The companion pieces that didn't fit on Halo 4's main release, and some of them hit harder than the A-sides. Neil Davidge's second volume digs into the grimier corners of the score with tracks like "Wreckage" and "Swamp" that lean heavily on texture over melody.
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"Lasky's Theme" is a standout, giving the Spartan Ops character a motif that actually sticks with you, warmer than most of what Davidge wrote for this game. "Never Forget" reappears here too, reworked from its Halo 3 incarnation into something that fits Halo 4's more electronic palette.
"Kantele Bow" uses acoustic instrumentation in ways the main soundtrack barely touched. The extended version of "To Galaxy" lets that track breathe in ways the original cut didn't have room for. Twenty tracks of B-side material that fills in the texture of a polarizing score.
Good for anyone who thought Volume 1 needed more room to stretch out.