Product Description

The Original Soundtrack of Halo 4 by Neil Davidge. Limited Edition Boxset includes Original OST CD, Bonus disk of Remixes, 180 Gram 12" Picture Disk, Making of Halo DVD, exclusive book of behind the scenes photos and Neil Davidge production notes. Also includes 12" signed art print and UNSC T Shirt Avatar (Male and Female). Remixes by DJ Skee, Gui Boaratto, Sander Van Doorn & Julian Jordan, Apocalyptica, Caspa, Maor Levi, Koan Sound, Bobby Tank and more.

Review

This is exactly why I started listening to scores in the first place. Buy one for yourself, your wife, your children and everyone you know! Grab the Special Edition box set with the extra CD full of remixes. Magnificent, Thank you Neil Davidge for making me want to score to Halo 5 immediately! --http://www.soundtrackgeek.com/v2/soundtrack-review-halo-4/

Neil Davidge's long history with electronic music comes into play on this score for Halo 4 from the very beginning, deftly weaving in the choral elements of it's predecessor over a foundation of appropriately chilly electro-pop that feels more in tune with the series' increasingly cinematic tone, both incorporating Hanz Zimmer-esque orchestral cues and beat driven trance like atmospherics into an already expensive universe that seems more than able to handle the extra load! --http://www.allmusic.com/album/halo-4-original-soundtrack-mw0002417972

At first, this soundtrack might seem like a complex album to listen to in one sitting, but if you allow your mind and body to lead you on a journey within yourself, you will come to wish the soundtrack had more than 15 tracks. The variety and spectrum of emotions created by Davidge on this soundtrack will astonish you. In order to get a full range of moods, and to satisfy a larger audience, Davidge collaborated with phenomenal artists of different genres and created the Halo 4 Remix Album. With the involvement of musicians like DJ Skee, Caspa, Sander Van Doorn & Julian Jordan, Gui Boratto, KOAN Sound, Matt Lange, Andrew Bayer, Norin & Rad, Alvin Risk, Bobby Tank, Maor Levi and Hundred Waters, Apocalyptica, and ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, the album guarantees that any audience can experience and live through the story of Halo 4. With out a doubt, the release of the Halo 4 soundtrack marks a beginning of a new era in original soundtracks. Davidge s ability to seamlessly blend a variety of music styles spiced with his signature sounds and moods is truly a future of cinematic scores. My personal dream is to witness Neil Davidge collaborating with filmmakers like David Fincher, Ridley Scott, and other masters of suspenseful thrillers. His future involvement in the gaming industry seems more than a 100% certain to this writer; since Halo 4 s soundtrack is an excitingly innovative take on game compositions. --http://www.lithiummagazine.com/neil-davidge- -halo-4-original-soundtrack-review

About the Artist

On October 22nd 2012 7Hz Productions in conjunction with Microsoft and 343 Industries released the Halo 4 Original Soundtrack on CD and digital format. This was followed two weeks later on November 5th with the release of a limited and individually numbered special edition box set containing the original OST, a 14 track remix album, a one hour DVD on the making of Halo 4 music, including unique behind the scenes footage, a 48 page book containing exclusive art and Neil Davidge s track production notes plus a unique Master Chief signed art print and T shirt Avatar. For the first time ever, a Halo original soundtrack is accompanied by a killer remix collection, available as part of the Limited Special Edition Box Set. Other release formats include the Original Soundtrack CD and a Special Digital Edition featuring six of the key remixes. Some of the biggest and best electronic producers in the world including Gui Boratto, Caspa and Sander Van Doorn deliver inspired re-workings; far from generic run-of-the-mill dancefloor fodder, every remixer has clearly been inspired by the stunning musicality and inventiveness of the source material, as they ve pulled-out the stops, bringing adventurous and original versions to the table. Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Remixes will no-doubt appeal to Halo fans and dance music heads alike, as Davidge s epic and exhilarating originals are taken into both cerebral and dancefloor-friendly new directions, augmented with further sonic mastery. Major-league producer/DJ Gui Boratto takes dramatic soundtrack opener Awakening into a lush, deep house territory, and the UKF-endorsed post-dubsteppers KOAN Sound maintain the string-lead hue of Green and Blue , whilst delivering an expansive, symphonic gem. Dubstep don Caspa works Ascendancy in to a steroid-pumped, chrome-plated military monster, and Hundred Waters add vocals to Haven , turning in a piece of inspired, cinematic folktronica. The Influential US DJ Skee teams up with Thx who both shape the choral chants of Revival into a masterful, leftfield-bass-sound-collage. Matt Lange turns Ascendancy into a snarling breakbeat monster and Alvin Risk builds Nemesis into a mentalist, maximal electro behemoth. James Iha, guitarist and co-founder of The Smashing Pumpkins takes Foreshadow down a dark and sinister post- rock route and Davidge himself teams up with Apocalyptica (three classically trained cellists and a rock drummer) to revisit The Beauty Of Cortana with explosive results. The blockbuster Halo franchise has sold over 43 million game copies to devoted fans worldwide and generated nearly $3 billion in revenue. Halo 4 is primed to become one of the biggest, best video games ever made when it launches on 6 November, and this stunning album is likely to mirror that success, as one of the most important and successful soundtracks ever. This album marks the first time a new composer has taken the reins for the iconic series musical score since the launch of the original Halo game more than a decade ago. With his world-class career pedigree Neil Davidge was a wise choice, as he s the man responsible for either co writing, producing or sonically realizing music by Massive Attack, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, Damon Albarn, Primal Scream, Elizabeth Fraser and Mos Def. Neil Davidge is a record producer, songwriter, film score composer, musician and occasional backing vocalist. In 1996, Davidge co-produced Massive Attack s The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game , for the Batman Forever soundtrack. Working in close collaboration with Massive s Robert Del Naja (3D), Neil then had a key hand in shaping the sound of the band s third album, 1998 s Q Award-winning Mezzanine .