Ghosts of Reach

This article is about Halo 2 music track. For Halo: Legends music track, see Ghosts of Reach (Halo Legends).

Ghosts of Reach
Album:	Halo 2: Original Soundtrack
Composer(s):	Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Length:	02:22:053
Previous:	Peril
Next:	Follow (1st Movement of The Odyssey)

Ghosts Of Reach is the fourth track of the Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1.

The first part of the music features strings accompanying the vocals from Remembrance, which is a re-orchestration of The Maw (from Halo: Original Soundtrack). The second part features a percussive beat with a high-tempo rendition of Weight Of Failure (from Prologue), which is followed by Cloistered Expectancy (the Halo 2 version of the Halo Theme from Prologue). The percussive beat ends before the Halo Theme sung by the choir ends.

The second part was re-orchestrated into Black Tide from the track Dread Intrusion in the Halo 3: Original Soundtrack. While the first part was re-orchestrated Ghosts of Reach in the Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack as well as Unsullied Memory in the Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack, the second part featuring percussive beats was not featured in either albums.

Appearances

The soundtrack can be heard:

• In the main menu of Halo 2 without the second part.
• In the level Outskirts, in which the percussion from the second part plays throughout the chapter A Day at the Beach, ending with the choir's part as John-117 enters the highway tunnel.
• In the background of Remember Reach, a website created by Microsoft as a part of the marketing campaign for Halo: Reach, and the accompanying video Creation of the Monument.