Halo Infiniteis a tremendously large project. 343 Industries has hundreds of employees working on the game and is likely to continue to grow moving forward. From time to time news about developers moving over to work onHalogets shared. The latest example is one to certainly take note of. Gareth Coker, a composer forMinecraft,ARK: Survival Evolved, and the twoOrigames from Moon Studios, is now confirmed to be working onHalo Infinite’s soundtrack.
343 announced Coker joining the team ina recent post on Halo Waypoint. In a section titled “Welcome to the Family” 343 announced that Coker was working as a second composer onHalo Infinite, with Curtis Schweitzer. Both composers are new to the franchise, brought on after 343’s previousHalocomposer Kazuma Jinnouchideparted the company in 2018. Schweitzer previously worked on projects including Starbound and Interstellar Rift.
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Coker’s work has yet to be heard, it seems, but 343 describes that it will be throughoutHalo Infinite’s campaign. One song specifically is brought to attention, internally referred to as “Escharum’s theme.” War Chief Escharum is now confirmed to be one ofHalo Infinite’s key villains, the leader of the Banished faction of Brutes on theHalo Infinite’s Halo ring. Hints at it can perhaps be heard at the end of the newHalo Infinitegameplay demo.
The necessity of two composers forHalo Infinitecan likely be explained by the scope of the project.Halo Infinite’s campaign was described asbigger than bothHalo 5andHalo 4, andHalo 5was already twice as big asHalo 4. A big game requires a lot of music.
There’s also the fact that 343 apparently plans tosupportHalo Infinitewith new contentfor years going forward, with no plans for another numbered sequel at this time. Depending on just how much content 343 plans forHalo Infinite, a significant amount of new music could be needed.
Halohas historically been associated with some of the best music in gaming.Martin O’Donnell’s work with Bungie during itsHaloyears is very well-regarded for good reason. Jinnouchi’s work onHalo 4andHalo 5was very well-regarded as well, and now Schweitzer and Coker will inherit that legacy. Hopefully, 343 shares more of the team’s work soon so fans can hear it for themselves.
Halo Infinitereleases holiday 2020 on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
