# 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!

*By YPB Team · Published June 19, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-halo-game-soundtrack*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Halo 3** — 100% (3 votes · score 1000/1000)
   O'Donnell and Salvatori's piano-driven 2007 score charted on the Billboard 200 and is widely cited as the franchise peak.
2. **Halo 4** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   Neil Davidge's 2012 electronic and orchestral reinvention, the first mainline score not by O'Donnell.
3. **Halo Infinite** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   Curtis Schweitzer and Gareth Coker's 2021 score that revived classic Halo motifs for the open-world entry.
4. **Halo: Reach** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   Marty O'Donnell's somber, foreboding 2010 score scoring the tragic fall of Reach.
5. **Halo 3: ODST** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   A melancholic, jazz- and saxophone-infused 2009 noir score departing from the series' heroic tone.
6. **Halo 5: Guardians** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   Kazuma Jinnouchi's 2015 orchestral and choral score for the divisive fifth mainline entry.
7. **Halo Wars 2** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   Gordy Haab and Brian Lee White's grand 2017 orchestral score continuing the RTS saga.
8. **Halo 2** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2004 two-volume soundtrack became the best-selling video game soundtrack in US history and featured guitar work by Steve Vai.
9. **Halo Wars** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   Stephen Rippy's sweeping 2009 orchestral score for the real-time strategy spin-off.
10. **Halo: Combat Evolved** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori's franchise-defining 2001 score introduced the iconic monastic Gregorian-chant main theme.

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