Martin O'Donnell at the launch of Halo 3 in Bellevue, Washington The score was nominated for X-Play 's 'Best of 2007' awards, under best original soundtrack. The soundtrack reached the Billboard 200 chart, and also broke the top twenty best-selling soundtracks and independent albums listings. The game's score and its soundtrack were generally well received. In addition to scoring the game, the music was used for promotional advertisements and trailers preceding Halo 3 's release. The score made extensive use of the piano, an instrument which O'Donnell used frequently for composition but that had not been featured in previous Halo music.

The 2- CD set was released on November 20, 2007.įor the next game in the Halo trilogy, O'Donnell added new themes as well as bringing back and expanding old ones, some of which had never been recorded with a full orchestra before. Most of the original music was composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, but also includes a bonus track, 'LvUrFR3NZ', which was the winning entry in a contest held before the soundtrack's release. Halo 3 Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to Bungie's first-person shooter video game Halo 3.

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