Editing Halo 3: Original Soundtrack

{{Title|''Halo 3: Original Soundtrack''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
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{{Soundtrack infobox
|image=[[File:Halo3OriginalSoundtrackCover.jpg|300px|The Halo 3 Soundtrack Cover Art.]]
|release=[[2007 (real world)|November 20, 2007]]
|label=[[Wikipedia:Sumthing Else Music Works|Sumthing Else Music Works]]
|producer=[[Wikipedia:Nile Rodgers|Nile Rodgers]]
|composer=[[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
|performance=Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Princeton, the Northwest Sinfonia
|length=118:36
}}

The '''''Halo 3: Original Soundtrack''''' is the musical score to ''[[Halo 3]]''. The track was composed by [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]], produced by [[Wikipedia:Nile Rodgers|Nile Rodgers]], and is a two-disc set much like the ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]''. The ''Halo 3: Original Soundtrack'' was released in one set rather than separate volumes like its predecessor. ''The Halo 3 OST'' deviated from the ''Halo 2: Original Soundtrack'', and reverted back to the structure used in the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''. Comprised of melodies, chants, and trumpets, the ''Halo 3: Original Soundtrack'' is broken up into chapters which correspond to in-game levels.

Disc one is broken up into into the beginning levels of the game, and splits at about midway though the campaign. Consisting of 15 songs of longer length, disc one runs slightly longer than disc two. Consequently, disc two is broken up into the latter levels of the game, while including four bonus tracks. One of these bonus tracks is the music present in the [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer|E3 2006 Trailer]] with the exception of the dialog. Composed of music entirely in-game, from start to finish, the story of ''Halo 3'' is played out in musical form. 

==Production==
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==Track listing==
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===Disc 1===
#[[Luck]] – 3:25
#[[Released]] – 5:20
#[[Infiltrate]] – 3:50
#[[Honorable Intentions]] – 2:46
#[[Last of the Brave]] – 3:58
#[[Brutes (Music)|Brutes]] – 5:07
#[[Out of Shadow]] – 4:37
#[[To Kill a Demon]] – 3:44
#[[This is Our Land]] – 4:00
#[[This is the Hour]] – 2:08
#[[Dread Intrusion]] – 5:25
#[[Follow Our Brothers]] – 3:25
#[[Farthest Outpost]] – 5:14
#[[Behold a Pale Horse]] – 5:38
#[[Edge Closer]] – 3:03
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===Disc 2===
#[[Three Gates]] – 4:34
#[[Black Tower]] – 6:03
#[[One Final Effort]] – 3:41
#[[Gravemind (music)|Gravemind]] – 5:22
#[[No More Dead Heroes]] – 5:01
#[[Keep What You Steal]] – 2:36
#[[Halo Reborn]] – 3:59
#[[Greatest Journey]] – 4:52
#[[Tribute (music)|Tribute]] – 2:52
#[[Roll Call]] – 5:58
#[[Wake Me When You Need Me]] – 2:19
#[[Legend]] – 0:40
#[[Choose Wisely]] – 1:19
#[[Movement]] – 0:27
#[[Never Forget]] – 3:07
#[[Finish the Fight]] – 2:27
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==Remixed Tracks==
Quite a few songs on the soundtrack are re-mixed and re-mastered versions of songs that appeared in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 2''.

===Halo: Combat Evolved Remixes===
Songs from Halo: Combat Evolved that were remixed are:
*"On a Pale Horse" redone as "Behold a Pale Horse".
*"Brothers in Arms" redone as [[Follow Our Brothers]], [[Last of the Brave|Last Of The Brave]], and [[This is Our Land]].
*The first part of [[Enough Dead Heroes]] is redone in [[Honorable Intentions]].
* The climax of [[Enough Dead Heroes]] (heard when fighting Hunters in the first game) is redone as [[Brutes (Music)|Brutes]].
* The last third of [[Enough Dead Heroes]] is redone as [[No More Dead Heroes]].
*[[Perchance to Dream]] and [[Under Cover of Night]] are mixed together in "Dream Again", part of [[Brutes (Music)|Brutes]].
* The [[Enough Dead Heroes]] melody is also remixed in the second part of [[This is Our Land]], the middle of [[Three Gates]], etc.
*[[A Walk in the Woods]] redone as "Another Walk".
*The beginning of "Truth and Reconciliation Suite" redone as "Reconciled", the second part of [[Behold a Pale Horse]].
*The ending of "Truth and Reconciliation Suite" has been remade into "Movement".
*[[Under Cover of Night]] is redone in the end of [[To Kill a Demon]], the intro of [[Follow Our Brothers]], [[Halo Reborn]], and the first part of [[Greatest Journey]].
*[[Dust and Echoes]], redone as [[Wake Me When You Need Me]].
*[[Perilous Journey]], redone in "Make Them Pay", the last part of [[Farthest Outpost]].
*[[Shadows (music)|Shadows]], redone in [[Gravemind]] and the last part of [[Halo Reborn]] (Guilt and Punishment).

===Halo 2 Remixes===
Songs from ''Halo 2'' that were remixed are:
*"Leonidas", from the [[Delta Halo Suite]], redone as "Leonidas Returns" in [[Three Gates]].
* The [[Delta Halo Suite|Delta Halo theme]], remixed in "We're Done Here", the end of [[Brutes (Music)|Brutes]].
*[[Unforgotten]] redone as [[Never Forget]].
*The beginning of [[High Charity Suite]](Rue and Woe) redone as "Heroes Also Fall" in the second half of [[Black Tower]].
*"Broken Gates" redone as [[Out of Shadow]]. Parts of it are also used in [[This is Our Land]] and [[Farthest Outpost]].
* [[Unyielding]]/[[Reclaimer (music)|Reclaimer]], redone in [[Three Gates]] and [[One Final Effort]].
* [[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]], semi-redone in [[Farthest Outpost]].
*A portion of [[Roll Call]] is a remake of [[Under Cover of Night]] interpolated with the guitar riff of [[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]].
*[[Ghosts of Reach]], redone as "Black Tide" in [[Dread Intrusion]].
*[[Impend]], redone as [[Released]].
*The [[High Charity Suite|High Charity theme]], redone in [[Tribute (music)|Tribute]].
* The tune of [[The Last Spartan]] is mixed with the [[Halo Theme]] in [[Finish the Fight|Finish The Fight]], [[This is the Hour]], and [[Keep What You Steal]].

== Trivia ==
*To hear more about this album listen to the [http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=12795 September 20<sup>th</sup> Bungie Podcast].
*When played in reverse, Black Tower on Disc 2 plays a cryptic message from the Gravemind, different than the one heard on the ''Halo 2: Original Soundtrack''.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdrHJ_si6jk&feature=related</ref>. The quotes reflect several lines from T.S. Elliot's poem, The Hollow Men<ref>http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/9824/hollow.html</ref>; which is the original source of [[Cortana]]'s [[Cortana Letters|famous words]]; "This is the way the world ends."

==Sources==
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