Reason why I love Gavin's music. He puts so many things into the lyrics of his songs from the games that ACTUALLY make sense with the song itself. He's not just mushing a bunch of references into it. That's talent.
I think the saddest part of the end was the fact that Master Chief, meant to be empowering and able to do anything, designed as a master soldier, was stripped of any feeling of control. The only thing he couldn't do was save her, and left him powerless under the thought that he could only watch
For 11 years I've been listening to your music and I keep coming back, ever since I found the Commander Shepard song. Then I listened to everything else and it's been an amazing journey. From Witchers and trolls to High-Tech Cathedrals. Cheers and thanks for everything, Gav!
To my friend Joel. I listen to this song in honor of you. Though I lost you this past year. You were by my side through it all. Thank you brother. I'll see you in Valhalla
These days, I'm on a Miracle of Sound spree. This made me want to play Halo and as such is one reason why I bought an Xbox. What I love about your songs is how they express the heart of a game's story in few words. Like this, raw and poetic at the same time: "There is blood pumping through your machine of a heart". Okay, enough gushing! :)
I think it'd be really cool if you made more Halo songs. Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, and Assassin's Creed all have a bunch. There's nothing wrong with that, those are great games, but Halo only has one and I think it deserves a few more. Plus, it would be great to have more awesome songs to listen to while playing it, and you don't make any other kind.
The reason why he is empty is because Halo 4 played the whole 'who is the real machine, Cortana or Master chief' thing and clearly MC feels like nothing but a weapon. That is most likely why he went into stasis after Halo 3, he felt like he was a machine of war, and hence had no reason to be around during times of peace.
louie wallenberg Well technically speaking he sort of is. He was made to be that way from the start all Spartans were. Of course being the best of them only reinforced that point of view. He wasn't the one who originally decided that cryo was the best option his superiors did that to him before the start of Halo 1 so that he would be around at the critical moment. But after all that Cortana changed that point of view. Slowly and subtly they grew close and her death is what seemed to finally break his former mentality. If I had to guess its the reason he is supposedly wondering around alone in Halo 5
Enuma Elish The Spartans were raised to be weapons. Take the kid soldiers from the movie Soldier, add in untested medical augmentations that killed nearly thirty percent of the Spartan kids it was used upon and a power armor that KILLED its test pilot. Dr Halsey who created them may have provided humanity with a weapon that could win against the Covenant (even though they weren't the original target), but she was still a monster. Cortana may have been dedicated to the mission as much as John 117 but at least she and before her the other Spartans, kept him grounded to his humanity.
Daniel Haire and there is the question again ^^ is halsey a monster? on the first glance it seems to be a no brainer. BUT if you dig deeper and think about it the answer gets less claer (at least for me) what makes her a "monster"? 1. she took kids at the age of 6 to make them recruits. ok that is bad (10-14 years earlyer than normal recruiting/forced recruting usualy happens) 2. she used partly untested augmentations on them BUT: 1. she made them Strong, inteligent, creative and willfull 2. she gave them the means to survive even the worst hardships and protected them whereever and however she could 3. she gave them a new family 4. she saved thousends of soldiers and billions of civilians by sacreficing a few dozn (not to mention the fact that thanks to her MC was able to stop the halos from going of and whiping all live from the galaxy...) 5. she gave hope back to the humans 6. she made cortana 7. thanks to her work the humans and the elits allied ... ohhh and the Spartens didnt even came close to a real mission until they were like 16 and what did sche get for saving the universe? she gets send to jail for the rest of her life and was branded a monster. and on the other hand the generals who send thousends of man to get slaughtert are "heros". WTF?
drizzt7dourden7 If I kill someone no matter the reasons, be they self defense or in defense of another innocent then I have still committed a murder ( even if the I do not go to jail). It doesn't matter that Halsey saved all of the life in the galaxy she still committed a morally corrupt and blatantly illegal act in her creation of the Spartan II's and for that she must be punished. The ends may have justified the means but that doesn't mean she is not guilty of a heinous crime. The generals worked within the boundries of the law and so are not technically guilty of any actually crime. Though I agree with you that Halsey does a great service that does not mean that she should not suffer the results of her actions in ruining the lives of those children.
Having listened to this song for a ridiculous amount of times. I realized that this song has a better Halo vibe than halo 4. I'm not bashing the game, I just think that they took a turn lore vise that I would rather they didn't ....
MrSpartanspud To me halo was best in ODST ,Halo 2 and Reach and thats mostly cause of "Halo: the cole protocol" (among others ofc) I just really like the idea of humanity's last stand and I feel like that was what made halo for me .... P.S. I've read the Forerunner trilogy and get what the story was about in Halo 4
Cpt. Gavorn That is fair enough. It had to end some time though right? Now we get to see chief kick some ass with blue team on the offensive. Although making every second UNSC soldier a spartan IV isn't something I was too keen on. I think that seems to be getting reigned in a bit though.
MrSpartanspud Yeah well see where it ends up. I get a feeling that 343i really want the "old" halo gone. They redesigned the forward onto dawn (making it bigger than infinity) and they are already thinking up chiefs end (and more)... at least they have a vision
My favorite miracle of sound song ever! There's a lot of good ones, but for me, there's nothing more empowering than this one. Love it to death. All hail the miracle of sound!
damn cortana forgot about noble team pretty fast i was just thinking how in none of the other games not her or any other characters mention the team that gave there life and basically saved everyone
I mean, who would remember them? Who met them, and is still alive? Cortana knows *of* them, she picked the delivery boy, but she stayed in a canister on noble six's back the whole trip to the Autumn. Halsey's about the only person who would still remember them directly, and she's got no reason to bring them up just about, anywhere. Jun's still around and training Spartans, and I'm sure his team gets a mention around him every once and a while, but there's no way that's not at least a little hard to think about for him. And the people of Reach put up a statue to remember them, after the war.
"Old rivalries are so hard to mend, were it so easy to choose your friends..." I cannot even explain to people how those words make me feel. I'm like, "Because the Arbiter said it, about the Chief, and then he said it /again/ about the Chief, but all these things had happened and it meant something different and and and..." And then people kind of back away slowly.
The writing of "Reclaimer" and "Friends to Foes" is stronger then in the actual games.. Reclaimer is from Cortana's perspective to John: "You were there by my side A friend through it all Now I'm beaten and bruised And I'm falling apart Though I tear and divide I won't let you fall There is blood pumping through Your machine of a heart" And it's just so good when that same chorus is repeated at the end of "Friends to Foes", but from John to Cortana: "I was there by your side... I was there by your side..." I just love that detail! Can't wait for an appearance of the motif in the Halo 6 song! "We were there, side by side!"
Halo 4 wasn't too bad, it was about child-solider theme, which had some highlights, Halo 5... was so bad 343 literally killed every hero from it offscreen including Lockee, to just get rid of it and forget it existed.
Yes, get it checked out and make sure to protect your ears. Believe me, you do not want it to get bad, it's like a permanent maddening torture that never stops.
I love this song, as I do most of your songs, but was wondering if you would ever consider doing a song for John 117? Something sad? Almost everything I can find has him portrayed as a kick ass soldier (which he is, I know) but he loses so much, I think John deserves a sad song.
I do like how the celtic arrangement in the middle of the song is reminiscent of Halo: Combat Evolved. The main theme, in particular. It's a fantastic mix of upbeat and empowering with morose and depressing, video and music both. I can't say I've been a staunch follower of the Halo series, but the closure between Master Chief and Cortana's relationship was very heart-wrenching. Gavin captured that in both lyric and melody. Reclaimer, I can say, does it all justice.
Gav, you freaking nailed the tone of Halo 4's relationship between the chief and Cortana, I really hope someone from 343 sees this and asks you to write a song or two for them
I was about to ask if you mean from HALO series or all time game, but i guess all time :D Me too, when i was child i always play 1 and 2 but now i finished 3 which right after i started 4, i really loved both but 4 was better for me, despite the critism some "fans" give to it
So I changed the lyrics to sing about this girl I love who stopped me from killing myself and she was always by my side, Literally Gav you make the best music. I hope you don't mind me borrowing it so I can sing for a talent show.
Jake Tiggerson And might I ask what is wrong with you good sir. All i said was that it was obvious that this song was from Cortana's point of view. It even has quotes of Cortana as lyrics in the song. For example: "Don't make a promise you can't keep." "Can't fix this maddess it runs to deep." It even has lines about how Cortana was suffering form her Rampancy. "Though I tear and dived." "I can feel the rampancy piercing my mind." and the part I feel brings this song together. "You were there by my side a friend through it all. Now I'm beaten and bruised, and I'm falling a part." Pretty much this song is almost like her final farewell to Chief. Even though she was dying she would support Chief. She conceder him a friend, and more then a SPARTAN, she viewed him as a human being. I like this song, and to me it is kind of obvious that it is from Cortana point of view. It a great song, but also sad one. It is also my opinion one of the best showings of her character at the end.
For me its about improvement. Universal praise means you're usually doing it right and making what your audience wants. However criticism is only useful when it can be used to help you spot and improve the parts people didn't like - hence why it should sometimes be held to a higher standard than praise.
I think this song is great. It totally speaks about the game and the relationship between chief and cortana while it keeps relevant to normal life. Its a song about friendship in game and in real life in my humble opinion. I love loads of your songs and this is one of my favs. Please keep up the amazing, brilliant work. You rock!!!
reading the comments here i remembered Jhonson, now all bow our heads in silence for a moment in his honor...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
No spoilers in the comments please guys ;) I don't like blocking people but I will if I have to, think of others who haven't experienced the story yet!
Finally! A Halo song in all its shiny glory! You truly did well on this one, Gav! O'Donnell's work is really unique, though you managed to capture his feeling perfectly! Great job!
I really hope Locke finds Cortana first and since he's ONI he tries to get information from her and essentially mind rapes her then i want to be able to play as a seriously pissed off chief and end the game by doing some brutal fucking melee fight with Locke where we either A snap his neck with the satisfying sound or B break his spine xD
DefinitlyNotDezward Easy, the try to kill you (hahahahahahaha) and then you take their weapons. And since the AI's usually start with better weapons, sniper rifles and DMR's all the way.
Please no Halo 5. I liked this conclusion to the story. They ended it with a big bang, a reclaimer and a broken MC retiring and they should stick with it. I don't want them to blow it.
heard it on bandcamp 10 minutes ago, brought it and i can't stop replaying it! i really love the line "There is blood pumping through Your machine of a heart"
This song got me started on Halo. Years ago I made a comment here because the way you described the story really made me want to experience it - the Chief's desperate battle for his only friend. What a premise! Yesterday, that "journey" finally concluded. I had to wait for the MCC to come to PC because I just couldn't get into console controls, I played through the whole series so I would be able to understand what Chief and Cortana have been through and how it has made them bond (what you mention in the song as "You've been there by my side, a friend through it all"). A few days ago, Halo 4 finally launched on Steam. And you know what? Your song was way better than the game. Leaving aside the way they executed gameplay and remarking in passing only that the main story wasn't compelling, the whole arc of John and between him and Cortana was disappointing. It was such an interesting theme, actually, the supersoldier grappling with what's left of his humanity in the face of impending loss. Yet for the most part, this theme was only mentioned verbally at the beginning and end but you didn't "feel" it. It wasn't expressed in the action. Still an awesome song.
Just when I got over the fact that Halo 4 isn't on PC you show up with this awesome song, damn you, Gav! I swear, your songs are better at marketing than the actual marketing of games, I pretty much bought a PS3 because of Redemption Blues. Now you're making me want to get a 360.
Normally I don't listen to songs with lyrics while studying, but I put this playlist on shuffle while working on my thesis and the following three hours were easily the most productive I've had all week. Thanks!
Man, every time I see one of your songs pop up in my sub-box, I get excited because I know that the song will be a good one. Just like all the other Miracle of Sound songs I have listened to over and over again, in my iTunes. Keep on rocking, Gav.
So I've been listening to this song for years now and it suddenly took a whole new meaning. It's actually a very powerfull break up song if you can't cope with the loss of your loved one.
I swear, when I saw the ending of Halo 4, I wanted to find the script writer and [CENSORED] their [CENSORED]ing [CENSORED]. Thank you so much for the song, I love it.
you know, some artists on the radio and such don't even have a clue what they're singing about due to them being spoiled brats all their lives, gav on the other hand, just by listening to his songs I can tell he knows what the subject is and the feelings behind it and can also portray that in his music. you deserve a pat on the back for that, my friend.
I've recently stared using my favorite part of this song (instrumental starting at 1:46 ) as an alarm (nearly every day 8 am) and the fact that its still my favorite part and that i still like the song says a lot about its quality (and your songs keep getting better)
Don't listen to the people saying your new stuff isn't good Gavin. This is an awesome song, Distant Honor is some of your best work. Keep on being awesome.
Your songs are the only reason I can keep my sanity during Crunch Time (overtime work). Best of luck with getting rid of tinnitus and may you soon release yet another masterpiece.
what i like most is that ur not focused on a single style..its not only hard to give everyone at least 1 song he likes, its also hard to master that many styles. for me PERSONALLY this song is great (but i missed a bit power in your voice at the refrain. maybe someday u will do a version 2.0 of it) but still a great song.its in my top list. Toplist WITHOUT order: -Legends of the frost,-the new black gold,-blood of the creed,-roll out,-calamity,-rise,-take it back (rmx),-wasteland soul,-reclaimer
+Lord Funface The Atomic Toaster Most people have to be their own rock in life. Be able to support yourself and make your life living on your own terms before you look for someone else to help bear your weight. I'm tired and wrote way too much there.
Yep, I made the album mix 3.43 deliberately, thought it would be a nice touch :)
It is mate, a good reference indeed
Reason why I love Gavin's music. He puts so many things into the lyrics of his songs from the games that ACTUALLY make sense with the song itself. He's not just mushing a bunch of references into it. That's talent.
Really wish Gav would go back and make a Halo Reach song.
you might get your wish
@@quantum5661 I wish...
really wish you would go back to hell
@@jasonlewis5603 chill bro
@@Alexander-uf9ls chill my nuts
I think the saddest part of the end was the fact that Master Chief, meant to be empowering and able to do anything, designed as a master soldier, was stripped of any feeling of control. The only thing he couldn't do was save her, and left him powerless under the thought that he could only watch
Sometime the best songs by an artist are ones that take a while to grow on you ;)
For 11 years I've been listening to your music and I keep coming back, ever since I found the Commander Shepard song.
Then I listened to everything else and it's been an amazing journey. From Witchers and trolls to High-Tech Cathedrals.
Cheers and thanks for everything, Gav!
Same here. 11 years since I found Sovngarde Song.
Love your songs.
Greetings from Ukraine!
Don't make a promise that you can't keep... "Hammer into the heart, beating on a broken promise"... And I realised it just now :( So sad.
"You were there by my side, a friend through it all."
"I was there by your side. I was there by your side."
To my friend Joel. I listen to this song in honor of you. Though I lost you this past year. You were by my side through it all. Thank you brother. I'll see you in Valhalla
God rest his soul! Sorry for your loss, brother! Joel's memory is kept alive through you!
This is worthy song to remember your battle buddy with.
After 10 years, still one of my favorite songs. Thank you, Miracle.
"Were it so easy to choose your friends" Holy fuck this is the greatest line ever
These days, I'm on a Miracle of Sound spree. This made me want to play Halo and as such is one reason why I bought an Xbox. What I love about your songs is how they express the heart of a game's story in few words. Like this, raw and poetic at the same time: "There is blood pumping through your machine of a heart". Okay, enough gushing! :)
HALO FOREVER WORT WORT WORT
I think it'd be really cool if you made more Halo songs. Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, and Assassin's Creed all have a bunch. There's nothing wrong with that, those are great games, but Halo only has one and I think it deserves a few more. Plus, it would be great to have more awesome songs to listen to while playing it, and you don't make any other kind.
Gavin, have you ever thought about doing a remix of this song with a female duet to sing the Cortana parts?
to be fair, to me this entire song is from Cortana's Perspective
Thinking of cortana going "Reclaimer.. Yeah"
Is sorta funny, but yes the song is from her perspective.
Red Bard That's actually hilarious. Can you imagine in a level she just yells RECLAIMER, YEAH!
@@santihodge5278 Technically it's from both of their perspectives, they're both the Reclaimer and the lyrics apply to both
Reclamer, yeah! would be funny, but would be epic also theres "blood pumpint throug the machine of a heart"
Awesome song but depressing at the same time. I feel really bad for MC he seems so... empty at the end of Halo 4. Not that I can blame him.
The reason why he is empty is because Halo 4 played the whole 'who is the real machine, Cortana or Master chief' thing and clearly MC feels like nothing but a weapon. That is most likely why he went into stasis after Halo 3, he felt like he was a machine of war, and hence had no reason to be around during times of peace.
louie wallenberg
Well technically speaking he sort of is. He was made to be that way from the start all Spartans were. Of course being the best of them only reinforced that point of view. He wasn't the one who originally decided that cryo was the best option his superiors did that to him before the start of Halo 1 so that he would be around at the critical moment. But after all that Cortana changed that point of view. Slowly and subtly they grew close and her death is what seemed to finally break his former mentality. If I had to guess its the reason he is supposedly wondering around alone in Halo 5
Enuma Elish
The Spartans were raised to be weapons. Take the kid soldiers from the movie Soldier, add in untested medical augmentations that killed nearly thirty percent of the Spartan kids it was used upon and a power armor that KILLED its test pilot. Dr Halsey who created them may have provided humanity with a weapon that could win against the Covenant (even though they weren't the original target), but she was still a monster.
Cortana may have been dedicated to the mission as much as John 117 but at least she and before her the other Spartans, kept him grounded to his humanity.
Daniel Haire
and there is the question again ^^ is halsey a monster?
on the first glance it seems to be a no brainer. BUT if you dig deeper and think about it the answer gets less claer (at least for me)
what makes her a "monster"?
1. she took kids at the age of 6 to make them recruits. ok that is bad (10-14 years earlyer than normal recruiting/forced recruting usualy happens)
2. she used partly untested augmentations on them
BUT:
1. she made them Strong, inteligent, creative and willfull
2. she gave them the means to survive even the worst hardships and protected them whereever and however she could
3. she gave them a new family
4. she saved thousends of soldiers and billions of civilians by sacreficing a few dozn (not to mention the fact that thanks to her MC was able to stop the halos from going of and whiping all live from the galaxy...)
5. she gave hope back to the humans
6. she made cortana
7. thanks to her work the humans and the elits allied
... ohhh and the Spartens didnt even came close to a real mission until they were like 16
and what did sche get for saving the universe? she gets send to jail for the rest of her life and was branded a monster.
and on the other hand the generals who send thousends of man to get slaughtert are "heros". WTF?
drizzt7dourden7 If I kill someone no matter the reasons, be they self defense or in defense of another innocent then I have still committed a murder ( even if the I do not go to jail). It doesn't matter that Halsey saved all of the life in the galaxy she still committed a morally corrupt and blatantly illegal act in her creation of the Spartan II's and for that she must be punished. The ends may have justified the means but that doesn't mean she is not guilty of a heinous crime. The generals worked within the boundries of the law and so are not technically guilty of any actually crime. Though I agree with you that Halsey does a great service that does not mean that she should not suffer the results of her actions in ruining the lives of those children.
Having listened to this song for a ridiculous amount of times. I realized that this song has a better Halo vibe than halo 4.
I'm not bashing the game, I just think that they took a turn lore vise that I would rather they didn't ....
+Cpt. Gavorn i would stop liking Dark Souls if the 3rd games just lore of it i have not played halo 4 YET so i dont know
What bit? Personally I liked Halo 4's story more than the other main series games but there were one or two things I wasn't so keen on.
MrSpartanspud To me halo was best in ODST ,Halo 2 and Reach and thats mostly cause of "Halo: the cole protocol" (among others ofc) I just really like the idea of humanity's last stand and I feel like that was what made halo for me ....
P.S. I've read the Forerunner trilogy and get what the story was about in Halo 4
Cpt. Gavorn That is fair enough. It had to end some time though right? Now we get to see chief kick some ass with blue team on the offensive. Although making every second UNSC soldier a spartan IV isn't something I was too keen on. I think that seems to be getting reigned in a bit though.
MrSpartanspud Yeah well see where it ends up. I get a feeling that 343i really want the "old" halo gone. They redesigned the forward onto dawn (making it bigger than infinity) and they are already thinking up chiefs end (and more)... at least they have a vision
You know what's the best thing in the world ?
-> The replay button.
unless your mouse breaks from to much clicking :(
Jaedon1234
a tittle is the little dot above the little " i " :3
You know what's the second best thing in the world?
The Listenonrepeat website.
Shnurbinator That thing was broken last time I checked
carnagecaden Really? It works fine for me.
RUclips compresses audio in weird, unpredictable ways. You can hear it in high quality on my Bandcamp site :)
My favorite miracle of sound song ever! There's a lot of good ones, but for me, there's nothing more empowering than this one. Love it to death. All hail the miracle of sound!
And comments like that make me smile :) Thank you
Spotify-version of this song is 3:43 long. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
XD you are right. miracle is far more than just a guy ho uploads songs on youtube XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
damn cortana forgot about noble team pretty fast i was just thinking how in none of the other games not her or any other characters mention the team that gave there life and basically saved everyone
The Downpour Axe The reach game is barely fitting inside the canon. The navel was also a lot better, so I personally don't mind it.
I mean, who would remember them?
Who met them, and is still alive? Cortana knows *of* them, she picked the delivery boy, but she stayed in a canister on noble six's back the whole trip to the Autumn.
Halsey's about the only person who would still remember them directly, and she's got no reason to bring them up just about, anywhere.
Jun's still around and training Spartans, and I'm sure his team gets a mention around him every once and a while, but there's no way that's not at least a little hard to think about for him.
And the people of Reach put up a statue to remember them, after the war.
"Old rivalries are so hard to mend, were it so easy to choose your friends..."
I cannot even explain to people how those words make me feel. I'm like, "Because the Arbiter said it, about the Chief, and then he said it /again/ about the Chief, but all these things had happened and it meant something different and and and..." And then people kind of back away slowly.
Music is subjective. It would help if you told me what exactly what you think is great about Legends Of Frost that you also feel this song is missing.
Hard to believe this song is ten years old, I still love it as much as the first time I heard it.
The writing of "Reclaimer" and "Friends to Foes" is stronger then in the actual games.. Reclaimer is from Cortana's perspective to John:
"You were there by my side
A friend through it all
Now I'm beaten and bruised
And I'm falling apart
Though I tear and divide
I won't let you fall
There is blood pumping through
Your machine of a heart"
And it's just so good when that same chorus is repeated at the end of "Friends to Foes", but from John to Cortana:
"I was there by your side...
I was there by your side..."
I just love that detail!
Can't wait for an appearance of the motif in the Halo 6 song!
"We were there, side by side!"
Halo 4 wasn't too bad, it was about child-solider theme, which had some highlights, Halo 5... was so bad 343 literally killed every hero from it offscreen including Lockee, to just get rid of it and forget it existed.
RIP Cortana, "You were there by my side, all through it all..." Remember and Believe 117
Yes, get it checked out and make sure to protect your ears. Believe me, you do not want it to get bad, it's like a permanent maddening torture that never stops.
Anyone else rock out the solo vocals when listening to the legendary miracle of sound 🙌
Still to this day bro! Gav is the best!
Both of them, different verses from different, but similar perspectives :)
As someone who has been in love with Halo since he was 12, I thank you. This was touching.
..or both? ;)
I love this song, as I do most of your songs, but was wondering if you would ever consider doing a song for John 117? Something sad? Almost everything I can find has him portrayed as a kick ass soldier (which he is, I know) but he loses so much, I think John deserves a sad song.
Kaine Faldon we will most likely see something like that in Halo 5 were he breaks off from the brainwashing that was put in to him.
I'm glad the songs help you through the bad times :)
I do like how the celtic arrangement in the middle of the song is reminiscent of Halo: Combat Evolved. The main theme, in particular.
It's a fantastic mix of upbeat and empowering with morose and depressing, video and music both. I can't say I've been a staunch follower of the Halo series, but the closure between Master Chief and Cortana's relationship was very heart-wrenching. Gavin captured that in both lyric and melody.
Reclaimer, I can say, does it all justice.
I would rpobbably like halo...
But I'm a PC player, so as far as I'm concerned Red vs Blue is only reaosn why I care about it.
jozef kalinowski halo is on pc (last time I checked)
jafar alzuraijawi Only first one. (second was exclusive on Vista and terribly optimised).
JOZEF. rvb is the only reason you care... i got somefen to zaiy to you...hhh....... bark......
u got halo wars now
You should get Halo:CE (the first one). Its amazingly epic.
Love this song man. Can't wait for a Infinite song
Gav, you freaking nailed the tone of Halo 4's relationship between the chief and Cortana, I really hope someone from 343 sees this and asks you to write a song or two for them
If i HAD to choose... this one is my favorite, closely followed by the mass effect one.
I was about to ask if you mean from HALO series or all time game, but i guess all time :D Me too, when i was child i always play 1 and 2 but now i finished 3 which right after i started 4, i really loved both but 4 was better for me, despite the critism some "fans" give to it
Cold Rush I'm pretty sure he's talking about the song. Although I did also enjoy Halo 4.
clvnmdr453 after i see your comment yes you're probably right :D no harm done :D
ya i meant the song itself, but for the game id choose halo 1, so amazing when it first came out.
TheRumChum i
think cortana's death is sad? what about SGT Johnson? he was like chief's best friend.
Dazman who?
what about SPOILERS ALERT?
M8 THE GAMES BEEN OUT LONG ENOUGH
*Salutes to the sergeant, the man born to be one*
@Dazman Andy the Bomb, or Andersmith?
So I changed the lyrics to sing about this girl I love who stopped me from killing myself and she was always by my side, Literally Gav you make the best music. I hope you don't mind me borrowing it so I can sing for a talent show.
Because only broken things need fixing.
I've watched this countless times and I just realized it's from Cortana's point of view
*facepalms* how did I not realise this???!
I know
Um... How did anyone not notice that. there have been even been lines that Cortana said as lyrics for this song.
Cid McConroy Whats wrong with you? Fuck you, Cid.
Jake Tiggerson And might I ask what is wrong with you good sir. All i said was that it was obvious that this song was from Cortana's point of view. It even has quotes of Cortana as lyrics in the song. For example:
"Don't make a promise you can't keep."
"Can't fix this maddess it runs to deep."
It even has lines about how Cortana was suffering form her Rampancy.
"Though I tear and dived."
"I can feel the rampancy piercing my mind."
and the part I feel brings this song together.
"You were there by my side a friend through it all. Now I'm beaten and bruised, and I'm falling a part."
Pretty much this song is almost like her final farewell to Chief. Even though she was dying she would support Chief. She conceder him a friend, and more then a SPARTAN, she viewed him as a human being. I like this song, and to me it is kind of obvious that it is from Cortana point of view. It a great song, but also sad one. It is also my opinion one of the best showings of her character at the end.
Now that I've taken the time to go through the original trilogy, I vibe this way harder
Nearly 15 years later, and Master Chief is still a badass. Can't wait to see what Halo 5 brings story-wise.
I’m betting you are pretty dissapointed right about now
And life is just one big competition.
Great song also love all the other songs you made as well.
For me its about improvement. Universal praise means you're usually doing it right and making what your audience wants. However criticism is only useful when it can be used to help you spot and improve the parts people didn't like - hence why it should sometimes be held to a higher standard than praise.
This song makes me sad every time I hear it.
You make songs in a way that even if I've never played or don't liked the game, I still enjoying it a lot. Never stop making songs, you're awesome.
Interesting fact. Though Bungie coined the term 'Rampancy' the definition was noticeably different between Marathon and Halo.
I think this song is great. It totally speaks about the game and the relationship between chief and cortana while it keeps relevant to normal life. Its a song about friendship in game and in real life in my humble opinion. I love loads of your songs and this is one of my favs. Please keep up the amazing, brilliant work. You rock!!!
i feel really really sorry for the deaf people who can't listen to Gav
Sans don't you know that gavs music Jesus powers cure deafness?
This doesn't have nearly enough love ohmygosh... I have goosebumps!
reading the comments here i remembered Jhonson, now all bow our heads in silence for a moment in his honor...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Josef Persson no.
*calmly pulls out energy sword and slices up sharkturd*
Josef Persson But what you didn't realise as you hit my inner core, is that when the truth finally dawns, it dawns in *_FIYA_*
That man was truly made for his job, no one was a better sergeant *Salutes*
No spoilers in the comments please guys ;) I don't like blocking people but I will if I have to, think of others who haven't experienced the story yet!
Thinking of getting Halo 4 back.... one last time...
Literally a joygasm in my ears right now.
Cortana was our dearest friend.. and Halo 5 fucked it up
+The One ever since CE she was our friend. 4 broke our hearts, and 5 replaced them with fire.
Finally! A Halo song in all its shiny glory! You truly did well on this one, Gav! O'Donnell's work is really unique, though you managed to capture his feeling perfectly! Great job!
I really hope Locke finds Cortana first and since he's ONI he tries to get information from her and essentially mind rapes her then i want to be able to play as a seriously pissed off chief and end the game by doing some brutal fucking melee fight with Locke where we either A snap his neck with the satisfying sound or B break his spine xD
Or Locke realises what has happened to Cortana and the MC and it ends with them staging a two man war against the UNSC.
Imagine that!
Blue Shell But then where will I find my mobile weapon carriers? Marines don't come cheap.
DefinitlyNotDezward Just go into Cryo-stasis for another four years or so, the ranks will have been filled again by then!
DefinitlyNotDezward Easy, the try to kill you (hahahahahahaha) and then you take their weapons. And since the AI's usually start with better weapons, sniper rifles and DMR's all the way.
I knew Friends To Foes had some similar lines to this one such as the "You were there by my side" became "I was there by your side".
playing this song on two different tabs... kind of weird to be honest XD
They're from various trailers & promos :)
he should do a doctor who song, that would be awesome
I didn't know I wanted that until now.
Tazdragon1 or maybe a house anthem
Queerien lannister and he would definitely have to say "he's a murderer who eats his victims, and we just saved him..."
William Jenkinson nice
Queerien lannister Only House episode I watched lol
Miracle Of Sound is just him, he does everything from the vocals to all the instraments I beleve
Please no Halo 5. I liked this conclusion to the story. They ended it with a big bang, a reclaimer and a broken MC retiring and they should stick with it.
I don't want them to blow it.
Well there is going to be another halo, but it wont be master chiefs story anymore.
DBfan106
actually its very much related to master chief...
***** it may be related but he isn't the main character.
DBfan106
pretty sure the halo 5 trailer showed master chief. :l
that was the master chief collection, or it was one of those videos where they were showing the new guy what master chief did.
heard it on bandcamp 10 minutes ago, brought it
and i can't stop replaying it!
i really love the line
"There is blood pumping through
Your machine of a heart"
in reply to mixail todoranov
There are better games out there than Halo, dont get me wrong Halo is a good game but you should expand your playlist.
I think troll recognition should be a mandatory course in school.
Alexandr Zaytsevet And they should also learn that opinions can differ, there is no best game of all time for everyone
This song got me started on Halo. Years ago I made a comment here because the way you described the story really made me want to experience it - the Chief's desperate battle for his only friend. What a premise!
Yesterday, that "journey" finally concluded. I had to wait for the MCC to come to PC because I just couldn't get into console controls, I played through the whole series so I would be able to understand what Chief and Cortana have been through and how it has made them bond (what you mention in the song as "You've been there by my side, a friend through it all"). A few days ago, Halo 4 finally launched on Steam.
And you know what? Your song was way better than the game. Leaving aside the way they executed gameplay and remarking in passing only that the main story wasn't compelling, the whole arc of John and between him and Cortana was disappointing. It was such an interesting theme, actually, the supersoldier grappling with what's left of his humanity in the face of impending loss. Yet for the most part, this theme was only mentioned verbally at the beginning and end but you didn't "feel" it. It wasn't expressed in the action.
Still an awesome song.
It's a shame Halo 4 sucked.
I think that Halo 4 is the best Halo
Hieno Nimi At least second or third-best.
I think it was the worst halo as it completely abandoned everything halo was about.
The campaign was garbage. It was the world's most generic storyline, the weapons felt wrong, and the enemies weren't fun.
Enthused_Llama World's most generic storyline? No Mario has the world's most generic storyline. Halo 4's storyline wasn't generic.
So much for one song a month. I'm liking this "I do it when I want" kind of pacing.
Just when I got over the fact that Halo 4 isn't on PC you show up with this awesome song, damn you, Gav!
I swear, your songs are better at marketing than the actual marketing of games, I pretty much bought a PS3 because of Redemption Blues.
Now you're making me want to get a 360.
Normally I don't listen to songs with lyrics while studying, but I put this playlist on shuffle while working on my thesis and the following three hours were easily the most productive I've had all week. Thanks!
Man, every time I see one of your songs pop up in my sub-box, I get excited because I know that the song will be a good one. Just like all the other Miracle of Sound songs I have listened to over and over again, in my iTunes. Keep on rocking, Gav.
I like this. It adds to the tragicness of the already tragic story of Chief and Cortana.
This song is AMAZING, and it was uploaded on my birthday! THANKS GAVIN :D!
You are the only musician that takes A+ in consistency and quality for me. Your new stuff is always great. Keep on making music
Seriously, Reclaimer is by far your best song. This is the stuff rock classics are made of!
oh, and the bit at 1.48 when the song turns into one of the main themes from the Halo series (with the pianos and everything) AWESOME!!!!!
We love you to Gav. Don't stop making your music.
So I've been listening to this song for years now and it suddenly took a whole new meaning. It's actually a very powerfull break up song if you can't cope with the loss of your loved one.
I swear, when I saw the ending of Halo 4, I wanted to find the script writer and [CENSORED] their [CENSORED]ing [CENSORED]. Thank you so much for the song, I love it.
you know, some artists on the radio and such don't even have a clue what they're singing about due to them being spoiled brats all their lives, gav on the other hand, just by listening to his songs I can tell he knows what the subject is and the feelings behind it and can also portray that in his music. you deserve a pat on the back for that, my friend.
In the old games 343 Guilty Spark frequently referred to Master Chief as "reclaimer"
I've recently stared using my favorite part of this song (instrumental starting at 1:46 ) as an alarm (nearly every day 8 am) and the fact that its still my favorite part and that i still like the song says a lot about its quality (and your songs keep getting better)
Man few years later this reached like a million views.
I love this, my favourite by far, it really shows the relatonship of the two and the song just works
I don't know what it is, but most of Gavin's songs send chills down my spine. Great song!
Don't listen to the people saying your new stuff isn't good Gavin. This is an awesome song, Distant Honor is some of your best work. Keep on being awesome.
Your songs are the only reason I can keep my sanity during Crunch Time (overtime work). Best of luck with getting rid of tinnitus and may you soon release yet another masterpiece.
i think u could put this song to almost any good friendship
I wouldn't say this is your best work, but I like it. Also, thanks for making a halo song. The wait was worth it.
i want a 30min version.awesome work
I feel you man, it has happend to me too. good to find a resonable person on youtube for once
Yes! I knew you would come through! MIRACLEOFSOUND FOREVER!
what i like most is that ur not focused on a single style..its not only hard to give everyone at least 1 song he likes, its also hard to master that many styles. for me PERSONALLY this song is great (but i missed a bit power in your voice at the refrain. maybe someday u will do a version 2.0 of it) but still a great song.its in my top list.
Toplist WITHOUT order:
-Legends of the frost,-the new black gold,-blood of the creed,-roll out,-calamity,-rise,-take it back (rmx),-wasteland soul,-reclaimer
"You were there by my side." I wish someone would be there for me like that.
+Lord Funface The Atomic Toaster Most people have to be their own rock in life. Be able to support yourself and make your life living on your own terms before you look for someone else to help bear your weight.
I'm tired and wrote way too much there.
CHIN CHIN I know but I want a hologram girlfriend :D
Lord Funface The Atomic Toaster its the jews
By far the best part is that celtic style segment around the middle. I would listen to a whole song based around that style.
a master of sound and music. you sir are a god
Jesus, you are REALLY churning these out right now.
the video for this is just AMAZING!