> and many of its tunes would show up in altered form in Halo Legends.

A far better score than it had any right to be…for the most part. Easily my most interesting discovery of this project.

> Lemme tell you though, when I played Halo 2 last year, those needle-drops slapped me in the face with how out of place they were!

The Incubus one kind of works in context - rock wailing as you fly a spaceship amidst a swirling gas storm.

The other one though, during the battle royale fight on High Charity…oh dear. It’s like a parody of those “when the Doom music kicks in” videos.

> Again, loving this series! Until I started reading this, I didn't realize how little-discussed these were. I'm excited to see your thoughts on these!!

Yeah, would be fascinating to go into the archives and see what - if anything - was posted about Halo 2 back in 2004/05.