makes sense since Marty came up with the original theme for CE on his way to work in the car. Marty, Mike, and Steve just absolutely killed it with their work on Halo. They're unmatched.
Everyone's talking about, Steve, Marty and Nile, but can we appreciate the true hero here? The Cameraman for having the sense and foresight to record this. Absolute legend.
@@TheEmperorInferno Yep, actually it's Marty's own private camera, he asked Jay Weinland I think to hold it. You can see C Paul Johnson in the background in most of this too btw.
It’s crazy how that happens in the studio. When you realize it’s THE TAKE. It gets you more amped, and things you may not be so keen on doing you just do, and it works.
A piece of history and they were just vibing when they made it, one of the most iconic songs in video games was made by people just vibing to the music... Legendary!
They really think they can just get rid of something on the internet people care about. As soon as Martin O'donnell mentioned deleting his channel most of his videos probably got downloaded and reuploaded.
Myself as well as probably this guy and a lot of others saved them all and have them stored away. Lots of fantastic history in those videos as well as a lot of personal things that are art of their own.
I love that Vai says his son is a freak because he is in the top percentiles of the game… It’s like he doesn’t even realize he is one of the greatest guitarists that’s ever lived.
I love the dude behind Steve at 9:11 just gets this wide grin as he hears the drop-in for the first time and has to adjust his seat. "Well fuck I gotta sit right for the rest of this shit"
The fact they not only got Steve Vai onto the soundtrack but they also go Breaking Benjamin to do one of the best Halo songs ever. This game is timeless
According to an interview with Marty most of them came to him about wanting to be on the soundtrack, all because all of them either loved playing the original Halo or had some sort of attachment to it
I love that a good 70% of the track was just 1st playthrough improv. Iconic. Also I'm real glad these videos have been archived, Bungie are really out here punching down at people responsible for their success
@Ralof of Riverwood okay but that got resolved, then weeks later after he put that stuff back up he just up and dissapeared off the face of the earth and took everything with him, that's what im talking about
Halo will always be iconic. Not just to the kids that grew up during that time. But it’s impact on video games will never be erased I have seen this video more times than I can recall. Because we salute you halo :)
If you were a Halo 2 fan before you heard Steve Vai, you would think his music his very "halo 2." But I think thats just because of how much of he put "himself" into this soundtrack. He was feeling it and it was feeling him.
Steve Vai used to transcribe Frank Zappa songs to paper by ear... then showed it to Zappa who then hired him because he was impressed. straight up genius.
I love this. Huge Vai fan, but I've found it rare to see Vai feeling natural and unguarded. He's not in interview or press mode, he doesn't have his show business face on. He's there to contribute as a guest to a project. Refreshing to see this side of him.
This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. The fact that you have one of greatest funk guitar players on earth sitting next to one of the most legendary guitar players alive, and we get to literally watch Nile pull the solo out of Vai by waving his hands and just telling him what noises he wants to hear. This is so unbelievably good. This video belongs in the national archives. Seriously.
Imagine improvising perhaps the most iconic passage in the series, one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time. Honestly, as famous and prolific as Vai's career has been, this may be the piece of music he played with the most all time listeners. So Ill - I had never seen this before.
So the guitar riff was literally freestyled, not written...I don't know his name but the brotha in the hat who said "Let's just vibe and see how it feels" is a genius, made a phenomenal decision right there, and it was caught on video. Subhan'Allah
@@Jamplays592 I'm not sure how "professionals" do it, but I'm some level of guitarist and a great deal of my writing is basically just vibing and trying to remember what parts I liked. There's obviously an amount of skill and intrinsic understanding of the kind of music you're trying to make that's required to be able to reliably vibe something good, but yeah, I think a good chunk of great music is basically a sum of a few different vibing sessions that get all their best parts put together.
Still one of the most majestic things I've ever seen. To just wing it and get the main theme first try... Steve Vai is a genius. The room that night must have felt like another dimension.
Bungee's fall from grace is truly depressing to see, they went from the internet's favourite game dev to a vision of hubris so strong it would make a greek god cry.
Usually what happens with human history. Way back then and even now that rule remains true. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
this is legit one of the greatest recording sessions ever I'm sure there's a lot of great ones from tons of talented artists but damn this is basically just a half hour of pure fire lol
15:34 I feel like you have to really be into music to understand their movement here. These two are really feeling the music and it's beyond comprehension. Emotion was poured into the making of this song and that's what makes it so iconic and special. I'm just in disbelief that Vai really nailed the song on the first take, the most legendary part of that song. One more thing, if you listen to a song he made(for the love of god, made in 1990) it really captured this sound towards the end of that song. Crazy to think that was created before this. Truly two amazing pieces and Vai is just an all out amazing guitarist. Best collab in gaming history.
Yeah, when you hear him warming up you can hear him practicing licks and scales that resemble his other songs. But when he goes to play the Halo theme it's that same skill and experience but with a whole new vibe to it. The amount of practice it took to get to this level is unfathomable
The section at 23:02 has always been one of my favourite parts of this composition, come back to this video every couple years when it pops up on my youtube recommended. So Fricken Good.
It’s so genius to just have him freestyle over the theme first. Those little things like that long whammy bar to ramp up in the beginning are what make the song so memorable
The most replayed part is at 9 minutes when he finally gets in the zone of Halo. Where the masterpiece begins and you feel like you’re in the old Xbox on the top of a mountain. Sounded like an old Nintendo game starting up just so cool.
How does it get more badass then this? The most recognized video game theme of all time, along with being recognized as the "FPS National Anthem".absolutely breathtaking.
The only time guitar work has fitted a game even CLOSE to this well, was Mick Gordons work on the new doom games, and we all know those days are gone now too. Unbelievable work from Steve on this, just sitting there, jamming, seeing what comes out, and casually writing one of the most iconic theme songs of all time while you're at it. Absolutely nuts. Been a Vai fan for years and can't see that ever changing.
All Halo fans.. I hope that Infinite brings us back together like halo 2 and halo 3 once did. Man this is chills Edit: I take this back. I take it all back. Edit edit: I take my take back back.. its doing better.. lol
@@carlweeks2399 I've had my eye on the new gameplay.. It's looking pretty promising. I love the fact that the jumps are higher and the walking/sprinting is slower. Brings me back to the classic feel rather than twitch gaming.
@@rockymountainastro1239 the halo 3 rat has returned, remastered, and reanimated, once again, as I N F I N I T E. R A T enough said, 10/10 game of the year
@@rockymountainastro1239 eh......making it feel old as shit isn't what the majority wants anymore. times change.....just like in world of warcraft. if people wanted the same experience just play master chief collection.....am i right? probably
Had I heard this before the flight I would have been very skeptical but after seeing the week long tech beta. I am 99% certain Infinite will be the game.
I cried thru most of this video. Absolutely amazing. I played so much Halo2 at a really pivotal time in my life with amazing people. The emotion that this brought out was unexpected. The music, their passion, their excitement and knowing now how absolutely iconic it is, this was a treat to watch!
I love that you have an Icon like Nile Rodgers here just looking around at everyone as Steve Vai plays like "Can you believe this?!" ... Real recognises real
I love everyone involved in making and sharing this. This was a total treat to watch. When he just improv'd the actual intro he stuck with around 9:30, I felt goosebumps 11:15-11:29 had such a Floyd Echoes feel to it Holy shiiiiiiiiiiii I WISH they kept 17:04-17:16, that's fire 24:00-24:22 was just incredible 24:55-25:33 was just *PERFECT* and I wish they kept it 25:53 goes metal
Steve vai was pure intuition in this. They captured Vai pretty much just ouitlining the mode the theme is in. like master chief entering a new world and feeling the ground. ITs pure intuition and they captured it. AS much as I love the writing that feeling the sonic ground Mr vai did by playing was not calculated it was just feels natural
I wish we could go back to the times where things like this would happen, when people just had fun making games, and cares about how much people would *enjoy* it, no spreadsheets or metrics required.
I’ve been a Halo fan since 2001. I used to play it with my dad when I was only 4 years old. How am I only just seeing this video for the first time. Can’t believe he nailed the intro on the first attempt 😂😂 unreal
I think that's a producer in the back or something? I just love his reaction when the guitarist starts killing it at 9:22 . His face is just, "YES, this is gonna be it boys" My man actually went from 6 to midnight and had to adjust lol
@Janoy Cresva Being forced to remove videos, his twitter and his own words from the Internet because a shitty company doesn't want him to tell the truth.
@@trevorvolcom7 exactly, no one knows. Not even Marty. I am personally close friends with a higher up dude at 343i, and according to him it was because he was quote "a d|ck". Of which I winced at and personally I don't buy that.
@@Gabe-eu6sk It's actually funny, We both grew up loving Halo, and she specifically fell in love with the music in Halo 2. One time she mentioned how much she LOOOOVED the guitar sections of the theme. I mentioned something like 'oh you know they got Steve Vai for that, and his friend Nile Rodgers got him in on it' and she was like "who?" after a long tirade about who Steve Via is... Showed her the making of i.e. this video - and that was it. It gained a whole new meaning to her and another reason to love it more.
History being made right here. You can see the huge smile on everyone’s face even on the first take. Must’ve been a magical moment. Also cool to see one of the best guitarists learn something even if it is super fast haha.
Damn everyone in that room knew from that moment that had to be in the game! I bet they didn’t realise this was about to go down Into gaming history as one of the best ever themes! Whoever was in that room at the time is so lucky to experience that!
Steve was just mucking about at first to get the vibe, and he came up with one of the most iconic guitar intro's of all time for video game music. Love it!
Wow this always blows my mind! He got the entire idea and every part just from the first play through vibing it on the spot! They took all of that first take and used it wow!!!!!
from min 9 on I just feel Goosebumps , cant believe he naile than at his first try, there are good musicians, great musicians and then prodigies like Steve Vai, this guy is a musical genius I cant believe some can have so much raw talent
Not just nail it but then they used those improv recordings in the song too, it sounds like. It doesn't just sound like him playing the same riffs, it sounds like the same recording.
I was like Michael Scott finding out Toby was back when I heard this rift, if you think it's good sober try smoking dope and listen to that rift again.
@@HerrenGamingNews I cant Exactly remember mate, but I probably was high AF listening to this, either way its so dope how this legendary music came to be.
This is the massive difference between the original and anniversary versions. The original had direction and leaders helping to guide the chaotic Vai. Anniversary, that lady just said, "Mr Vai whatever sounds good to you". Then hits record.
Dude just improvised the sound of an entire generation of the top of his head. What a legend.
makes sense since Marty came up with the original theme for CE on his way to work in the car. Marty, Mike, and Steve just absolutely killed it with their work on Halo. They're unmatched.
Everyone's talking about, Steve, Marty and Nile, but can we appreciate the true hero here? The Cameraman for having the sense and foresight to record this. Absolute legend.
Pretty sure he, or she, did so under the direction of Marty O'Donnell
@@TheEmperorInferno Yep, actually it's Marty's own private camera, he asked Jay Weinland I think to hold it. You can see C Paul Johnson in the background in most of this too btw.
Yes dude absolutely amazing
It's to be understood that if Steve Vai has a guitar in his hand something epic is about to happen and should always be filmed
@Gravemind Cardiophile the fact that you just now found this is amazing. existential video.
"Steve, you mind telling us what you're doing with that guitar?"
"Sir, finishing this track"
best comment
"Can you make this guitar gently weep?"
"No, this guitar needs to fight."
This guitar is a weapon.
LMAO!
Perfect.
Bet you can't stick it.
Beatles and Halo my new favorite combination
Finish the song
Its so cool how you can see the moment Vai begins improvising that first riff, they immediately realize they’ve struck gold.
9:40 was when he really started feeling it
It’s crazy how that happens in the studio. When you realize it’s THE TAKE. It gets you more amped, and things you may not be so keen on doing you just do, and it works.
The gaming equivalent of watching the Mona Lisa be painted
Steve vai basically did the majority of the iconic riffs on the first go. Amazing.
First go, but only after spending a lifetime improvising guitar riffs. 😁
And Christ wept.
The brain in the pruduction is Mr. Nile Rodgers aka The Hit Maker!!!
@@enneff *Also* impressive because niles got on the air guitar and wailed out the riffs that Steve put to the guitar
My thought exactly
A piece of history and they were just vibing when they made it, one of the most iconic songs in video games was made by people just vibing to the music... Legendary!
Not peoples.. Demigods of music making are vibing.. i think this is the right description.
@@st3v3nk3 I was gon a say lol, two of the most iconic guitarists
They don’t call Steve Vai the six string wizard for no reason
Steve Vaibing
Maybe Just Vibing is what companies don't do anymore resulting in shite decisions. Don't decide but vibe.
Nile Rodgers casually suggesting "wee-deedl-doo, weedle-deedl-doo, WEEEE-de-de-de", which is clearly the best part of the song.
I'm sorry can you time stamp where in the video that happens?
@@Moldy_AppleGotchu my man: 19:18
@MrMegaMetroid thanks brother 🙏
9:11 chills everytime
me 2
Every. Fucking. Time.
9:11 never forget
I cant believe he Came up with that on the go🤯🔥
@@HandsDownChinUp he's a fucking legend.
They really think they can just get rid of something on the internet people care about. As soon as Martin O'donnell mentioned deleting his channel most of his videos probably got downloaded and reuploaded.
Myself as well as probably this guy and a lot of others saved them all and have them stored away. Lots of fantastic history in those videos as well as a lot of personal things that are art of their own.
I hope so
@@Cup_70 I've also downloaded a good number of different versions of this exact video so that if they ever get it taken down again, we'll be ready :D
I scraped his entire channel and you can find the uploads if you know where to look.
@@Cup_70 I've really wanted to watch some of the behind the scenes videos Marty recorded at Bungie. It's a shame what happened
9:11-9:29 that dive bomb sounded great in the song, it sounds even better live. Possibly the best dive bomb I've ever heard.
Definitely the most iconic dive bomb
Absolutely disgusting
Greatest guitarist of all time imo
The dive bomb heard round the world, unreal
The Dive Bomb Pointed at the Head of the Universe
I love that Vai says his son is a freak because he is in the top percentiles of the game… It’s like he doesn’t even realize he is one of the greatest guitarists that’s ever lived.
It was late 2002/2003 I believe then this was recorded, I don’t think he meant it in an insulting was it was probably meant as a compliment
Is he? He got beat by some little child in a duel once
@@GeorgeTropicanathis comment .☠️ bro was beaten by the All Valley Champ. Give him some credit 😂
@@GeorgeTropicanaNice! Argument ended
I love the dude behind Steve at 9:11 just gets this wide grin as he hears the drop-in for the first time and has to adjust his seat.
"Well fuck I gotta sit right for the rest of this shit"
"the dude behind steve" is marty o'donnell. he was the composer of the halo ost's
That's Marty o donnel, living Halo legend.
@@cynicalgold9992 that is longtime Bungie audio guy C Paul Johnson, not Marty
Riiight! He nods like "Yup, that's the one!" 🎸
The fact they not only got Steve Vai onto the soundtrack but they also go Breaking Benjamin to do one of the best Halo songs ever. This game is timeless
According to an interview with Marty most of them came to him about wanting to be on the soundtrack, all because all of them either loved playing the original Halo or had some sort of attachment to it
And incubus.
They did the music for the odyssey segment.
And John Mayer, who did the guitar solo in Epilogue.
@@o_manam wait really? John Mayer is my favorite guitarist, never knew this
@@randomguy4781 Halo 2 was the magnum opus of AAA gaming. There will never be a meeting of artistic minds quite like it. Incredible.
I love that a good 70% of the track was just 1st playthrough improv. Iconic. Also I'm real glad these videos have been archived, Bungie are really out here punching down at people responsible for their success
hmm
and marty out here finishing the job??? were never gonna find out why he dissappeared are we
@@chickenman9184 he got threatened by bungie and Microsoft
@Ralof of Riverwood okay but that got resolved, then weeks later after he put that stuff back up he just up and dissapeared off the face of the earth and took everything with him, that's what im talking about
Halo will always be iconic. Not just to the kids that grew up during that time. But it’s impact on video games will never be erased I have seen this video more times than I can recall. Because we salute you halo :)
Had no clue Rodgers was so passionate about Halo like this. So sick seeing how involved he was in the games music
9:15 brought a tear to my eye. That squeal into the opening riff hurts my heart from the years of nostalgia that came pouring in.
If you were a Halo 2 fan before you heard Steve Vai, you would think his music his very "halo 2." But I think thats just because of how much of he put "himself" into this soundtrack. He was feeling it and it was feeling him.
9:09 Look at the smile that lights up on Marty’s face at the end of the riff. He knows thats the one ❤️
I believe Marty is the one wearing yellow
imagine telling a guy to vibe and he pulls this masterpiece out
Steve Vai used to transcribe Frank Zappa songs to paper by ear... then showed it to Zappa who then hired him because he was impressed. straight up genius.
9:11 - the moment a generation of gamers will never forget
It was a national tragedy
To quote my favorite comment from the original upload: "This is like seeing the bible be written in front of me"
I love this. Huge Vai fan, but I've found it rare to see Vai feeling natural and unguarded. He's not in interview or press mode, he doesn't have his show business face on. He's there to contribute as a guest to a project. Refreshing to see this side of him.
Being able to see a musician in the zone is the closest we get to seeing and feeling the pure core of someone. It's a privilege every time.
This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. The fact that you have one of greatest funk guitar players on earth sitting next to one of the most legendary guitar players alive, and we get to literally watch Nile pull the solo out of Vai by waving his hands and just telling him what noises he wants to hear. This is so unbelievably good. This video belongs in the national archives. Seriously.
Imagine improvising perhaps the most iconic passage in the series, one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time. Honestly, as famous and prolific as Vai's career has been, this may be the piece of music he played with the most all time listeners. So Ill - I had never seen this before.
9:15 gave me the biggest genuine smile I’ve had in days. Beautiful.
I had to break the 117 likes mate ;)
I cream my jeans every time
If you look at Marty in the background, he starts smiling at that exact point too
You can see the moment when they all looked at each other like “this was the best idea we’ve ever had”
So the guitar riff was literally freestyled, not written...I don't know his name but the brotha in the hat who said "Let's just vibe and see how it feels" is a genius, made a phenomenal decision right there, and it was caught on video. Subhan'Allah
Nile rogers iconic American producer lol 😂
some of the most amazing and life changing things to have happen with music in every genre, happens when talented individuals just vibe.
@@Jamplays592 I'm not sure how "professionals" do it, but I'm some level of guitarist and a great deal of my writing is basically just vibing and trying to remember what parts I liked. There's obviously an amount of skill and intrinsic understanding of the kind of music you're trying to make that's required to be able to reliably vibe something good, but yeah, I think a good chunk of great music is basically a sum of a few different vibing sessions that get all their best parts put together.
Nile Rogers, guitarist of the band Chic, and legendary producer.
Still one of the most majestic things I've ever seen. To just wing it and get the main theme first try... Steve Vai is a genius.
The room that night must have felt like another dimension.
“lets just vibe” in music this almost always is a good thing
You could say he Vai-bed the greatest soundtrack of all time.
Shut up and take my like
I feel like I just witnessed something more historic than the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Marty at 9:13. "Oh yeah, its all coming together".
9:11 and at that very moment. History had been made.
That sounds... uhh without this context... well i mean it is true
I mean lol look at how you typed it
@@thewisegoat2954 You freaking degenerates you right lmao
Bush did 911
Bungee's fall from grace is truly depressing to see, they went from the internet's favourite game dev to a vision of hubris so strong it would make a greek god cry.
Usually what happens with human history. Way back then and even now that rule remains true.
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
It’s sad. But naturally the corporate structure within the system we have naturally sees outcomes like that.
Videogames for teenagers. Relax
What did they even do?
@@AJ-gk7bn Leaned heavily into monetization and games as a service aka the same as every AAA multiplayer game for the last five years.
This session should be essential music school viewing.
this is legit one of the greatest recording sessions ever I'm sure there's a lot of great ones from tons of talented artists but damn this is basically just a half hour of pure fire lol
9:43-9:50 is one of the coolest things I've ever heard someone do with a guitar.
Not sure how the video was cut but Nile air guitaring and vocalizing what Steve later played was insane and something I didn’t see until now
I love when Nile helps out Steve when he gets stuck on a part and can't figure out how to end it
I wish I could be a kid again and experience 1-3 again for the first time
Yeah brother, don't we all
This makes me sad, it's all I want 😂
It always blows me away how much of his first time through made it into the final version.
Me too i know Steve has played all His life but for some one to be that talented just to nail It on His first Time Is simply.amazing
“Blows you away” i see what you did there
21:00
Steve: "What was that, one more time?"
The whole room: "OohWAHooohhAwwhhaawoooaahw"
15:34 I feel like you have to really be into music to understand their movement here. These two are really feeling the music and it's beyond comprehension. Emotion was poured into the making of this song and that's what makes it so iconic and special. I'm just in disbelief that Vai really nailed the song on the first take, the most legendary part of that song. One more thing, if you listen to a song he made(for the love of god, made in 1990) it really captured this sound towards the end of that song. Crazy to think that was created before this. Truly two amazing pieces and Vai is just an all out amazing guitarist. Best collab in gaming history.
Yeah, when you hear him warming up you can hear him practicing licks and scales that resemble his other songs. But when he goes to play the Halo theme it's that same skill and experience but with a whole new vibe to it. The amount of practice it took to get to this level is unfathomable
He just walks in and lays it down. Utterly amazing.
@@Ferrichrome 40 hours a day
cringe
@@snobrder4evr legit. Like they the holy music gods that can only appreciate it
Saying the magic words to Steve Vibe "Let's Just Vibe" is like saying to the Hulk "Smash"
Doesnt matter if you are a fan of halo or not. This will probably always be the most iconic song of gaming.
20:02 is absolutely fucking insane every time I listen to it.
The section at 23:02 has always been one of my favourite parts of this composition, come back to this video every couple years when it pops up on my youtube recommended. So Fricken Good.
Time to come back
It’s so genius to just have him freestyle over the theme first. Those little things like that long whammy bar to ramp up in the beginning are what make the song so memorable
I wonder if Marty was sitting there as they vibed just thinking, "...holy shit. I'm witnessing a legend."
Takes 1 to know 1. Marty is certainly 1 of those
17:41 onwards is the stuff of myth. Nile just eggin him on and Steve just hit it perfectly.
13:40 - 14:20 that part right there, oh yeah man
oh boi
Got to love reclaimer
I was one of the first people to see this video, the first comment I saw was this one.
The most replayed part is at 9 minutes when he finally gets in the zone of Halo. Where the masterpiece begins and you feel like you’re in the old Xbox on the top of a mountain. Sounded like an old Nintendo game starting up just so cool.
so insane this was recorded. should be in a museum
This is the museum
9:10 hearing that iconic intro just get a pulled from the ether during his improv is absolutely chilling
I just found out like two minutes ago vai wrote this. I never woulda guessed it😂
Not just that but so many other parts of the song too
How does it get more badass then this? The most recognized video game theme of all time, along with being recognized as the "FPS National Anthem".absolutely breathtaking.
Eeeeh, I'd say that E1M1 is this man's Father and the Grandfather of all FPS themes.
@@VoiceOfTheEmperor you’re plain wrong lol
@@biggiecheese5953 Prove me wrong then.
Doom Begs to differ
@@metalheadgamer5751 nah this is better than dooms music to me
The only time guitar work has fitted a game even CLOSE to this well, was Mick Gordons work on the new doom games, and we all know those days are gone now too.
Unbelievable work from Steve on this, just sitting there, jamming, seeing what comes out, and casually writing one of the most iconic theme songs of all time while you're at it. Absolutely nuts. Been a Vai fan for years and can't see that ever changing.
All Halo fans.. I hope that Infinite brings us back together like halo 2 and halo 3 once did. Man this is chills
Edit: I take this back. I take it all back.
Edit edit: I take my take back back.. its doing better.. lol
Flights are out, can confirm it’s perfect (almost)
@@carlweeks2399 I've had my eye on the new gameplay.. It's looking pretty promising. I love the fact that the jumps are higher and the walking/sprinting is slower. Brings me back to the classic feel rather than twitch gaming.
@@rockymountainastro1239 the halo 3 rat has returned, remastered, and reanimated, once again, as
I N F I N I T E. R A T
enough said, 10/10 game of the year
@@rockymountainastro1239 eh......making it feel old as shit isn't what the majority wants anymore. times change.....just like in world of warcraft. if people wanted the same experience just play master chief collection.....am i right? probably
Had I heard this before the flight I would have been very skeptical but after seeing the week long tech beta. I am 99% certain Infinite will be the game.
I cried thru most of this video. Absolutely amazing. I played so much Halo2 at a really pivotal time in my life with amazing people. The emotion that this brought out was unexpected. The music, their passion, their excitement and knowing now how absolutely iconic it is, this was a treat to watch!
It's such an honor to have a signed copy of halo 2 from vai
I don't cry often, but this always brings me to tears.
Every time.
Always
I love that you have an Icon like Nile Rodgers here just looking around at everyone as Steve Vai plays like "Can you believe this?!" ... Real recognises real
Seeing Marty odonells smile when Stevie hits that drop on the guitar is priceless!
That divebomb is carved, burnt, engraved and embossed into my memory.
I wonder if he knows how many of us young boys he had an impact on
I love everyone involved in making and sharing this. This was a total treat to watch.
When he just improv'd the actual intro he stuck with around 9:30, I felt goosebumps
11:15-11:29 had such a Floyd Echoes feel to it
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiii I WISH they kept 17:04-17:16, that's fire
24:00-24:22 was just incredible
24:55-25:33 was just *PERFECT* and I wish they kept it
25:53 goes metal
Steve vai was pure intuition in this. They captured Vai pretty much just ouitlining the mode the theme is in. like master chief entering a new world and feeling the ground. ITs pure intuition and they captured it. AS much as I love the writing that feeling the sonic ground Mr vai did by playing was not calculated it was just feels natural
I wish we could go back to the times where things like this would happen, when people just had fun making games, and cares about how much people would *enjoy* it, no spreadsheets or metrics required.
I’ve been a Halo fan since 2001. I used to play it with my dad when I was only 4 years old. How am I only just seeing this video for the first time. Can’t believe he nailed the intro on the first attempt 😂😂 unreal
You know you're a legend when even Niles freaking Rodgers is fanboying over you with an air guitar.
The sheer level. Of passion that went into this game is just truly beautiful
I think that's a producer in the back or something? I just love his reaction when the guitarist starts killing it at 9:22 . His face is just, "YES, this is gonna be it boys" My man actually went from 6 to midnight and had to adjust lol
Isn't that Marty?
@@Blockistium it is
@@matthewgregory2106 Marty is to the left of Nile. That's Michael in the back I believe.
Hell yeah you can see he knows gold has been struck.
Bungie are bullying Marty
@Janoy Cresva Being forced to remove videos, his twitter and his own words from the Internet because a shitty company doesn't want him to tell the truth.
@@SierraHarmony Whats the "truth"?
@@trevorvolcom7 perhaps why Bungie fired him
@@bigsauce1116 Ya, but what are the reasons? I want to know the truth.
@@trevorvolcom7 exactly, no one knows. Not even Marty. I am personally close friends with a higher up dude at 343i, and according to him it was because he was quote "a d|ck". Of which I winced at and personally I don't buy that.
Steve’s guitar playing here is on Legendary difficulty
Nile, Steve and the camera guy are all legends.
Thank God Nile was such a fan, it really helped bring this together 🙌🏼
So cool to see the creative process taking place between Nile Rogers and Steve Vai. What a great collab!
The sound that defined a generation of gamers, created in a single thirty minute jam session. Truly, we shall never see its like again.
The sacred texts
This has got to be one of the best dive bombs on guitar I have ever seen. Legendary musicians. Legendary soundtrack. Legendary game.
18:00 gives me goosebumps every time
Steve “I need a guitar”
Nile “Right this way”
Did not know Steve did this theme. Now with Halo infinite out, I'm just listening to this in the background as I play.
Thank you. My wife and I wach this video all the time because watching steve vai and nile rodgers make a masterpiece is itself a masterpiece.
I'm the wife. ❤️
Awesome! I wish I could get my girlfriend into this kinda music.
Truer words have never been said
@@Gabe-eu6sk It's actually funny, We both grew up loving Halo, and she specifically fell in love with the music in Halo 2. One time she mentioned how much she LOOOOVED the guitar sections of the theme. I mentioned something like 'oh you know they got Steve Vai for that, and his friend Nile Rodgers got him in on it'
and she was like "who?"
after a long tirade about who Steve Via is...
Showed her the making of i.e. this video - and that was it. It gained a whole new meaning to her and another reason to love it more.
@@DMTastronaut did you have to explain Nile rodgers as well?
History being made right here. You can see the huge smile on everyone’s face even on the first take. Must’ve been a magical moment. Also cool to see one of the best guitarists learn something even if it is super fast haha.
It’s hard to believe how such incredible history was improvised just off the rip like that. True talent!
This is the greatest half hour of music ever. Of all time. Men at work producing absolute greatness.
The sheer creative talent in this video is truly something to behold. You just don't get this kind of stuff anymore.
9:11 history made
The absolute greatest guitar riff intro in video game music ever
Damn everyone in that room knew from that moment that had to be in the game! I bet they didn’t realise this was about to go down
Into gaming history as one of the best ever themes! Whoever was in that room at the time is so lucky to experience that!
only the fans understand what's going on here..that is what mind blowing means
This is insane.
Marty: All right gentlemen...we got Steve booked for the day.
5 minutes later......
Steve: I'm just about done here....
I know, right?!
Steve was just mucking about at first to get the vibe, and he came up with one of the most iconic guitar intro's of all time for video game music. Love it!
Wow this always blows my mind! He got the entire idea and every part just from the first play through vibing it on the spot! They took all of that first take and used it wow!!!!!
Nearly all of it, they faded in and out a few parts from what I can tell but damn, talk about one-take wonder.
Did they though? It sounds more like they went with what he did on the first take but he played it again to perfect it
The smile at 9:17 says it all. They knew they hit gold.
from min 9 on I just feel Goosebumps , cant believe he naile than at his first try, there are good musicians, great musicians and then prodigies like Steve Vai, this guy is a musical genius I cant believe some can have so much raw talent
Not just nail it but then they used those improv recordings in the song too, it sounds like. It doesn't just sound like him playing the same riffs, it sounds like the same recording.
I was like Michael Scott finding out Toby was back when I heard this rift, if you think it's good sober try smoking dope and listen to that rift again.
@@Zyo117 Never noticed it till I read your comment, It pretty much sounds the same. This dude is unbeleivable.
@@HerrenGamingNews I cant Exactly remember mate, but I probably was high AF listening to this, either way its so dope how this legendary music came to be.
@@gabo8954 I'm baked out of my mind and this music is soul piercing!
Marty smiling in the back knowing history is being made
The greatest guitar divebomb in history.
Knowing that iconic intro was just improv and that this is his first playthrough makes it so special.
This is the massive difference between the original and anniversary versions. The original had direction and leaders helping to guide the chaotic Vai.
Anniversary, that lady just said, "Mr Vai whatever sounds good to you". Then hits record.