| Latest revision |
Your text |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{Status|RealWorld}} | | {{Era|RW}} |
| {{Music infobox | | {{Infobox song |
| | name = Bad Here Day | | | name = Bad Here Day |
| | video = {{#widget:YouTube|id=5iqK6WBwESM|width=300}}<br>{{#widget:YouTube|id=7Ef1P1sk0SY|width=300}}Shield Interior Intro Version | | | video = <youtube width="200" height="25">4RVPJ86xlnA</youtube> <div class="thumb tcenter" style="width:200px;"> |
| | album = ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]'' | | :<div class="thumbcaption">The alternate version</div> |
| | :<youtube width="200" height="25">3kxn3XOb_GM</youtube> |
| | :</div> |
| | | album = [[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]] |
| | composer = [[Stephen Rippy]] | | | composer = [[Stephen Rippy]] |
| | length = 3:00<br>1:11 {{C|Shield Interior Intro}} | | | length = 3:00 |
| | producer = | | | producer = |
| | last = [[Spirit of Fire (music)|Spirit of Fire]] | | | last = [[Spirit of Fire (music)|Spirit of Fire]] |
| Line 11: |
Line 14: |
| }} | | }} |
|
| |
|
| '''Bad Here Day''' is the second track in ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''. | | '''Bad Here Day''' is the second track from the ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''. |
|
| |
|
| ==Overview==
| | This soundtrack, along with its alternate version, plays during ''[[Halo Wars]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> gameplay on any interior of [[Shield 0459]]-based [[campaign]] or Skirmish levels, though the alternate version only plays in the beginning of the levels. The standard version also plays randomly on any [[Harvest]]-based campaign or Skirmish levels. |
| The track opens with a piano and synth notes in a serene melody, accompanied with twinkling effects. Vocals join in as the main melody, which is echoed by synth notes. The melody is taken over by strings in a repeat of the melody before ending with synth notes.
| |
|
| |
|
| The soundtrack's bonus DVD includes an alternate version, titled '''Bad Here Day (Shield Interior Intro Version)''', featuring piano and vocals on an upbeat variation of the melody, accompanied by heavy percussion. | | The name of this soundtrack is a play on the common phrase "Bad Hair Day". |
| | |
| ==Appearances==
| |
| ''Bad Here Day'' made its debut in the original ''Halo Wars'' demo, during Graeme Devine's introduction of the game.
| |
| | |
| The track plays randomly as a backing track during gameplay on any [[campaign]] or [[Skirmish]] levels in ''[[Halo Wars]]'' set on [[Harvest]] and within the interior of [[Trove]], including:
| |
| | |
| ;Campaign
| |
| *''[[Alpha Base (Halo Wars level)|Alpha Base]]''
| |
| *''[[Relic Approach]]''
| |
| *''[[Relic Interior]]''
| |
| *''[[Repairs]]''
| |
| *''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''
| |
| *''[[Reactor (Halo Wars level)|Reactor]]''
| |
| *''[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]''
| |
| | |
| ;Skirmish
| |
| *''[[Blood Gulch (Halo Wars level)|Blood Gulch]]''
| |
| *''[[Chasms]]''
| |
| *''[[Frozen Valley]]''
| |
| *''[[Labyrinth]]''
| |
| *''[[Repository]]''
| |
| *''[[Terminal Moraine]]''
| |
| *''[[Tundra]]''
| |
| *''[[Barrens (Halo Wars map)|Barrens]]''
| |
| *''[[Memorial Basin]]''
| |
| *''[[Blood River]]''
| |
| *''[[Glacial Ravine]]''
| |
| | |
| The alternate version only plays in the beginning of the levels that place in the interior of Etran Harborage.
| |
| | |
| ==Production notes==
| |
| *The name ''Bad Here Day'' is a play on the common phrase {{Plain|[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bad_hair_day "bad hair day"]}}.
| |
| *''Bad Here Day'', along with ''[[Flollo]]'', were the first two tracks to be completed during composition.{{Ref/Site|Id=rippy|URL=https://www.stephenrippy.com/halo-wars-blog.html|Site=Stephen Rippy.com|Page=Over and Out: The Music of Halo Wars From Start to Finish|D=15|M=5|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|Id=OHWCS|URL=http://halowars.com/news/articles/archive/2008/12/12/_2200_Over-and-Out_2200_.aspx|Site=Official Halo Wars Community Site|Page=Over and Out|D=12|M=12|Y=2008}}
| |
| *According to Rippy, the main chord progression of ''Bad Here Day'' was lifted from a different piece of music he recorded during the development of [[Wikipedia:Age of Empires III|Age of Empires III]] and [[Wikipedia:Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs|its first expansion pack]]. ''Bad Here Day'' was his first attempt at incorporating the "''Halo'' Sound" into his work.{{Ref/Reuse|rippy}}{{Ref/Reuse|OHWCS}}
| |
| | |
| ==Sources==
| |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
| |
|
| |
|
| {{Soundtrack|HW}} | | {{Soundtrack|HW}} |
