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| | {{disambig header|the Halo 2 soundtrack|the Halo: Legends soundtrack|Earth City (Halo Legends)}} | ||
|2 = | {{Music infobox | ||
| name =Earth City | |||
| yt =AVssiMCMVK4 | |||
| album = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]] | |||
| composer = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]] | |||
| length = 3:06 | |||
| producer = | |||
| last = [[Heavy Price Paid]] | |||
| next = [[High Charity (music)|High Charity]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Earth City''' is the seventeenth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|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 ''[[Earth City (Halo Legends)|Earth City]]'' in ''[[Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack]]'' as well as ''[[Kilindini Harbour]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]''. | |||
==Appearances== | |||
[[File:Earth City.png|left|thumb|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 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. | |||
The | The soundtrack can be heard: | ||
*In the opening cutscene of the level ''[[Outskirts]]'', when the [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelicans]] launched from {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} encounter the {{Pattern|Protos|Scarab}}. | |||
*In a low strings version during the level ''[[Metropolis]]'', when [[John-117]] encounters [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]] outside a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] command post, just before a Scarab passes through. | |||
*In full during the ending cutscene of ''Metropolis'', 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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==Production notes== | |||
Earth City had a work in progress "rock mix" with heavy rock percussion from the Roland JD-990 and Kurzweil K2500 synthesizers and guitar work by [[Steve Vai]], as part of the session that led to the [[Halo Theme MJOLNIR Mix|MJOLNIR Mix]] and [[Reclaimer (music)|Reclaimer]], however this version of the production was eventually discarded before ever being used in an in-game capacity.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halopedia.org/User:Neo_Te_Aika/Audio_Production_Notes|Site=Audio production notes, Neo}} | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Soundtrack|H2}} | |||
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