"Installation 04" from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on Xbox 360, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox S/X (2011 - 2020)
Composer: Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell
Album: Halo: Combat Evolved Game Soundtrack
Label: Sumthing Else
Publisher: Xbox Games Studios, Microsoft Studios
Developer: Bungie, 343 Industries, Saber Interactive
To be clear, I have only heard "Installation 04" at one point in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary so far, and that was right after rescuing Captain Keyes during which he relates exposition about what he believes to be the true purpose of the Halo and why the Covenant Armada is trying to access it. Despite my overall feelings about the game, it was a pretty cool moment to hear this music that I have been aware of for maybe 10+ years for the first time in-game. True this song does creep up if you stay on the menu screen long enough, but at times it seems to pull specific pieces from the soundtrack randomly and I do not feel the gumpshun to stick around and hope to hear this particular track.
As I am currently just beginning Stage 4: "The Silent Cartographer," I am still not certain what "Installation 04" specifically refers to as the title of the song was changed from its original title, "Halo" when Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was released back in 2011; again which makes sense when this song first cropped up in the game. But, because the music played during a cutscene that did not last the whole 4:22 of this song, I do wonder how the repeat of the monks singing comes back with the slightly strange electronic bleep-toc sounds in the background. And then there is the solo piano (@ 3:47) that seems like it should be played after some realization that the UNSC were really the baddies all along and Master Chief has to come to moral terms with his actions since he was forcibly taken out of [deep freeze name].
It is a pretty great title theme song though.
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