The Orange Box (Original Soundtrack)

Various Artists | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 1, 2007
• Label: Valve
• Copyright: 2009 Valve
• Total Length: 46:38
• Genres:
• ASIN: B0011V1W9U
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,347 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can't get enough of Still Alive!!!!, December 28, 2007

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J. M. McKittrick (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Orange Box (Original Soundtrack) (MP3 Download)

I only downloaded one song from this soundtrack, Still Alive because I just love the game PORTAL. However, all the music from all the games on Orange Box are excellent. If you're a completist than this is for you.

If you just want Still Alive, it's definately worth the $.89.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a triumph! I'm making a note here : HUGE SUCCESS!, December 29, 2007

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Benson Leung "LaughingMan" (Marlborough, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Orange Box (Original Soundtrack) (MP3 Download)

The soundtrack to the year's most varied video compilation, Valve's The Orange Box, is in itself a nuanced and varied listen. The three core games that make up The Orange Box are as different as can be.

The tracks from Half Life 2 Episode One and Episode Two continue HL2's tradition of pumping industrial rock that gets Gordon Freeman from one battle to the next.

Next, Team Fortress 2. In line with the goofy, cartoonish art and gameplay, the theme is gleefully exaggerated and fun. Also, those familiar with the Team Fortress 2 trailers will instantly recognize the TF2 Soldiers' Rocket Jumping Waltz.

Finally, you get two versions of Portal's end theme, Still Alive, a wonderfully playful yet sinister ditty by Jonathan Coulton and Aperture Science's supercomputer, GlaDOS.

If you own The Orange Box, you owe it to yourself to get this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Selection, June 19, 2008

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Revelation 23 - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Orange Box (Original Soundtrack) (MP3 Download)

The Half-Life series of games have always had some great music, much of it blending into the background, but often good enough to just sit back and take it all in, the most recent offerings being no exception.

While the songs can be extracted from the game via GCFScape, few are properly named and they are at 128 kbps bitrates. The songs offered here are higher quality VBR and I can hear the difference; these are much better. Since only some people can get the soundtracks on CD, this is the next best thing.

Now, I didn't get all of the songs (which I see that I'm not alone in doing), but I'm happy with the ones I did get. Of course, "Still Alive" is probably going to be the song most people end up getting, and for good reason. However, it's not the only song worth getting here instead of relying on extracting the MP3 from the game. "Abandoned In Place" and "Sector Sweep" are worth grabbing, as is "Vortal Combat", which I think is the best song to grace the entire series to date, followed closely by the aforementioned "Still Alive".

Unless Valve decides to release the soundtrack(s) to the general populace, this is a great way to get your hands on some great tunes that sound much better than the versions embedded into the games.