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  | album      = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
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  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
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'''Earth City''' is a music track featured in ''[[Halo 2]]'', and is track seventeen of Volume 1 of the ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2 Soundtrack]]''. The song combines deep strings with a piano rhythm to create an imposing, suspense-filled piece. Towards the end, a higher string set creates a building crescendo, accompanied by a vocal set reminiscent of the one at the end of [[The Last Spartan]]. The song's length is 3 minutes and 6.54 seconds (3:06.54).
'''Earth City''' is the seventeenth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1]]''.


Earth City was remade under the title [[Kilindini Harbour]] for the ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.<ref name="ign">[http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/13/listen-to-the-halo-2-anniversary-soundtrack-right-now '''IGN.com''': ''Listen to the Halo 2 Anniversary Soundtrack Right Now -- IGN First'']</ref>
The piece combines deep strings with a piano rhythm to create an imposing, suspense-filled piece. Towards the end, a higher string set creates a building crescendo, accompanied by a vocal set reminiscent of the one at the end of ''[[The Last Spartan]]''.
 
The piece was reorchestrated into ''[[Earth City (Halo Legends)|Earth City]]'' in ''[[Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack]]'' as well as ''[[Kilindini Harbour]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
[[File:Earth City.png|left|thumb|Earth City being recorded.]]
[[File:Earth City.png|left|thumb|Earth City being recorded.]]
Though its title suggests its association with [[New Mombasa]], the '[[Earth]] City', it is frequently played as the theme of the [[Covenant]]'s [[Type-47A Scarab|Scarab]] walker in ''Halo 2''. It is first played in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 2003 demo]] when the Master Chief mans the gun of a Gauss Warthog and continues on until the end of the demo. This is the only time when the music is not associated with the Scarab.
Its title suggests its association with [[New Mombasa]], the "[[Earth]] City" featured prominently in ''Halo 2''. It is first played in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 2003 demo]] when the Master Chief mans the gun of a Gauss Warthog and continues on until the end of the demo.
 
It first appears in the final game when the [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] launched from {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} encounter the Scarab in the cinematic before [[Outskirts]]. It is later played during [[Metropolis]] when the [[John-117|Master Chief]] encounters [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]] outside a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] command post, just before a Scarab passes through. Shortly afterward, it is again played as the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s carrier prepares to make a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump, while the ''In Amber Clad'' attempts to intercept it.
 
Lastly, it is again played when a Scarab is encountered, this time it is as [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]] escorts a Scarab commandeered by [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] near the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]] of [[Installation 05|Delta Halo]] during the level [[The Great Journey]].


The version played during the Metropolis level is somewhat different than the OST version.
The soundtrack can be heard:
*In the opening cutscene of the level ''[[Outskirts]]'', when the [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] launched from {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} encounter the {{Pattern|Protos|Scarab}}.
*In a low strings version during the level ''[[Metropolis]]'', when [[John-117]] encounters [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]] outside a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] command post, just before a Scarab passes through.
*In full during the ending cutscene of ''Metropolis'', as the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' prepares to make a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump, while the ''In Amber Clad'' attempts to intercept it.
*During the level ''[[The Great Journey]]'', when [[Thel 'Vadam]] escorts the Scarab commandeered by [[Avery Johnson]] near the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]] of [[Installation 05]].
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==Trivia==
==Production notes==
In the ''[[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]'', a similar song, called "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" is in the track [[Finale (Halo 3: ODST)|Finale]]. This song is played during the level [[Coastal Highway]], and, like Earth City, is played during a Warthog chase within New Mombasa.
Earth City had a work in progress "rock mix" with heavy rock percussion from the Roland JD-990 and Kurzweil K2500 synthesizers and guitar work by [[Steve Vai]], as part of the session that led to the [[Halo Theme MJOLNIR Mix|MJOLNIR Mix]] and [[Reclaimer (music)|Reclaimer]], however this version of the production was eventually discarded before ever being used in an in-game capacity.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halopedia.org/User:Neo_Te_Aika/Audio_Production_Notes|Site=Audio production notes, Neo}}
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==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 17:16, January 6, 2024

This article is about the Halo 2 soundtrack. For the Halo: Legends soundtrack, see Earth City (Halo Legends).
Earth City

Album:

Halo 2: Original Soundtrack

Composer(s):

Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Length:

3:06

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Earth City is the seventeenth track in Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1.

The piece combines deep strings with a piano rhythm to create an imposing, suspense-filled piece. Towards the end, a higher string set creates a building crescendo, accompanied by a vocal set reminiscent of the one at the end of The Last Spartan.

The piece was reorchestrated into Earth City in Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack as well as Kilindini Harbour in Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack.

Appearances[edit]

Earth City being recorded.

Its title suggests its association with New Mombasa, the "Earth City" featured prominently in Halo 2. It is first played in the Halo 2 E3 2003 demo when the Master Chief mans the gun of a Gauss Warthog and continues on until the end of the demo.

The soundtrack can be heard:

Production notes[edit]

Earth City had a work in progress "rock mix" with heavy rock percussion from the Roland JD-990 and Kurzweil K2500 synthesizers and guitar work by Steve Vai, as part of the session that led to the MJOLNIR Mix and Reclaimer, however this version of the production was eventually discarded before ever being used in an in-game capacity.[1]

  1. ^ Audio production notes, Neo

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