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'''This is the Hour''' is a song included in the [[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]. It is one of the most recognizable themes in the entire game. A variation of this song is heard in the Halo 3 E3 video.
| name      = This is the Hour
| yt      = logVD4ifoL4
| album      = ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''
| composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
| length    = 2:06
| last      = [[This is Our Land]]
| next      = [[Dread Intrusion]]
}}


The song plays during the ending cutscene of [[The Storm]].
'''This is the Hour''' is the tenth track (Disc 1 Track 10) included in ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]'', and plays during the ending cutscene of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[campaign]] level ''[[The Storm]]''.


The very beginning is mainly choir, followed by the well-known piano motif. This is then repeated by the entire orchestra. The song swells to a dramatic climax, then abruptly stops.
Just as the ending cutscene heavily resembles the [[Halo 3 announcement trailer|''Halo 3'' announcement trailer]], ''This is the Hour'' is nearly identical to the track ''[[Finish the Fight]]'', the music played in the trailer. The piece begins with a soft drumroll, followed by strings and choir building up the melody to a piano solo of the five-note E Dorian melody from ''Finish the Fight''. This is then repeated by the entire orchestra. Percussion enters, and the strings swells to a dramatic climax with the ''[[Halo Theme]]'' triplet rhythm. The melody reaches with high strings, but stops with a single high strings note. Ambient strings then take over till the end.


It runs for 2:06.
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Latest revision as of 10:16, March 19, 2022

This is the Hour

Album:

Halo 3: Original Soundtrack

Composer(s):

Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Length:

2:06

Previous:

This is Our Land

Next:

Dread Intrusion

 

This is the Hour is the tenth track (Disc 1 Track 10) included in Halo 3: Original Soundtrack, and plays during the ending cutscene of the Halo 3 campaign level The Storm.

Just as the ending cutscene heavily resembles the Halo 3 announcement trailer, This is the Hour is nearly identical to the track Finish the Fight, the music played in the trailer. The piece begins with a soft drumroll, followed by strings and choir building up the melody to a piano solo of the five-note E Dorian melody from Finish the Fight. This is then repeated by the entire orchestra. Percussion enters, and the strings swells to a dramatic climax with the Halo Theme triplet rhythm. The melody reaches with high strings, but stops with a single high strings note. Ambient strings then take over till the end.