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{{disambig header|the Halo 2 soundtrack|the Halo: Legends soundtrack|Ghosts of Reach (Halo Legends)}}
 
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  | name      = Ghosts of Reach
  | name      = Ghosts of Reach
  | video     = [[Video:Ghosts_of_Reach|200px]]
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  | album      = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
  | album      = [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]]<br/>[[Michael Salvatori]]
  | composer  = [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]]
  | length    = 02:22:053
  | length    = 02:22:053
  | last      = [[Peril]]
  | last      = [[Peril]]
  | next      = [[Follow (1st Movement of The Odyssey)]]
  | next      = [[The Odyssey#1st Movement of the Odyssey|Follow (1st Movement of The Odyssey)]]
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'''Ghosts Of Reach''' is a song included in the ''Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Volume 1''.     
'''Ghosts of Reach''' is the fourth track in ''[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack|Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1]]''.     
 
==Overview==
The first section of the piece features strings accompanying the vocals from ''[[Remembrance]]'', which is a reinterpretation of ''[[The Maw (music)|The Maw]]'' (from ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''). The second section features a percussive beat (later featured, unaccompanied by strings, in ''Encounter'' in ''[[Mombasa Suite]]'') with strings playing a high-tempo rendition of ''Weight Of Failure'' (from ''[[Prologue (music)|Prologue]]''), which is followed by ''Cloistered Expectancy'' (the ''Halo 2'' version of the ''Halo Theme'' from ''Prologue''). The percussive beat ends before the ''Halo Theme'' sung by the choir ends.


It was composed by [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Michael Salvatori]] and is 2 minutes and 22.053 seconds long ([[7|2:22.053]]). The first part of the song is the same as [[The Maw (Song)|The Maw]] and [[Remembrance]], and when it passes the point at which [[Remembrance]] finishes a completely new tempo is added. It is mainly composed of a chorus, but has some less-noticeable background instruments.  
The second section was reorchestrated into ''Black Tide'' from ''[[Dread Intrusion]]'' in ''[[Halo 3: Original Soundtrack]]''. While the first section was reorchestrated into ''[[Ghosts of Reach (Halo Legends)|Ghosts of Reach]]'' in ''[[Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack]]'' as well as ''[[Unsullied Memory]]'' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack]]'', the second section featuring percussive beats was not featured in either albums.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
It plays during the level [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], when [[Spartan-117]] is going through the underwater-transportation. The second half of the song is heard in the "A Day At the Beach" chapter of the [[Halo 2]] level [[Outskirts]]. Part of this song's melody was later known as the Arbiter theme. The "Day at the Beach" part is remade as "Black Tide" in the track [[Dread Intrusion]] on the ''[[Halo 3 Original Soundtrack]]''.
The soundtrack can be heard:
*In the [[main menu]] of ''Halo 2'' without the second section.
*In the level ''[[Outskirts]]'', in which the percussion from the second section plays throughout the chapter ''A Day at the Beach'', ending with the choir's section as [[John-117]] enters the highway tunnel.
*In the background of [[Remember Reach]], a website created by Microsoft as a section of the marketing campaign for ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and the accompanying video ''[[Creation of the Monument]]''.


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Latest revision as of 06:54, September 10, 2022

This article is about the Halo 2 soundtrack. For the Halo: Legends soundtrack, see Ghosts of Reach (Halo Legends).
Ghosts of Reach

Album:

Halo 2: Original Soundtrack

Composer(s):

Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Length:

02:22:053

Previous:

Peril

Next:

Follow (1st Movement of The Odyssey)

 

Ghosts of Reach is the fourth track in Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, Volume 1.

Overview[edit]

The first section of the piece features strings accompanying the vocals from Remembrance, which is a reinterpretation of The Maw (from Halo: Original Soundtrack). The second section features a percussive beat (later featured, unaccompanied by strings, in Encounter in Mombasa Suite) with strings playing a high-tempo rendition of Weight Of Failure (from Prologue), which is followed by Cloistered Expectancy (the Halo 2 version of the Halo Theme from Prologue). The percussive beat ends before the Halo Theme sung by the choir ends.

The second section was reorchestrated into Black Tide from Dread Intrusion in Halo 3: Original Soundtrack. While the first section was reorchestrated into Ghosts of Reach in Halo Legends: Original Soundtrack as well as Unsullied Memory in Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack, the second section featuring percussive beats was not featured in either albums.

Appearances[edit]

The soundtrack can be heard:

  • In the main menu of Halo 2 without the second section.
  • In the level Outskirts, in which the percussion from the second section plays throughout the chapter A Day at the Beach, ending with the choir's section as John-117 enters the highway tunnel.
  • In the background of Remember Reach, a website created by Microsoft as a section of the marketing campaign for Halo: Reach, and the accompanying video Creation of the Monument.

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