Unpopular opinion: Halo 4's "117" is a masterpiece

[GoulactiX]

I think that this soundtrack is one of the best of the Halo games and even in gaming....back when I played the game back in 2012 so many emotions were convayed through it to me while seeing/hearing three different sections- ...Master Chief's urgent fight through the Didact's ship carrying a nuke to save Earth , Didact's regretful speach about the Fourunners's fate/destiny , The Spartan IV's encounter with the legend himself ..right after he lost someone important to him

[Homer]

I agree

[Psychedelic Adventurer]

Generally speaking, most people seem to leave the soundtrack out of bashing Halo 4. It pretty great. 117 was probably pushing peak-Marty throughout.

[Shlomosuke]

Please. Dont call Halo 4 a masterpiece.

As for the soundtrack, it's decent. There are a few outstanding tracks (the one on the second mission when you find the warthogs) but other than that it's pretty forgettable.

It's lightyears away from the level of quality from what Marty&co produced.

edit: i apologize, i completly missed the point of the topic.
117's decent, but it pales in comparaison to so many tracks from the previous games.

In my opinion, "Requiem" is the best track of Halo 4. It's eery, it fits the moment perfectly, there are a few unusual instruments, etc. I felt (almost) like i was playing Halo CE again for the first time, when i first landcrashed on Halo.

[jonathonmcorey]

Originally posted by Shlomosuke:

Please. Dont call Halo 4 a masterpiece.

As for the soundtrack, it's decent. There are a few outstanding tracks (the one on the second mission when you find the warthogs) but other than that it's pretty forgettable.

It's lightyears away from the level of quality from what Marty&co produced.

^

[Arkanagos]

In terms of the '343 era' for Halo, I honestly believe Halo 4 is the best game but that's when comparing it to Halo 5: Guardians which really just left a bad taste in my mouth. But regarding the soundtrack for Halo 4:

Overall, I thought it was decent, I don't think I would choose it over any of Marty's OST's but that does not mean I found the soundtrack bad. At the start I wasn't 100% with majority of the OST but over time most of the tracks did grow on me to the point where about 4/5 years ago I bought the Halo 4 Collectors Edition Soundtrack (really worth the buy). In regards to 117 specifically, there is a reason it really stands out in the OST compared to every other track, It was created to purposely link Marty's style of Halo music with Neil Davidge's. Here are the notes from Neil in the Making The Halo 4 Music book that comes with the Collectors Edition Soundtrack on 117:

Originally posted by Neil Davidge from Making The Halo 4 Music Book:

Music supervisor and additional composer Kazuma Jinnouchi a lovely guy and extraordinarily talented composer, wrote this composition.

Kazuma joined the project in October 2011 to fulfill the role of music supervisor. As such, he would guide us, providing clear and simple briefs collating appropriate documentation and graphics and coordinating client feedback. Most game projects don't have just one composer, because of the huge volume of material required across the campaigns and multiplayer sections: there are often half a dozen different composers as well as the lead composer. For this game there was me, assisted by Drew, composing the core themes, with Kazuma composing the supplementary themes, all of us working flat out, 7 days a week, an average of 14 hours a day to complete the score. His 117 composition is a very fitting addition to the OST and has quite brilliantly provided essential links between my own 'evolution' of the Halo music with the previous music legacy composed by Marty O'Donnell.

[Psychedelic Adventurer]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I don't think I've ever actually seen someone use the quote function to actually quote an external party.
Mark that post as the answer OP.

[Karma]

Its a Great game!! Just not a Great Halo game. Its hard to beat the games before it.

[KillerDuck]

Halo 4 has a better soundtrack than most games. I actually really like it but god it's used very poorly in most of the game. I think I prefer Marty's style but the H4 soundtrack is the best part of that game IMO

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by KillerDuck:

Halo 4 has a better soundtrack than most games. I actually really like it but god it's used very poorly in most of the game. I think I prefer Marty's style but the H4 soundtrack is the best part of that game IMO

Really?What do you mean by used poorly?

[hodow100]

I mean halo 4 was ok 5 was way better and it felt like more a polished up 4

[KillerDuck]

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Originally posted by KillerDuck:

Halo 4 has a better soundtrack than most games. I actually really like it but god it's used very poorly in most of the game. I think I prefer Marty's style but the H4 soundtrack is the best part of that game IMO

Really?What do you mean by used poorly?

It just seems to me that 90% of the time most of the tracks go unused or they loop bits that sound too similar to each other. Another problem is that the audio mixing in H4 makes it very difficult to hear the music any time something is happening. The MCC may have made this worse but I remember this being an issue in the original launch as well. I don't know if it's still like this but the music in the cut scene at the beginning of composer sounds like it's being played in a different room than everything else. Which is weird since the track during the broadsword sequence in the next level is done pretty well.

Regardless most of the music on it's own is actually very good and this is just how it seems to me.

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by hodow100:

I mean halo 4 was ok 5 was way better and it felt like more a polished up 4

Campaign obviously not

[The Traveler]

I just listening "117" song, good, but not my fav after all. "Arrival" or "Atonement" my favorites. I like Neil Davidge music. Not as great, essential and immortal as Marty's score, but for a new composer to Halo it's pretty good!
I also like Tom Salta's score for Spartan Strika/Assault games. So cheerish and light tone.

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by HarbingerHU:

I just listening "117" song, good, but not my fav after all. "Arrival" or "Atonement" my favorites. I like Neil Davidge music. Not as great, essential and immortal as Marty's score, but for a new composer to Halo it's pretty good!
I also like Tom Salta's score for Spartan Strika/Assault games. So cheerish and light tone.

117 contains "Arrival" as well

[legallybrown]

It is between "Arrival" and "Legacy" for me. Legacy straight up sends chills down my spine. 117 sounds too obviously "heroic " for me, it should've been a bit more subtle.