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March 4, 2004 Link to this post
New Music
Two new Halo songs (three songs altogether) have been uploaded to SexyJosh's website; one is called XBC Halo, the other is Josh's take on Nico's Red vs Blue theme. Go get 'em! (Louis Wu 10:22:17 UTC)
March 1, 2004 Link to this post
Tina Leyk, Halo Artiste Extraordinaire
A couple of days ago, we got an email from Tim Leyk, who wanted to point out a Halo fan comic created by his sister, Tina Leyk. I visited the site, and was blown away by what I found - she's a fantasy/furry artist, and Fur-lo (her Halo comic) incorporates furry art with Halo themes and not a little bit of humor. The work, quite simply, rocks. Browsing the site, I discovered an entire treasure-trove of Halo-related art, ON TOP of the comic strip - and Tina was kind enough to let us archive her work here so that Halo fans could enjoy it. So here you go: for your viewing pleasure, there's a subsection devoted to Fur-lo, Tina's Halo Furry Fan Comic... and another section devoted to her Halo Fan Art. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 02:52:55 UTC)
February 23, 2004 Link to this post
A Song to Kill By
Here's a Halo Fan Music submission unlike any other we've received... this song comes from Mothergoat, the composer of the Hail 117 Anthem, and while it's Halo-inspired, it's not as obviously based in Halo's themes; it's designed for fan music videos.
Seeing the Oddbrawl video made me realize the Hail 117 Anthem is more theatrical than it is good for constant firefights. So now I bring you "Repeater," a faster-moving overdrive fury with a good pinch of Halo. There's a lot of repetition on purpose. The tune was made as background music for use in fan videos. Anyone can freely use it by just giving me credit in the video.
It's a 3 mb mp3, 3:20 long, and as Mothergoat says, would probably work very nicely as a backdrop to Halo carnage. You can grab our local copy. (Louis Wu 11:23:57 UTC)
February 19, 2004 Link to this post
Halo-Themed Music
SexyJosh, from Team Sexy Films, has been writing some Halo-themed music recently; there are currently two songs available on his website. Lament to Keyes is a 4-minute ballad, and Cortana is half as long, twice as fast, and a bit ruder. If you like the music, explore the site; there's quite a bit more, non-Halo-related, stuff. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 18:01:12 UTC)
February 5, 2004 Link to this post
Hard-rockin' Fan Music
Mothergoat of Clan Boomstick, dropped off a pretty cool piece of music he put together. Here's what he says about it:
This isn't any sort of easy remix or anything, this tune was built with full instrumentation from the ground up. Matt Cox (me) of the band Windsor Medium wrote this new theme for Halo, inspired by Marty O'Donnell's favorite melody. I play every instrument heard. NOTE: This is just a 2-minute clip of the 5-minute song it will be soon. I will be adding piano and strings to the final version.
This is the kind of music I want to hear while searching, then bullet-dancing with Gold Elites...with a butt-load of explosions, too.
Go grab Hail to 117 (1.8mb, mp3) and look for that Gold Elite! (Louis Wu 01:22:41 UTC)
February 2, 2004 Link to this post
Halo music used in political video
Mooreburg found a rather strange report - apparently, according to the Palestinian Media Watch organization, the Palestinian Authority is using Halo's theme in a video aimed at promoting the Palestinian cause. Microsoft has made a statement that the use of the music was wholly unsanctioned. If you decide to participate in the forum thread on this subject, please remember that political discussion is simply not allowed on our forum; keep your comments Halo-related, or the thread will end up locked. (The wider topic is pretty incendiary, and we simply don't need it here... we're a game site.) (Louis Wu 19:49:02 UTC)
January 30, 2004 Link to this post
Don't Argue, Manipulate Your Words!
Halo: Resolution continues its Matrix-like theme... but the corn is coming. (Louis Wu 10:38:58 UTC)
January 17, 2004 Link to this post
The Second Coming
Hehe - Bachus pointed out that the latest d+pad (a web comic) has a Halo 2 theme to it. Got a chuckle out of me... (Louis Wu 02:19:14 UTC)
December 26, 2003 Link to this post
Still Makin'em How They Used To, Eh?
Halo: Resolution finishes out the week with its Christmas theme... and it takes a shot at Razors. Oh, yeah. (Louis Wu 02:06:16 UTC)
December 24, 2003 Link to this post
The Ghost of Halo Present.
The second of Stuntmutt's Christmas-themed One One Se7en episodes is up... and he's STILL taking shots at poor Halo PC. Ouch. (Louis Wu 03:29:02 UTC)
December 24, 2003 Link to this post
Must Be Some Serious Party!
Today's Halo: Resolution continues the holiday theme... sort of. Gettin' funky... (Louis Wu 03:16:39 UTC)
December 22, 2003 Link to this post
I hate it when that happens.
Halo Babies is back up! Bandwidth restrictions have lifted a bit, so there's a strip today, and there'll be another on Friday. There's also a PayPal link, if you want to help out with their moving costs... The strip itself is Christmas-themed... and a harbinger of things to come. Ouch! (Louis Wu 22:13:53 UTC)
December 22, 2003 Link to this post
Merry Christmas To All And To All A Good Fight
Today's Halo: Resolution is the first in a week's worth of Christmas-themed strips... enjoy! (Louis Wu 12:26:02 UTC)
November 28, 2003 Link to this post
Roasted Turkey
DOH! mrsmiley stepped in and created a Thanksgiving-themed Halo Babies when Gruntsbane had family obligations... we missed it because we took yesterday off. Take a look! (Louis Wu 12:41:26 UTC)
November 19, 2003 Link to this post
Halo-ize Panther.
Unsanity, a company devoted to tweaking the user interface of Mac OSX, has announced ShapeShifter, a product that will allow you to add 'themes' to your interface. One of the first themes released (in fact, installed with the program) is called Eylo (rhymes with Halo) - and a quick look at the theme shows why. Check it out! (Thanks, Mig.) (Louis Wu 20:42:05 UTC)
November 11, 2003 Link to this post
Drowning in words
Absurd number of Fan Fiction bits, because I was off this weekend...
- Blue Squadron Chronicles, Part Five, by Hunter_Killer
- Blue Squadron Theme Song, by Hunter_Killer
- The 7th Column: First Strike, by Mainevent
- Derailed Final Part, by Dispraiser
- A John Before Halo: Part 15, by J-117
- Shadow Ops II: Nowhere to Run, Chapter Four, by Nemesis
- Shell Shock- chapter 1: , by Myth
- Threat Assasin # 1- Chapter 3- Brother's fate, by Lone Jackal
- 1m x 1m, by Steve
- Halo: The Scythe of Death Part Six, by LordofDestruction
- Galaxy 07 - Part 1, by Jillybean
- Battle of the East N. American Protectorate P1, by Steve
- Misunderstood (Halo Rap), by CovieKilla
- Appocalypse-Sector 3, by FFEcho
- Final Fate: Mankind's Demise, by Jinkaiden-XI
- Shadow Ops II: Nowhere to Run, Chapter Five, by Nemesis
- Fall from grace (Halo 2: Chapter 12), by Shadowrunner
- Ghostrider 5: Lt. Tyler Kent, by Tyler
- Caught on Film, Chapter 1, by Dropship Pilot
- Halo: The MCconto Chronicles part 15/16, by JCDenton
- Silent Skin Slit Pt. 2, by Silent Death Sorrow
- UNSC Special Forces: Proluge, by Nightblade
- March of the N00bs - Part 2a, by Wado
- March of the N00bs - Part 2b, by Wado
- Closing with the Enemy Chapter 1 Unexpected Arrival, by monitor101
- Hidden Love, by Mainevent
- Halo 2 Rise of a Hero Chapter 3, by CovieKilla
Think you're man (or woman) enough to read 'em all? Ha! (Louis Wu 01:32:23 UTC)
September 25, 2003 Link to this post
Thursday Themes
8 Fan Fiction pieces? 8? Somone submitted an extra without permission!
- Halo: The MCconto Chronicles Part 9 and 10, by JCDenton
- Halo's Ballad, by Gasmask
- The Gunback's Part 1, by Anrew Harrison
- Retaliation: Chapter Three, by Blue Jaguar
- A Series of Wierd Events, Part Nine, by Hunter_Killer
- The Death of Earth:Guilt of a Spartan, by Sim McGaulkin
- CORRUPT: EndgamE, by GLADIATRRR3000
- Survival, Chapter Five: Chaos, by Agent Shade
Read, read... (Louis Wu 08:26:40 UTC)
September 20, 2003 Link to this post
Halo Vice
Rico has submitted an introduction sequence for an upcoming video project entitled 'Halo Vice' - in his words:
Originally I just wanted to use the footage to better understand my new editing system, but after suggestions from several friends and input from members of the RHOH chapter at Bungie.net I have decided to create a series of "shows" that can be freely distributed openly on the internet and on DVD. The goal is to have a moody, action-highlighted drama along the same lines as the classic 80's television show Miami Vice (hence the theme music lifted off of composer Jan Hammer's "Escape From Television" album). I even managed to find a similar font for all the titling! All images were compiled on miniDV and edited in Final Cut Pro 4.0.2.
The video is 2:44 long, encoded in MPEG-4, and weighs in at 16 mb. You can contact Rico through his 7th Column chapter, Rico's House of Halo. (The movie was originally uploaded to FilePlanet - but was then redone. The current FP version is out of date - you should grab the files.bungie.org one linked above. When the FilePlanet version has been updated, we'll post news about it.) (Louis Wu 20:47:35 UTC)
September 18, 2003 Link to this post
Strings.
SilverBrin**** has submitted another impressive piece of Fan music; this one's called 'Mombasa', and it weighs in at a hefty 7.4 mb. (It's just over 4 minutes long.) Here's what SB has to say about it:
Ever since seeing the Halo 2 demo played at E3 and watching videos of it, I have been taken with the broad and epic tone of the orchestral music accompanying the fantastic New Mombasa level. It think it is one of Marty O'Donnell's biggest successes to date. Last week I decided I would like to totally remake the orchestral theme accompanying the video and accentuate my favorite themes and melodies and add some moments of my own. So I started from scratch and finished with this four-minute remake of the New Mombasa demo music and named it "Mombasa".Because I'm loathe to add email addresses any more to the front page (spam is evil), your best bet for feedback is our forum. (Louis Wu 08:51:25 UTC)
Mombasa.mp3 is actually part of a much much larger Bungie audio/fan-music based project that Jester and myself will be showcasing on Psyjnir. Jester will be talking more about this project "SitKoB" later. Enjoy this file and feel free to give us feedback!
September 3, 2003 Link to this post
Friendhammer.
Too much time getting toasted by the Halo PC beta testers, not enough time updating this site. Hmm. Anyway, before hitting the sack, here's Wednesday's One One Se7en, from Stuntmutt - continuing in the Flash Pelican theme. I know where that lady is coming from... (Louis Wu 03:05:06 UTC)
August 29, 2003 Link to this post
He's gonna get SOOO wet...
New comic over at Halobabies.net... the Warthog Jump theme continues. Man, I feel sorry for 'Yomama... or whatever his name is. (mrsmiley pointed this out in our forum.) (Louis Wu 22:23:49 UTC)
August 22, 2003 Link to this post
New Themes, New People
4 new themes have been added to the 7th Column roster - you can make your Chapter over in one of three Halo-related themes (Shotguns is pretty cool), or (my favorite) a 7th Column theme known as Euphoria Station. SketchFactor also managed to slip in the information that there are two new members of the Bungie Online Team - Claire and Zoe (last names and handles were not included). Welcome aboard, from your dedicated fanbase! (Louis Wu 11:10:32 UTC)
June 13, 2003 Link to this post
It's coming... (cue Jaws theme)
Apologies for the short downtime this evening. No, the box isn't having troubles - it was actually up and running, just not serving this website. Why? because it was preparing for tomorrow's massive Halo goodness (that oh-so-luscious direct-feed footage we've all been waiting so long for). We've been helping Bungie do a little bit of mirror site setup. I figure half an hour of downtime tonight is easily compensated by what you're gonna have access to tomorrow... (Louis Wu 03:41:01 UTC)
May 27, 2003 Link to this post
Now THAT'S some cool music.
Last year, Justin Durban turned in a pair of pretty nice pieces of music based on the halo theme (here and here). He's done it again - today we got a copy of Ruined Desert, a 5.4 mb mp3. Here's what Justin says about it:
This one gives it a small bit of an ethnic feel. I'm imagining a desert scene inside a HUGE sandlike temple. Almost if it was back in the day of Caesar and the Romans. Or even the ancient Egyptian times. Perhaps a gladiator type arena fight and preparation?
Of course, I have to thank Marty O'Donnell again for creating a kickass soundtrack and inspirational music.
Go grab a copy, and see what you think. I can see the dunes now... (Louis Wu 00:32:34 UTC)
May 11, 2003 Link to this post
Timing
Well, Mythica's back down to it's standard 5 Mbit/sec serving rate, so the Birds spike is over; time for the NEXT movie. This one's from Mister E, and it's called 'Timing'. The theme is exactly that - there are lots of 'kill and then die' sequences, with some very nice integration with the trance-like music. It's just under 2 minutes, and is available in both Windows Media Player 9 (18.1 mb, 640x480) and QuickTime (12.4 mb, 480x360) formats from Mythica, as well as mirrors at That Weasel Television (the QT version there is 10.1 mb, and of lower quality) and the Psyjnir Complex Hotline server (the QT version is the 12.4 mb version). (Louis Wu 15:34:22 UTC)
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