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  | album      = [[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]
  | album      = ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
  | length    = 02:49
  | length    = 2:49
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  | last      = [[Shadows (music)|Shadows]]
  | last      = [[Shadows (music)|Shadows]]
  | next      = [[Halo Theme]]
  | next      = [[Halo Theme|Halo]]
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'''Dust and Echoes''' is the twenty-fifth piece included in the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''.
'''Dust and Echoes''' is the twenty-fifth track in ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''.


==Overview==
==Overview==
This track gives the player the feeling of being alone; that they lost everything and that the victory came at a terrible cost, which it did. Rather than infect the galaxy with the [[Flood]] or activate [[Halo]], which would destroy all intelligent life in the galaxy, the total destruction of the ring was concluded to be the only course of action.  
The track opens with an eerie ambiance, quickly followed by reversed strings,{{Ref/YouTube|Id=IGN|9ndZbg8Mr-Q|IGN|Halo: Combat Evolved Devs React to Speedrun (Martin O’Donnell, Marcus Lehto)}} which build up to a climax. The eerie ambiance continued, soon joined by the male choir, singing the main melody ''[[The Maw (music)|The Maw]]''. The eerie ambiance briefly returns before strings take over, somberly playing a variation of the ''[[Halo Theme]]''.


The middle section of the piece features the vocals from ''[[The Maw (music)|The Maw]]''.
==Appearances==
An extended version of the opening eerie ambiance plays in level ''[[Keyes]]'', during the cutscene where [[John-117]] retrieves the [[Flood]]-assimilated [[Jacob Keyes|Captain]]'s [[neural implant]]s from the [[Proto-Gravemind]]. The track plays in full during the final cutscene of the level ''[[The Maw]]'', when John-117 escapes the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.


==Appearances==
==Arrangements==
It plays during the end of the level ''[[The Maw]]'', in the ending cutscene.
The track has been arranged into the following:
*''[[Wake Me When You Need Me]]'' in the ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''.
*''[[Flotsam, Jetsam]]'' in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary: Original Soundtrack]]''.


The first part is played in reverse on the level ''[[Keyes]]'' during the cutscene where John-117 retrieves the Flood-assimilated Captain's [[neural implant]]s from the [[Proto-Gravemind]].
==Production notes==
The name is derived from [[Cortana]]'s quote upon scanning the vicinity of the destroyed [[Installation 04]], "Just... dust and echoes. We're all that's left."


==Remastered versions==
==Sources==
It is remastered into the following:
{{Ref/Sources}}
*''[[Wake Me When You Need Me]]'' in the ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''. Both are named after quotes from [[Cortana]] and [[John-117]] during the final cutscene from both games.
*''[[Flotsam, Jetsam]]'' in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary: Original Soundtrack]]''.


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Dust and Echoes

Album:

Halo: Original Soundtrack

Composer(s):

Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Length:

2:49

Previous:

Shadows

Next:

Halo

 

Dust and Echoes is the twenty-fifth track in Halo: Original Soundtrack.

Overview

The track opens with an eerie ambiance, quickly followed by reversed strings,[1] which build up to a climax. The eerie ambiance continued, soon joined by the male choir, singing the main melody The Maw. The eerie ambiance briefly returns before strings take over, somberly playing a variation of the Halo Theme.

Appearances

An extended version of the opening eerie ambiance plays in level Keyes, during the cutscene where John-117 retrieves the Flood-assimilated Captain's neural implants from the Proto-Gravemind. The track plays in full during the final cutscene of the level The Maw, when John-117 escapes the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.

Arrangements

The track has been arranged into the following:

Production notes

The name is derived from Cortana's quote upon scanning the vicinity of the destroyed Installation 04, "Just... dust and echoes. We're all that's left."

Sources