Halo 3 Original Soundtrack Site Launches

You know the game is a big deal when the game's soundtrack get's its own official site! Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori's score for the mega-hit game HALO 3 recently received its own piece of web-relastate with the site http://www.halo3ost.com/. There you will find info about the composers, artwork, tracklisting and more. Don't miss the downloadable sheet music and video documentary, "Behind the Audio" and a streaming version of the score.

The Halo 3 soundtrack is scheduled for release on November 20, 2007.

Cool stuff.

Check it out here!

Halo 3 (Soundtrack) by Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

More video game soundtrack news for you today. As I posted some days ago, the launch of HALO 3 was reported as the most successful launch ever. In just about one month the HALO 3 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK with music composed by MARTIN O'DONNELL and MICHAEL SALVATORI will be released by SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS and SUMTHING DIGITAL.

Below you can check the full press release:

SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF THE HALO 3ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM THE BLOCKBUSTER XBOX 360 VIDEO GAME FROM THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCH IN HISTORY,COMES THE MOST ANTICIPATED VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK OF THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

New York - October 17th, 2007 -

Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Halo® 3 Original Soundtrack. The highly anticipated original soundtrack comes in a 2-CD set featuring the game’s original music score and will be released on November 20th to US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works label

http://www.sumthing.com/ and via digital download at Sumthing Digital http://www.sumthingdigital.com/.

Halo 3 is the conclusion to the epic trilogy and picks up where Halo 2 left off, answering questions about the fates of the beloved protagonist Master Chief™ and his artificial intelligence sidekick Cortana as they struggle to save humankind from destruction at the hands of the alien coalition known as the Covenant.

The official Halo 3 Original Soundtrack features the new symphonic compositions by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori, the award-winning composers behind the best-selling Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 Volume One and Halo 2 Volume Two soundtracks. In addition to new original tracks written for the Halo 3 video game, the Halo 3 Original Soundtrack also includes new arrangements of the game’s musical themes that Bungie’s audio director and composer Martin O’Donnell recorded with a full live orchestra and chorus. The 2-CD set amounts to two hours of original music from the game Halo 3.

Developed by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios, the critically acclaimed Xbox 360® exclusive, which was released worldwide on Tuesday, Sept. 25, is the fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history. The Xbox 360 title beat previous U.S. sales records set by blockbuster openings for entertainment events such as the release of “Spider-Man 3” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Halo 3 was released in 37 countries and 17 languages. To date, more than 20 million copies of the games in the Halo trilogy have been sold worldwide. For more information visit

http://www.halo3.com/.

About Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc.

Nile Rodgers started Sumthing Else Music Works (SEMW) as a nationwide record label and creative outlet for independent artists and unique musical projects. Through its affiliated company, Sumthing Distribution, SEMW prides itself on its ability to rapidly and effectively deliver to the marketplace many innovative products. In view of the successes of its previous game soundtrack releases, the company is now recognized as the leader in this newly emerging musical genre. Accordingly, SEMW has bolstered its commitment to enhancing gamers’ overall experience by acquiring many new titles to complement its current catalog of releases. For more information visit

http://www.sumthing.com/ and http://www.sumthingdigital.com/.

Sumthing Else Music Works and Sumthing Distribution logos are copyright of their respective companies. All other names of products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Halo 3 Most Successful Launch Ever

On occasion there comes an event/announcement that takes me aback just enough to warrant a post even though it has almost nothing to do with a score of some sort. This is one of those occasions. Microsoft has announced that their release of HALO 3 is the most successful launch ever. Oh...not impressed? Well, they aren't saying its the biggest, most successful launch of a mere video game only...but of any channel of entertainment! Say wha? Here's the short of it...

"Halo 3 has officially become the biggest entertainment launch in history, garnering an estimated $170 million in sales in the United States alone in the first 24 hours. More than 10,000 retailers hosted Midnight Madness events to celebrate the launch of this third installment in the billion-dollar franchise."
Read the full story here

Considering all of the media launches ever...movies, television series, whatever, it's just staggering to think of what Microsoft and Bungie have done here. My prediction is that the big, movie studios will give way to the indy film industry and throw all of their bucks into the gaming world.....and then produce full length feature cutscenes to augment their game releases. Ok-- maybe I exaggerate...or maybe I do not.

Now just to weave in some score-related-something-or-other, if you didn't know, the HALO 3 Soundtrack will be released in November and will include the score by MARTY O'DONNELL.