Halo 2 Original Soundtrack: Volume One

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Volume 1

Studio album by Various
Released	2004
Genre	Video game soundtrack
Length	69:20
Label	Sumthing Else Music Works
Producer(s)	Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
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Halo 2: Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the video game Halo 2. There are 2 volumes, which were released almost two years apart. Volume 1 was released on November 9th, 2004 and Volume 2 was released on April 25th, 2006. All music was created by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori except where noted.

1 Track listing
2 Poem
3 Repackagement of Vol. 1
- 3.1 Steve Vai and Halo Series
4 See also

[edit] Track listing

"Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix" - (Guitarist: Steve Vai) – 4:11
"Blow Me Away" - Breaking Benjamin – 3:25
"Peril" – 2:46
"Ghosts of Reach" – 2:22
"Follow (1st Movement of The Odyssey)" - Incubus – 4:15
"Heretic, Hero" – 2:34
"Flawed Legacy" – 1:58
"Impend" – 2:21
"Never Surrender" - Nile Rodgers & Nataraj – 3:35
"Ancient Machine" – 1:38
"2nd Movement of The Odyssey" - Incubus – 7:40
"In Amber Clad" – 1:39
"The Last Spartan" – 2:18
"Orbit of Glass" – 1:18
"3rd Movement Of The Odyssey" - Incubus – 6:40
"Heavy Price Paid" – 2:31
"Earth City" – 3:06
"High Charity" – 1:59
"4th Movement of The Odyssey" - Incubus – 9:07
"Remembrance" – 1:17
"Connected" - Hoobastank – 2:39 (Bonus Cut)

[edit] Poem

The inlay card of the soundtrack bears a different poem, written in heptameter.

Covenant Writ of Union, Canto I

So full of hate were our eyes
That none of us could see
Our war would yield countless dead
But never victory

So let us cast arms aside
And like discard our wrath
Thou, in faith, will keep us safe
Whilst we find the path

-High Council of Concordance,
First Age of Reconciliation

[edit] Repackagement of Vol. 1

Many of the tracks of Vol. 1 bear resemblance to the tracks of the original soundtrack. As an example, "Flawed Legacy" mirrors "Perchance to Dream" from the first Halo: Original Soundtrack. Likewise, "Heretic, Hero" mirrors "A Walk In The Woods."

[edit] Steve Vai and Halo Series

In 2004, Steve Vai was featured on Xbox's Halo 2 Volume 1 soundtrack, performing a heavy rock-guitar rendition of the "Halo 2 Theme", known as "Halo 2 Theme (Mjolnir Mix)". He also performed on the track "Never Surrender". In the second iteration of the soundtrack, he performed on the track "Reclaimer". Steve is being considered to perform on Halo 3 and for the Halo movie^{[citation needed]}, which is in pre-production and to be directed by Neill Blomkamp.