"Neon Night", for example, has a graceful jungle feel midway into it. As I continued to listen though, subtle instances of the setting were revealed, mostly through the percussion instruments. When listening to the album, I did forget the game was set in New Mombasa. "The Office of Naval Defense" has some of the most pounding drums despite the purposely distorted bass lines and the piano notations in "Bits and Pieces" are still something very enjoyable. The strings are authoritative and sweet as need be, the drums are still powerful, and the saxophone still brings the sense of loneliness. That does not take away from the large dynamic that the artists use in the music, however. The former is still beautiful and the engineering did very little to the saxophone but for two games that used real instruments, it's still unfortunate that they chose to use various filters on them for both OST's. The strings sound muffled and synthesized, while the drums are sometimes a bit too powerful. While it fit the game and gameplay nicely and are very much appropriate, as on the album, I long to hear the original instrumentation. Unfortunately, the sound engineering is the same as Halo 3's. "The Rookie" has carefully placed piano lines among the strings that provide that "lost in the city" feel and its ambiance later in the track with strange otherworldly guitar expressions. "Overture" presents a new theme for ODST and quickly sets the theme for the whole soundtrack lost and lonely. This freshness is immediately established by the artists adding in a saxophone an instrument never before used in Halo music. Other than that, listeners are getting fresh new Halo music. There are none except in "Finale", which takes an excerpt from "Halo Reborn" in the Halo 3 soundtrack and reminds us that this is still a tie-in between Halo 2 and 3. Bodyīeing that this is still considered "Halo 3," I really thought there was going to be many musical instances that referred to Halo 3.
Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori drop a fresh bomb for this games music. What actually makes this game feel different without making it feel like a whole new game is the music. Gameplay wise, not much has changed same graphics, same type of gameplay with minor tweaks, and the same sound effects. Halo 3: ODST is an expansion of Halo 3 based around an event that occurred in Halo 2 in New Mombasa. Halo 3 ODST Original Soundtrack :: Review by sirkibble23īuy at Amazon | Download at Sumthing Digital
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