Editing Sacred Icon Suite

{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Center|Not to be confused with [[Sacred Icon Suite 2]].}}
{{Music infobox
 | name       = Sacred Icon Suite
 | yt      = ZzkkQmUgmn4
 | album      = ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]''
 | composer   = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
 | length     = 07:26
 | producer   =
 | last       = [[Delta Halo Suite]]
 | next       = [[Reclaimer (music)|Reclaimer]]
}}

'''Sacred Icon Suite''' is the eighth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack#Volume 2|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 2]]'', and plays mainly in the ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[campaign]] level ''[[Sacred Icon]]'', the namesake of the soundtrack. It is composed of ''Cortege'' (0:00-3:38), ''Opening Volley'' (3:38-4:06), and ''Veins of Stone'' (4:06-7:26). 

==Overview==
===Cortege===
''Cortege'' (3:38) begins with a reprise of ''Weight of Failure'' (from the earlier track ''[[Prologue (music)|Prologue]]''), with low strings leading into the vocals of ''Penance'' (from the earlier track ''[[Delta Halo Suite]]''). High strings and high vocals take over, leading into a multi-part vocal piece. This plays throughout the opening cinematic of the level ''Sacred Icon''.

===Opening Volley===
''Opening Volley'' (0:28) is a strings playing a triumphant melody. It plays in the opening cutscene of the level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]'', when [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee rallies his [[Sangheili]] troops with [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee. The piece was arranged into the final section of ''[[Arise In Valor]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.

===Veins of Stone===
''Veins of Stone'' (3:20) takes over the strings melody of ''Opening Volley'' with high vocals singing eerily, followed by strings and organ, stopping abruptly with a series of digital chimes. ''[[Orbit of Glass]]'' fades in, with tribal percussion beats taking over soon after. The piece shifts into an eerie ambiance. The eerie high vocals returns, followed by intensive strings, then finally concluding with smooth female vocals and strings. The piece plays throughout the level ''Sacred Icon'', reflecting the 'Vadam's free fall into the lower levels of the [[Sentinel wall]], the [[containment shield]] shutting down, his venture into the [[Flood]]-infested interiors of the wall, and his eventual entry into the [[Quarantine zone]]. The eerie high vocals also plays (along with ''Destroyer's Invocation'' from the earlier track ''[[Mauseolem Suite]]'') in the level ''[[The Great Journey]]'', when Thel 'Vadam battles Tartarus in the [[control room]]  of Installation 05.

The ambience section was arranged into ''[[Librarian's Gift]]'' in ''Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack''.

==Production notes==
*The [[User:Neo Te Aika/Audio Production Notes/Music tracks named after their synth patches|internal tag name]] for ''Opening Volley'' is <tt>ionizer</tt>, named after the featured dominant synth patch in this track from the Roland XV-5080 synthesizer, also named "Ionizer".

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