Editing The Last Spartan

{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{disambig header|Halo 2 music track|Halo: Legends soundtrack|The Last Spartan (Halo Legends)}}
{{Music infobox
|name = The Last Spartan
|yt = l3BUd7yZiUY
|album = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
|composer = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
|length = 02:18
|last = [[In Amber Clad (music)|In Amber Clad]]
|next = [[Orbit of Glass]]
}}

'''The Last Spartan''' is the thirteenth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1]]''.

The piece is similar in composition to the ''[[Halo Theme]]'', outright featuring the vocals of the ''Halo Theme'' in its second part, and indeed could be said to be the theme of ''Halo 2''. It opens with high strings which creates a feeling of uncertainty followed by a militaristic low strings, brass, and percussion. The tempo quickens, and the low strings takes over as the main melody, leading into a crescendo and an abrupt end. The piece ends with ''Cloistered Expectancy'' (the ''Halo 2'' rendition of the ''Halo Theme'' from ''[[Prologue (music)|Prologue]]'').  

The low string melody of the piece was re-interpreted into a soft string variation in ''Metropole'' from ''[[Mombasa Suite]]'', and incorporated briefly into ''Waking Spartan'' from ''[[Cairo Suite]]'' as well as ''Thermopylae Soon'' from ''[[Finale (Halo 2)|Finale]]''.

As the name suggests, the music is the theme of the [[John-117]], which, at the time of release of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', was commonly considered the last [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]].

==Appearance==
The soundtrack can be heard:
*In the [[Halo 2 announcement trailer|''Halo 2'' announcement trailer]].
*In the [[main menu]] of ''Halo 2'', which features only the low strings melody section of the first part.
*In the form of ''Waking Spartan'' in the opening cutscene of the level ''[[Cairo Station]]'', when [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee was publicly tortured.
*During the ending cutscene of the level ''Cairo Station'', which was intended to be identical to the announcement trailer until [[Cut Halo 2 levels#Covenant Ship|the level originally intended to follow ''Cairo Station'']] was cut.
*In the form of ''Thermopylae Soon'' during the ending cutscene of the level ''[[The Great Journey]]'', when 343 Guilty Spark explains the fail-safe protocol of [[Installation 05]] and [[John-117]] contacts [[Terrence Hood]] while onboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.

==Reorchestrated versions==
The piece was reorchestrated into the following:
*''[[The Last Spartan (Halo Legends)|The Last Spartan]]'' and ''[[Finale 2]]'' in ''[[Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack]]''.
*''[[A Spartan Rises]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]'', though the re-orchestration of ''Cloistered Expectancy'' plays first.

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