Music Producer Reacts to HALO 3: OVERTURE

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

Me after listening to the entire ODST score for the 500th time "What can I say - it was one hell of a night."

[@fraughtmonster8]

This line has always stuck with me. After everything this squad went through, after playing through the whole game with all the characters, all the danger. The blood, the struggle. The dirt. “What can I say, was a hell of a night.”

[@VideoFromJake]

I remember the context of ODST and Reach, Bungie's condition for being released by Microsoft was to make two more Halo games. Both were like a love letter to the franchise. A wonderful sendoff in both their stories, soundtracks, and characters.

[@rangonick2005]

This was the best time for gaming!

[@sirbirbton]

What does that even mean

[@mandible01]

@@sirbirbton I believe they're referring to the era of video games this was released in. The 7th generation of consoles had huge libraries of standard-setting games and a lot of competition to keep each other on their toes; Lots of exclusives, new IPs, competent development studios, etc.

[@stealthhunter6998]

It was a time were u could actually be excited for games instead of cautiously optimistic and or distrustful. The games during the Xbox 360 years were top tier. I mean that for every platform too.

[@tromar5758]

There’s no such thing as a best time for gaming, there was just an age where gaming hit you the hardest

[@tiktikboom2371]

Best time, with in my opinion the best halo game to.

[@Milk-cu7ih]

ODST was such a good game. I love your analysis on the sound, it makes me want to go play it again

[@emyoung]

thank you!!

[@wholesomebemmi]

I practically grew up playing the Halo series, and Halo 3: ODST was the first game that really got me thinking about how important the OST in video games is. I'm so glad I got to share/request this one!

[@emyoung]

yesss ty for requesting it it is SO GOOD

[@alexsilva28]

Same. Always loved the Halo music but ODST was the first one that actually me stop and really appreciate the soundtrack

[@gorewine8793]

you should check out the track deference for darkness from this soundtrack. It combines themes of the overture but add jazz to the mix.

[@emyoung]

say less

[@mikelombard21]

@@emyoung Truly Its similar to this but a darker tone and possibly my favorite piece of music from any video game.

[@jobiy1999]

Can't forget the funky surprise at the end of the track 😉

[@ColtonAllen-b4o]

@@emyoungI second this, deference for darkness is my personal favourite track from this game

[@JacopoSkydweller]

Deference for Darkness when? I just found your reactions at work, they're a lot more mellow and less.... *HERE'S MY OVERREACTION TO EVERYTHING!* in a very good way. @@emyoung

[@jamfilledjars]

It’s almost an obligation to play this, “Difference for Darkness” and “Asphalt and Ablution” whenever it rains outside. This and Charlie Brown gave me such a phenomenal appreciation for jazz. ODST, meanwhile, gave me an immense appreciation for noir-themed subjects, whether they be a crime flick or Cyberpunk, lol.

[@jamfilledjars]

Cyberpunk-esque meets noir*

[@mikelombard21]

Yes.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

More Than His Share is another very emotional track.

[@gideonevans9717]

Immediately goes to comments to look for Marty.

[@BigBoss-nc7tz]

Hhhhhhh me too 😂 the legend

[@arthurcallahan4735]

The year is 2552. Humanity is at war with the alien alliance known as "The Covenant". We are losing.

[@Cinesimilitudinous]

Martin O'Donnell is an absolute genius. I really hope you react to the 48 minute masterpiece "Music of the Spheres" where all Destiny's music began. it's 8 pieces so you could do it 1 at a time.

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

YESSSSSS THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL TIME!!

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

Deference for Darkness is quite possibly my favorite piece of music ever composed, in any genre or style.

[@petrichordigital6976]

“Tribute” is an amazing track from the halo 3 ost

[@sierra121cyan]

Can we get some more Halo reacts? The music is so legendary 😭

[@psychosean77]

I come back to this OST once in a while, I lost a good friend who used to play ODST with me after school and it hurts. Rest in peace James.

[@Ronin7410]

Halo 3's "Never Forget","Finish the fight" and Halo 2's "mjolnir mix" are some of the best imo 😊

[@RepublicTrooper125]

It's a shame that most video game, heck even a lot of film soundtracks go unnoticed. Many pieces tell a story that touches the heart or mind. Halo may be known for it's monk choir, but there are so many pieces that I wish more people talked about.

[@Speculate_Me]

I used to listen to ODST's soundtrack to sleep when it released, such good ambiance.

[@mylifeisajoke1]

I absolutely love the way you explain concepts and the technical aspects underlying the music, I'm learning so much. Subbed.

[@emyoung]

thank you!! :)

[@arkan5000]

god, i really do tear up with the starting chords. Too many feelings and memories.

[@TheGoIsWin21]

There are so many more tracks that should be appreciated from the entire Halo series. Martin O'Donnell just absolutely hit it out of the park, singlehandedly providing an example for how powerful and beautiful orchestral music for video games can be. It's hard to nail down specific choices because all of it is so good, but please give more of his halo music a listen

[@QuantumFerret]

More halo reactions please! I really enjoyed this video 😄

[@emyoung]

thank you!!!

[@jontastic]

Having played in bands and orchestra, I appreciate the orchestra sound. My body would be vibrating with the music. All the halo soundtracks are amazing.

[@MrVonkliest]

ODST was such a departure from the norm for regular O’Donnell Halo soundtracks. This soundtrack with the moody jazz and darker ambient atmosphere really drove home the frantic city landscape and the indomitable hopelessness of the situation. It’s incredible.

[@cat_dono296]

This OST always feel warm, yet cold. Which is fitting for the theme of ODST, a hopeful, yet bleak city in ruin.

[@donmangum]

Difference to Darkness is a must listen. Absolute masterclass of performance.

[@cleanserofnoobs4162]

Halo 3 finished the fight theme is angelic and powerful. Everyone should definitely give it a listen.

[@0351rah]

My favorite piece of music of all time! This games soundtrack is my go to for sleeping

[@Cave_J]

Halo’s music has always been set apart from all other music in gaming, When the soundtrack hits, you know it’s Halo. The raw emotion, the horror of futuristic war, the joy of victory, the sorrow of defeat. You don’t just hear the music, you experience it. Love the content, keep it up 👍

[@emyoung]

thank you!!

[@sirbirbton]

It does have a unique sound but nothing you described actually explained why the soundtrack of Halo games always sticks out so well

[@LukeBass1000]

Love a good lush string arrangement/performance/recording! Love the way different elements get blended together

[@colewallace44]

All Halo games have great soundtracks each one a little different than the other.

[@z-rex8530]

So good, this is my favorite Halo after Halo Reach, you should definitely do a reaction of Overture from Reach, its one of my favorite OST tracks of all time. Love seeing you react to all my favorite game music, it brings me so much joy.

[@Chyllbacca]

The best Halo soundtrack for me is Halo 2’s, absolutely love “Ghosts of Reach” and “High Charity” on Halo 2 vol 1 ST, those two pieces give a pretty good feel of the essence of H2

[@joshuahoskin5901]

Highly recommend listening to more of the halo soundtracks

[@nomadcisco2875]

There’s a cut of this that’s several hours long with the rain, and I’ve slept to it multiple times.

[@damacattack8434]

343 somehow made Halo 3: ODST even better on The Master Chief Collection.

[@drumlord8772]

I love EVERY one of those Halo Bungie soundtracks. Even own them all on CD.

[@YenAmiracle]

Piano comes from a direction, you can almost pin point it--not only they try to create a live concert experience, but I think also that in the ODST’s story, the team was being contacted from a unknown source, it actually provide guidance and help to the team in the story, so they try to find the source alone the way while surviving--The piano could represent the unknown but friendly source.

[@emilkaapola7191]

Another track from this soundtrack called "Deference for Darkness" is really the staple of the entire game and generally considered a masterpiece. It's a really beautiful track, one of my favourite songs of all time. It would be awesome if you could check it out and make a reaction, since you seemingly enjoyed "Overture" so much. I can guarantee you that it will be worthwhile.

[@Xx_Stogi_xX]

Halo in my own opinion, has some of the best soundtracks for games ever. Halo CE is very Ancient and Mysterious, Halo 2 is very Melancholic, Mysterious and Epic. Lastly Halo 3 is different from the last two but has a feeling of rejoice, conclusion, revision almost. It's a very hard to explain game because the soundtracks are revised Halo CE and 2 OST's. But Halo 3's is definitely a favourite from most people. It's very Epic, very mysterious and very warm. Your just gonna have to listen too it to understand.

[@captshavers]

ahhh the halo ASMR soundtrack, also probably my favourite sountrack out of all halo games, although I adored pretty much all of them (117 in halo 4 is a special journey though, Green and blue was really pretty too. If you wanna look at others, well Halo 5's the trials is epic AF and "Never forget" has been in every game in some shape or form too and it's always played on heartstrings)

[@garbagegnome2045]

Ugh. It's 2009. I'm listening to this while playing in my dorm room. Nothing bad has happened to me yet...

[@ChuckS117]

In ODST you are alone through most of the game. When Marty was writing this, the words "All alone" were in his mind. The short sax at 0:09 are those words being "translated" into the instrument.

[@arcadeinvader8086]

Pretty much every version of the ODST soundtrack on youtube has all its tracks mashed together by level, rather than left as separate songs. So almost all of them have those kind of "soundscape" parts in addition to one or more melodic sections. The game alternates between your character, alone, searching for your lost squad in an abandoned city, and playing through the action-filled flashbacks of your squadmates as you uncover more of their trail. So, appropriately, the soundtrack alternates almost 1:1 between lonely and heroic tracks.

[@Pointblank539]

The opening of ODST was something that has stuck with me. All of the music feels so desperate. The opening text of really sets the tone for the rest of the game. “The year is 2552. Humanity is at war with the alien alliance known as "The Covenant". We are losing.”

[@DaNINJA019]

‘What can I say… it was a hell of a night’.

[@kyIethefish]

oh..ODST my beloved.. great soundtrack, many feels also id like to throw my hat in the ring and suggest the listening to the Halo 2 soundtrack

[@jimmy-breeze]

don't know if anyone else mentioned this but I really love how you do your captions manually, YT default captions are always in the way

[@sethmawson2220]

Deference for Darkness, the best section of all Halo 3 ODST soundtrack, Never Forget and Behold a Pale Horse from Halo 3 (not ODST) too. Some more to add to your collection of recommendations haha.

[@muddysudz6550]

Oh damn i can hear the destiny in this

[@tankorthe-non-derpy9689]

this game has a much darker, sadder tone than any other halo game and is a joy to play and listen to the tracks. totally different vibe. The music really hits hard when it kicks in while you walk around an abandoned city, watching where people used to live and prosper, now empty and ruined.

[@VOIDVISIX]

You just had to be there. Hearing it for the first time i never felt so relaxed in a game before.

[@CPricey1999]

sooo peacefull man haha 😊

[@Diddy1682]

Such a beautiful song

[@emyoung]

agreed!

[@theoakty9242]

Odst is easily top 3 halo along with reach and 3. The loneliness you feel is amazing. The game has very good jazzy moody tracks

[@DanielSanchez-ps2vp]

I really hope you react to Skyline from this OST one of my favorites, I've just found your channel.

[@ggmann13]

I fuckin love this soundtrack

[@TheNomad2142]

I hope we get more music like this in video games.

[@cosmicdraco7041]

If you are interested em,i would highly recommend halo 3 theme or warthog run soundtrack,just simply phenomenal. Great video as always

[@thewaffle003]

Really dig your outro song haha

[@creggriley7247]

the whole ODST soundtrack is so very good. Deference for Darkness.....very much recommend that one

[@neyobishop7699]

Halo 3 never forget is the best one ❤

[@organiccommission7070]

You're a great channel! Your production knowledge is very interesting to hear. Have any of your viewers recommended Hades or other games by Supergiant?

[@emyoung]

Thank you!! And it's been suggested, but I'm already a huge fan of Hades and Transistor, so I can't give 100% fresh reactions to them! Would love to do a deep dive though, maybe that could be a video! Also fairly unfamiliar with Bastion still!

[@bradhuff3214]

at this point in the storyline, humanity is on the brink of extinction, theyre loosing so badly the covenant have found earth and attacted the city called new mombasa, humanity responded with sending the orbital drop shock troppers (ODST) the mission was a success, one of very few that at this time we actually achieved. My point is the orchestra perfectly captured the sadness of this whole story.

[@bingus3671]

Gotta do “warthog run” from this game, it’s one of the definitive tracks from the game.

[@tobiahhowell]

The Halo sound track is amazing. While I never really played the games, ive always been able to recognize the music. I would like to make a request for a future react video, the soundtrack for Undertale is an amazing piece. It's not done by a full orchestra, and has a bit more of a retro game (like 8-bit sometimes), but is still amazing done entirely by Toby Fox. Its Especially impact full when given context by the game. I would love to hear your reaction to the music.

[@emyoung]

I'm open to doing some undertale for sure! Hasn't been requested by the twitch folks yet but I'll add it to the list of OSTs to check out:)

[@tobiahhowell]

@@emyoung awesome!!! Can't wait!!

[@-Vob-]

I genuinely need to replay Halo 3 ODST

[@francesoxberry6816]

Subbed. Thanks x

[@abnegazher]

Me: Heart this OST. Me: Remember Reach. Me: Start fucking crying in the ground.

[@DanMarston117]

So you've listened to the classic Mjolnir Mix right?

[@emyoung]

haven't, but i've been told to!

[@joshdesjardins8528]

You should check out Noosphere from the Mechanicus soundtrack and Disposal Unit from the Darktide soundtrack! :) Great vids.

[@Guiggy-pb1vd]

This game came out during the prime of gaming Edit: I would recommend halo reach overture as well. That one is 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@gnoogie]

odst is the only game ive ever preordered

[@EasyTargetNIN]

Halo combat evolved themeeeee

[@colinworcester7938]

Just wait until u hear the flood music. Nightmarish and comfortable

[@yoehonjohn4832]

You should try listening to HALO SPV3 covenant dance. HALO SPV3 is a fan remake of HALO CE. It’s soundtrack is so good.

[@ramonalderete3404]

you should react to all the halo game soundtracks Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5, Halo wars, Halo wars 2.

[@SirRobertSpriggs]

You should listen to Halo ODST: OST Traffic Jam if you have yet. It's probably the best piece besides the Finale in the soundtrack.

[@edmpetro]

You should react to "Never Forget" from Halo 3

[@ChaoticNomen]

Recommending any song from risk of rain 1&2

[@wanted_ci5215]

Do ( brave the storm ) from destiny 🔥

[@Toknowtheeventofgod-cw8hw]

Makes me miss my Xbox

[@jacobrios6451]

Definitely should watch a no commentary of this game because you would get the full effect of the music and gameplay and how they compliment each other so well.

[@emyoung]

would love to!

[@Obsolete_E]

Bungie era halo has the best music of any game by far. Marty OD is the goat

[@Crudmonkey211]

@marty O’Donnell

[@scrubz7441]

Should check out Vogel im Käfig by Hiroyuki Sawano, a truly amazing piece from the show attack on titan

[@scarystories1786]

please make more halo ones

[@1001Bastiano]

I see lots of great suggestions here, but for me personally nothing trumps One Final Effort from Halo 3... it just feels so epic every time

[@rabidfox709]

👍

[@koraegi]

Halo ODST makes me feel sad and lonely

[@jorgemartinez211]

Do gehrman the first hunter from Bloodborne

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

Just fyi; Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST are seperate games with seperate Soundtracks!

[@marko9708]

OK... Ill play ODST again.

[@swalthe4875]

Do the main theme from The Witcher 3

[@SaltyFrank1990]

Producer of what exactly

[@johntravis3242]

Did anyone notice that she only put Halo 3: Overture? 😂 I guess ODST and OST do look similar at a glance...

[@joshroberts243]

"Not familiar with halo out side the main theme and what I remember from reach" Remember Reach

[@Cosine_Wave]

You probably get flooded with suggestions... anyway here are some more Halo 3 dream again Halo 3 another walk Halo 3 tribute (watch ImDontai react to this song after you're head it) Halo 3 roll call (plays during credits, repackages three songs from the campaign into one song)

[@rob9999]

Yeah you can't beat Marty Odonnels rendition of Halo music.

[@mattymatt2323]

You look extra beautiful Infront of halo music

[@sneakernickel]

Halo 3: ODST is different than Halo 3. FYI