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'''Earth City''' is a music track featured in ''[[Halo 2]]'', and is track seventeen of Volume 1 of the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2 Soundtrack]].

Though its title suggests its association with [[New Mombasa]], the '[[Earth]] City', it is frequently played as the theme of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]'s [[Scarab]] walker. It is first played in the Halo 2 E3 2003 demo when the Master Chief mans the gun of a Gauss Warthog and continues on until the end of the demo. This is the only time when the music is not associated with the Scarab. It first appears in the final game when the [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] launched from [[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]] encounter the Scarab in the cinematic before [[Outskirts (Level)|Outskirts]]. It is later played during [[Metropolis (Level)|Metropolis]] when the [[John-117|Master Chief]] encounters [[Wraith]]s outside a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] Command Post, just before the Scarab arrives there. Shortly afterward, it is again played as the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s carrier prepares to make a [[Slipstream Space]] jump, while the [[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]] attempts to intercept it.

Lastly, it is again played when a Scarab is encountered, this time it is as [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]] escorts a Scarab commandeered by [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson on]] the jungle of [[Installation 05|Delta Halo]], during the level [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]].

The version played during the Metropolis level is somewhat different than the OST version.

A similar song can be heard in the ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' level, [[Coastal Highway (Level)|Coastal Highway]], featuring similar piano rhythms. Like Halo 2, it is played during a Warthog chase within [[New Mombasa]]. In the [[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]], this similar song, called "[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (Music)|Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]" is in the track, [[Finale (Song)|Finale]].