Commander PK Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Here's another reason to look forward to what is easily the most anticipated game of all time. If you haven't bought an XBox yet, now is the time. 'Halo 2' Soundtrack Boasts Incubus, Hoobastank Music is a major aspect of the highly anticipated Xbox game "Halo 2," due Nov. 9 at U.S. retail outlets. Beyond Incubus' exclusive four-movement suite, "The Odyssey," the game and companion soundtrack album feature a new Breaking Benjamin track, "Blow Me Away," and Hoobastank's "Connected." The bulk of the "Halo 2" soundtrack features new symphonic compositions by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. The pair penned the original "Halo: Combat Evolved" soundtrack, which has sold about 40,000 copies, according to Nile Rodgers, who assembled the music for the new game via his company Sumthing Else Music Works. Rodgers produced the album; he also wrote, performed and co-produced the track "Never Surrender" in collaboration with songwriter/remixer Nataraj. "It's a mash-up mix of the 'Halo' theme," he says. This exclusive cut and a new version of Halo theme "Mjolnir Mix" feature guitar work by Steve Vai. "'Halo' is the only videogame that ever inspired us to write a whole suite," Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger tells Billboard. "Now if we could only stop playing 'Halo,' we might actually be able to write another one." One-fourth of "The Odyssey," a segment titled "Follow," will be included on Incubus' upcoming DVD, "Alive at Red Rocks," due Nov. 23 via Epic. Ben Burnley of Breaking Benjamin says "Halo" is his "favorite all-time game" and that the band plays it "all the time" while on tour. "It's like a dream being able to contribute music to the game and soundtrack," he adds. "These players each have the unique ability to improvise and embellish Martin's ideas," Rodgers says. "Therefore we are all connected, hence the original composition provided by Hoobastank. "We've been working on the 'Halo 2' music for more than a year," he continues, "and as the release date got pushed back, we had to rethink the musical concept to reach out to different artists." As of last week, "Halo 2" game pre-orders had set an industry record of more than 1.5 million, and they could ultimately top 2 million, according to Peter Moore, corporate VP of worldwide publishing and marketing for Xbox. -- Steve Traiman, St. Petersburg, Fla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins24 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Snipets: http://halo2.nilerogers.com/H2MultitrackPlayer/H2MultitrackPlayer.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hopefully the music is just played during the intro or the menus. I usually play games with the TV on mute though, so it won't be that big of a deal. Certainly not going to keep me from buying the game. **** should be crazy, especially on XBL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted October 30, 2004 Author Share Posted October 30, 2004 Originally posted by Skins24 Snipets: http://halo2.nilerogers.com/H2MultitrackPlayer/H2MultitrackPlayer.htm This stuff sounds really cool. I really like the first movement of the Incubus suite. Good Stuff. I can tell already I'm gonna be holed up in my house with this game for a few weeks when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WM_Marylander Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 the breaking benjamin song might be cool for some movies and all that will be in there. Especially of the Master Chief Blowing crap up. I ordered the spec-edition a few weeks ago. I'll be at ebgames the night before, and probably play it till I pass out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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