Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings / Homeworld Soundtrack
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Samuel BarberAdagio for StringsHomeworld Soundtrack

Write me 1500 words on how 1999's Homeworld and 2001's Halo:CE, having similar overall settings and plot structures, used their groundbreaking scores to tell very different stories.

Then I'll accord you the right to have an opinion about... idk... Secrets of the Magic Crystal.

Track in link is the choral version of Samuel Barber's Angus Dei - Adagio for Stings as prepared for Homeworld. Arguably one of the most iconic tracks in the history of gaming. Gamers of a certain age will still feel their spine tingle and their throat close up...

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This is the closest to an actual answer, though. Come on, what about the music? Two games, similar settings, similar themes, scores unlike anything else in gaming. But there's more to it than that. Come on.

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I'll come back to this topic in the form of a six hour youtube video.