Editing Keep What You Steal

{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Music infobox
 | name       = Keep What You Steal
 | yt      = 1LsmYwfGeHI
 | album      = ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''
 | composer   = 
*[[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]] {{C|''Keep What You Steal''}}
*Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and [[C. Paul Johnson]] {{C|''Escape''}}
 | length     = 2:36
 | last       = [[No More Dead Heroes]]
 | next       = [[Halo Reborn]]
}}

'''Keep What You Steal''' is the twenty-first track (Disc 2 Track 6) included in ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]'', and plays in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[campaign]] level ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''. It is composed of ''Keep What You Steal'' (0:00-1:12) and ''Escape'' (1:12-2:36).

==Overview==
===Keep What You Steal===
''Keep What You Steal'' (1:12) starts with a single high strings note, followed by a piano variation of the five-note E Dorian melody (from the later track ''[[Finish the Fight]]''). Strings then play the melody of the Gregorian chant from the ''[[Halo Theme]]''. The melody begins to swell, then quiets to a minor key to transition to the next piece. The piece plays in the cinematic before the "Nor Hell A Fury..." chapter, in which [[John-117]] reunites with [[Cortana]]. The piece was played in full reprise in ''[[The Package (music)|The Package]]'' (from ''[[Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack]]'').

===Escape===
''Escape'' (1:24) begins with the strings playing a single note, but drums in the background gradually grow louder and louder until they block out the strings. The strings take over and begin a discordant melody, which continues to grow louder before fading out in the end with an echo. The piece plays when John-117 destroys the reactors of ''High Charity'' and escapes the [[Flood hive]], then continues into the ending cinematic in which John-117, Cortana, and [[Thel 'Vadam]] escape ''High Charity'' on a [[D77H-TCI Pelican]].

==Production notes==
The name ''Keep What You Steal'' is derived from Cortana's quote from the campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]'': "I'm a thief... but I keep what I steal." It was later reference in the piece ''Keeping What I Steal'' (from the track ''[[Nightfall (music)|Nightfall]]'' in ''Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack'').

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