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Ghosts and Glass is the nineteenth track heard on the Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack.

Overview
The track opens with strings playing a short mysterious melody, followed immediately by low strings taking the lead in a sad melody that is the first theme, ending with harp accompaniments. A solo flute then take over for the opening of the second theme, playing a hopefully melody, which is continued by strings. The track ends with a reprise of the first theme.

The ending of the second theme was adapted into the ending of the earlier track Ashes.

Appearances
The full piece is a bonus track found exclusively in the soundtrack, and thus cannot be heard in any part of Halo: Reach.

However, a shortened version of the first theme, featuring a more prominent low strings section, titled Return (from the earlier track The Package), plays in the campaign level The Package.

A piano-only version of the first theme, titled Spartans Never Die (from the earlier track Epilogue), plays in the opening cinematic of the campaign level Lone Wolf.

Production notes

 * The title is most likely a reference to the dead Spartans (ghosts) and the glassing (glass) of Reach.
 * The first theme of Ghosts and Glass began composition as “Ideas3”, one of the many musical concepts being developed by O’Donnell. The piece represented NOBLE Team’s sacrifice, featuring a sad and poignant, but hopeful, melody. When the melody was further developed in “first”, which was the first attempt to develop “Ideas3” into “Idea4”, O’Donnell concluded that the piece needed a second theme for a B section. During the inception of the second theme, the climax featured a major seventh chord, which O’Donnell considered “too sweet”. During a subsequent attmept named “second” (named so because it is the second attempt to develop “Ideas3” in “Idea4”), O’Donnell changed the major seventh chord to lmao what key and chord is this

=Halo 4=

Volume 1
E5C3 opening cinematic E6C1 after freeing marines E10C3 boarding E7C2 when Covenant reinforcements arrive, followed by a lighter version E9C5 activating the map E3C1 defense with UNSC gear E3C2 final wave of Covenant E4C3 initial arrival E4C4 light version in opening, followed by full version E6C1 after deactivating shield door E7C2 when returning to the hangar E8C2 opening cinematic E8C3 opening cinematic E8C5 briefly in opening cinematic E9C4 wave of hunters after ambush E10C1 blowing up the harvester entrance E10C5 briefly in opening cinematic E4C4 when defending after arrival of mantis E4C2 when defending the rear tower E4C5 when reactivating the reactor E5C1 when defending wave E5C5 briefly in opening cinematic E5C5 when Phantoms arrive E6C3 after extracting Covenant intel E7C4 when clearing aft weapon controls E8C3 when inside the cave E8C5 when clearing the area after activating AA guns E10C3 when opening door E10C3 exiting the lich E3C1 Opening cinematic E3C2 opening cinematic E4C5 closing cinematic E5C4 opening cinematic E5C5 after clearing the area
 * 1) Awakening – 5:41
 * 1) Belly of the Beast – 2:38
 * 1) Requiem – 2:15
 * 2) Legacy – 2:29
 * 1) Faithless – 5:02
 * 1) Haven – 5:44
 * 2) Nemesis – 3:31
 * 3) Ascendancy – 4:19
 * 1) Solace – 4:45
 * 2) To Galaxy – 4:57
 * 1) Immaterial – 7:32
 * 2) 117 – 7:28
 * 3) Arrival – 5:36
 * 4) Revival – 7:19
 * 5) Green and Blue – 7:59

Volume 2
E10C5 escaping the cave E9C5 activating grav lift E4C5 activating base power E9C4 after ambush E4C4 when knights enter near the end E5C2 when destroying tech E6C5 exiting harvester E9C1 defending the power source E10C3 returning to caves E3C2 deactivating generators E3C4 briefly opening between each wave E5C2 between each wave E6C5 seraching IFF tags E7C1 opening skirmish E9C2 between encounters E10C1 inside harvester E10C5 inside cave E3C4 when defending waves of Banshees and Phantoms E5C5 when drop pods arrive after finding UNSC gear E7C4 when closing doors E7C5 when facing final wave E8C2 when clearing the conduits E8C3 clearing the area after freeing switchback E9C3 nitial scorpion section, again in the final assault E10C5 attacking the harvester E10C3 when lich arrives E3C3 briefly in opening cinematic (3:15) E7C2 when entering server room hallway (1:07) E7C5 upon clearing hangar E9C2 into the cave E6C5 entering harvester E7C4 when moving to guns E4C1 after cinematic and until pylon is activated E5C2 when returning to the main atrium E5C4 when defending the generators E6C1 opening combat E7C3 in the hallways to data center E7C1 after Murphy drops off a Mantis E10C4 when defending the caves and clearing the landing zone
 * 1) Atonement – 3:16
 * 2) Gravity – 2:09
 * 1) Wreckage – 3:24
 * 2) Aliens – 5:31
 * 1) Kantele Bow – 4:04
 * 1) Pylons – 5:39
 * 1) Escape – 3:57
 * 1) Swamp – 2:49
 * 1) Push Through – 4:44
 * 1) Convoy – 4:44
 * 1) To Galaxy (Extended) – 7:04
 * 1) Lasky's Theme – 3:55
 * 2) Foreshadow – 3:34
 * 1) Cloud City – 4:35
 * 2) This Armour – 4:47
 * 3) Intruders – 3:39
 * 1) Mantis – 4:02
 * 1) Sacrifice – 3:02
 * 2) Never Forget (Midnight Version) – 4:37
 * 3) Majestic – 2:12

Music excluded from OST (according to my ears anyway):
 * The strings heard during level Requiem when moving to The Gate
 * E3C3 when attacking jammer
 * E4C1 when leaving sniper valley
 * E6C3 when outside fending off reinforcements from the phantom
 * E7C2 when clearing the hangar
 * E8C5 when investigating the first two map locations
 * Ambiance with soft drums and suspenseful strings heard in E3C3 when investigating tower
 * Grave melody by strings and bass heard in E3C4 during initial defense
 * Strings melody heard in E3C4 when pelicans bring in mantises
 * triumphant melody usually played for crimson heroics
 * S3C4 when defending
 * S4C3 after activating portal
 * E8C5 after activating turrets
 * E10C1 disabling the aa guns
 * E10C3 after activating comm panel
 * humming suspenseful ambiance
 * E4C1 after tapping into covenant comms
 * upbeat woodwinds
 * E4C2 opening cinematic
 * creepy digital ambiance (sounds like swamp - variation?)
 * E4C2 when attacking waterfront tower
 * creepy ambiance
 * E4C2 when inside waterfront tower
 * suspenseful bass and percussion
 * E4C5 opening
 * short suspenseful strings
 * E6C4 investigating base