Winter Contingency (music)

Winter Contingency is second track heard on the Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack. It contains the songs The Battle Begins, Lone Wolf, Distress, Blood on the Ground, Noble Mission, Bait and Switch, Free Fire Zone and Discontent.

Appearances

The Battle Begins is heard in the first campaign level of Halo: Reach, Noble Actual, and also in the trailer with the same name. Lone Wolf is heard many times during the game and is considered one of its theme songs. The rest of the songs are played during the second campaign level of Halo: Reach, Winter Contingency.

Trivia

• This is not only the longest track on the Halo: Reach Soundtrack, but also the longest track of any Halo Soundtrack created to date.
• The track shares its name with not only the campaign level, but also the official United Nations Space Command emergency plan.
• The song entitled Lone Wolf was released as a down-loadable MP3 file on Bungie.net due to it being played in the Reach VGA 09 trailer.

Additional information

• The Battle Begins: 3:10
• Lone Wolf: 2:23
• Distress: 1:38
• Blood on the Ground: 0:53
• Noble Mission: 1:15
• Bait and Switch: 1:19
• Free Fire Zone: 0:38
• Discontent: 0:51