Editing Finish the Fight

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{{Center|This article is about the Halo 3 soundtrack. For the ViDoc, see [[Halo 3 ViDoc: Finish the Fight]]. For the teaser for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, see [[Finish The Fight]]. For the achievement, see [[Finished the Fight]].}}
{{Music infobox
 | name       = Finish the Fight
 | yt      = QAeeYohFL1Y
 | album      = ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''
 | composer   = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
 | length     = 2:27
 | last       = [[Never Forget]]
 | next       = [[LvUrFR3NZ]]
}}

'''Finish the Fight''' is the thirty-first track (Disc 2 Track 16) included in ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]'', and plays during the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[Halo 3 announcement trailer|announcement trailer]]''.

The piece begins with a piano chord of eighths. Choir joins in with a soft melody, then piano plays another, louder chord. The choir then "replies" with another louder variation of their melody. The piano plays again, then the orchestra joins in, swelling louder and louder. Suddenly, it quiets again for a fanfare with a five-note E Dorian melody in piano. 

Strings then repeat the motif, reverting to ''[[Halo Theme]]''{{'}}s triplet melody of strings, choir, and brass that is centered around the chord of E Minor. This section is more of a "multi-melody", where each instrument has their own melody. The result is an extremely complex binding of all the melodies together. At the end, brass and strings play the piano theme again, while the choir joins the harmony. All instruments then play the five-note E Dorian melody triumphantly before swelling to a climatic ending.

While ''Finish the Fight'' was reinterpreted into ''[[This is the Hour]]'' to match the in-game cutscene, the five-note E Dorian fanfare was adopted by various musical instruments in different instances of ''Halo 3'', and made appearances in the following tracks:
* ''[[Luck]]''
* ''[[Three Gates]]''
* ''[[One Final Effort]]''
* ''[[Gravemind (music)|Gravemind]]''
* ''[[Keep What You Steal]]''

==Production notes==
*The five-note E Dorian fanfare was inspired by the chord progression in the piece ''[[High Charity Suite|Respite]]'' from ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]''. When composing the track, [[Martin O'Donnell]] was worried if the audience would find the five-note fanfare "over-the-top" or "too emotional".{{Ref/YouTube|b1rMbTLnIbE|Chris Anderson|Bungie's Marty O'Donnell on the Halo 3 soundtrack|Time=0:40|Y=2020|M=8|D=20}} According to O'Donnell, members of the Microsoft marketing team laughed when they first heard the fanfare.{{Ref/YouTube|Mkn7DmM6xYY|The Act Man|A LEGENDARY Interview With Marty O' Donnell (Composer From Bungie, Halo, Destiny)|Time=37:30|Y=2020|M=8|D=20}}
*Martin O'Donnell intentionally omitted the use of Gregorian chant in the track, and instead relied on E Dorian key as an indicator of the trailer being related to ''Halo''.<ref>''[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Finish the Fight]]''</ref>
*In ''[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Finish the Fight]]'', Martin O'Donnell said he does not know whether the fanfare would make a reappearance after ''Halo 3''. The five-note E Dorian piano melody then appeared in every mainline game in the series following ''Halo 3''. The melody first briefly appeared in ''Old Friend'' (in ''[[Finale (Halo 3: ODST)|Finale]]'' from ''[[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]''). The melody appeared in ''Say the Words'' (in ''[[The Package (music)|The Package]]'' from ''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]'') as a reprise of ''Keep What You Steal''. The piano melody then made brief reprises in the tracks ''[[Atonement]]'' (from ''[[Halo 4: Original Soundtrack]]'') and ''[[Blue Team (music)|Blue Team]]'' (from ''[[Halo 5: Guardians Original Soundtrack]]''), followed by a full fanfare being featured prominently in the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' [[Halo Infinite announcement trailer|announcement trailer]] as well as the pre-release track ''[[Set a Fire in Your Heart]]''.

==Sources==
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