It's insane how one game can have so many tracks that are straight up iconic.

I'm still overwhelmed with an indescribable feeling when I hear the choir in Ghosts of Reach

Despite so much time passing now, it is incredible how compilations like these can immortalize entire eras of cultural media. You can just feel the 2000s vibes in this compilation & I love it. I miss those days but listening to this makes me feel like I have returned to a much simpler time.

Marty is a boss. He influenced my life heavily.

We all love Marty, but remember there is also Michael Salvatore as composer. Give the man some credit as well.

I'm 35. Thank you Bungie for the memories. Greatest era in gaming and we got to live it.

I remember being 4 or 5 years old, my older brother teaching me how to play Halo on his original Xbox. I remember him beating my ass in privates over and over again, I remember being too scared to go past the invisible elite section in cairo. The pride I felt after finally beating the game was something I have never felt since, 22 years old now, gaming still a passion but I cannot help but realize that I will never get those feelings back. Now listening to this soundtrack back and visualizing the memories I had brings tears to my eyes, on the edge of my seat, glued to my TV, my hair most likely stuck to the TV because of the static. Sometimes I wonder if I've done everything right so far in my life, wondered if I've spent too much of my time living in fantasy worlds, but in this moment I feel as if I did it all right. I hope some of you can share these feelings and memories because I would not trade them for the world.

the halo soundtracks just make me wanna cry

In Amber Clad still sends shivers down my spine all these many years later.

I really like how the best of halo 2 soundrack is basically the full Halo2 soundtrack. And I couldn't agree more

No other game series can stand up to the masterfully done soundtracks of the first 3 halo games

I put this on while studying for an exam, fell asleep and woke up 2 hours later defending New Mombasa from a Covenant invasion with Sgt. Johnson and Cortana

Earth City gives me chills. Remember when I was 13 watching the E3 demo video of Halo 2 on my Xbox and getting more hype for that than anything I had in my life.

49:32 that one time you got a gold elite as an ally with a sword, the enemy that terrified you in halo 1 and you’ve never been happier to see that bastard in your life

Unyielding is honestly one of my favourite Halo songs. It sounds aggressive, fast, and epic, without taking it over the top. Honestly fits for a Warthog Run.

Mjolnir mix is so badass

Heretic, Hero is forever gonna be my favorite track. Hearing that come in after getting plopped down on the ring while blasting stuff with a Scorpion driving through ruins. Oh yes.

Dude the overwhelming feeling of sorrow and woe upon listening to "High Charity Suite" is captivating. In tears.

I wish I could go back to 2004. The games back then were amazing and, in my personal opinion, the best to ever exist.

Kids nowadays won't get the same feeling as we got playing through this

I still wonder how they made that distinct sound that appears in "High Charity." Amazing, such nostalgia for all time.

Heretic Hero was something else. In Amber Clad gave a curious sense of... "this is it. the final stretch." Heavy Price Paid brings tears to my eyes. it was menu music, the background music of a level, and speaks to me on several levels. why, I couldn't tell you. then, or 20 some odd years later.

Halo two still has the greatest soundtrack out of all the games

I hear Peril..... and so many memorries from my childhood flash back to me. its incredible how powerful a song can be

Thank you for the nostalgia.

I was born in 2010, so I could not experience this in the era it was in. But I've been playing halo for years. It is the only video game series that has influenced my life. I can feel the nostalgia.

one of the best soundtracks in any game. So much nostalgia.

It's gratifying seeing so many feel the same about halo 2. The soundtrack is nostalgic for us. Takes us back in time with memories of 12 to 20+ hour sessions.

halo was the first game i ever played

sleeping next to the one you love while listening to these ost, is your halo to another universe.♡

17:57 Sir, Permission to leave the station .... On what grounds Masterchief? To give the covenant back their bomb! Permission Granted!

I don't know what halo song my all-time favorite is but, it's like probably 10 of them! Love them all the same!

343 views.. im done. Nice mix!

42:53 "Dear Humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to Earth, and we most definitely regret that the Corps blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!

to think that i was listening this at the same time i was been taught how to talk, write, read. Sometimes when i tell people that never played halo how close and meaningful this piece of media is for me they dont understand it and i dont judge them tbh even if you want to play the games now and have fun i think is one of those things that you had to experience it when it came out to understand it. All the memories all the friends all the custom games. I am in forever debt to every bungie developer and of course to martin and michael for this piece of art. They truly changed my life for the better.

The drums/percussion in this soundtrack are dope af, especially Heretic Hero and Flawed Legacy. Has a hip hop feel.

Halo 2 is such a a masterpiece. Listening to the soundtrack (which is beyond amazing) takes me back to playing the game for so many hours as a kid. Especially when Ghosts of Reach comes on.

Even as a little kid you knew this soundtrack was fire. I got Halo 2 at Best Buy on the way back from vacation around 2006. Way overdue but it was fun. Then a year later halo 3 for Christmas and so on

I'm gonna convince some of my buddies to play Halo 1-3 with me like we did in the old days, never hurts to relieve some of those simple moments we never thought would really end.

Oh man, I do love the Peril. Such a progressive track!

I always imagine co-op and XBL with my buddies while listening to this beautiful soundtrack. Halo 2/3 forever.

Title: "Best of the Halo 2 Soundtrack" Video: * Literally the entire Halo 2 Soundtrack * Me: * firmly nods in agreement *

Says it’s the best of the halo 2 soundtrack; plays the entire soundtrack because it’s all amazing !

Halo 2 has the best soundtrack

Unyielding is fucking masterful, the whole thing is really

I’m 53 and dear god I loved playing halo since it first came out …

Goosebumps all over every single track!

this is literally the best shit ever

I feel like I can conquer the whole world listening to this song. Such great times that kids today will just never understand

“Dear Sarge, kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here.” “I heard that, jackass.”

"The brutes they've betrayed us" my favorite line in that whole game

Shivers down my spine from the very first song, MJOLNIR MIX!

Hot damn Marty did a great job :)

I am only 11 but I connect with this song because I played halo since 2016 to 2019

My favourite is the finale, it just sounds epic and wonderful

It was around 2004, this had just released. I rented it from my local video game store. My friend and I split screened the whole campaign. We were left on a cliff hanger... we were salty, but those times. I would do anything to go back, anything. I would give up everything I have now.

peril. i can almost hear the needler rounds and grunts in the background. Battlerifle popping bursts indiscriminately. couple marines yell something silly and then a spnkr goes off.

No one will appreciate this soundtracks this feeling these memories ..... I feel sad for them

Listening to heavy price paid always gets me so sad, love the mission it’s from though. The song reminds me of the good days when I was playing halo 2 campaign and halo reach multiplayer I am about to be 18 and pretty much grew up with halo and I don’t regret any of it I will always come back to halo.

my top 3 favorite Halo tracks come from this game 1. Heavy Price Paid 2. In Amber Clad 3. Ghosts of Reach

BEST FUCKING SOUNDTRACK OF ALL THE TIME IN HALO UNIVERSE

Heavy Price Paid is just too good.

I have an electric bike and a really good Bluetooth speaker and very often I've biked through my city seeing the neon lights at night or early at sunrise on highway width roads blasting Halo music. With weed of course but not always! It's honestly an amazing experience on an electric bike it just feels so cool like you're going onto a mission to defeat some covenant who have infiltrated your city.

The Halo soundtrack is so good it makes me wanna play halo

For me simply the best ost of all times, movies or games included, a piece of art

Thank you for this

*Crack* *siiiiip* Halo 2 *sip* Now that was a game

Halo 2 you could really feel the forerunners regret for what they had to do. Loved the callouts in the series, the monitors names, and songs included were fantastic.

I keep this on a loop at 16:20, "In Amber Clad", and play it when 'Gunner', my purebred Brittany goes on point in front of me while hunting Pheasants.

4:14 "Dear sarge, kicking ass in outer space. Wish you were here!"

Unforgotten might be one of the songs ever

It's 12 am. I got work tomorrow. I've just taken a bowl. My mind is foggy, but my goals have never been more clear. Impend starts to play. I can be tired at work.

I love how the og halo 2 soundtrack is subtle and builds up, the anniversary version is too bombastic.

Even though I play Fortnite nowadays I still love Halo and still play it a lot too I will always love Halo more than Troll Fortnite. Halo 2 was literally my childhood on my Original Xbox and I just get really Nostalgic and sad now that the Good old days of Halo are over.

High Charity still gives me goosebumps. That freaking sound and the vocals over it ahhh

We're getting older gentlemen.. Here's to you. Good luck out there and hold your head up like Chief.

When the drums hit on ghosts of reach always gives me the feels

I doubt we’ll ever have soundtracks like this anymore because we’ll never have games like this anymore. Corporations are more focused on just make it and send it out so we can profit. But I feel like this was a time when videos games weren’t as conglomerate as they are now. More creative independent thought, halo has a true pop culture identity, not because it copies everything the modern games do ie. battle royal, online focused, pay to win, seasons and relying on the sale of accessories. Bro you could choose a main colour and a secondary colour and a symbol and that’s all halo 2 gave you. What else did you really need? They focused on gameplay, story, characters, setting and most importantly a soundtrack that encapsulates the world of halo. You can listen to the halo soundtrack and imagine every single mission in your head because it’s so iconic. But not in a bro that’s so lit fad way but a more professionally well thought out concept. I suggest getting The Art of Halo, it’s an old book but it’ll bring back memories you long forgot.

Not long but it did take up most of my gaming experience of my childhood so far

milojnr mix= best intro for a game

At 8:11 that should part should be used for a Halo trailer for Halo infinite or if they ever make an elite based game this should be the teaser for it

Mombasa Suite is a instant classic! *Chefs kiss*

great quality, thanks man

One of the best ingame soundtrack of all time. Chills every time I'm listening to it. Thx Bungie

Crazy to think we may get to play the beta level for Halo 2 soon on MCC !!!

I don't have any prior knowledge of Halo, I just know that it's a great soundtrack to study too.

Mombasa Suite ... FUCK!!! HOW MUCH I LOVED THAT in the game with the Hunters in mission 2... God! Halo must be played in Legendary or nothing!!!

Every time I hear Heretic Hero. I feel like falling from orbit in a fucking fiery drop pod at hundreds of miles per hour smoking a cigar with a rifle on my right. If ODST's were real. They'd be feared more than any warrior in Human history.

Mjolnir Mix is just straight-up fire. I vibe so hard to it every time.

the dislikers: truth, mercy, regret, gravemind, tartarus, the heretic leader, 343 guilty spark and the makers from halo 4 and 5

we made it boys keep striving forward because there will be a blessing and when we once get that blessing dont let it go

Halo 2 was part of the Golden age.

54:24 Unforgotten... This song makes me nostalgic. Also makes me cry... A lot. 😢😭😔

Love Tom Morelo. This on Guitar Hero 3 was damn hard!

9:30- Goldeney Vibes

damit man now i got to pull out my old xbox and get the bungi intro as well

26:21 that's the good stuff

The nostalgia…this takes me back to much simpler times.

"Peril". The song from Delta Halo. I could listen to this track for hours

Nolstagic as fuck. Used to play this with my bro and cousin split screen co-op.