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'''The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe''' is a piece included in the [[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]. | '''The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe''' is a piece included in the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''. | ||
It runs for 2:28 seconds. | It runs for 2:28 seconds. | ||
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It is composed nearly entirely of percussion, only having a deep bass note towards the middle of the piece. The rest of the sound is produced by a combination of drums, auxiliary percussion and hand-clapping, which is usually unheard of in many tracks written for Halo. | It is composed nearly entirely of percussion, only having a deep bass note towards the middle of the piece. The rest of the sound is produced by a combination of drums, auxiliary percussion and hand-clapping, which is usually unheard of in many tracks written for Halo. | ||
It is heard in almost every level of [[Halo: CE]], starting with [[Halo (level)|Halo]]. The song is played near the underground [[Forerunner]] base on Halo, the part of the Silent Cartographer where the player comes to the [[Cartographer]] building for the first time, the [[Assault on the Control Room]] when wandering through the innards of Halo, the end of [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], near the end of the level [[Two Betrayals]], at the start of the Final Run chapter, and in [[Keyes (Level)|Keyes]], while inside the ship, and while [[Master Chief]] blows up the engines of the Pillar of Autumn. | It is heard in almost every level of ''[[Halo: CE]]'', starting with [[Halo (level)|Halo]]. The song is played near the underground [[Forerunner]] base on Halo, the part of the Silent Cartographer where the player comes to the [[Cartographer]] building for the first time, the [[Assault on the Control Room]] when wandering through the innards of Halo, the end of [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], near the end of the level [[Two Betrayals]], at the start of the Final Run chapter, and in [[Keyes (Level)|Keyes]], while inside the ship, and while [[Master Chief]] blows up the engines of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The name of the song is most likely in reference to the [[Halo (Construct)|Halo]] Installations, or the "Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe". It plays multiple times in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]; from the levels [[Halo (level)|Halo]] to [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], where it is featured most prominently at the end of the level. | *The name of the song is most likely in reference to the [[Halo (Construct)|Halo]] Installations, or the "Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe". It plays multiple times in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]; from the levels [[Halo (level)|Halo]] to [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], where it is featured most prominently at the end of the level. | ||
*The name is also a chapter in the level " | *The name is also a chapter in the level "Two Betrayals" on ''Halo: CE'' | ||
*This song was remixed into part of [[Heretic, Hero]] on the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]. | *This song was remixed into part of [[Heretic, Hero]] on the ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]''. | ||
*This song is quite similar to [[Drumrun]] also on the [[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]. | *This song is quite similar to [[Drumrun]] also on the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''. | ||
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[[Category:Halo: Combat Evolved]] | [[Category:Halo: Combat Evolved]] |