Halo Reach "Overture" composed by
Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Arranged for Concert band by
Drake Wheeler

From the Beginning

From the Beginning (0:00-0:17) features vocals and strings playing a rising progression, which echoes the first phrase of the opening Gregorian chant in the Halo Theme. This piece plays when first entering the menu of Halo: Reach.

Swift, Strong, Brave
Swift, Strong, Brave (0:18-2:00) opens with a percussion solo from Pounding the Pavement (from Neon Night in Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack) before joined by strings and piano playing a grand melody. The melody plays in variations, soon accompanied by vocals. Together they invoke the opening Gregorian chant from the Halo Theme before ending with a drumroll. This piece plays in the menu of Halo: Reach. A percussion-only version plays in the level The Package, when NOBLE Team defends Catherine Halsey’s lab from the second wave of Covenant, and in Halo: Reach Firefight, during the final wave of a round.

Immemorial
Immemorial (2:01-3:09) is strings-only version of Kat’s Plan (from the later track Long Night of Solace), which has incorporated the first phrase from Halo Theme into its suspenseful melody. This piece plays in the menu of Halo: Reach.

Remember Reach
Remember Reach (3:10-3:36) features brass playing a solemn melody. This piece plays in the menu of Halo: Reach.

The Fall
The Fall (3:37-4:33) is a strings-only version of second section melody from the later track Ashes. This piece plays in the menu of Halo: Reach.