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| name = Lament For Pvt. Jenkins | |||
| video = [[Video:Lament_For_Pvt._Jenkins|200px|center]] | |||
| album = [[Halo Original Soundtrack]] | |||
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| length = 01:14 | |||
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'''Lament for Pvt. Jenkins''' is a piece included in the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''. | '''Lament for Pvt. Jenkins''' is a piece included in the ''[[Halo: Original Soundtrack]]''. | ||
This piece is played after the [[Master Chief]] watches the video feed from [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]]' helmet. | |||
This piece is played after the [[Master Chief]] watches the video feed from [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]]' helmet. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The piece is a tense, moody ambient song by string orchestra. The piece opens with a dark, powerful drumbeat, followed by an apprehensive minor chord. Every [[List_of_"Seven"_References_in_Halo|seven]] seconds, the drum sounds again, punctuating a change in the chord. The song becomes increasingly disjointed towards the end, featuring the scrambled high notes typical of the [[Flood]], and slowly fades out, leaving a dark air to the scene. | The piece is a tense, moody ambient song by string orchestra. The piece opens with a dark, powerful drumbeat, followed by an apprehensive minor chord. Every [[List_of_"Seven"_References_in_Halo|seven]] seconds, the drum sounds again, punctuating a change in the chord. The song becomes increasingly disjointed towards the end, featuring the scrambled high notes typical of the [[Flood]], and slowly fades out, leaving a dark air to the scene. | ||
It is also featured on the ad for ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Arms Race]]'', right after a Marine is shot by a Brute Spiker. | It is also featured on the ad for ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Arms Race]]'', right after a Marine is shot by a Brute Spiker. | ||
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The name is clearly derived from the Chief witnessing the [[Flood|horrible fates]] of Jenkins, [[Bisenti]], [[Mendoza]] and the rest of [[Johnson]]'s squad. | The name is clearly derived from the Chief witnessing the [[Flood|horrible fates]] of Jenkins, [[Bisenti]], [[Mendoza]] and the rest of [[Johnson]]'s squad. | ||
==Related Links== | |||
===External=== | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ciyWF_Xmlc Cutscene] | |||
Revision as of 17:46, December 6, 2009
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Lament for Pvt. Jenkins is a piece included in the Halo: Original Soundtrack.
This piece is played after the Master Chief watches the video feed from Jenkins' helmet.
Overview
The piece is a tense, moody ambient song by string orchestra. The piece opens with a dark, powerful drumbeat, followed by an apprehensive minor chord. Every seven seconds, the drum sounds again, punctuating a change in the chord. The song becomes increasingly disjointed towards the end, featuring the scrambled high notes typical of the Flood, and slowly fades out, leaving a dark air to the scene.
It is also featured on the ad for Halo 3, Arms Race, right after a Marine is shot by a Brute Spiker.
Nomenclature
The name is clearly derived from the Chief witnessing the horrible fates of Jenkins, Bisenti, Mendoza and the rest of Johnson's squad.
