The Maw (music)

The Maw is the seventeenth piece included in the Halo: Original Soundtrack.

Overview
The track features a male choir singing somberly, with additional reverb effects. The opening section is also featured in the later track Dust and Echoes.

Appearances
It starts playing at the opening cutscene of the level The Maw, the namesake for the piece, when the Master Chief and Cortana, riding in a Banshee, return to the Pillar of Autumn in the level The Maw.

Rearrangements
The track was arranged into the following:
 * Remembrance and beginning of Ghosts of Reach in Halo 2: Original Soundtrack.
 * The Maw in Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack.
 * Yawning Chasm in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary: Original Soundtrack.
 * The third section of From the Vault in Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack.