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{{ | {{Title|Overture}} | ||
{{Status|RealWorld}} | |||
{{disambig header|the Halo: Reach soundtrack|the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack|Overture (Halo 3: ODST)}} | |||
{{Music infobox | |||
| name = Overture | | name = Overture | ||
| | | yt = 8mx-_QOE2j8 | ||
| album = [[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]] | | album = ''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]'' | ||
| composer = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]] | | composer = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]] | ||
| length = 4:47 | | length = 4:47 | ||
| next = [[Winter Contingency ( | | next = [[Winter Contingency (music)| Winter Contingency]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Overture''' is the first track | '''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). | ||
== | ==Overview== | ||
===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]]''. | |||
== | ===Swift, Strong, Brave=== | ||
''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. | |||
===Immemorial=== | |||
[[ | ''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''. | ||
===Remember Reach=== | |||
''Remember Reach'' (0:30) features brass playing a solemn melody. This piece plays in the menu of ''Halo: Reach''. | |||
===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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