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-{{Infobox song
+{{Title|Overture}}
+{{Status|RealWorld}}
+{{disambig header|the Halo: Reach soundtrack|the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack|Overture (Halo 3: ODST)}}
+{{Music infobox
   | name       = Overture
-  | video      = <youtube width="200" height="25">UB5h5YF__JA</youtube>
+  | yt      = 8mx-_QOE2j8
   | album      = ''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]''
   | composer   = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
   | length     = 4:47
-  | next       = [[Winter Contingency (song)| Winter Contingency]]
+  | next       = [[Winter Contingency (music)| Winter Contingency]]
   }}
-'''Overture''' is the first track heard on the ''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]''. It contains the songs ''From the Beginning'', ''Swift'', ''Strong'', ''Brave'', ''Immemorial'', ''Remember Reach'' and ''The Fall''. The song ''Swift'', ''Strong'', ''Brave'' resembles ''Rhythm Sketch Variant'', which can be found [http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo/asset_thumb_viewer.aspx?at=55&cc=25 here].
+'''Overture''' is the first track (Disc 1 Track 1) included in ''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]''. It is composed of ''From the Beginning'' (0:00-0:17), ''Swift, Strong, Brave'' (0:17-2:04), ''Immemorial'' (2:04-3:21), ''Remember Reach'' (3:21-3:51), and ''The Fall'' (3:51-4:47).
-==Appearances==
+==Overview==
-The song can be heard in the main menu of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. Various parts of the song can also be heard in-game throughout the different campaign levels and cinematics. Pieces of this song (though faint) can be heard in other songs on the ''Halo: Reach Soundtrack'' as well.
+===From the Beginning===
+''From the Beginning'' (0:17) features vocals and strings playing a rising progression, which echoes the first phrase of the opening Gregorian chant in the ''[[Halo Theme]]''. This piece plays when first entering the [[main menu|menu]] of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
-==Trivia==
+===Swift, Strong, Brave===
-*[[Overture (ODST)|Overture]] is also the name of the first track from the [[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]].
+''Swift, Strong, Brave'' (1:47) opens with a percussion solo from ''Pounding the Pavement'' (from ''[[Neon Night]]'' in ''[[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]'') before joined by strings and piano playing a grand melody. The melody plays in variations, soon accompanied by vocals. Together they invoke the opening Gregorian chant from the ''Halo Theme'' before ending with a drumroll. This piece plays in the menu of ''Halo: Reach''. A percussion-only version plays in the level ''[[The Package]]'', when [[NOBLE Team]] defends [[Catherine Halsey]]’s lab from the second wave of Covenant, and in ''Halo: Reach'' [[Firefight]], during the final wave of a round.
-*The first part of the track contains the percussion from the last part of [[Neon Night| Neon Night]] from the Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack.
-===Additional information===
+===Immemorial===
-*From the Beginning: 0:14
+''Immemorial'' (1:17) is strings-only version of ''Kat’s Plan'' (from the later track ''[[Long Night of Solace (music)|Long Night of Solace]]''), which has incorporated the first phrase from ''Halo Theme'' into its suspenseful melody. This piece plays in the menu of ''Halo: Reach''.
-*Swift, Strong, Brave: 1:47
-*Immemorial: 1:17
+===Remember Reach===
-*Remember Reach: 0:31
+''Remember Reach'' (0:30) features brass playing a solemn melody. This piece plays in the menu of ''Halo: Reach''.
-*The Fall: 0:56
+===The Fall===
+''The Fall'' (0:56) is a strings-only version of second section melody from the later track ''[[Ashes]]''. This piece plays in the menu of ''Halo: Reach''.
+==Production notes==
+*The name ''From the Beginning'' derives from the tagline, “From the beginning, you know the end.”
+*The name ''Swift, Strong, Brave'' is likely a reference to the ''[[Halo 3]]'' campaign level ''[[Arrival]]'', when [[Cortana]] is describing Spartan-IIs and [[John-117]]: "Like the others, you were strong, and swift, and brave; a natural leader..."
+*Like ''[[Remembrance]]'' from ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]'', ''Immemorial'' is approximately 1 minute and 17 seconds long, a reference to John-117.
+*''The Fall'' alludes to the [[Fall of Reach]].
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