Editing Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack

{{Title|''Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack''}}
{{era|RW}}
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{{Soundtrack infobox
|image=[[File:Halo_3_odst.jpg|300px|Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]
|release=
|label=Sumthing Else Musicworks
|producer=[[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
|composer=Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
|performance=
|length= 114:59
}}
{{Quote|Overall I think this score is a bit more intimate and personal. We're telling a human story, not a cyborg story. This isn't a space opera but a story that takes place on [[Earth]] in one city. Although the player gets to inhabit the shoes of several characters, they still primarily should feel like one person discovering the mystery that lies behind the ruins of [[New Mombasa]].|Martin O'Donnell to Music 4 Games}}

The '''''[[Halo 3: ODST]] Original Soundtrack''''' consists of music tracks composed by [[Martin O'Donnell]], [[Stan LePard]] and [[Michael Salvatori]], is a two-disc set similar to the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]] and [[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]].<ref name="The Marty Army News post 8/8/2009">[http://halo.bungie.net/fanclub/fanclub1/News/Archive.aspx?mode=news#cid488545 '''bungie.net''': ''The Marty Army News post'']</ref><ref name="Amazon.com Listing">[http://www.amazon.com/Original-Soundtrack-Martin-Michael-Salvatori/dp/B002LBGBOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1253308360&sr=1-1 '''Amazon''': ''Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack'']</ref>

==Overview==
As with the previous soundtracks, each music is made up of suites, and the suites are ordered to correspond with their in-game appearance. It was composed and produced by Marty O' Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and includes a complete 68 track listing inside. There are 17 songs on two discs.

==Track listing==
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===Disc 1===
#[[Overture (Halo 3: ODST)|Overture]] – 5:38
#[[The Rookie (music)|The Rookie]] – 7:29 
#[[More Than His Share]] – 5:48
#[[Deference for Darkness]] – 6:38
#[[The Menagerie]] – 6:09
#[[Asphalt and Ablution]] – 6:03
#[[Traffic Jam]] – 5:52
#[[Neon Night]] – 5:37
#[[The Office of Naval Intelligence (music)|The Office of Naval Intelligence]] – 8:49
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===Disc 2===
#[[Bits and Pieces]] – 7:01
#[[Skyline]] – 7:01
#[[No Stone Unturned]] – 3:22
#[[One Way Ride]] – 6:50
#[[The Light at the End]] – 7:52
#[[Data Hive (music)|Data Hive]] – 6:03
#[[Special Delivery]] – 10:22
#[[Finale (Halo 3: ODST)|Finale]] – 8:12
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== Trivia ==
*The movement "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper" from the Finale has a runtime of 3:43, a reference to [[Seven|7]] and possibly the eponymous [[Monitor]] [[343 Guilty Spark]]. Additionally "[[Prepare To Drop (music)|Prepare to Drop]]," named after the game's tagline, has a runtime of 1:17, a reference to [[John-117|Master Chief]].
*Marty O'Donnell was trying to evoke the feeling of jazz, while not literally creating jazz music. Throughout the soundtrack there are several songs that contain solo saxophone sections that create a lonely, urban atmosphere. In the tracks "Skyline" and "Traffic Jam" however, an electric guitar along with heavier sounding percussion are used in the more cinematic moments in the game.
*The soundtrack won several awards; the Best Original Score at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Video_Game_Awards#2009_Awards '''Wikipedia''': ''2009 Spike Video Game Awards'']</ref> and Best Original Score and Sounds in the Czech Gaming Awards "Invaze 2009".{{citation needed}}
*Most of the tracks that play during [[Mombasa Streets]] have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir film noir] flare, due to the jazz perspective used in the soundtrack. This seems fitting, since most film noir movies are about detectives, and [[The Rookie]] is, in a sense, a detective.

==Sources==
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