Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, will be releasing the Halo Wars Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the action strategy game for the Xbox 360 developed by Ensemble Studios.
The Halo Wars Original Soundtrack will be released Feb. 17th, 2009 to retail outlets and for digital download at www.sumthingdigital.com.
The Halo Wars Original Soundtrack 2-disc set features over 50 minutes of original score from the Halo Wars game. The music was composed by Stephen Rippy (Age of Empires series, Age of Mythology) with performances by the FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague. The second disc is a DVD with nine additional bonus tracks, nine 5.1 mixes of tracks from the music disc, two cinematic trailers and one behind-the-scenes video.