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December 10, 2002 Link to this post
Halo/Oni musical tie-in
So a few days ago, I got a message from Bizkit522, a regular over at the IGN Halo board, mentioning the similarities between a couple of Marty O'Donnell tunes. Hurry, from the Oni Soundtrack, kicks in right after Konoko's uncle is killed, and and is a high-tension piece punctuated by quick violins. On a Pale Horse, from the Halo Soundtrack, plays in a couple of places on the Assault on the Control Room/Two Betrayals level(s), and kicks in when the action is about to heat up - it, too, is a high-tension piece punctuated by the same violins. In fact, if you listen, these are very similar pieces (although Hurry is a bit faster - in my opinion, the refinements for On a Pale Horse make it a better piece)... is this a tip 'o the hat by Marty to an older game, or did he just run out of music to use? He's given us permission to let you hear both pieces - you can decide for yourself. Feel free to post speculation on our forum.
- Hurry.mp3 (350K)
- On_A_Pale_Horse.mp3 (764K)
These were both ripped at a relatively low bitrate (80 Kbps) - you should really buy the soundtracks for the hi-res versions. (Louis Wu 09:47:25 UTC)
