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{{Music infobox
{{Music infobox
  | name      = Halo Love Theme Sketch
  | name      = Love and a Piano
  | yt      = jVwWKywtJTc
  | yt      = jVwWKywtJTc
  | album      =  
  | album      = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]]
  | length    = 1:49
  | length    = 1:50
  | last      =  
  | last      =  
  | next      =
  | next      =
}}
}}


'''"Halo Love Theme Sketch"''', also known as '''"Love and a Piano"''',{{Ref/Site|URL= http://www.bungie.net/Silverlight/mediaviewer/playlists/audio_music.xml|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo Music audio_music.xml |D=08|M=06|Y=2008}} is a piece of music that was worked on during the production of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.{{Ref/Site|Id=outtakes|URL= http://www.bungie.net/perlbin/blam.pl?file=/site/1/site/halo/features/outtakes_04.html|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Truth and Reconciliation - Outtakes - Musical Rejects and Sketches|D=26|M=10|Y=2002}}
'''"Love and a Piano"''' is a track not featured in any of the Halo Original Soundtracks. It runs for 1:49. Some [[Halo Series|Halo]] fans even call this song "Halo Romance" or "Halo Love Theme" because of the song's romantic feeling, which could be a reference to [[Cortana]] and [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s "relationship".


A more tender rendition of the ''[[Halo Theme]]'', the track shares some traits with ''[[Siege of Madrigal]]''. During ''Combat Evolved''{{'}}s production, [[Martin O'Donnell]] couldn't figure out where in the game the musical sketch would fit, so the track went unused. It was later released as a free download on [[Bungie.net]] in [[2002]].{{Ref/Reuse|outtakes}}
==Appearances==
The first section of this song can be heard very faintly as a backtrack on the song [[Ambient Wonder]] from the ''Halo: CE'' Original Soundtrack. Here the theme is played on a synth, with an approximately doubled speed and it is extremely faint and can almost only be heard in a silent room with good speakers, or with in-ear headphones.  


==Sources==
The same section is remade into the opening of [[No More Dead Heroes]] heard during the opening of the campaign level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]] in ''Halo 3''. Here the timing of the note is slightly different, but the overall feeling is kept. A fitting use for the theme, as it is often used to represent Cortana's and John-117's "relationship", as it is used on the level where he is set to rescue her.
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Other songs that are not in the original soundtracks can be listened to [http://www.bungie.net/News/Media.aspx?mid=13895&age_verify=1 here]. Love and a Piano can be downloaded [http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halo/audio/music/halo_love_theme_sketch1.mp3 here].
 
== Trivia ==
*The title to the track may be a reference to Cortana and Master Chief's "relationship".
*The piano is [[Martin O'Donnell]]'s favorite musical instrument.


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