back to this OST once in a while, I lost a good friend who used to play ODST with me after school and it hurts. Rest in peace James.

YESSSSSS THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL TIME!!

“Tribute” is an amazing track from the halo 3 ost

Halo 3's "Never Forget","Finish the fight" and Halo 2's "mjolnir mix" are some of the best imo 😊

Halo’s music has always been set apart from all other music in gaming, When the soundtrack hits, you know it’s Halo. The raw emotion, the horror of futuristic war, the joy of victory, the sorrow of defeat. You don’t just hear the music, you experience it. Love the content, keep it up 👍

It's a shame that most video game, heck even a lot of film soundtracks go unnoticed. Many pieces tell a story that touches the heart or mind. Halo may be known for it's monk choir, but there are so many pieces that I wish more people talked about.

I used to listen to ODST's soundtrack to sleep when it released, such good ambiance.

Immediately goes to comments to look for Marty.

god, i really do tear up with the starting chords. Too many feelings and memories.

Can we get some more Halo reacts? The music is so legendary 😭

Another track from this soundtrack called "Deference for Darkness" is really the staple of the entire game and generally considered a masterpiece. It's a really beautiful track, one of my favourite songs of all time. It would be awesome if you could check it out and make a reaction, since you seemingly enjoyed "Overture" so much. I can guarantee you that it will be worthwhile.

There are so many more tracks that should be appreciated from the entire Halo series. Martin O'Donnell just absolutely hit it out of the park, singlehandedly providing an example for how powerful and beautiful orchestral music for video games can be. It's hard to nail down specific choices because all of it is so good, but please give more of his halo music a listen

This OST always feel warm, yet cold. Which is fitting for the theme of ODST, a hopeful, yet bleak city in ruin.

More halo reactions please! I really enjoyed this video 😄

My favorite piece of music of all time! This games soundtrack is my go to for sleeping

I absolutely love the way you explain concepts and the technical aspects underlying the music, I'm learning so much. Subbed.

Difference to Darkness is a must listen. Absolute masterclass of performance.

Piano comes from a direction, you can almost pin point it--not only they try to create a live concert experience, but I think also that in the ODST’s story, the team was being contacted from a unknown source, it actually provide guidance and help to the team in the story, so they try to find the source alone the way while surviving--The piano could represent the unknown but friendly source.

There’s a cut of this that’s several hours long with the rain, and I’ve slept to it multiple times.

I love EVERY one of those Halo Bungie soundtracks. Even own them all on CD.

Halo 3 finished the fight theme is angelic and powerful. Everyone should definitely give it a listen.

Pretty much every version of the ODST soundtrack on youtube has all its tracks mashed together by level, rather than left as separate songs. So almost all of them have those kind of "soundscape" parts in addition to one or more melodic sections. The game alternates between your character, alone, searching for your lost squad in an abandoned city, and playing through the action-filled flashbacks of your squadmates as you uncover more of their trail. So, appropriately, the soundtrack alternates almost 1:1 between lonely and heroic tracks.

Ugh. It's 2009. I'm listening to this while playing in my dorm room. Nothing bad has happened to me yet...

Having played in bands and orchestra, I appreciate the orchestra sound. My body would be vibrating with the music. All the halo soundtracks are amazing.

The best Halo soundtrack for me is Halo 2’s, absolutely love “Ghosts of Reach” and “High Charity” on Halo 2 vol 1 ST, those two pieces give a pretty good feel of the essence of H2

Love a good lush string arrangement/performance/recording! Love the way different elements get blended together

Halo in my own opinion, has some of the best soundtracks for games ever. Halo CE is very Ancient and Mysterious, Halo 2 is very Melancholic, Mysterious and Epic. Lastly Halo 3 is different from the last two but has a feeling of rejoice, conclusion, revision almost. It's a very hard to explain game because the soundtracks are revised Halo CE and 2 OST's. But Halo 3's is definitely a favourite from most people. It's very Epic, very mysterious and very warm. Your just gonna have to listen too it to understand.

So good, this is my favorite Halo after Halo Reach, you should definitely do a reaction of Overture from Reach, its one of my favorite OST tracks of all time. Love seeing you react to all my favorite game music, it brings me so much joy.

Deference for Darkness, the best section of all Halo 3 ODST soundtrack, Never Forget and Behold a Pale Horse from Halo 3 (not ODST) too. Some more to add to your collection of recommendations haha.

ahhh the halo ASMR soundtrack, also probably my favourite sountrack out of all halo games, although I adored pretty much all of them (117 in halo 4 is a special journey though, Green and blue was really pretty too. If you wanna look at others, well Halo 5's the trials is epic AF and "Never forget" has been in every game in some shape or form too and it's always played on heartstrings)

oh..ODST my beloved.. great soundtrack, many feels also id like to throw my hat in the ring and suggest the listening to the Halo 2 soundtrack

ODST was such a departure from the norm for regular O’Donnell Halo soundtracks. This soundtrack with the moody jazz and darker ambient atmosphere really drove home the frantic city landscape and the indomitable hopelessness of the situation. It’s incredible.

Highly recommend listening to more of the halo soundtracks

All Halo games have great soundtracks each one a little different than the other.

don't know if anyone else mentioned this but I really love how you do your captions manually, YT default captions are always in the way

Oh damn i can hear the destiny in this

this game has a much darker, sadder tone than any other halo game and is a joy to play and listen to the tracks. totally different vibe. The music really hits hard when it kicks in while you walk around an abandoned city, watching where people used to live and prosper, now empty and ruined.

I really hope you react to Skyline from this OST one of my favorites, I've just found your channel.

the whole ODST soundtrack is so very good. Deference for Darkness.....very much recommend that one

You just had to be there. Hearing it for the first time i never felt so relaxed in a game before.

I fuckin love this soundtrack

sooo peacefull man haha 😊

‘What can I say… it was a hell of a night’.

If you are interested em,i would highly recommend halo 3 theme or warthog run soundtrack,just simply phenomenal. Great video as always

Odst is easily top 3 halo along with reach and 3. The loneliness you feel is amazing. The game has very good jazzy moody tracks

This game came out during the prime of gaming Edit: I would recommend halo reach overture as well. That one is 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

In ODST you are alone through most of the game. When Marty was writing this, the words "All alone" were in his mind. The short sax at 0:09 are those words being "translated" into the instrument.

Really dig your outro song haha

Halo 3 never forget is the best one ❤

You're a great channel! Your production knowledge is very interesting to hear. Have any of your viewers recommended Hades or other games by Supergiant?

I genuinely need to replay Halo 3 ODST

I hope we get more music like this in video games.

Such a beautiful song

Gotta do “warthog run” from this game, it’s one of the definitive tracks from the game.

You should try listening to HALO SPV3 covenant dance. HALO SPV3 is a fan remake of HALO CE. It’s soundtrack is so good.

You should check out Noosphere from the Mechanicus soundtrack and Disposal Unit from the Darktide soundtrack! :) Great vids.

You should react to "Never Forget" from Halo 3

at this point in the storyline, humanity is on the brink of extinction, theyre loosing so badly the covenant have found earth and attacted the city called new mombasa, humanity responded with sending the orbital drop shock troppers (ODST) the mission was a success, one of very few that at this time we actually achieved. My point is the orchestra perfectly captured the sadness of this whole story.

The Halo sound track is amazing. While I never really played the games, ive always been able to recognize the music. I would like to make a request for a future react video, the soundtrack for Undertale is an amazing piece. It's not done by a full orchestra, and has a bit more of a retro game (like 8-bit sometimes), but is still amazing done entirely by Toby Fox. Its Especially impact full when given context by the game. I would love to hear your reaction to the music.

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odst is the only game ive ever preordered

You should listen to Halo ODST: OST Traffic Jam if you have yet. It's probably the best piece besides the Finale in the soundtrack.

So you've listened to the classic Mjolnir Mix right?

The opening of ODST was something that has stuck with me. All of the music feels so desperate. The opening text of really sets the tone for the rest of the game. “The year is 2552. Humanity is at war with the alien alliance known as "The Covenant". We are losing.”

you should react to all the halo game soundtracks Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5, Halo wars, Halo wars 2.

Just wait until u hear the flood music. Nightmarish and comfortable

Halo combat evolved themeeeee

343 somehow made Halo 3: ODST even better on The Master Chief Collection.

Should check out Vogel im Käfig by Hiroyuki Sawano, a truly amazing piece from the show attack on titan

Makes me miss my Xbox

Definitely should watch a no commentary of this game because you would get the full effect of the music and gameplay and how they compliment each other so well.

Me: Heart this OST. Me: Remember Reach. Me: Start fucking crying in the ground.

Halo ODST makes me feel sad and lonely

please make more halo ones

I see lots of great suggestions here, but for me personally nothing trumps One Final Effort from Halo 3... it just feels so epic every time

Do ( brave the storm ) from destiny 🔥

Did anyone notice that she only put Halo 3: Overture? 😂 I guess ODST and OST do look similar at a glance...

Bungie era halo has the best music of any game by far. Marty OD is the goat

Recommending any song from risk of rain 1&2

OK... Ill play ODST again.

Do gehrman the first hunter from Bloodborne

"Not familiar with halo out side the main theme and what I remember from reach" Remember Reach

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Just fyi; Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST are seperate games with seperate Soundtracks!

A game that has a phenomenal soundtrack is Divinity: Original Sin 2... Just listen to Rivellon... so damn good. Another suggestion is listen to the Pentakill songs from League, specifically Lightbringer (acoustic) is fantastic

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Do the main theme from The Witcher 3

You probably get flooded with suggestions... anyway here are some more Halo 3 dream again Halo 3 another walk Halo 3 tribute (watch ImDontai react to this song after you're head it) Halo 3 roll call (plays during credits, repackages three songs from the campaign into one song)

Producer of what exactly

You look extra beautiful Infront of halo music

Yeah you can't beat Marty Odonnels rendition of Halo music.

Halo 3: ODST is different than Halo 3. FYI