What is the best Halo game soundtrack?

From the sweeping monastic choir that started it all to brooding orchestral epics, somber jazz noir, and electronic reinventions, these scores span the whole saga. Which one hits hardest? Cast your vote!

1

Halo 3

O'Donnell and Salvatori's piano-driven 2007 score charted on the Billboard 200 and is widely cited as the franchise peak.

1000pts

2

Halo 4

Neil Davidge's 2012 electronic and orchestral reinvention, the first mainline score not by O'Donnell.

551pts

3

Halo Infinite

Curtis Schweitzer and Gareth Coker's 2021 score that revived classic Halo motifs for the open-world entry.

551pts

4

Halo: Reach

Marty O'Donnell's somber, foreboding 2010 score scoring the tragic fall of Reach.

551pts

5

Halo 3: ODST

A melancholic, jazz- and saxophone-infused 2009 noir score departing from the series' heroic tone.

551pts

6

Halo 5: Guardians

Kazuma Jinnouchi's 2015 orchestral and choral score for the divisive fifth mainline entry.

551pts

7

Halo Wars 2

Gordy Haab and Brian Lee White's grand 2017 orchestral score continuing the RTS saga.

551pts

8

Halo 2

The 2004 two-volume soundtrack became the best-selling video game soundtrack in US history and featured guitar work by Steve Vai.

551pts

9

Halo Wars

Stephen Rippy's sweeping 2009 orchestral score for the real-time strategy spin-off.

485pts

10

Halo: Combat Evolved

Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori's franchise-defining 2001 score introduced the iconic monastic Gregorian-chant main theme.

485pts