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-{{Era|RW}}
+{{Status|RealWorld}}
-{{Infobox song
+{{Music infobox
-| name     = De Facto The Matter
+| name     = De Facto the Matter
-| video    = {{#widget:YouTube|id=RA79BUVVzBY|width=200|height=25}}
+| yt = k_LYXlWOH7U
-| album    = [[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]
+| album    = ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''
 | composer = [[Stephen Rippy]]
 | length   = 1:14
 | producer =
-| last     = [[One Problem At A Time]]
+| last     = [[One Problem At a Time]]
-| next     = [[Part of The Problem]]
+| next     = [[Part of the Problem]]
 }}
-'''''De Facto The Matter''''' is the nineteenth track from the ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''.
+'''De Facto the Matter''' is the nineteenth track in ''[[Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack]]''.
-This track play during ''[[Halo Wars]]'' gameplay whenever the player commands their units to attack an enemy base, and was also used in the ''Halo Wars'' [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] [[2007 (real world)|2007]] Trailer, which featured the early version of the game. It is played specifically at the last 2 minutes of the time-based [[campaign]] levels, ''[[Arcadia City]]'' and ''[[Escape]]''.
+==Overview==
+The track features an electric guitar riffs on repeated, with strings and vocals joining in gradually. Synth notes and percussion take over for a heavy melody. Strings and guitar returns with a reprise of the initial melody before being joined by vocals. The track ends with an emphatic reprise of the main theme.
-This song's name is a play on words of the phrase "The fact of the matter".
+==Appearances==
+''De Facto the Matter'' made its debut in the original [[Halo Wars E3 2007 Demo|''Halo Wars'' E3 2007 Demo]], during the opening cinematic in which [[D77-TC Pelican]]s fly to the UNSC base. A percussion-only version plays during the encounter with the {{Pattern|Protos|Scarab}}.
+This tracks plays during ''[[Halo Wars]]'' gameplay whenever the player commands their units to attack an enemy base. It also plays specifically at the last two minutes of the time-based [[campaign]] levels, ''[[Arcadia City]]'' and ''[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]''.
+==Production notes==
+The name ''De Facto the Matter'' is a [[Wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of the two phrases [[Wikipedia:De facto|"''de facto''"]] and {{Plain|[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fact_of_the_matter "fact of the matter"]}}.
 {{Soundtrack|HW}}