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'''Delta Halo Suite''' is the seventh track on ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack#Volume 2|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 2]]''. It is composed of ''Penance'' (0:00-2:32), ''Wage'' (2:32-5:14), ''Leonidas'' (5:14-7:42), and ''Dust and Bones'' (7:42-11:26). The first three parts were reorchestrated into ''[[Delta Halo Suite (Halo Legends)|Delta Halo Suite]]'' in ''[[Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack]]''.

''Penance'' (2:32) begins with short reprise of ''Cold Blue Light'' from ''[[Prologue (music)|Prologue]]'' before male vocals take over, singing what Martin O'Donnell coined "''Halo 2'' monk theme".<ref>''Halo 3 Essentials'': Halo 2 Developer Commentary</ref> It then transitions into the percussion and low strings of ''[[Heretic, Hero]]'', mixed with a high strings variation of the ''[[Halo Theme]]''. It is played during the opening cutscene of the level ''[[Delta Halo (level)|Delta Halo]]'', when {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} followed the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' to [[Installation 05]] via [[slipstream space]], and when [[John-117]] and the [[ODST]]s are dropped to the surface of the ring. The "''Halo 2'' monk theme" would be incorporated into ''[[Finale (Halo 2)|Finale]]''.

''Wage'' (2:42) begins with high strings, followed by militaristic percussion beat and drum roll with snare drums. A low bell chimes periodically. Strings enter, playing a low strings rendition of the synth notes from ''[[Under Cover of Night]]''. The drums enter high tempo, followed by the male vocals from ''[[Remembrance]]''. It is heard during the opening cutscene of the level ''[[Regret (level)|Regret]]'', and then again in ''[[Uprising]]'', during the chapter "Fight Club". The section with high tempo drumroll is played without its male vocal accompaniment at the beginning of the level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'', when the [[Covenant]] blast through the first door. The piece was reorchestrated into the second section of ''[[Arise In Valor]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.

''Leonidas'' (2:28) is based on ''[[On a Pale Horse]]'' from ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]'',{{fact}} featuring a high tempo melody played by high strings, female vocals, and heavy percussive beats. It plays in the level ''Regret'', during the two [[gondola]] sections. The piece was reorchestrated into ''Leonidas Returns'' from ''[[Three Gates]]'' in ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]'' and ''[[This Glittering Band]]'' in ''Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack''.

''Dust and Bones'' (3:44) is a strings-only version of ''[[Heavy Price Paid]]'' from ''Volume 1''. The name may be a reference to ''[[Dust and Echoes]]'' from the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''.

==Trivia==

Leonidas references [[wikipedia:Leonidas I|Leonidas I]], the famous king of [[Wikipedia:Sparta|Sparta]], who led his troops at the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Thermopylae|Battle of Thermopylae]].

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