Should each Halo have its own theme?

[@Installation00]

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[@davidlozano4507]

When you first heard Halo, were you deafened by its Majesty?

[@ErronKebabb]

- - No..!!! Noble hierarchs; Surely you understand that once the canticles ensued...

[@juancachavez360]

You were right to focus your attention on the canticles. But this Demon, this Master Chief

[@Commander_Raveth]

Luckily not

[@martincoldwell1516]

When I got In in 2001 it was a war song

[@Smashman79]

"WHAT?" "I said, were you deafe-" "WHAT?" "I SAID, WERE YOU-" "WHAAAAAAAT?!"

[@freshnewstart6925]

I can't be the only one who felt sadness or despair listening to the theme of the last halo built

[@Mr_Mampache]

A glimpse of light in the deep dark That's what these rings represent

[@Tannyboy20]

Please post full versions of these! You captured the essence of the series so well and mirrored the themes!

[@shangothunder1055]

Yes I do believe they should all have a unique theme; but include the OG in every game as a secondary theme you hear regardless. It’s an anchor for the franchise & culture.

[@SladeIndominus]

So when we getting a dedicated music video for each installation?

[@BigDave88888]

I love the added touch of going through each halo ring when you played the themes back to back.

[@Worstfreelancer]

This was amazing and perfect and I'm certain Mr. O'Donnell himself would be proud at not just the work itself but the respect i feel this gives to his work with the franchise. I hope he sees this himself soon.

[@Emergency_Walker]

The entire video and the composures you reverse engineered were fantastic, but the connection you made to Halo 4's theme absolutely blew my mind. I was baffled back then by their decision not to include familiar tracks in Halo 4 outside of little cameo bits, but in the back of my mind there was something about that track that fit even though it wasn't the classic Halo theme - and you just explained that decades long mystery for me. It seems like the artists for 4 and Infinite understood what Marty was doing, but modified it to make it "flow smoother?" Just my theory.

[@Mr_Mampache]

Dear installation 00 Could you please make a playlists where you upload your interpretations of what would be each halo ring's theme so we can enjoy your amazing voice?

[@Rocco049]

Or just publish the covers in general

[@Mr_Mampache]

@@Rocco049 mhm

[@IVolutionI]

DUDE! these are so good, what can't you do? If these don't get put in/ the philosophy behind the music for each ring it would be a crime. This is what makes halo special, literally chills.

[@Splarkszter]

If greed wasn't a thing. The greatest and most beautifully crafted franchise would still be with us.

[@ravinraven6913]

you realize how contrary what you said is right? If greed wasn't a thing, Halo wouldn't have been made..there wouldn't be games, they would just be different styles of simulations, not for fun but for education...

[@Splarkszter]

@@ravinraven6913 The greatest games ever were created as art, not as a product.

[@RingworldTyrant]

​​@@SplarkszterI can assuredly tell you the original Bungie team expected to get paid for their artistic vision. Yes, I actually agree with you that a man should be driven mad with artistic passion to create something, but he still needs to make money and survive. If he has a noble patron who wants him to do it, fine, but we don't live in 15th Century Florence. Bungie made Halo at least partially so they could get paid for their vision. The passion just outweighed the desire to cut corners or create a product that was cookie-cutter. They were very aware however, that they were making something to sell.

[@wisedude4285]

15 seconds after video drop, haven't been this early since the original Array was still around

[@shangothunder1055]

Same👌

[@Cactusjugglertm]

Just a sliiiiightly more elaborate way of saying "first". Congratulations. Well done.

[@Fulcrumn9]

While I think an over theme is kinda nice, I really love the individual distinct ones each game has. They are just so good.

[@revolverswitch]

at least they don't differ too much

[@MatthewYoink]

This was an awesome video. Each ring having its own Dorian theme in different notes is an amazing take I never thought of. These takes are better than all of 343 music choices.

[@soumyajyotimukherjee4752]

One of the best videos on this channel in recent years. Very well done

[@missedtheapex]

Didn’t expect a dose of music theory on this channel. This could have been an Installation00 x 12tone collaboration. Good stuff!

[@broleify]

I need full versions of every single one of the ring themes you made!✨

[@AlbertWillHelmWestings2618]

same

[@alterelch4707]

Installation 00. Your work has inspired me to look more in detail of what the halo’s can be along with there music. There Dorian’s to be exact and the question of; “what if the halo’s had a persona?” A persona described in one word. I have assign a word to each Dorian, for an example: Installation 01 Beta; Dorian A could mean Announcement. When the day came, it was the first to announce the death and rebirth of the galaxy. Installation 02 Epsilon; Dorian G Could mean Guilt. Epsilon in the final moments felt great shame or “guilt” to light the rings due to its duty of the mantle but Epsilon knew that it must be done. Installation 03 Gamma; Dorian F# Could mean Forward. Gamma mourned the past, the empire which created it, but knows that it must keep moving forward and look onwards towards the future. Because that is where the hopes lie. Installation 04 Alpha; Dorian E could mean Eminence. Alpha realized its importance to the cause and embraced its purpose. It’s feelings, ecstatic when the day arrives. Installation 05 Delta; Dorian D could mean Death. When the day arrived, death was all it could see and was despondent. It now understood why this day would be heavy. Over the next few hundred years it grew more stoically, feeling responsible for its purpose. Installation 06 Eta; Dorian C# Could mean Commission. As the last halo to be recently built. Eta would mourned its creators the most for the next 100,000 years, knowing there was no other option. Only to light the rings and save the galaxy. Eta’s first and last commission by its creators. Installation 07 Zeta; Dorian B Could mean Birthday. Zeta awaited the day for many years and would celebrate the day every system cycle. Singing in honor of those who were lost, both to the flood and the array. Remembering everyday of the why’s and how’s of its creators. Protecting their secrets until their return. Each word is assigned depending on how each song for the rings is played out . I’m open to ideas of what potential this could hold.

[@unknownusrname]

l feel this Isn't a Controversial take, bit every halo game should have its own unique theme representing the games chosen narrative and atmosphere.

[@shibiii646]

Nothing controversial at that!

[@inductivegrunt94]

I'd love to have each ring have its own theme to allow for each ring to stand out on its own, and having each ring's theme being the exact same, just in a different key, helps bind the rings together in the array that they are. But if they are ever added into a game, the main theme in E Dorian should also be there as well to help bind the game into the series much like each ring's theme binds the rings together in the array.

[@SalusKitty]

@@inductivegrunt94 , each monitor has their own personality, and story. It would certainly add more the the subtle background of the Halo Story. (More than a Spartan Story on the surface)

[@ryanaymar9124]

Damn, I really hope Marty sees and hears these, this is amazing and I would love all of them downloaded to listen to!

[@cliftonammons459]

That installation 02 theme though!!!! Oh my God, oh my God!!!!!! 🥹🤧😭💥🔥💯

[@paleosam4738]

This might be the best video you’ve ever made, as a musician I’m seriously impressed great job

[@jsiebrassemusic]

So, fun fact about this skull, I accidentally found it relatively close to the games release. I didn't even know what skulls were other than they're used in oddball. I was playing thru the game and just decided "I'm gunna parcore this" and I jumped thru the rings and the skull was there. It was the first skull I ever found. I was 9 and had no idea what a forum was and didn't know other people weren't finding this skull.

[@hunterh1175]

Your theme for Epsilon Halo sends shivers down my spine. Would love a cosmic horror game set on that ring with that theme.

[@jackalbeam2532]

Regret's sermon is very reminiscent of the Halo theme. It's four keys lower. 🎶Lah dee say goh teh ree ah way🎶

[@inderezzed8454]

Listening to Installation 06's theme, I imagine it being in orbit of a gas giant what orbits a red giant, which would otherwise survive the star's expansion and subsequent supernova, but the atmosphere of the light would give the theme its somber atmosphere.

[@davidsnyder238]

Each of these is masterful in its own right. Its ashame we never got these fully fleshed out. Im excited that you took these as far as you did. Exceptional.

[@robertogonzalez1907]

Interesting take, I noticed how the theme in Halo CE differed from the one heard in its sequel.

[@FireChicken747]

I have my phone Ring tone set as the halo 4 soundtrack. So then this 10:10 popped up i thought my phone was ringing

[@ToonamiUnleashed]

And the theme for the ark to finish it

[@ageorge1073]

00, you should upload your interpretation of each ring’s unique tune/songs to a playlist on your channel!

[@nickwillard4471]

I had to step aside at work to say this. Your version of the Zeta Halo theme sounds so painful. Like a soul crying out in agony. It fits the dark history of Zeta Halo so well

[@MrJeevesify]

That Zeta theme in B is haunting. Like a moaning, not in pleasure but pain. Which I think is incredibly fitting given the experiments conducted there on ancient humanity in the Palace of Pain.

[@kadefoulk8492]

I would love if you posted full composed versions of each of the themes to meet their own perceived niches. That's a playlist id listen to all the time

[@cliftonammons459]

Bro, what in the name of the "Great Journey" did you just do to my brain?! I literally, and I do mean literally, listened to this theme on a consistent daily basis, multiple times on occasion. Each time it plays, I get transported back to that Christmas morning, unwrapping the original Xbox bundle pack and, within five games, one of which being Halo. Somehow, this game had eluded me; that was the very first time I witnessed it, marveling at the game's cover. I put it in immediately, hit with a percussion intro and the Bungie logo with the classic, "aaaaahhhhh." And then, there she was, Installation 04, as we would come to know it. As the ring appeared on the screen, emerging from the darkness of space like a ghostly apparition of an ancient tomb or relic long since forgotten. Yet, the universe still sings its praises in the form of a theme of somber sadness with a hint of optimism that may bring about its salvation and be reclaimed by its makers' descendants once more. And yet, somehow I missed this entirely!

[@Destyle14]

I wonder what Marty has to say about this.... ps thank you to my man Marty for making the most bada** theme ever!

[@Fireheart318]

I would absolutely love this! Not only would it fit fantastically for all the reasons highlighted above, but it would also open up the possibility of having all the themes combined into one song for a Halo 3 Warthog Run-esque celebration that blows everything else out of the water!

[@OrionInSpace]

I personally am of the mind that the actual Halo theme should be in every game no matter where and when you use it. However, I am somebody who’s not opposed to the idea that you don’t actually have to use it for something like the main menu. I think Halo 4 with “Atonement” convinced me enough that you can have a different style of main menu and it’s still breathe the life of Halo.

[@MasonPane]

I appreciate you’re always coming out with new content even though 343 is giving us less than nothing

[@odst4879]

Please release a full version of each of the themes, they sound so good!!!

[@That_Crazy_Mate]

This is absolutely beautiful. Many kudos to you sir for creating this masterpiece.

[@tynyeru]

If only Microsoft or Halo Studios care about this amazing details... Great vid!

[@brianhanna3128]

Some absolutely lovely work here dude, nice one :)

[@Krendesh77]

This is my favorite theory by far! This universe Bungie created will never be matched again, in my opinion. If you ever decide to have those other themes available, I would buy them!

[@Captain_Polaris]

Absolutely each Halo needs it own theme! It’s criminal to me that barely anyone seems to realize that this was supposed to be the case, and how each theme should be in a different key. I’ve actually made a basic version of a theme for Kappa Halo/Installation 06 in C Dorian. I was super worried that 343 didn’t get this pattern, but it turns out they did because if you listen to Zeta Halo from the OST most the song after the main theme changes key to B Dorian/A Major, which actually fits the key pattern set up by Alpha and Delta halo!

[@aetherial87]

Damn, I'd love full renditions for each of the rings. Heck, I'd pay for them. 😅

[@PackHunter117]

Could you make a video with only your theme interpretations and have them labeled?

[@cliftonammons459]

The playing of all seven rings in sequential order to close out this masterpiece, akin to *The Iliad* and Homer's *Odyssey*, respectively, has just moved me to absolute tears 😭. Fret not, my friend, as they are tears of joy, thankfulness, and appreciation for your continued due diligence and masterful articulation of a universe that, in many ways, parallels my own life and the trials therein. I can honestly say I am still here because of the ideals put forth in Halo! This video is a culmination of so many blessings 🙏. With everything that I am and have been, since reclaiming what was once thought to be lost, "hope," I sincerely thank you. ❤️ My gift to you and to anyone out there who may be in need of a little... Hope: "The Essence of Hope" by me, Clifton Ammons Create momentum to discover the depths of your abilities. Learn to harness that raw essence. With it, reforge the path you choose to walk for yourself.

[@andrewgoodall7146]

It would be awesome if you made a video with all of them in order by themselves.

[@BigHeadClan]

I mean the final fantasy prelude and Zelda main theme may have something to say about best opening music but yeah the Halo theme is iconic. Shoot I remember booting up the PC version of the game just enjoying the opening music when I was a teen only to have my dad come in and sit down and admit how good it sounded.

[@derkeve]

I just imagine someone being like, "You're not Marty, you shouldn't" *beta halo plays* Marty puts a hand on their shoulder. "No, let'em cook."

[@JustAnODSTyt]

Initially clicking on this video, I thought you meant each halo having its own theme as in each halo ring would have its own unique biomechanics and species that would not be able to be found on the other rings, kind of like Vault-Tec with their Vaults from the Fallout franchise.

[@rafaelrasillo7356]

I love your story telling. Interesting observation you've made here.

[@Ptaaruonn]

This has been, and will be, my wake up alarm for a while.

[@Newvegasfiend]

The gamma halo one is very angelic

[@LupusSolitarius590]

I wonder what the array all "singing" their own parts at the same time might sound like. Also, the ark should have a theme, what would that sound like?

[@Sizemore911]

Great video, even though I didn't understand music terms lol. It would be cool if every ring had its own unique theme.

[@ItatsuMagnatsa]

I hope you made a Compilation of all 7 Themes into 1 Song.

[@evilogel]

@installation00, I may have found something that most haven't considered. Spartan B312. B312. Baruch 3:12-- a verse from Baruch, a book from the Apocrypha. Here is what the verse says: "Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom." In addition to this, I have found coinciding themes between Halo: Reach and Baruch 3:12-24. Might you look into this yourself?

[@--mr4yo]

I recall thinking about this before Infinite released, hoping that Zeta Halo, like Delta Halo, had its own melody separate from Alpha Halo's. However, I have no idea what a dorian is.

[@LexieAssassin]

Hell March / Hell March 2, tho? I'd tie it w/ the Halo Theme. That said, the 1st two and last two are rather haunting. The 1st two having an especially grim atmosphere to them. (Not to mention, the Halo Theme is a much more nerdy theme, sorry to say, Frank Klepacki. Would be interested to see Marty and Frank collaborate at some point. Conquering Halo, perhaps?)

[@MatthewSP117]

This is good and it would be interesting to get games with installation 01 02 and 06 with there own theme tunes and chants since we have heard some of the chants for Gamma Halo, Alpha Halo, Delta Halo, and to some extent Zeta Halo and Installation 08 (04 B) but still I think every Halo ring has there own theme with the chants.

[@ChefandTheArbistor]

I think the reason the Halo theme was so recognizeable was because of its simplicity. Its just the 4 notes, and the first 3 beats are just a scale. I think these might be a little too convoluted, and I don't think they're that recognizeable.

[@NCIS117.]

Makes me wonder what the theme of the lesser ark and the newer rings, 08 and 09, would be.

[@vladthedeathless9439]

Take a shot every time he says dorian

[@aetherial87]

Chug a cup if it's your name

[@wanderingbufoon]

Nah, i'd say stay as it is. Halo 1-3 have their own theme (different rendition) Halo Wars 1-2 (waiting on that 3rd) also have their own, with different rendition. Instead of each Halo having its own theme, we do it by character theme.

[@vapidtone6511]

Fuck it close enough, welcome back Sideways

[@3dburger]

I just don’t hear a difference at 4:06. I never had. I don’t get it. Is it in the ost? I watched the cutscene without the ost and I still couldn’t tell a difference. Or is it the humming notes like at 6:59. If so, then I just can’t hear them. I would like some help if anyone minds.

[@KyleBankes-df4bl]

Love this channel!!!

[@kendellbedenfieldjr9936]

This is good stuff, is there somewhere in can get the themes you came up with?

[@Stratonetic]

Oh, did someone listen to the mix I shared in the community?

[@diegoaponte8512]

I honestly wish you were in charge of Halo from here on out

[@corpocrat7519]

First, thanks for all your amazing content!!!!

[@Fulcrumn9]

Alas, he was deceived for there was another that was first

[@hahayouTubehandlE]

Idk if I've ever tried to have a conversation in installation00's community or not but in my own experience. Every other halo community has 1 fixed opinion and everything else is heresy. Nobody wants to conversation anymore, they want a pushing conversation where somehow you are toxic one. Recently responded to a insta halo meme page agree with him that I'd like a helldivers game but ODST. And instead of explaining why I was wrong I was immediately dismissed aggressively and somehow I was being toxic. This behavior is why I'm being pushed away from halo. The players in my gaming experience are toxic, other lore communities are aggressive and a damn meme page "owner" is overly aggressive. To be extra clear this limited description wasn't on any of installation 00s communities. I love the content here. Idk what point I'm trying to make I'm sorry for the random rant

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Such amazing music!

[@draco2877]

This is musical genius! It feels like listening to Interstellar. I have heard Heaven!

[@nexuvareldari7418]

I fall asleep sometimes to the theme song and sleep like a rock. 😊

[@RingworldTyrant]

The OST always accompanies on road trips back home during the holidays. American highways and Halo transcendentalism.

[@Forced2DoThis1]

I have to admit...When I saw the title for this one I scoffed at the notion. Thought that this wonderful channel may've been reaching for content. I WAS VERY WRONG! My apologies for the temporary lapse in faith. 😓

[@daretodreamtofly3288]

We get a full drop on the ones not already in a game and thus not a Microsoft property?

[@AppleSauce612]

Yes

[@nexuvareldari7418]

Beeta?! Do you also drink Watah?! 😂

[@RayHardman7567]

Can you do a video on the visual evolution of female Spartan armor? From how it doesn't look any different from male armor, to being specifically designed for the curves of it's wearer?

[@Chrisspru]

the techsuit and plating have no majorly anatomicaly different design, as humans are humans. the plating is unisex, just resized. only the chest plate and pelvic belt have constructiin differences, as to better fit the shoulder to ribcage scaling difference, acomodate breasts beneath the plating, adress the different hip height to width ratio and account for the hip and knee angle. else things like gloves, boots and helmets are just different sizes of the same pattern. spartans all being athletic builds, and armor hiding body details, the sexual dimorphism between spartans is obfuscated to a large degree in armor. as is true for how modern fitted combat gear or fitted medieval armor can obfuscate the wearers gender for athletic wearers. armored spartans all being above tegular human size, trained in tactical movement and often not speaking, makes it difficult for regular personel to correctly asign the gender of an armored spartan. only the very thinly layered and low coverage gen2 suits make it easier.

[@RayHardman7567]

@Chrisspru that's all well and good, but when Spartan II's first got the armor, I could only tell the difference by looking at the attachments, not the overall armour cause it looked the same. But the newest armor, worn by fire team Osiris, looks custom built for each Spartan. Vale's especially.

[@Chrisspru]

@RayHardman7567 thats why i mentioned the thinner and less plate covered gen2 as the armor that is more easily discerned. gen3 is more unisex again. all mjolnir was custom fitted, but the small difference in male and female proportion tends to get lost in the angular bulk of early mark 4

[@didlybobidly9721]

Marty! Take a look at this!

[@UncleMikeDrop]

24 years? Why ya gotta make me feel old?😜

[@jonathancrosby1583]

Should it no but if they did as they were a builder project they may do stuff like that but it isn't a necessity

[@lucasbjorckvinje5283]

23:08

[@ravinraven6913]

if they are made in the same place, then there shouldn't be any difference.

[@Darksun93]

wow so cool

[@joseppelemmon5037]

Please apply for a job with Halo studios, i feel you could help make all the difference.

[@stonefish1318]

Holy Halo! Our winds strive trough the stars and propell all worthy along The Golden Path trough Order and Chaos, Expansion and Decay, Live and Death. A Holy Halo. A Beacon bright. Never starting, never ending... Allways present. 🤍💙🖤

[@nomercyinc6783]

no. that would be dumb. there should be commonality between game sequels. if its not broken it doesnt need fixing. opinions dont make things actually broken

[@Installation00]

I never said it was broken and needed fixing. Also this video is my interpretation of what was clearly Martys intention to write slight variations of the Halo theme for each Halo, as outlined in his video on the IWHBYD skull. (Hence why Delta Halos theme differs slightly to the original, and is in D Dorian, as apposed to E Dorian and why the hologram of Delta Halo hums in the key of D).

[@SgfGustafsson]

Why not layer all the themes on top of each other

[@Installation00]

Tried it in editing. The different pitches makes it horrific. If I adjusted them all to the same key....maybe?

[@SgfGustafsson]

@ It could be a cool project for someone good with music theory who’s also deep into this particular lore

[@benarchyuk837]

Each halo does have it's own theme though??? The title is kinda misleading. Halo CE: The original theme Halo 2: Mjolnir mix ft. Steve Vai Halo 3: CE but updated & better ODST: sad jazz Reach: one of the best atmospheric tracks in the franchise Halo 4: unqiue vocals for a track Halo 5: unique song + old Halo mixed Halo Wars 1&2: brilliant soundtracks throughout Halo infinite: new beginnings with atmospheric tracks

[@Jop_pop]

Please change the title to "its" lmao

[@freeland7962]

Should each halo have it is own theme?

[@PackHunter117]

Some of these gave me extreme Medieval Orthodox Christian vibes and made me want to Crusade in the Holy Land lol

[@RingworldTyrant]

Those influences are pretty clearly in the games. Halo has a lot of mythic Christian symbolism and imagery.

[@LongLiveLiberty]

Eh, whatev…Halo theme is a theme to be recognized by all regarding the Halo universe itself, but whatev.

[@jnew7622]

It be corny, even for Halo that gets away with a lot of corniness

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

The fandom already butchered halos music theory by demanding that the halo theme should be the menu theme of halo 5, despite the fact that you dont actually fight on any of the rings during the campaign. And 343 butchered halos music theory by not having the theme in spartan strike, where you spend half of the campaign fighting on gamma halo. All the themes basically have no meaning anymore so this is a pointless discussion tbh...