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{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Era|RW}}
{{Music infobox
{{Music infobox
  | name      = Ancient Machine
  | name      = Ancient Machine
  | yt     = EwYk6dS6RC4
  | video     = {{#widget:YouTube|id=AyPytR7pwBA|width=200|height=25}}
  | album      = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
  | album      = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
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  | next      = [[the Odyssey#2nd Movement of the Odyssey|2nd Movement of The Odyssey]]
  | next      = [[the Odyssey#2nd Movement of the Odyssey|2nd Movement of The Odyssey]]
}}
}}
'''Ancient Machine''' is the ninth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack#Volume 1|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1]]''.  
'''Ancient Machine''' is ninth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1]]''.  


It has some percussion as well as vocals as the lead. It is mostly electronic, however, which helps add an eerie atmosphere. The name "Ancient Machine" is thought to refer to different [[Forerunner]] constructs.  
It has some percussion as well as vocals as the lead. It is mostly electronic however, which helps add an eerie atmosphere. The name "Ancient Machine" is thought to refer to different [[Forerunner]] constructs.  


The piece was reorchestrated into ''[[Builder's Legacy]]'' in the ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.
The piece was reorchestrated into ''[[Builder's Legacy]]'' in the ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.
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*In the level ''[[Outskirts]]'', when [[John-117]] heads down the dark hallway in the [[Hotel Zanzibar|hotel]], and during the short skirmish soon after.  
*In the level ''[[Outskirts]]'', when [[John-117]] heads down the dark hallway in the [[Hotel Zanzibar|hotel]], and during the short skirmish soon after.  
*In the level ''[[The Arbiter]]'', when [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee clears the hangar in the [[Threshold gas mine]].  
*In the level ''[[The Arbiter]]'', when [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee clears the hangar in the [[Threshold gas mine]].  
*In the level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]'', during the ending cutscene, when [[Avery Johnson]] realizes his Marines are not responding, and again at the end when [[Tartarus]] sends Thel 'Vadamee into the bottom of the [[Library]].
*In the level ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]'', during the ending cutscene, when [[Avery Johnson]] realizes his Marines are not responding, and again at the end when [[Tartarus]] sends Thel 'Vadamee into the bottom of the [[Library]].
 
==Production notes==
*The [[User:Neo Te Aika/Audio Production Notes/Music tracks named after their synth patches|internal tag names]] for variants of this track begin with the name <tt>cultivate</tt>, named after the featured dominant synth patch in this track from the Roland XV-5080 synthesizer, also named "Cultivate".


{{Soundtrack|H2}}
{{Soundtrack|H2}}

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