When I first played Halo: Combat Evolved on December 26th, 2003 the music is one of the first things that drew me into the story mode, words cannot describe how excited I am for the upcominf Anniversary edition. However, I am not excited to hear that the music is being re-recorded. The music played a big part of what appealed to me about the original game and even though Frankie has informed me that the music in the trailer is not the final mix (thankfully), I am still worried that there will be too many noticable diffirences that could ruin it for me.
Right now I won’t judge the entire soundtrack because we haven’t heard any of the final mixes, but I wonder if they could include some kind of option similar to the graphics switch which will allow us to switch between the old soundtrack or the new soundtrack, only in the case that the soudntracks are notibly diffirent of course.
It’s not being re-recorded per say, just re-mastered. Meaning that it will sound louder and more modern. If you play the game again, you’ll notice that the audio is quieter compared to the newer Halo games. Trust me, this is a good thing.
> It’s not being re-recorded per say, just re-mastered. Meaning that it will sound louder and more modern. If you play the game again, you’ll notice that the audio is quieter compared to the newer Halo games. Trust me, this is a good thing.
If that is the case then I am happy, though I was under the impression that it was being re-recorded with an orchestra.
Yeah, there is a orchestra recording the soundtrack, BUT they are simply layering it into the original recording. Simply put, the original recording will be playing with the newer one playing with. All there doing is a simple overdub to improve the audio quality. Marty’s work will not be tarnished.
> > It’s not being re-recorded per say, just re-mastered. Meaning that it will sound louder and more modern. If you play the game again, you’ll notice that the audio is quieter compared to the newer Halo games. Trust me, this is a good thing.
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> If that is the case then I am happy, though I was under the impression that it was being re-recorded with an orchestra.
You’re letting your nostalgia cloud your judgement. The remastered version sounds pretty much the same. Besides, the remastered music you presented was just an edit of the remastered theme used purely for the trailer of CEA.
> You’re letting your nostalgia cloud your judgement. The remastered version sounds pretty much the same. Besides, the remastered music you presented was just an edit of the remastered theme used purely for the trailer of CEA.
You’re worried that one of the best orchestras of modern times will do exactly what Halo3 did?.. fully orchestrate the Halo theme? You’re almost 4 years late?
PS: I prefer the grungy guitar of Halo:CE to Halo2’s professionally played Steve Vai guitar, however, Halo was not forever ruined because of going “bigger.”… it’s what Halo does (though I will admit, going big isn’t always what I want, I never expected Halo2 to be what it was compared to CE, had to let my paradigm shift.)
I just wonder why they didn’t use the Seattle Orchestra like Marty did when he recorded the last few soundtracks. I mean, 343 are in Bungies old building IN Seattle. Wouldn’t it have been more convienient to use them ?
> You’re letting your nostalgia cloud your judgement. The remastered version sounds pretty much the same. Besides, the remastered music you presented was just an edit of the remastered theme used purely for the trailer of CEA.
Got to agree with the last sentence, but no the second. (I’m neutral about third) The trailer music sounds nothing like the original, it cutts of at the part where the violins get louder. But it’s probably just for the trailer. They can’t really screw up that badly.
Why do you all have extreme 343 fanboyism before they even put out a game? The remake sounds like absolute crap compared to the original and it’s obvious by the highest rated comments that everyone else thinks so too. The violins are all choppy for some reason and not smooth like the synthesized version. Just because its remade by a professional orchestra doesn’t mean it automatically sounds better than one made with a computer.
