Top Five Video Game Soundtracks Part 2

<p>So far we&&num;8217&semi;ve had the old school &lpar;Tetris&rpar;&comma; the beloved Mario Franchise&comma; and some of the greatest RPG&&num;8217&semi;s ever created&comma; the Elder Scrolls&&num;8217&semi;&colon; Morrowind and Skyrim&comma; make our list&comma; and now it&&num;8217&semi;s time for number two in our countdown of the top five video game soundtracks of all time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>2&rpar; Halo&colon; Combat Evolved<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 256px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;File&colon;Halobox&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><img class&equals;"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title&equals;"Halo&colon; Combat Evolved" alt&equals;"Halo&colon; Combat Evolved" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;en&sol;b&sol;b7&sol;Halobox&period;jpg" width&equals;"256" height&equals;"331" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Photo credit&colon; Wikipedia&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In many ways Halo&colon; Combat Evolved revolutionized gaming&period; First and foremost&comma; a strong argument can be made that without Halo&comma; the Xbox simply doesn&&num;8217&semi;t achieve nearly the same level of success&comma; which could have changed the entire course of gaming history&period; Remember&comma; the original Xbox was Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s first foray into console gaming&comma; and ultimately Halo made the Xbox very desirable&comma; paving the way for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One&period; It can also be said that without the Halo Franchise&comma; Xbox live wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be as successful&comma; or what it is&comma; today &lpar;flaws and all&rpar;&comma; because without Halo&&num;8217&semi;s successful multiplayer and subsequently Halo 2&&num;8217&semi;s very successful multiplayer&comma; the demand for a way to connect to other gamers just wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be there&period; Pretty heady stuff&&num;8230&semi; This isn&&num;8217&semi;t to say that the <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Halo &lpar;series&rpar;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Halo&lowbar;&percnt;28series&percnt;29" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Halo franchise<&sol;a> is untouchable or undeserving of criticism&period; For all of it&&num;8217&semi;s success&comma; the argument can be made that the franchise&comma; along with many others&comma; has been milked to death and the games just aren&&num;8217&semi;t as good as they used to be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now it may seem as though the above mentioned is needless exposition&comma; but I assure you&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s crucial to understanding why Halo comes in at number two in our countdown&period; A game simply doesn&&num;8217&semi;t become as successful as Halo does without being the total package&comma; and you can&&num;8217&semi;t be the total package if you don&&num;8217&semi;t have great music&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s where <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Martin O'Donnell" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Martin&lowbar;O&percnt;27Donnell" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Marty O&&num;8217&semi;Donnell<&sol;a> comes in&period; He delivers a breath-taking array of dramatic tone-stetting pieces&comma; tailored masterfully to suit each level&comma; sucking us into the dark mysteries of Halo&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s face it&comma; while the graphics were great for its time&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s not as though they were hyper-realistic&comma; nor were any back then really&period; Therefore&comma; it meant that we as gamers had to fill in the blanks a bit more&comma; use our imaginations&period; A really great soundtrack helps fill in those blanks and makes the story more compelling&period; It also makes the story seem more organic&comma; especially when graphics alone cannot do the job&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s what makes Halo&&num;8217&semi;s soundtrack so good&period; It does all these things and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Throughout the years the Halo franchise has had some seriously good music&period; From the original&comma; <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Gregorian chant" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Gregorian&lowbar;chant" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Gregorian chant<&sol;a> style intro&comma; to various rock adaptations&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ve enjoyed it all&comma; but sometimes you gotta go with the original&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s why Halo&colon; Combat Evolved comes in at number two on our countdown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Up next is the last installment in our countdown&comma; number one&period; Until then&comma; enjoy the original soundtrack from Halo&colon; Combat Evolved&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;