Best of the Halo 2 Soundtrack

[@foosbabaganoosh1]

It's insane how one game can have so many tracks that are straight up iconic.

[@Almeidaandry]

concordo completamente

[@bobjane2583]

Not at all, they were legends and we didn't know how good we had it.

[@FanTaAsmatic]

@@Almeidaandry Quão raro é ver um Br comentando em vídeos de halo

[@that_one_helljumper]

I hope we get more halo games like halo 2 in the future. The characters, story telling, environments, and music

[@crgnewcomb]

I'm still overwhelmed with an indescribable feeling when I hear the choir in Ghosts of Reach

[@badmemes2111]

Before 0:26 is my all time favorite part of gaming

[@still-_-pessimistic9280]

I think it might be frission

[@DCxALBRECHT]

not upvoting...keeping them likes right at 117

[@lopiklop]

it's probably a seizure

[@darodism]

sooo Avatar... hmmm

[@Bobaluga9]

I'm 35. Thank you Bungie for the memories. Greatest era in gaming and we got to live it.

[@marcovidal9782]

Nothing will beat it, and anyone who didn't live it can't see it.

[@Xfacter]

@@marcovidal9782 Something in the spirit of many of those younger people can tell they are missing something. They'll seek it out. I can only hope they'll find it and something even better.

[@vladimirpoutine6337]

Im 35 too, what a time

[@spacemanJM]

I remember being 4 or 5 years old, my older brother teaching me how to play Halo on his original Xbox. I remember him beating my ass in privates over and over again, I remember being too scared to go past the invisible elite section in cairo. The pride I felt after finally beating the game was something I have never felt since, 22 years old now, gaming still a passion but I cannot help but realize that I will never get those feelings back. Now listening to this soundtrack back and visualizing the memories I had brings tears to my eyes, on the edge of my seat, glued to my TV, my hair most likely stuck to the TV because of the static. Sometimes I wonder if I've done everything right so far in my life, wondered if I've spent too much of my time living in fantasy worlds, but in this moment I feel as if I did it all right. I hope some of you can share these feelings and memories because I would not trade them for the world.

[@dangerboy544]

I can relate to this so much, I wonder the same things but believe Halo is worth spending time on.

[@johnnybaxter1953]

Played through the first 3 games about a month ago. I was never allowed to play Halo as a kid as I had no older brother, and my parents were strict about any video games with blood. Even playing through at 20 years old, on mouse and keyboard, these games invoked a sense of mystery and wonder in me. I experienced a childlike glee as I moved from one mission to the next, the epic music and story guiding me and cementing my investment in the universe I had entered. Even today, the AI of the elites and the storytelling through gameplay in CE makes a mockery of most big studio shooters. I've played games my whole life - nothing has given me the immense feeling of investment I got on my first time through on CE, and much of Halo 2. The story, the old art (which i greatly prefer, despite the fact i have no nostalgic attachment), the looming, wondrous music, the setting of a far off war of advanced species battling for supremacy. You did not waste your time, because "time you enjoyed wasting, was not wasted." - John Lennon

[@woahmusic]

We're the same age. I nearly lost my balance as I continued to read your memoir.

[@williammccuen3512]

You did just fine.

[@jamfilledjars]

@@johnnybaxter1953 Had the same unfortunate circumstance with my parents. I pestered and nagged my parents to let me play Halo Reach for almost a year and a half when I was ten years-old or so until they finally let me play it. Bar none one of the best games I have played to date. A few years later I ended up getting an Xbox One for Christmas, and I had asked for the Halo 5 Xbox. My parents accidentally got me the Master Chief Collection Xbox instead. At the time, I was somewhat disappointed (got Halo 5 not too long after though), but over time I realized how grateful of an experience it was to have received MCC. It introduced me to the first three games which I had never played fully (Halo CE and 2 not at all), with Halo 2 becoming my all time favourite Halo game for its campaign alone, and allowed me to revisit some previous experiences (though minimal). Eventually, got me invested into the franchise, as well as introducing me to Destiny and Destiny 2, absolutely my most played franchise alongside Halo (and good ol' Mario, lol).

[@TheyBenefit]

Marty is a boss. He influenced my life heavily.

[@mitchconner2021]

He's a great one to look up to. Amazing composer.

[@TiddyTwyster]

I can relate, he really is legendary

[@rollandlong1941]

You guys see that cryptic video on Marty's YT channel? Is he seriously retiring for good or something?

[@szw1337]

In Amber Clad still sends shivers down my spine all these many years later.

[@TheFyLu22]

"Unforgotten" is to me the most favorite song and talking about the best song, I'd guess we all can tell, that Martin O'Donnel ever created the best songs for this epic journey, the Halo universe let alone this one "special" who thought might interfere this connection.

[@CR1ZAR]

Off the rock, through the bush, nothing but Jackal.

[@waqarchughtaissecondaccoun5434]

@@TheFyLu22 Bro Unforgotten From Both Halo 2 And Halo 3 Really Made/Makes Me Tear Up Or Actually Cry. I Love Those Songs So Much Even the Halo 2 Anniversary Version As Well 🥹🥲🥲🥹

[@MastaChafa]

We all love Marty, but remember there is also Michael Salvatore as composer. Give the man some credit as well.

[@theghostofyourwastedmoney9007]

Of course. Marty and Michael wrote these soundtracks by bouncing things between eachother.

[@HDZ274]

Looks like Bungie forgot him. They laid him off in the 2023 layoffs.

[@Xfacter]

@@HDZ274 you know... some things are just trying to be lost to history. But we will remember these people. Because there's a little bit of Heaven in Halo. 343 and woke culture will be forgotten one day but true beauty will live on, far, far , far in the future.

[@zylaaeria2627]

Despite so much time passing now, it is incredible how compilations like these can immortalize entire eras of cultural media. You can just feel the 2000s vibes in this compilation & I love it. I miss those days but listening to this makes me feel like I have returned to a much simpler time.

[@Xfacter]

Yes.. it was simpler, wasn't it.

[@ChefChef115]

I put this on while studying for an exam, fell asleep and woke up 2 hours later defending New Mombasa from a Covenant invasion with Sgt. Johnson and Cortana

[@TheGoldNShadow]

Unyielding is honestly one of my favourite Halo songs. It sounds aggressive, fast, and epic, without taking it over the top. Honestly fits for a Warthog Run.

[@theelite1234]

It's what I appreciate about Halo themes in general, they are especifically and carefully manufactured to complement your experience without being too noisy. Doom fans forgive me, but the main theme of it is nothing compared to the likes of Unyielding, Reclaimer, and Follow in Flight.

[@Immashift]

Heretic, Hero is forever gonna be my favorite track. Hearing that come in after getting plopped down on the ring while blasting stuff with a Scorpion driving through ruins. Oh yes.

[@gizengar111]

No other music in any game can beat this single track. Fucking legendary.

[@theforgeryttv6449]

And when you play as the Arbiter in the last mission, shooting down brutes with your wraith or ghost.

[@stephaniegallagher3364]

the halo soundtracks just make me wanna cry

[@DarenKajiWolf]

Make US wanna cry (The Halo community)

[@Fluffy_cute_therian]

​​@@DarenKajiWolf Not for everybody.

[@Xfacter]

@@DarenKajiWolf For the real ones who lived it.

[@gamernet1410]

No other game series can stand up to the masterfully done soundtracks of the first 3 halo games

[@homeone01]

i tried to think of something. damn

[@alonemax2912]

Yakuza

[@customyamaha]

@ChangeMyMind meme

[@HighBeanz]

Doom did pretty well

[@asherwiggin6456]

Project Wingman is pretty good. Some of Ace Combat is good.

[@gnotagnome24]

Earth City gives me chills. Remember when I was 13 watching the E3 demo video of Halo 2 on my Xbox and getting more hype for that than anything I had in my life.

[@keropaci]

I really like how the best of halo 2 soundrack is basically the full Halo2 soundtrack. And I couldn't agree more

[@eternalfire2234]

Dude the overwhelming feeling of sorrow and woe upon listening to "High Charity Suite" is captivating. In tears.

[@Godzilla_Cheeze]

I still wonder how they made that distinct sound that appears in "High Charity." Amazing, such nostalgia for all time.

[@theta_clips]

It sounds like the choir from a different part of the game, though I can't remember which. It sounds like a muffled filter was put over it though. To give it that ethereal sound.

[@temerson2]

It sounds to me like the chorus function of a keyboard (The one designed to sound like a choir of human voices) under a heavy synthesiser.

[@klortikterra4423]

the eire sound that kinda wraps around you?

[@BiasIcewing]

Yeah, high Charity is beautiful, from the second I heard that song I immediately fell in love with it

[@joefries7046]

I hear Peril..... and so many memorries from my childhood flash back to me. its incredible how powerful a song can be

[@deadaspiration4496]

I wish I could go back to 2004. The games back then were amazing and, in my personal opinion, the best to ever exist.

[@solinvictus4367]

49:32 that one time you got a gold elite as an ally with a sword, the enemy that terrified you in halo 1 and you’ve never been happier to see that bastard in your life

[@xtflogicalohio3044]

AMEN. just "Look at y'all run! How you like it?! shit wasn't fun for me either!"

[@masterbrice]

17:57 Sir, Permission to leave the station .... On what grounds Masterchief? To give the covenant back their bomb! Permission Granted!

[@tallguy779]

I know what you're thinking, and it's crazy. So stay here. Unfortunately for us both, I like crazy.

[@DarkDyllon]

I just love how he smirks when he hears the Chief say "to give the covenant back their bomb" and without hesitation grants the request, the Chief is extremely loyal, as long as you treat him with the respect he deserves.

[@jpendleton4331]

I was born in 2010, so I could not experience this in the era it was in. But I've been playing halo for years. It is the only video game series that has influenced my life. I can feel the nostalgia.

[@jpendleton4331]

Also, this is great but where is reclaimer.

[@Crmsnktty]

@@jpendleton4331 Same. I was born in 2010 too. Man I would've loved to experience those games when they came out...

[@vincentslaats9396]

Bro if you would only know..

[@jpendleton4331]

@vincent slaats Tell me this Sacred knowledge.

[@CR1ZAR]

It was, by far, one of the most memorable moments in my life. The music, the gameplay, the multiplayer...it was so perfect.

[@xtflogicalohio3044]

Heretic Hero was something else. In Amber Clad gave a curious sense of... "this is it. the final stretch." Heavy Price Paid brings tears to my eyes. it was menu music, the background music of a level, and speaks to me on several levels. why, I couldn't tell you. then, or 20 some odd years later.

[@ConfidentMelon]

Heavy Price Paid brings me back to playing custom games with my older brothers when I was around 6 or 7

[@HiFi5280]

It's gratifying seeing so many feel the same about halo 2. The soundtrack is nostalgic for us. Takes us back in time with memories of 12 to 20+ hour sessions.

[@cristhiangarcia7175]

sleeping next to the one you love while listening to these ost, is your halo to another universe.♡

[@littlebadassgaming]

Damn. Wonder what that feels like.

[@cristhiangarcia7175]

It feels like dreaming of the girl of your dreams and meeting her in reality ^u^

[@AttiMatter]

Oh my god on my way

[@milkcrate5735]

if you had someone... *starts crying*

[@Inic]

Halo 2 is such a a masterpiece. Listening to the soundtrack (which is beyond amazing) takes me back to playing the game for so many hours as a kid. Especially when Ghosts of Reach comes on.

[@Therealmoseslupai]

Exactly.

[@spongepods8629]

one of the best soundtracks in any game. So much nostalgia.

[@andydufresnefromshawshank5866]

Halo two still has the greatest soundtrack out of all the games

[@bandosz3218]

Or maybe even best game soundtrack of all time

[@RicardoPerez-rz8pu]

God Of War comes close to Halo

[@gizengar111]

@@RicardoPerez-rz8pu No

[@johnnyrock8848]

@@RicardoPerez-rz8pu Never

[@RicardoPerez-rz8pu]

@@johnnyrock8848 well maybe you're right Halo back in the day was the best thing that happened on Xbox way before God of War was on Playstation

[@BelievinSP]

Thank you for the nostalgia.

[@technored8696]

When i was young halo was the only m rated game i was allowed to play, and i played the hell out of it. Now here, 16 years later, and my nostalgia is able to drive and i couldn't be happier

[@Sc0rch_Burns]

“Dear Sarge, kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here.” “I heard that, jackass.”

[@customyamaha]

Sounds like Johnson to me

[@Deverlith1178]

Mjolnir mix is so badass

[@miki0588]

42:53 "Dear Humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to Earth, and we most definitely regret that the Corps blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!

[@Vynirian]

OOH-RAH

[@marceloaguirree]

to think that i was listening this at the same time i was been taught how to talk, write, read. Sometimes when i tell people that never played halo how close and meaningful this piece of media is for me they dont understand it and i dont judge them tbh even if you want to play the games now and have fun i think is one of those things that you had to experience it when it came out to understand it. All the memories all the friends all the custom games. I am in forever debt to every bungie developer and of course to martin and michael for this piece of art. They truly changed my life for the better.

[@xDvsking666x]

I'm gonna convince some of my buddies to play Halo 1-3 with me like we did in the old days, never hurts to relieve some of those simple moments we never thought would really end.

[@briani7858]

peril. i can almost hear the needler rounds and grunts in the background. Battlerifle popping bursts indiscriminately. couple marines yell something silly and then a spnkr goes off.

[@ProtoMario]

It was around 2004, this had just released. I rented it from my local video game store. My friend and I split screened the whole campaign. We were left on a cliff hanger... we were salty, but those times. I would do anything to go back, anything. I would give up everything I have now.

[@travisharnedmusic]

The drums/percussion in this soundtrack are dope af, especially Heretic Hero and Flawed Legacy. Has a hip hop feel.

[@zedster8200]

I always imagine co-op and XBL with my buddies while listening to this beautiful soundtrack. Halo 2/3 forever.

[@jeffreycurl4925]

I don't know what halo song my all-time favorite is but, it's like probably 10 of them! Love them all the same!

[@slimjim5097]

Oh man, I do love the Peril. Such a progressive track!

[@superfan7052]

I’m 53 and dear god I loved playing halo since it first came out …

[@rickhuber1978]

"The brutes they've betrayed us" my favorite line in that whole game

[@HeiressOfShadows]

my top 3 favorite Halo tracks come from this game 1. Heavy Price Paid 2. In Amber Clad 3. Ghosts of Reach

[@rogerbeckner6419]

I keep this on a loop at 16:20, "In Amber Clad", and play it when 'Gunner', my purebred Brittany goes on point in front of me while hunting Pheasants.

[@cinnabonfire5374]

That is legendary 😂

[@IgneousRockstar117]

Says it’s the best of the halo 2 soundtrack; plays the entire soundtrack because it’s all amazing !

[@badmemes2111]

I am only 11 but I connect with this song because I played halo since 2016 to 2019

[@badmemes2111]

Not long but still is a big part of my childhood so far

[@mohamedamineboussebt3530]

No one will appreciate this soundtracks this feeling these memories ..... I feel sad for them

[@Misanthrophies]

the dislikers: truth, mercy, regret, gravemind, tartarus, the heretic leader, 343 guilty spark and the makers from halo 4 and 5

[@Megu_Megumin]

Why would 343 guilty spark and the heretic leader dislike the video?

[@Misanthrophies]

@@Megu_Megumin idk😂

[@DarenKajiWolf]

@@Megu_Megumin You need a real answer, and that is "No, they don't dislike this Epic things"

[@evanho4538]

Don’t forget the prophets. Or most of the covenant post halo 1 without the elites

[@aidenclark6594]

Halo 2 has the best soundtrack

[@just_cade]

It's so hard for me to pick, I love them all so much. My heart tells me that my favorite soundtrack is Reach, but then I hear this and I'm not quite sure.

[@ashton8352]

Listening to heavy price paid always gets me so sad, love the mission it’s from though. The song reminds me of the good days when I was playing halo 2 campaign and halo reach multiplayer I am about to be 18 and pretty much grew up with halo and I don’t regret any of it I will always come back to halo.

[@biscuitboi9478]

Unyielding is fucking masterful, the whole thing is really

[@sambooth2902]

Shivers down my spine from the very first song, MJOLNIR MIX!

[@stephaniegallagher3364]

halo was the first game i ever played

[@AttiMatter]

Same.

[@Monty-or9sb]

For me it was Yie Ar Kung Fu

[@solidshot6600]

I love how the og halo 2 soundtrack is subtle and builds up, the anniversary version is too bombastic.

[@DavisonIncorp]

Halo 2 you could really feel the forerunners regret for what they had to do. Loved the callouts in the series, the monitors names, and songs included were fantastic.

[@Industriajor]

Mombasa Suite ... FUCK!!! HOW MUCH I LOVED THAT in the game with the Hunters in mission 2... God! Halo must be played in Legendary or nothing!!!

[@tallguy779]

Did u know on Outskirts there's a secret Energy Sword?

[@shax232]

My favourite is the finale, it just sounds epic and wonderful

[@saenes6295]

Goosebumps all over every single track!

[@BelkaWeiss]

High Charity still gives me goosebumps. That freaking sound and the vocals over it ahhh

[@bandosz3218]

I feel like I can conquer the whole world listening to this song. Such great times that kids today will just never understand

[@tylerjackson7948]

When the drums hit on ghosts of reach always gives me the feels

[@kamgrewal6363]

At 8:11 that should part should be used for a Halo trailer for Halo infinite or if they ever make an elite based game this should be the teaser for it

[@monstaproductions4983]

343 views.. im done. Nice mix!

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

I have an electric bike and a really good Bluetooth speaker and very often I've biked through my city seeing the neon lights at night or early at sunrise on highway width roads blasting Halo music. With weed of course but not always! It's honestly an amazing experience on an electric bike it just feels so cool like you're going onto a mission to defeat some covenant who have infiltrated your city.

[@carlosantonioguevaraalcana715]

54:24 Unforgotten... This song makes me nostalgic. Also makes me cry... A lot. 😢😭😔

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

We're getting older gentlemen.. Here's to you. Good luck out there and hold your head up like Chief.

[@2kdavv]

Unforgotten might be one of the songs ever

[@edgariva12]

Even as a little kid you knew this soundtrack was fire. I got Halo 2 at Best Buy on the way back from vacation around 2006. Way overdue but it was fun. Then a year later halo 3 for Christmas and so on

[@ReveredDead]

Every time I hear Heretic Hero. I feel like falling from orbit in a fucking fiery drop pod at hundreds of miles per hour smoking a cigar with a rifle on my right. If ODST's were real. They'd be feared more than any warrior in Human history.

[@VibeEditsChannel]

For me simply the best ost of all times, movies or games included, a piece of art

[@motormouth_35]

Title: "Best of the Halo 2 Soundtrack" Video: * Literally the entire Halo 2 Soundtrack * Me: * firmly nods in agreement *

[@AizenChris]

0:54:24 - Unforgotten

[@hardcorenacho1020]

I may not be able to enjoy this game for the first time again, but I am 100% going to be there when my son does, and hopes he enjoys it just as much as I did

[@bonniedavidson5940]

I don't have any prior knowledge of Halo, I just know that it's a great soundtrack to study too.

[@sgtfloppyskawt]

Heretic hero and peril are the non rock bangers in my opinion they are perfect

[@ProfessorChops]

Just in case you guys didn't realize this already, the guitar in the first track is Steve Vai. He is also just free styling the whole thing.

[@SoldiersDoingThings]

Crazy to think we may get to play the beta level for Halo 2 soon on MCC !!!

[@sametbel1441]

BEST FUCKING SOUNDTRACK OF ALL THE TIME IN HALO UNIVERSE

[@Stinckyfatmama]

I doubt we’ll ever have soundtracks like this anymore because we’ll never have games like this anymore. Corporations are more focused on just make it and send it out so we can profit. But I feel like this was a time when videos games weren’t as conglomerate as they are now. More creative independent thought, halo has a true pop culture identity, not because it copies everything the modern games do ie. battle royal, online focused, pay to win, seasons and relying on the sale of accessories. Bro you could choose a main colour and a secondary colour and a symbol and that’s all halo 2 gave you. What else did you really need? They focused on gameplay, story, characters, setting and most importantly a soundtrack that encapsulates the world of halo. You can listen to the halo soundtrack and imagine every single mission in your head because it’s so iconic. But not in a bro that’s so lit fad way but a more professionally well thought out concept. I suggest getting The Art of Halo, it’s an old book but it’ll bring back memories you long forgot.

[@DoubleIIVids]

heretic hero is the best

[@victorarana5868]

Ethan McNal. B ??(bg

[@luckydawnhf8819]

no shit

[@kaspersaldell]

Yup

[@deexero]

Nolstagic as fuck. Used to play this with my bro and cousin split screen co-op.

[@badmemes2111]

Not long but it did take up most of my gaming experience of my childhood so far

[@LucaPro-g7e]

Back in 2008 or 2009 I did play Halo 2 on the Xbox 360 and through Xbox Live and it was an amazing experience

[@PaddyMcQueen]

One of the best ingame soundtrack of all time. Chills every time I'm listening to it. Thx Bungie

[@chevilletwilliam5784]

Cod 4, super smash bros brawl, gears of war, Halo those game really have an immersive music

[@Locutus494]

4:14 "Dear sarge, kicking ass in outer space. Wish you were here!"

[@audrichvuneo181]

The nostalgia…this takes me back to much simpler times.

[@hereisyoursign6750]

Thank you for this

[@zeldacatgaming]

Mjolnir Mix is just straight-up fire. I vibe so hard to it every time.

[@airas1494]

Hot damn Marty did a great job :)

[@zerosteak1]

great quality, thanks man

[@Alabaster-Revenge]

16:18

[@lucianoherrera-p9r]

we made it boys keep striving forward because there will be a blessing and when we once get that blessing dont let it go

[@Xfacter]

It was simple. to be good you simply had to be real. that made you the best. the spirit of what was was so normal and yet so extraordinary. that was the formula and that is what we lost.

[@waqarchughtaissecondaccoun5434]

Even though I play Fortnite nowadays I still love Halo and still play it a lot too I will always love Halo more than Troll Fortnite. Halo 2 was literally my childhood on my Original Xbox and I just get really Nostalgic and sad now that the Good old days of Halo are over.

[@caymuscairns6845]

Unforgotten is unironically a song you could play at a funeral, military tribute, or even a wedding and it would be fitting.

[@nurp9486]

1:01:53 Oh yeah, it's Leonidas.

[@Mikemarquez3884]

Loved the second song (peril) the cellos and violas just hit good.

[@akaunderdog4223]

"Peril". The song from Delta Halo. I could listen to this track for hours