Listen to the Halo 5: Guardians Soundtrack Now

343 Industries and Microsoft have published the original soundtrack for Halo 5: Guardians and you can listen to it below (via Soundcloud).

The soundtrack includes 39 tracks from the game and was composed by Kazuma Jinnouchi.

In other Halo 5: Guardians news, earlier today Microsoft and 343 Industries announced that Spartan Companies will be a component of Halo 5’s online multiplayer. Spartan Companies will function as clans did in Halo 2, but with a more robust online presence via Halo Waypoint.

Microsoft also released an update for the Minecraft: Halo Edition mash-up pack for Xbox One and Xbox 360 that added skins of Halo 5: Guardians characters.

For those wondering how multiplayer ranking and scoring will work in Halo 5: Guardians, check out this rundown of a new algorithm being used to match players of near-equal skill level. In other Halo 5 multiplayer news, a 9 GB patch containing the game’s multiplayer map content will be required upon launching the game for the first time when it goes live on Oct. 27, however, pre-loading the game via pre-purchase on Xbox Live will circumvent the need to download the 9 GB patch, as it will be contained in the game’s 55 GB pre-load.

Halo 5: Guardians will be released on Oct. 27 for Xbox One.