There's a good possibility of some great music coming to the Halo world.
A tweet from the HaloWaypoint Twitter account this morning dropped some interesting information:
We're excited to announce our newest member of the 343 family, Audio Director, Sotaro Tojima from Kojima Productions!
Nice. Tojima is a badass, and has previously worked on some of the best sounding games in the business, including Metal Gear Solid 4, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, and many more. I don't know how they landed the composer/sound designer, but I do know it was a good move. Konami games are known for their amazing sound. Halo games? There's that one overplayed theme, and that's it.
I can't wait to see hear what they are working on.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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11:00 AM on 12.08.2009 | 
Tojima is composing music, not designing sound environment.
What I mean by that is he is a composer, not a sound designer, which are very very different
But yes they should try other people for their sound in general, thought Martin O'Donnell is very excellent, and I hope to see coop between Tojima and O'Donnell, could be real sweet
As if Marty hasn't already composed a bunch of great music for the games? Halo 3's original soundtrack is easily some of the best in the industry. And it's definitely more than "one overplayed theme". Almost every other game's soundtrack is extremely forgettable in comparison.
Personally I just think they all mesh together. Not neccesarily bad for consistencies sake but I think ODST proved you can take the Gregorian sound of Halo and do some new things with it.
Personally I'm curious as to whether this hiring is more geared towards their new IP than Halo.
@wh1terav3n, personally I'd give that title to Jeremy Soule.
Credibility ftl.
I think it's a tie between Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori, Jeremy Soule, and whoever it is that did the chocobo song from Final Fantasy.
That would be my pick for greatest composer in the video game industry, Nobuo Uematsu.
I knew it began with a U. I don't really like any FF games after the first one, but the music is really good.
I'm excited to see what this will entail.
It's 343 Studios hiring the guy, not Bungie.
"why would you want to replace him/reduce his work to nothing?"
Reading the article will show you that the Konami Composer is being hired by 343 Studuios, not Bungie. They'll be making Halo games when Bungie have moved on after Reach. So Marty's work on Halo would be reduced to nothing anyways, as he'll be presumably doing other stuff with Bungie.
This is fantastic news; for me, it's the first sign that Microsoft is actually taking Halo semi-seriously. 343 Studios worried me as I figured we'd be seeing crap like "Master Chief Kart Racing" or "Covenant Tennis XBLA". Hiring a fantastic composer is a sign that they're at least willing to hire talent.
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Super+Mario+Galaxy+composer
Oh. Never mind then. Carry on.
Woooooooow, I know it's cool to hate Halo here on Dtoid, but I've never read something more ignorant in my life. No offense Dale, I like your posts usually, but that was just straight-up fucking arrogant. Even Halo haters (Some in this very post) agree that Halo has some of the best soundtrack work in gaming. ODST was beautiful, and and example of how game music can hang with the best movie soundtracks. Like, damn dude, that was a cheap-shot at arguably one of the better games when it comes to sound, period.
You know, if you listen to his work, there's obviously more than just that theme song. Do work Dtoid, do work.
Dale: in the quoted tweet, it says Tojima is an "audio director," not a composer. Though he may be working on some music for Halo Waypoint and related projects, the tweet makes it seem as though he's working on more than just music. Or am I wrong?
Whatever the case, I'm pleased for the Halo people. Kojima Productions does some of the best audio work in the business, musical or otherwise.
You're joking right?
Shame that you don't like the Halo score, but to each his own, I suppose. Still, you do have my "overexaggeration of the day" award ;)
Are you serious? Marty O'Donnell is a great composer and has done some excellent work for Bungie. The music is the only thing that has been consistently amazing throughout the series, and that's because he's been there since Halo:CE.
I call Chester.
Technically, Marty's been around since Myth. He's one of the longest-employed people at Bungie.
Damn, I didn't know that. Then again, Bungie wasn't even on my radar until Halo came out. Weird fact: I used to date a girl from Naperville, IL that was at one time Marty's neighbor.
With the release of ODST, making a statement like "there's that one overplayed theme, and that's it" is nothing short of ignorant. I strongly encourage you to listen to the soundtrack, it's really fantastic.