Editing On a Pale Horse

{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Center|Not to be confused with [[Behold a Pale Horse]].}}
{{Music infobox
 | name       = On a Pale Horse
 | yt      = pXOrmlzccXk
 | album      = ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''
 | composer   = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
 | length     = 1:35
 | producer   =
 | last       = [[Drumrun]]
 | next       = [[Perchance to Dream]]
}}

'''On a Pale Horse''' is the nineteenth track in ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''.

==Overview==
The soundtrack begins with driving staccato notes from the high strings joined by pizzicato from the low strings in what can be guessed is an alternating time signature between 6/4 and 4/4 time. At various times, sections of the high strings voice themes and variations on the ''[[Halo Theme]]'' Gregorian chant, eventually developing a unique melody. At about a minute into the soundtrack, the strings start a sort of "call - answer" theme again divided by low and high strings, then reverts to the staccato theme this time voiced in the lower register while the higher register plays slow chords while they crescendo to the end of the soundtrack. 

==Appearances==
It can be heard:
*In the level ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]'' at the first bridge, after [[Cortana]] replied to the Sergeant of [[Fireteam Zulu]]. 
*In the level ''[[Two Betrayals]]'', when [[John-117]] returns to the twin bridges in Canyon B to find [[Type-26 Banshee]]s combating the [[Flood]].

==Arrangements==
The track was arranged into the following:
*''[[Behold a Pale Horse]]'' in the ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''.
*''[[Pale Rider]]'' in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary: Original Soundtrack]]''.

==Production notes==
*The name "On a Pale Horse" is likely a [[List of references to the Bible in Halo|reference]] to [[wikipedia:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse#Pale_Horse|one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] in the [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Book of Revelation]]; specifically, it refers to the fourth horseman, who'll ride in ''on a pale horse'', and represents death.
*The violins bear a reminiscence to ''[https://youtu.be/1RXC2zc1ZdE Hurry]'' from ''[[Wikipedia:Oni (video game)|Oni]]'', an earlier [[Bungie]] game which Martin O'Donnell also worked on.

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