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| Re: I hope I'm not the first to say this... | |
| Posted By: Ibeechu | Date: 9/23/09 9:27 p.m. |
In Response To: I hope I'm not the first to say this... (stan) : But the saxophone was brilliant. And I'm not joking. : It matches the tone of the game at that point perfectly. I don't know if this
Man, I LOVE the sax in ODST. I think it fits better than any other music from any other Halo game, no joke. Here's my attempt to explain why. ODST (the Mombasa Street sections, anyway) felt really film noir to me. And, thinking back to old black-and-white noir movies about detectives, the sax is always prominent. That's one of the cliches. And ODST's Rookie sections did have a black-and-white tone. It was mostly made up of darks and whites, with contrast and shadow being the main scenery definitions. Add to that that ODST is a pretty much a detective story in a way. That sax REALLY hit me. Like, up until then, I was noting how cool the music was, but then the sax came in and it just blew me away. I think it was definitely harking back to old film noir detective stories, which is kind of what ODST is. The iconic scenes of the protagonist walking home under a street light in the rain with light sax music playing, that sort of thing. It was really beautiful.
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| Ars Technica pans ODST | Jordan117 | 9/21/09 12:36 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | PsychoRaven | 9/21/09 12:42 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | Hedgemony | 9/21/09 12:47 a.m. |
| SPOILER (not really) | Lord Osiris | 9/21/09 1:03 a.m. |
| Re: I'm right there with you *NM* | Hedgemony | 9/21/09 1:07 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | Cody Miller | 9/21/09 2:11 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | PsychoRaven | 9/21/09 2:56 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST whoa, whoa | Hedgemony | 9/21/09 3:03 a.m. |
| You're right | PsychoRaven | 9/21/09 3:07 a.m. |
| Ugh I'm calling it. | PsychoRaven | 9/21/09 3:09 a.m. |
| Re: Ugh I'm calling it. | Hedgemony | 9/21/09 4:56 a.m. |
| Sorry about the angry reply | PsychoRaven | 9/21/09 3:05 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | Narcogen | 9/21/09 5:03 a.m. |
| Re: Ever the voice of reason, Narcogen | Hedgemony | 9/21/09 5:50 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | Blackstar | 9/21/09 5:52 a.m. |
| Stacker. | Narcogen | 9/22/09 2:55 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | rolandk73 | 9/21/09 6:20 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | PsychoRaven | 9/21/09 11:01 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | Cody Miller | 9/21/09 12:18 p.m. |
| Blame Microsoft's Men in Black? | kapowaz | 9/21/09 7:03 p.m. |
| Saxaphone trouble | Rockslider | 9/21/09 7:53 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Narcogen | 9/22/09 3:00 a.m. |
| I hope I'm not the first to say this... | stan | 9/22/09 10:33 p.m. |
| The only thing I don't like about it... | Jordan117 | 9/22/09 10:50 p.m. |
| Re: I hope I'm not the first to say this... | Ibeechu | 9/23/09 9:27 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | FyreWulff | 9/23/09 12:16 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Louis Wu | 9/23/09 12:25 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Narcogen | 9/23/09 11:50 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | FyreWulff | 9/24/09 12:56 a.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Narcogen | 9/24/09 2:05 a.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Rockslider | 9/23/09 5:13 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Bry | 9/23/09 5:40 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Narcogen | 9/23/09 11:51 p.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 9/25/09 11:08 a.m. |
| Re: Saxaphone trouble | Rockslider | 9/26/09 7:00 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | Ragashingo | 9/21/09 12:51 a.m. |
| Re: Ars Technica pans ODST | electrojew | 9/21/09 2:13 a.m. |
| How odd... | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 9/21/09 10:51 a.m. |
| Re: How odd... | DogCow | 9/22/09 10:38 a.m. |
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