Composer

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This article is about the Halo 4 level. For the achievement, see Composer (achievement); for the machine, see Composer.

Composer is the seventh campaign level of Halo 4. Completing the level on any difficulty grants the player the Composer achievement, while killing both Hunters in the level using only the Sticky Detonator unlocks the Give Him the Stick achievement.

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{Cutscene}

Cut to an asteroid belt with a large planet in the background. A Slipspace portal suddenly appears in the foreground and the Mantle's Approach comes out, along with several Covenant remnant Liches and Phantoms. They all move away from the belt.

Cut to the Master Chief, under cover in one of the last Liches. The shields protecting the ship from Slipspace fade away.

• Master Chief: "Cortana?"

• Cortana: "Still here."

More Phantoms and Liches cross in the background as the Master Chief gets us from his cover and looks up. He sees a Halo installation.

• Master Chief: "A Halo?"

• Cortana: "Installation 03. It's where Infinity found the coordinates for Requiem."

Cut to a front view of the Master Chief, looking up at the Halo.

• Master Chief: "They why are they bypassing it?"

Cut to a rear view of the Master Chief. The asteroid belt is visible, along with a human station built into one of the asteroids.

• Cortana: "Because the Composer's not ON the ring."

Numerous Phantoms and Liches approach the station. Cut to a front view of the Master Chief again.

• Cortana: "What are you waiting for? That station's not going to save itself."

Fade to black. A moment later, a gunshot can be heard. Cut to the inside of the Lich. A Sangheili's shields flare as he collapses on the floor, the entry wound in the head still smoking. The Master Chief steps over the body, carrying a Covenant carbine, as he walks toward the control panel.

• Cortana: (voice distorted) "Put me into the console."

The Master Chief steps up to the panel and inserts Cortana into the console. A hologram of the station comes up.

• Master Chief: "This is UNSC Master Chief to base. Do you read?"

• Sarah Tillson: "Yes! I hear you! This is Sandy Tillson of Ivanoff Station! We're under attack!

• Master Chief: "They're after a Forerunner artifact you took from the Halo ring."

Cut to an outside view. A Lich approaches the station.

• Sarah Tillson: "How do you know about that?"

• Master Chief: "Doctor. I need you to protect that artifact until we arrive. Send whatever-"

The hologram of the station flickers and disappears completely, replaced by the figure of Cortana, who's undergoing another rampancy fit.

• Cortana: (voice distorted and high-pitched) "Do you know what that condescending bitch said to me after our first game of chess?"

• Master Chief: "Cortana..."

• Cortana: "Even I don't call him by name anymore."

A red signal flashes on the screen as the Lich flies toward the station on a collision course.

• Master Chief: "Correct your approach."

• Cortana: "Yes, well he also said he works better alone."

The Lich flies dangerously close to the station with no deceleration. The red signal continues to flash.

• Cortana: "I can see why you chose him, Catherine."

• Master Chief: "Cortana!"

• Cortana: "I'm your greatest achievement and you detest me!"

• Master Chief: "Pull up! NOW!"

The Lich crashes just below the open landing bay. Fade to black.

Trivia

References

• The Halo Theme's chant is heard when Installation 03 is revealed at the beginning of the level.
• Inside one of the display cases in the Hunter occupied laboratory, the Activation Index of Installation 03 can be seen on display.
• In the room with the Composer, a Marine squad assigned to guard it can be overheard getting orders, all the members of this squad are named after designers of Halo 4.

Mistakes

• Some of the alert screens throughout Ivanoff Station display the UNSC Infinity's hull classification symbol, INF-101. This is a result of reusing textures created for the interiors of the Infinity in the levels Infinity and Shutdown.
• At the end of the level, after the Didact takes the Composer, the screen inside the elevator will still indicate that the Composer is in a "stable" condition.

Miscellaneous

• In the hangar, if the player activates the barrier while a Phantom is still inside the station, the vehicle will explode once it comes in contact with the barrier.