Zaralyyth 107 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 So there I was going through some old Goldenthal film sessions. I was browsing through Titus and low and behold I heard something which sounded eerily familiar. I couldn't quite place it. It took me a solid twenty minutes listening to this one short section of Goldenthal's work on repeat, and then it hit me. It was used.. perhaps even copied and pasted, into the track "Mantis" composed by Neil Davidge for Halo 4! Here is a spectrogram comparison between [6M58] Titus Summons Kinsman (Elliot Goldenthal, 1999 -- Top 2) and Mantis (Neil Davidge, 2012 -- Bottom 2) And here is a short 5 second audio comparison: 6M58 (1999) https://db.tt/KVZYzs7e Mantis (2012) https://db.tt/noMCkYiF Thoughts about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 783 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I hope he credited Titus for the sample. Poor Titus and its history of being ripped off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaralyyth 107 Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 2 hours ago, Taikomochi said: I hope he credited Titus for the sample. Poor Titus and its history of being ripped off... I do not beleive he did. I could not find the due credit noted anywhere. Not from the composer, in the game, or elsewhere. The reprise for the Mantis theme for Halo 5, composed by Kazouma Jinnouchi also included the riff from Titus. With no credit added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Meh, Davidge's Halo effort was weak and is forgotten anyway. Marty O'Donnell is sorely missed from the franchise, although I doubt even he could save it from 343i. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,532 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The spectrogram is a lie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaralyyth 107 Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 10 hours ago, Quintus said: Meh, Davidge's Halo effort was weak and is forgotten anyway. Marty O'Donnell is sorely missed from the franchise, although I doubt even he could save it from 343i. I agree with that much. In fact, just from the samples Marty has put out for his new game, I can alrady tell the score is probably going to be great. And that's also probably why they didn't have Davidge return for Halo 5. Too much money for something that wasn't really working. Kazouma took Halo 5 in a nice direction I feel, given the material he had to work with.. 8 hours ago, BloodBoal said: The spectrogram is a lie! No it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Aye, the Halo 5 score was far superior to Davidge's effort, I thought. Not difficult, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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