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@@jiffjifferson5365 Halo 2 on MCC has been booming for years and still is.. can get a match in .5 seconds. My guess it's the same with H3. Everyone loses friends, you make new ones.
What is your favorite Halo memory? I'll start... Returning from college to my hometown one summer, reunited with old friends for an epic gaming night. We stayed up all night playing Halo splitscreen multiplayer. Pizza. Mountain Dew. Accusations of "screen looking" and tons of laughter. Gaming with the boys hit different back then...
The endless hours me and my friends spent playing though the campaigns of the bungie games. Bungie made a phenominon which to me was unlike any other gaming experience. To this day i still play the original games and still feel lucky to experience them
I remember so many great online games played with a good buddy in high school. We’d go over to his house and play for hours. CtF, BTB, and Swat. So many memories in his room with his dog Duke hanging out with us.
@4myeyesonly thank you. I did my best. He was in college and I took a vacation to see him and spent a few days with him. That was my introduction to the Xbox and Halo. It was shortly after they both released for the first time. We had a lot of fun.
I know you all feel it too: the nostalgia for a simpler time. You can still see your buddies' laughing faces, like they're frozen in time, and you miss the ones that have gone on. Without shame, I cry nearly every time I hear this song.
@@tbunreall The Halo games that Bungie made had such an influence on my brothers and I growing up. I remember staying up until the early hours of the morning, pounding cans of Mountain Dew during our Halo parties down in the basement on old CRT tvs, saving up money to buy chunky "flat screen" tvs. Ah shit, the nostalgia
Playing Halo 3, CoD 4, and WoW TBC all in the same weekend was legendary. Never forget where you came from, let the memories be the light in the darkness.
Good ol Jesus Christ is my light in the darkness, tho i'll never forget the days of actually good cod and halo games. Hopefully we all get the chance to enjoy gaming like that once more before this life ends.
Amen, brother! Sadly I missed out on the glory days of Halo, but this pales in comparison to what's ahead walking with Jesus! Not that I wouldn't love for Halo to be respected again ;)
Playing in the barracks with my buddies. Same split screen, cheating, pizza, lots of yelling and laughing and getting yelled at by the duty NCO for being too loud. Wouldn’t have traded it for anything.
Halo is the reason me and my best friend are in the army right now. We went from fanning over it back in fifth grade to serving in the military in the same unit together to this day. Halo was something magical and still is to this day.
Never Forget is probably one of my favorite pieces of music to ever exist in video games. It helped me realize that game music was just as beautiful as classical pieces like that of Mozart or Debussy.
Hearing this threw me straight back to 2004, Release day of Halo 2 (where the theme for this piece - Unforgotten - was first featured) is burned into my mind forever. So many great memories playing together with my mates, 4 XBoxes hooked to old CRT TVs, racing in splitscreen teams to co-op through the campaign. I remember waiting for Frankie's updates on the old bungie blog, the old Bungie team all felt like our friends too. Some of us have passed away, most have grown apart in life, but I'll always cherish those days. Gaming and the Internet have changed. Wake me. When you need me.
I was born in 2004 but still had the experience of playing Halo CE, 2, and 3 on their respective launch consoles. CE on the original XBOX was something else. I can barely remember that controller now. I mostly played COD, Halo, Zelda, Mario, and Minecraft in those early years. I sunk an untold number of hours into those games. I can't even imagine it now.
definitely made a grown man cry. I was young when Halo 3 came out but it was my first game with my first 360 after playing halo CE and 2 on my brothers original xbox. I would come home from school after the bullying and making little friends to being able to forget it all and have fun with my xbox friends on Halo. The game literally saved my life more than a few times with how dark it got so it forever holds a place in my heart.
I played Halo, but it wasn't my game of choice. One day, me and my best friends were playing against each other, and during our match I grabbed a Banshee. I was a complete noob; didnt know the controls to save my life. I had it for maybe 10 seconds and accidentally ejected myself out. I landed right next to my friend and started firing out him, when out of nowhere my Banshee landed on him, crushing him. I kept the recording, but forgot about it when i sold my 360, losing all proof of it happening. I'll never forget that moment.
Thank you for the tab, will be purchasing to support. Definitely made a grown man cry. My brother and I used to play this together before he passed away. I've always wanted to play this tune. Never Forget.
Appreciate you. I’m so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful way to honor him. Let me know if you run into any problems and need help getting the piece under your fingers
Halo 2 and Halo 3 LAN parties are still, to this day, some of the best and greatest memories ever. Hanging with your friends, staying up late, eating junk food, and just having an amazing time together. Makes you miss the days of youth when times were a bit easier 😢 Bravo! One of the best renditions of a Halo song I’ve ever heard. Period.
god i love the og community. yall are some sensitive, sentimental, passionate, creative, inspiring and admirable people. this is beyond beautiful. the halo 3 days will always be some of my favourite memories as a kid. Halo made me Believe. Never Forget.
Split screen halo 1 with all the guys together in middle/high school. Before life got more serious and everyone got into drinking, partying, etc. Just good simple times. Man, where has time gone.
My childhood wasn’t terrible, but I lived in a broken home with divorced parents. I would constantly be afraid of the power being shut off and I would find myself sitting outside my mom’s room wondering what I could do to make her stop crying. My brother took out his stress on me and I would run away from home more than once. My dad is a great man, but due to the legal system siding with moms, he only got to see me every other weekend. I bring all this up because the only time I felt peace was when I played Halo or listened to the OST from the games. I still find peace playing Halo and listening to the game’s OSTs. I also met my best friends on Halo 3.
Never forget is by far my favorite Halo theme, I can hardly listen to it without weeping, it's so heavy, but so beautiful, so many memories... You made my day sir, thank you
First booting up Halo 2 as a kid on my mums original Xbox. Never played the online like the rest of you guys did... But Halo means so damn much to me. The first game I ever played that made me give a damn about the story, made me realise that characters mean something in a narrative... And during the darker bits of my childhood it was partly my investment in these games that kept a smile on my face, to this day Halo is without a doubt my favourite IP and always will be for the memories of playing Reach firefight 'round my mates house, discussing the Halo 2 story with my brother while between homes... My love for this series goes beyond words, one of the few things I feel comfortable crying about-
A cold white window morning, a hot coffee in hand, the sun just breaking the horizon casting it's rays across the valley. A melody plays in the background, a familiar and nostalgic one. A tear begins to form in the eye as you are reminded of the simpler times. The times of ease where the only thing that mattered was the next time we got to play the game. Beautifully done. Fight on Spartans.
17 years old when 3 released. The memories and friends for life I have made through that game, man....and here I am now with 2 kids and engaged to the love of my life. Halo is something that will always be a part of my life. I've been there since 01 with CE and the original Xbox with the Duke controller. This was beauty played, buddy. Thank you🫡
God... You managed to pour so much emotioninto that melody in 1:30 that shivers went down my spine... love how you arranged it to add the extra notes here and there, I feel like it really allowed for more emotiveness. brava!
A tune from a time I consider to be among the _best_ _days_ _of_ my life.... The golden age of video games - a time when life felt so much more simple.
I've said this a hundred times and I'll say it a thousand more: Halo (Bungie only) has the best OST of all videogames, and one of the best of multimedia in general. The games are amazing, and they were so innovative in many ways at the time, absolute masterpieces, but the music, wow. By itself, it narrates the journey of a hero, an epic, yet melancholic one. With the games, it becomes *your* journey, which to many of us, who played it for the first time being kids, meant a lot. I know Halo shaped my taste for stories, games and music. But it did not stop there, as I know it shaped a part of my character, and I learnt many things from it, such as: - If you find difficulties in the way, that's the right track, you have to keep pushing. - No matter the odds, you can turn them with a good plan, faith and maybe a little bit of help. - It's not about what you *say* you can do, but what you really do. And my old time favorite: "Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it". Not one favorite memory, but a lifetime remembering the Chief and the Noble team, knowing damn well I took a part of them and have it with me. I know it's not that complex or perfect of a story, but that's not the important part. When I was a kid, it was *my story*, and it had the best music it could. I know I'm not the only one, so I salute you, Spartan.
2001 I was 10 years old. My uncle just got it and was talking to his friends on the phone and bragging about how he beat it on legendary. I waited til he left for vacation that night and played it all night long.
Loved playing halo reach, 1, 2, 3 and 4 with all my siblings as I grew up. From when i was 10 up to when i was 14 years old I played with my 5 siblings (their ages varied from 23-8) at different times over the years. Either 1 on 1 or all together over those 4 years. Core memories i will NEVER forget. Thank you for letting me remember those happy moments ♥️🙂
This song marked an end of an era. (Partially because I stopped playing Halo then and also the reviews for the next games lol). If they had left it there with the story unknown it would still be one of the greatest game series ever. Oh, also good guitar playing.
This brings up so many memories... I was so young, so foolish to think it would last. Now that Im older I can only look back with fondness and tears in my eyes. We had it so good back then.
This song, and honestly the opening song to Halo Wars "Spirit of Fire" are the ones that get me every time. Hell, I even miss the opening to Halo 4 at this point.
Favorite halo memory …playing the very first one with my dad. Start to finish, we spent the entire day playing the campaign. That really sets the bar as a father.
This was the song I had in mind when I saw the title of this video. Absolutely beautiful. These games mean so much to me, and the music is a gigantic part of that. Tears. ❤
I remember playing halo three with my twin for the very first time; being mostly pissed that I, was in fact, not getting to play master chief and instead playing as the arbiter, but it was probably the closest ive ever felt to my twin, staying up past bed time trying to save the world while eating the whole house down hahahahhahaha
Holy freakin cow that was soooo amazing! One of my all time favorites! This song strikes at my center, bro- soooo many good memories playing H2 and H3!
This piece brings back strong memories of visiting my nan in a hospice, where I became friends with a kid visiting his mom, he was always there. I took my Xbox in and used to play with him in the rec room. After my nan passed, I left him with my Xbox and a copy of Halo 3. The hospice later called to return it a few days later. Poor kiddo.
I remember playing H3 on my 120 inch projector screen in the dark. Sometimes I would just sit there and let the music play on the home screens over and over again-like I was watching a movie knowing this was the last Halo game series I would play all the way to hardcore. Great story with great music!
while I still may be in my teens, this song hit me with so much nostalgia from when I watched my father and older brothers playing this game, I'm so sad I missed the golden days of halo because those games are truly the greatest
i remember being 9-10 just staring at the title screen listening to this on repeat and man it would always move me to tears. i dont know why still dont other than its just a beautiful piece of music. and damn did you play perfectly
It's not Halo, but a couple days ago I got kicked out of my gaming group of almost 5 years. The reasons don't matter and I'm trying to move past it with grace, but this video reminded me that I'll probably never again have a game night like the ones I had with them. No more late night talks, no more shootin the shit, no more out-of-pocket conversations with people I knew by voice and gamertag. You've made a beautiful rendition of a song that pulls at heartstrings and summons tears, and I applaud you for that.
Watching the Halo 3 trailers over and over and over back in 2007 as a high schooler. Playing all night with my brothers. Back when things were easier. Playing with some of the best dudes I have ever met back in the infancy of xbox live on Halo 2. Spending hours finding new super jumps and breaking out of maps. Playing ranked team doubles trying to get to that ever elusive level 40 lol. Playing Swat with some of my best friends on the MCC and just absolutely snoozing enemy teams left and right. Pre ordering Halo 3 Forge. Everything Forge. Playing the original ‘Infection’ game type where you had to manually change your team when you got killed by the ‘zombie/ infected’ player with the sword. Halo 2 campaign remastered. Absolute legendary masterpiece. I could honestly go on for legitimately hours lol. That line is cliche and overused but I sincerely mean it. I have been playing Halo since the original CE demo dropped. In face I still have the original CE demo on my laptop right now. Playable, no native controller support and looking like trash. But damn does it take me back. I have several 10’s of thousands of hours of gameplay in across all Halo’s and could speak for almost just as long about all of it. Damn. Time flies. Now im married with a 8 month old in a house with a career… Id never change what I have for the world. Ever. But every now and then, part of me wishes to go back. To experience The Flood for the very first time again?!?! Are you kidding me?? What I wouldn’t give for that experience again. To hear Chief say “Sir, finishing this fight” for the first time again?!?! To hear Cortana say “unfortunately for us both, I like crazy for the first time again?!?! What I would give to go back to all of that. To a simpler time again. But thats the problem. I cant. And I never will be able to. But, I can give that to my son. I can give him the simple times. Where all he has to worry about is enjoying life and making friends and maybe playing a game with his dear old dad. If I can give him the firsts that I wish I could go back and have, thats the next best thing. Damn man. I didn’t think Id get into all of this commenting on here lol. I completely forgot what the original question was by now🤣. Cheers guys
The song reminds me of when i had friends to talk to and play Xbox live with every day. You can still do that but back when it was halo 2 or 3 or even reach, it was totally different. They were the best of times. Halo really was one of the best games that brought people together.
That is beautiful! I am a heretic as I never finished Halo but I appreciate a lovely, emotive, tune when I hear one :) For me I suppose the equivalent, as a Guild Wars 2 player, is "Fear Not This Night" sung by Asja Kadric. It's the closing song of the main story and even now it still brings tears to my eyes. I think, as others have noted in the comments about this Halo piece, it is because, somehow, Fear Not This Night takes me back to the loss of a loved one.
I'm speechless. All I can say is.. thank you. I don't know how this ended up in my feed, but this was a burst of old memories I've not thought of in so long.❤
I was born too late to share this nostalgia everyone has, but as least I get to see other people remember these memories, whether they be happy or sad. It is good to occasionally reminisce about the past.
This always makes me think of my best friend and I beating Reach on legendary together and just sitting there destroyed after how powerful that ending is. Looking back at that will forever be one of the most impactful times I've ever had with a game. Never forget
this is amazing. I grew up on Halo. I was a freshman in high school when halo 2 came out and made some great friends. when halo 3 came out, Cody and I was the Best Duo team that I've ever been apart of, we would consistently get 20 and 30 unalivings every game. but a year out of high school, he developed a brain tumor, he didnt have the strength to play anymore. its been 14 years since I lost my duo partner. he never got to play Halo4,Halo5 or Halo Infinite. so I urge everyone that has a squad, no matter the game you play, tell them how much you appreciate them and make as many memories with them as you can cause you never know when you might not hear from them again.
I just turned 22 recently, my favorite memory with halo is the first time I played a halo game which was halo 3. I’ll never forget it. My dad at the time liked to play video games and had bought himself an Xbox 360. Me and my younger brother by 4 years had already had experience with video games because he had given us his ps2 when he replaced it with the 360. Anyway, I remember my dad calling us to the living room and telling us to try this new game. It was a local slayer match 1v1 on the map snow bound. I was completely blown away by how the game looked and how it played. From then on me and my brother would play a ton of games on the 360. Especially halo games, and especially halo 3. To this day I can’t help but associate my brother with the arbiter because he was always my player 2. More than that, it was only in the last couple of years that I realized there were differences in the coop and solo campaigns of halo 3, because I had only ever played it with him. God damn amazing times.
Brother your guitar playing sounds amazing, but I just have to say I came from your halo theme song video from two years ago to this one and you look like a whole new man. Looking and sounding good brother, keep up the good work!
Ahhh man this takes me back!! Me and my 2 best friends would play slayer until the sun came up. I remember watching my friend playing the campaign on a little 19 inch HD ready monitor when a banshee explodes. He turned to me and said "That's why I love halo" and I've been hooked ever since, TANK BEATS EVERYTHING
Beautiful piece. I'll be honest, i don't know much about the halo franchise music other than the main theme, but I could feel so much emotions through your playing. thanks a lot
Started CE when I was 8 years old, and I still haven't had a gaming experience that has topped the Halo series in my whole life. I feel so lucky to have been part of it, and so sad that those days are far behind me now.
Hearing this song makes me want to go back to the golden age and relive those experiences as an adult. I was only 8 when Halo 3 came out and all I had was Halo 2. On a console where Xbox live no longer works. It wasn’t until 2012 was when I got the Xbox 360. By then the Halo Magic was all but gone. It was the dawn of the new Halo Era, 343. I remember just playing on Halo Reach on the last remaining days and meeting amazing people. Most of which were older than I was. Yet they still played with me. I guess I mature a lot due to their presence. Now I’m 25 years old and I miss those memories. Ones I can never recreate again in the current times. I guess the older you get, the more reluctant you are to accepting new things and you just want to default to what you’re comfortable with.
I miss my XboxLive buddies from 2008-2010, especially that drug addict from Florida who helped me get to rank 45 in ranked doubles. He's probably dead or in prison by now. May we play Halo again one day Qballisballin
I've never played any Halo game. That said, many years ago i was going on a road trip with 2 friends to go to one of their weddings and I was his best man. The other friend brought along a CD copy of the Halo OST. We played in for a few half the trip. Fast forward about 5 years, I had boughten the OST from iTunes, and I loved "Unforgotten". My dad died at home, and my mom and I were numb even though we knew he was going to die soon due to health reasons. The guys who remove a corpse from a home (I dont remember their title) had just left a few minutes earlier, when I turned on my pc and played a custom playlist of soft music. This was the first song to come on. From that time on, any time I listen to music to go to sleep or to relax, this song is on the playlist somewhere and I almost always have a memory of my dad before he died.
Wow... I miss it so much. I miss being a kid, being innocent and full of bliss. Those massive sleepovers, all the laughter, the Mountain Dew, pizza, gaming consoles and even computer rigs for LAN parties, MTG, DnD, all of it. It was such an absolute blast. I miss you guys so much. Those memories mean the world to me. We were all brothers. I'll always cherish those moments we had.
Being born in 2004, I arrived to the game late. But I'll never forget being in the lobbies with my friends eating pizza while on the 360. Some of the best times I ever had was from the constant banter on vc, or the random shenanigans you can do with a ghost. I couldn't trade those days for anything, and I miss them so much
i was fortunate to come to the gaming age as Reach was releasing and fell in love with Halo, I immediately went back and bought a copy of every Halo title I could find and managed to play during the last years of H3 multiplayer all the way to H4. Even though I got a PS when that next gen came out I still miss halo and love to relive those days on my 360 all the time.
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Immediate tears ... Halo 3 year was the last year all my friends still hung out...
Relatable.. everyone moved on with life. Halo 2 and 3 were the best moments of my childhood
@@jiffjifferson5365 Halo 2 on MCC has been booming for years and still is.. can get a match in .5 seconds. My guess it's the same with H3. Everyone loses friends, you make new ones.
@@jiffjifferson5365 Same man
@@Nimoot i still use my master cheif themed butt plug every now and again for old time sake
Kids today will never know, or understand.
What is your favorite Halo memory? I'll start... Returning from college to my hometown one summer, reunited with old friends for an epic gaming night. We stayed up all night playing Halo splitscreen multiplayer. Pizza. Mountain Dew. Accusations of "screen looking" and tons of laughter. Gaming with the boys hit different back then...
The endless hours me and my friends spent playing though the campaigns of the bungie games. Bungie made a phenominon which to me was unlike any other gaming experience. To this day i still play the original games and still feel lucky to experience them
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Halo 1 is one of the best games ever made.
@@ChoXen7 halo reach hit so differently then the others and it was so special
I remember so many great online games played with a good buddy in high school. We’d go over to his house and play for hours. CtF, BTB, and Swat. So many memories in his room with his dog Duke hanging out with us.
So many memories. Rest in peace little brother.
Sorry for your loss, Sir.
Sorry for your loss, sir. Now you’re little bro is watching over you🙌🏽 May he rest in paradise
@@Distruptofficial thank you.
I bet you were an awesome big brother to play halo with.
@4myeyesonly thank you. I did my best. He was in college and I took a vacation to see him and spent a few days with him. That was my introduction to the Xbox and Halo. It was shortly after they both released for the first time. We had a lot of fun.
I know you all feel it too: the nostalgia for a simpler time. You can still see your buddies' laughing faces, like they're frozen in time, and you miss the ones that have gone on. Without shame, I cry nearly every time I hear this song.
I was too young to be there during the golden days for Halo, but I can tell just by the music that I missed something big
Ya, it's quite the shame to see what one of the greatest franchises ever has become
@@tbunreall The Halo games that Bungie made had such an influence on my brothers and I growing up. I remember staying up until the early hours of the morning, pounding cans of Mountain Dew during our Halo parties down in the basement on old CRT tvs, saving up money to buy chunky "flat screen" tvs. Ah shit, the nostalgia
Sorry you missed it. Very fond memories
I was able to live in it during the reach era before 343 and let me tell you..even then it was glorious
I spent so much of my 5th - 8th grade years on Halo 3 alone or with buddies. Very glad I was the age I was when it was in its prime. 🥲
Playing Halo 3, CoD 4, and WoW TBC all in the same weekend was legendary. Never forget where you came from, let the memories be the light in the darkness.
Good ol’ TBC
Goddamn dude….. My 30 year old ass just shed a tear.
I just got choked up…. couldn’t have said it better man
Good ol Jesus Christ is my light in the darkness, tho i'll never forget the days of actually good cod and halo games. Hopefully we all get the chance to enjoy gaming like that once more before this life ends.
Amen, brother! Sadly I missed out on the glory days of Halo, but this pales in comparison to what's ahead walking with Jesus!
Not that I wouldn't love for Halo to be respected again ;)
RIP Brad, I miss our campaigns together. You were such a good friend. Never Forget
Playing in the barracks with my buddies. Same split screen, cheating, pizza, lots of yelling and laughing and getting yelled at by the duty NCO for being too loud. Wouldn’t have traded it for anything.
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Halo is the reason me and my best friend are in the army right now. We went from fanning over it back in fifth grade to serving in the military in the same unit together to this day. Halo was something magical and still is to this day.
The Duty NCO needs something to do. 😂😂
Just described almost every Friday night during tech school at Shepard AFB. Good times man. A lifetime ago.
“For us, the storm has passed. The war is over. And let us *never forget* those who journeyed into the howling dark, and did not return.”
-Lord Hood
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Never Forget is probably one of my favorite pieces of music to ever exist in video games. It helped me realize that game music was just as beautiful as classical pieces like that of Mozart or Debussy.
Such an unfortunate name in our current society
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Hearing this threw me straight back to 2004, Release day of Halo 2 (where the theme for this piece - Unforgotten - was first featured) is burned into my mind forever. So many great memories playing together with my mates, 4 XBoxes hooked to old CRT TVs, racing in splitscreen teams to co-op through the campaign. I remember waiting for Frankie's updates on the old bungie blog, the old Bungie team all felt like our friends too.
Some of us have passed away, most have grown apart in life, but I'll always cherish those days. Gaming and the Internet have changed.
Wake me. When you need me.
I was born in 2004 but still had the experience of playing Halo CE, 2, and 3 on their respective launch consoles. CE on the original XBOX was something else. I can barely remember that controller now.
I mostly played COD, Halo, Zelda, Mario, and Minecraft in those early years. I sunk an untold number of hours into those games. I can't even imagine it now.
definitely made a grown man cry. I was young when Halo 3 came out but it was my first game with my first 360 after playing halo CE and 2 on my brothers original xbox. I would come home from school after the bullying and making little friends to being able to forget it all and have fun with my xbox friends on Halo. The game literally saved my life more than a few times with how dark it got so it forever holds a place in my heart.
I’m glad you at least got to see some halo 3 at least.
I played Halo, but it wasn't my game of choice. One day, me and my best friends were playing against each other, and during our match I grabbed a Banshee. I was a complete noob; didnt know the controls to save my life. I had it for maybe 10 seconds and accidentally ejected myself out. I landed right next to my friend and started firing out him, when out of nowhere my Banshee landed on him, crushing him. I kept the recording, but forgot about it when i sold my 360, losing all proof of it happening. I'll never forget that moment.
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That’s awesome, what a funny memory. Total halo moment.
Halo surprises it's players with sudden and random moments that stay memories for a lifetime. Such beautiful moments are something you never forget.
We believe you
Thank you for the tab, will be purchasing to support. Definitely made a grown man cry. My brother and I used to play this together before he passed away. I've always wanted to play this tune. Never Forget.
Appreciate you. I’m so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful way to honor him. Let me know if you run into any problems and need help getting the piece under your fingers
@@BeyondTheGuitarjust adding to the reasons you’re one of the best classical content creators out there!
He’s just missing in action. Spartans never die.
@@Kino_pup you're goddamn right brother
Cheft 117 courage to not give up on cortana dont lose your spark Spartan salute to a fallen soldier❤❤
Halo 2 and Halo 3 LAN parties are still, to this day, some of the best and greatest memories ever. Hanging with your friends, staying up late, eating junk food, and just having an amazing time together. Makes you miss the days of youth when times were a bit easier 😢
Bravo! One of the best renditions of a Halo song I’ve ever heard. Period.
god i love the og community. yall are some sensitive, sentimental, passionate, creative, inspiring and admirable people. this is beyond beautiful. the halo 3 days will always be some of my favourite memories as a kid. Halo made me Believe. Never Forget.
This took me back more than i anticipated ...
Split screen halo 1 with all the guys together in middle/high school. Before life got more serious and everyone got into drinking, partying, etc. Just good simple times.
Man, where has time gone.
@@DrJoey723 i miss that, playing Lan party on halo, loser has to jack off the other dudes
Were it so easy...
I am happy that I still call my Halo buddies friends to this day. We grew up with each other, ya know?
This and Cortana's theme can always put a lump in my throat
4 couches back to back, 4 tvs, screen looking, mountain dew Halo edition. 16 people playing smack down(no shooting). If I could turn back time
@@chriswilliams7601 mountain dew, halo, and a bottle of lube is the best way to spend an evening with the bros
@@rustyshaklefurd4700 Nah that's just weird bro
@@King_Sus im just playin, the only crazy halo thing we did was whoever lost TDM had to taste the master chief themed butt plug after everyone used it
@@rustyshaklefurd4700 Lmfao were you playing at a harem or summin XD
@@King_Sus no it was my uncles house
My childhood wasn’t terrible, but I lived in a broken home with divorced parents. I would constantly be afraid of the power being shut off and I would find myself sitting outside my mom’s room wondering what I could do to make her stop crying. My brother took out his stress on me and I would run away from home more than once. My dad is a great man, but due to the legal system siding with moms, he only got to see me every other weekend.
I bring all this up because the only time I felt peace was when I played Halo or listened to the OST from the games. I still find peace playing Halo and listening to the game’s OSTs. I also met my best friends on Halo 3.
Same here dude. Mine was broken af but halo transported me away. I actually felt happy
Never forget is by far my favorite Halo theme, I can hardly listen to it without weeping, it's so heavy, but so beautiful, so many memories... You made my day sir, thank you
Instantly takes you back...
First booting up Halo 2 as a kid on my mums original Xbox. Never played the online like the rest of you guys did... But Halo means so damn much to me.
The first game I ever played that made me give a damn about the story, made me realise that characters mean something in a narrative... And during the darker bits of my childhood it was partly my investment in these games that kept a smile on my face, to this day Halo is without a doubt my favourite IP and always will be for the memories of playing Reach firefight 'round my mates house, discussing the Halo 2 story with my brother while between homes... My love for this series goes beyond words, one of the few things I feel comfortable crying about-
A cold white window morning, a hot coffee in hand, the sun just breaking the horizon casting it's rays across the valley. A melody plays in the background, a familiar and nostalgic one. A tear begins to form in the eye as you are reminded of the simpler times. The times of ease where the only thing that mattered was the next time we got to play the game.
Beautifully done.
Fight on Spartans.
17 years old when 3 released. The memories and friends for life I have made through that game, man....and here I am now with 2 kids and engaged to the love of my life. Halo is something that will always be a part of my life. I've been there since 01 with CE and the original Xbox with the Duke controller. This was beauty played, buddy. Thank you🫡
God... You managed to pour so much emotioninto that melody in 1:30 that shivers went down my spine... love how you arranged it to add the extra notes here and there, I feel like it really allowed for more emotiveness. brava!
A tune from a time I consider to be among the _best_ _days_ _of_ my life.... The golden age of video games - a time when life felt so much more simple.
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days, before you actually left them.”
I grew up playing Combat Evolved and playing the others with friends on their systems. Halo will always hold a special place in my heart
I already getting emotional by the second note. Well done. I am now crying. Sure miss the days of playing splitscreen co-op with my brothers.
Halo 4 will always be my favorite. I have the most memories with 4 including playing with a friend who's no longer here. Beautiful playing
I've said this a hundred times and I'll say it a thousand more: Halo (Bungie only) has the best OST of all videogames, and one of the best of multimedia in general. The games are amazing, and they were so innovative in many ways at the time, absolute masterpieces, but the music, wow. By itself, it narrates the journey of a hero, an epic, yet melancholic one. With the games, it becomes *your* journey, which to many of us, who played it for the first time being kids, meant a lot.
I know Halo shaped my taste for stories, games and music. But it did not stop there, as I know it shaped a part of my character, and I learnt many things from it, such as:
- If you find difficulties in the way, that's the right track, you have to keep pushing.
- No matter the odds, you can turn them with a good plan, faith and maybe a little bit of help.
- It's not about what you *say* you can do, but what you really do.
And my old time favorite: "Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it".
Not one favorite memory, but a lifetime remembering the Chief and the Noble team, knowing damn well I took a part of them and have it with me. I know it's not that complex or perfect of a story, but that's not the important part. When I was a kid, it was *my story*, and it had the best music it could. I know I'm not the only one, so I salute you, Spartan.
some halo OST stand out, but its far from the best. skyrim and souls, the witcher too, the fields of ard skellige is unmatched.
2001 I was 10 years old. My uncle just got it and was talking to his friends on the phone and bragging about how he beat it on legendary. I waited til he left for vacation that night and played it all night long.
Loved hearing you play this live my dude. Captivating performance. 🙏
Loved playing halo reach, 1, 2, 3 and 4 with all my siblings as I grew up. From when i was 10 up to when i was 14 years old I played with my 5 siblings (their ages varied from 23-8) at different times over the years. Either 1 on 1 or all together over those 4 years. Core memories i will NEVER forget. Thank you for letting me remember those happy moments ♥️🙂
This song marked an end of an era. (Partially because I stopped playing Halo then and also the reviews for the next games lol). If they had left it there with the story unknown it would still be one of the greatest game series ever.
Oh, also good guitar playing.
Probably this one and the ODST Rain music. They really nailed the atmosphere in ODST with you tracking through the city at night away from your squad.
man, just the nostalgia of simpler times. less responsibility, less pressure, less fear. thank you for this.
i cried first time i heard this. Well done sir. It takes a lot to make me cry
Every Millennial can relate to this. Insane memories. Most the best of all. Thank you for this gorgeous rendition.
This brings up so many memories... I was so young, so foolish to think it would last. Now that Im older I can only look back with fondness and tears in my eyes. We had it so good back then.
Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo Reach got me through an awful lot. Thanks for the memories, Chief.
You certainly got a tear out of me.
Reminds me of better, simpler times with the old lads.
This song, and honestly the opening song to Halo Wars "Spirit of Fire" are the ones that get me every time.
Hell, I even miss the opening to Halo 4 at this point.
That first note was all I needed 😭 Never forget 🥲
Looking back, not knowing that those were going to be the best years of my life thus far. 35 now... Blessed that I grew up in such an epic era.
You got me. I cried
Most of my buddies from then still talk luckily. God those were some good times together
Respectfully and beautifully played. This song just hits in all the places your nostalgia can get you 😢
Favorite halo memory …playing the very first one with my dad. Start to finish, we spent the entire day playing the campaign. That really sets the bar as a father.
This was the song I had in mind when I saw the title of this video. Absolutely beautiful. These games mean so much to me, and the music is a gigantic part of that. Tears. ❤
When I reconnect with old friends I haven't talked to in 10 years, they always bring up our Halo nights. They're immortal. They're legendary.
Under Cover of Night is my favourite from Halo.
Riding the Banshee with that music, always gives me goosebumps.
PS: Well played.
I remember playing halo three with my twin for the very first time; being mostly pissed that I, was in fact, not getting to play master chief and instead playing as the arbiter, but it was probably the closest ive ever felt to my twin, staying up past bed time trying to save the world while eating the whole house down hahahahhahaha
That Halo music will live with me forever for the rest of my life and instantly take me back to the days of playing hours and hours of Halo 3.
Holy freakin cow that was soooo amazing! One of my all time favorites! This song strikes at my center, bro- soooo many good memories playing H2 and H3!
This piece brings back strong memories of visiting my nan in a hospice, where I became friends with a kid visiting his mom, he was always there. I took my Xbox in and used to play with him in the rec room. After my nan passed, I left him with my Xbox and a copy of Halo 3. The hospice later called to return it a few days later. Poor kiddo.
I remember playing H3 on my 120 inch projector screen in the dark. Sometimes I would just sit there and let the music play on the home screens over and over again-like I was watching a movie knowing this was the last Halo game series I would play all the way to hardcore. Great story with great music!
I could listen to this, along with your other Halo song, for hours. Thank you for sharing this with us. It's a masterpiece.
while I still may be in my teens, this song hit me with so much nostalgia from when I watched my father and older brothers playing this game, I'm so sad I missed the golden days of halo because those games are truly the greatest
Played this at my dad’s funeral. Song has a huge impact on me.
So beautiful! I don't know how you always arrange and perform music that just makes my heart ache!! Thanks, Nathan!
i remember being 9-10 just staring at the title screen listening to this on repeat and man it would always move me to tears. i dont know why still dont other than its just a beautiful piece of music. and damn did you play perfectly
It's not Halo, but a couple days ago I got kicked out of my gaming group of almost 5 years. The reasons don't matter and I'm trying to move past it with grace, but this video reminded me that I'll probably never again have a game night like the ones I had with them. No more late night talks, no more shootin the shit, no more out-of-pocket conversations with people I knew by voice and gamertag.
You've made a beautiful rendition of a song that pulls at heartstrings and summons tears, and I applaud you for that.
Watching the Halo 3 trailers over and over and over back in 2007 as a high schooler.
Playing all night with my brothers. Back when things were easier.
Playing with some of the best dudes I have ever met back in the infancy of xbox live on Halo 2.
Spending hours finding new super jumps and breaking out of maps.
Playing ranked team doubles trying to get to that ever elusive level 40 lol.
Playing Swat with some of my best friends on the MCC and just absolutely snoozing enemy teams left and right.
Pre ordering Halo 3
Forge. Everything Forge.
Playing the original ‘Infection’ game type where you had to manually change your team when you got killed by the ‘zombie/ infected’ player with the sword.
Halo 2 campaign remastered. Absolute legendary masterpiece.
I could honestly go on for legitimately hours lol. That line is cliche and overused but I sincerely mean it. I have been playing Halo since the original CE demo dropped. In face I still have the original CE demo on my laptop right now. Playable, no native controller support and looking like trash. But damn does it take me back. I have several 10’s of thousands of hours of gameplay in across all Halo’s and could speak for almost just as long about all of it.
Damn. Time flies. Now im married with a 8 month old in a house with a career… Id never change what I have for the world. Ever. But every now and then, part of me wishes to go back.
To experience The Flood for the very first time again?!?! Are you kidding me?? What I wouldn’t give for that experience again. To hear Chief say “Sir, finishing this fight” for the first time again?!?! To hear Cortana say “unfortunately for us both, I like crazy for the first time again?!?!
What I would give to go back to all of that. To a simpler time again. But thats the problem. I cant. And I never will be able to. But, I can give that to my son. I can give him the simple times. Where all he has to worry about is enjoying life and making friends and maybe playing a game with his dear old dad. If I can give him the firsts that I wish I could go back and have, thats the next best thing.
Damn man. I didn’t think Id get into all of this commenting on here lol. I completely forgot what the original question was by now🤣. Cheers guys
the goosebumps i just got are unmatched bro... so sad i can never relive the first time again.
The song reminds me of when i had friends to talk to and play Xbox live with every day. You can still do that but back when it was halo 2 or 3 or even reach, it was totally different. They were the best of times. Halo really was one of the best games that brought people together.
Man this brought back so many memories from my childhood. The shit you find on a friday night on youtube scrolling the algorithm
That is beautiful! I am a heretic as I never finished Halo but I appreciate a lovely, emotive, tune when I hear one :) For me I suppose the equivalent, as a Guild Wars 2 player, is "Fear Not This Night" sung by Asja Kadric. It's the closing song of the main story and even now it still brings tears to my eyes. I think, as others have noted in the comments about this Halo piece, it is because, somehow, Fear Not This Night takes me back to the loss of a loved one.
I'm speechless. All I can say is.. thank you. I don't know how this ended up in my feed, but this was a burst of old memories I've not thought of in so long.❤
I was born too late to share this nostalgia everyone has, but as least I get to see other people remember these memories, whether they be happy or sad. It is good to occasionally reminisce about the past.
This always makes me think of my best friend and I beating Reach on legendary together and just sitting there destroyed after how powerful that ending is. Looking back at that will forever be one of the most impactful times I've ever had with a game. Never forget
this is amazing. I grew up on Halo. I was a freshman in high school when halo 2 came out and made some great friends. when halo 3 came out, Cody and I was the Best Duo team that I've ever been apart of, we would consistently get 20 and 30 unalivings every game. but a year out of high school, he developed a brain tumor, he didnt have the strength to play anymore. its been 14 years since I lost my duo partner. he never got to play Halo4,Halo5 or Halo Infinite. so I urge everyone that has a squad, no matter the game you play, tell them how much you appreciate them and make as many memories with them as you can cause you never know when you might not hear from them again.
This is amazing. I'd love to hear a metal version of this song too.
Never Forget. Probably my favorite score of all of the Halo songs
I just turned 22 recently, my favorite memory with halo is the first time I played a halo game which was halo 3. I’ll never forget it. My dad at the time liked to play video games and had bought himself an Xbox 360. Me and my younger brother by 4 years had already had experience with video games because he had given us his ps2 when he replaced it with the 360. Anyway, I remember my dad calling us to the living room and telling us to try this new game. It was a local slayer match 1v1 on the map snow bound. I was completely blown away by how the game looked and how it played. From then on me and my brother would play a ton of games on the 360. Especially halo games, and especially halo 3. To this day I can’t help but associate my brother with the arbiter because he was always my player 2. More than that, it was only in the last couple of years that I realized there were differences in the coop and solo campaigns of halo 3, because I had only ever played it with him. God damn amazing times.
All those moments will be lost in time , like tears in the rain
Will always be one of my favorite tracks!
All of the halo music makes me have the feels, especially the first 3. Nostalgic, good times..
Perfect title *sniff* Brings back awesome memories of late nights in college playing halo 2.
Brother your guitar playing sounds amazing, but I just have to say I came from your halo theme song video from two years ago to this one and you look like a whole new man. Looking and sounding good brother, keep up the good work!
Damn this hits hard
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Chills. Instant, full body chills. Thank you for this
STUNNING!!! BREATHTAKING!!! OUT OF THIS WORLD ... Myheart is about to pound out of my chest ...
Ahhh man this takes me back!! Me and my 2 best friends would play slayer until the sun came up. I remember watching my friend playing the campaign on a little 19 inch HD ready monitor when a banshee explodes. He turned to me and said "That's why I love halo" and I've been hooked ever since, TANK BEATS EVERYTHING
So beautiful Nathan, totally took me back! Thank you!!
Beautiful piece. I'll be honest, i don't know much about the halo franchise music other than the main theme, but I could feel so much emotions through your playing. thanks a lot
The piano in Unforgotten had this emotional quality that really resonated with me.
Started CE when I was 8 years old, and I still haven't had a gaming experience that has topped the Halo series in my whole life. I feel so lucky to have been part of it, and so sad that those days are far behind me now.
Hearing this song makes me want to go back to the golden age and relive those experiences as an adult.
I was only 8 when Halo 3 came out and all I had was Halo 2. On a console where Xbox live no longer works. It wasn’t until 2012 was when I got the Xbox 360.
By then the Halo Magic was all but gone. It was the dawn of the new Halo Era, 343.
I remember just playing on Halo Reach on the last remaining days and meeting amazing people. Most of which were older than I was. Yet they still played with me.
I guess I mature a lot due to their presence.
Now I’m 25 years old and I miss those memories. Ones I can never recreate again in the current times.
I guess the older you get, the more reluctant you are to accepting new things and you just want to default to what you’re comfortable with.
I miss my XboxLive buddies from 2008-2010, especially that drug addict from Florida who helped me get to rank 45 in ranked doubles. He's probably dead or in prison by now. May we play Halo again one day Qballisballin
What a treat mate, beautiful. Happily bought to support you and this may be one of the few fingerstyle songs I'll be able to play!
What an emotional song… beautifully arranged, Nathan 👍🏻
Appreciate you
I was in my early teens when Halo 1 came out. And I still think Halo 3 has a more epic soundtrack. You killed this. Thanks for bringing me back.
I've never played any Halo game. That said, many years ago i was going on a road trip with 2 friends to go to one of their weddings and I was his best man. The other friend brought along a CD copy of the Halo OST. We played in for a few half the trip. Fast forward about 5 years, I had boughten the OST from iTunes, and I loved "Unforgotten". My dad died at home, and my mom and I were numb even though we knew he was going to die soon due to health reasons. The guys who remove a corpse from a home (I dont remember their title) had just left a few minutes earlier, when I turned on my pc and played a custom playlist of soft music. This was the first song to come on. From that time on, any time I listen to music to go to sleep or to relax, this song is on the playlist somewhere and I almost always have a memory of my dad before he died.
Accurate title. Fuck I miss my friends and really just being young and carefree. You don't know you're in the best of times while you're living them.
Wow... I miss it so much. I miss being a kid, being innocent and full of bliss. Those massive sleepovers, all the laughter, the Mountain Dew, pizza, gaming consoles and even computer rigs for LAN parties, MTG, DnD, all of it. It was such an absolute blast. I miss you guys so much. Those memories mean the world to me. We were all brothers. I'll always cherish those moments we had.
Being born in 2004, I arrived to the game late. But I'll never forget being in the lobbies with my friends eating pizza while on the 360. Some of the best times I ever had was from the constant banter on vc, or the random shenanigans you can do with a ghost. I couldn't trade those days for anything, and I miss them so much
i was fortunate to come to the gaming age as Reach was releasing and fell in love with Halo, I immediately went back and bought a copy of every Halo title I could find and managed to play during the last years of H3 multiplayer all the way to H4. Even though I got a PS when that next gen came out I still miss halo and love to relive those days on my 360 all the time.