Category: Rampancy

Lone Wolf from Halo: Reach. Enjoy.

Got some interesting mail from Amazon today. First: Hello from Amazon.com. We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on August 26 2009 (Order# 104-9132614-4806655): “Halo Reach” Estimated arrival date: October 26 2009 Two months ago? That’s great! Send it right away. Sure, the developer says it won’t be out for another year,…

Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net wrap up some loose ends from Halo 3 and look forward to Halo 3: ODST. Also in this episode: special guests, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez of Bungie fansite Bungie Sightings and Cody Miller of High Speed Halo. Show highlights: Is Halo Too…

Here is a transcription of Orbital Drop Shock Trooper from Halo 3: ODST. Credits to Benjamin Bergem aka. The Halo-Dragon for his transcription of this song (http://rampancy.net/blog/HaloDragon/28/11/2009/Orbital_Drop_Shock_Troopers), as I relied rather heavily on his version for the middle section (specifically, bars 69-111, which is almost identical to his version). This version attempts to incorporate more…

This is an extended part not found in “Another Rain”. Benjamin Bergem’s transcription can be used for the rest of the song: http://rampancy.net/blog/HaloDragon/05/10/2009/Another_Rain. After the second “all alone” alto sax solo, insert this music, and then cut back to “Another Rain”. Finale Notepad wouldn’t allow me to have two bass clefs in the staff, so…

Cast Aside, from the track “No Stone Unturned” by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori, for a piano, a string ensemble and an oboe.

WorthPlaying notes that the coupon code ASPYRTHANKS can be used at GameAgent to reduce the price of Wideload Games’ Stubbs the Zombie from $10 to free. Sweet!

Now that I’ve actually gotten my hands on the game, I’ve been able to add some more data to that Google Earth Network Layer for Halo 3: ODST. Each of the 29 audio locations in the Mombasa Streets level are labeled. So far there’s no additional information (screenshots, descriptions) but I will add that as…

Reborn Relic in Halo 3: ODST. The Halo 3 version is longer, I think.

Thanks to Tireces who made this funny Myth vid and put it on Youtube.

Thanks to Tireces who made this funny Myth vid and put it on Youtube.

Over at HBO, Louis Wu notes rolandk73’s submission of sheet music for the Halo theme, arranged for Bb Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. Go check it out at HBO!

Almost forgot– there’s an image gallery to accompany the ASE podcast of Halo 3’s last level, Halo.

This is my arrangement of Marty’s “Another Walk” [as it is called on the CD] (halo 3 OST Track 3 ~3:40) in .MUS format. It includes only the vocals; percussion is in the works, but I find it quite accurate . (done by ear) By the way… I’ve seen other people upload these without ZIPing……

Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net cover from beginning to end, the “Halo” level of Halo 3, discussing art, gameplay, story, and comparisons to Halo 1. Also in this episode: special guest, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez. Show highlights: Coming Full Circle There’s Two Of Us In Here Now…

Three veterans of Bungie LLC (née Bungie Studios, née Bungie Software) are forming a new venture: Moonshot Games. Moonshot was founded by former Halo producer Michael Bastien, Bungie AI programmer Damián Isla and Halo 3 designer/writer Rob Stokes. Also on board is artist Mike McCain. The company’s site says they are going into a quiet…

‘From the Ashes’ by Martin O’Donnell. The first thing you may notice is that you play it twice. Second time is similar to first time played, they just end and start slightly different. You can listen to the song to find out by yourself.

‘Another Rain’ for piano; the first track in ‘The Light at the End’ by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori. Similar to ‘Rain’. Here’s the piece performed on piano by Yatesy82.

I’m not convinced this is the best way to do this as it doesn’t really allow the level of Google Maps interactivity I wanted (multiple simultaneous editing) but it is a possible first step. If you launch Google Earth and choose “Network Link” from the Add menu and type in the URL: http://rampancy.net/sites/rampancy.net/files/mombassa_odst.kml You’ll get…

This is the theme from the announcement trailer for Halo 3: ODST. It’s my first arrangement so I’m sorry for any mistakes/inaccuracies which there probably will be. I transcribed it using Finale notepad 2005 which doesn’t allow me to change key or time signatures in the middle of a piece so that’s why the entire…