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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]]''. The song combines deep strings with a piano rhythm to create an imposing, suspense-filled piece. Towards the end, a higher string set creates a building crescendo, accompanied by a vocal set reminiscent of the one at the end of [[The Last Spartan]]. The song's length is 3 minutes and 6.54 seconds (3:06.54).
'''Earth City''' is the seventeenth track of ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1]]''.


Earth City was remade under the title [[Kilindini Harbour]] for the ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.<ref name="ign">[http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/13/listen-to-the-halo-2-anniversary-soundtrack-right-now '''IGN.com''': ''Listen to the Halo 2 Anniversary Soundtrack Right Now -- IGN First'']</ref>
The piece combines deep strings with a piano rhythm to create an imposing, suspense-filled piece. Towards the end, a higher string set creates a building crescendo, accompanied by a vocal set reminiscent of the one at the end of ''[[The Last Spartan]]''.
 
The piece was reorchestrated into ''[[Kilindini Harbour]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
[[File:Earth City.png|left|thumb|Earth City being recorded.]]
[[File:Earth City.png|left|thumb|Earth City being recorded.]]
Though its title suggests its association with [[New Mombasa]], the '[[Earth]] City', it is frequently played as the theme of the [[Covenant]]'s [[Type-47A Scarab|Scarab]] walker in ''Halo 2''. It is first played in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''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.
Its title suggests its association with [[New Mombasa]], the "[[Earth]] City" featured prominently in ''Halo 2''. It is first played in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''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.
 
It first appears in the final game when the [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] launched from {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} encounter the Scarab in the cinematic before [[Outskirts]]. It is later played during [[Metropolis]] when the [[John-117|Master Chief]] encounters [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]] outside a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] command post, just before a Scarab passes through. Shortly afterward, it is again played as the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s carrier prepares to make a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump, while the ''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]] near the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]] of [[Installation 05|Delta Halo]] during the level [[The Great Journey]].


The version played during the Metropolis level is somewhat different than the OST version.
The soundtrack can be heard:
*In the opening cutscene of ''[[Outskirts]]'', when the [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] launched from {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} encounter the [[Type-47A Scarab]].
*During ''[[Metropolis]]'', when [[John-117]] encounters [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]] outside a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] command post, just before a Scarab passes through. Shortly afterward, it is again played as the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' prepares to make a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump, while the ''In Amber Clad'' attempts to intercept it.
*During the level ''[[The Great Journey]]'', when [[Thel 'Vadam]] escorts the Scarab commandeered by [[Avery Johnson]] near the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]] of [[Installation 05]].
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==Trivia==
In the ''[[Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack]]'', a similar song, called "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" is in the track [[Finale (Halo 3: ODST)|Finale]]. This song is played during the level [[Coastal Highway]], and, like Earth City, is played during a Warthog chase within New Mombasa.
==Sources==
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Revision as of 23:25, May 20, 2020

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Earth City is the seventeenth track of Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1.

The piece combines deep strings with a piano rhythm to create an imposing, suspense-filled piece. Towards the end, a higher string set creates a building crescendo, accompanied by a vocal set reminiscent of the one at the end of The Last Spartan.

The piece was reorchestrated into Kilindini Harbour in Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack.

Appearances

Earth City being recorded.

Its title suggests its association with New Mombasa, the "Earth City" featured prominently in Halo 2. 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.

The soundtrack can be heard:

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