H A LO

S H E E T M U S I C
C O L L E C T I O N

BOOK

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HALO : REACH

Mart van Gorkom

Jaap Eilander
H A LO
S H E E T M U S I C
C O L L E C T I O N

BOOK

6
HALO: REACH

Mart van Gorkom

Jaap Eilander
The HALO Sheet Music Collection

PROJECT LEAD Mart van Gorkom

ARRANGEMENT & TRANSCRIPTION Mart van Gorkom

Jaap Eilander

ORIGINAL COMPOSERS Martin O’Donnell Michael Salvatori

Stan LePard Ivan Ives
C Paul Johnson

COVER DESIGN / BOOK DESIGN Hsiao-Tung Charlotte Su

ILLUSTRATION Hsiao-Tung Charlotte Su

In Honor of
Martin O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Stan LePard,
Stephen Rippy, Kevin McMullen, Ivan Ives, Neil Davidge,
Kazuma Jinnouchi, Tom Salta,
HALO Audio Teams, 343 Industries, and Bungie

Inspired By
Devin Eastman, Jonathan Churchill, Kenneth Candelas, and Benjamin Bergem
for being the inspiration for making the HALO Sheet Music Collection.
Although they are not involved in this project. Their work found around the web was an
eye opener to what could be done.

Special Thanks
Our friends and family;
The Halo Archive and its community at haloarchive.com,
Notably members Mendicant Bias, Gob, Adv Jones, She Sangheili, and Will;
The support of the Halo Archive staff and its blog;
The Halo community at halowaypoint.com.

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 Disclaimers
NO profit has been made or will be made from any material in the book without proper
authorization.
All information regarding names etc. comes from the official original Halo soundtracks
available for purchase.
All music originally created by their respective artists. Also mentioned on the sheet
music.
All applicable rights go to the rightful owner(s).
All cover art custom created free of charge, no profit was made.
All graphic/art images used inside belong to their respective artists/companies.
All logos used belong to their rightful owner. The Halo logo belongs to Microsoft.
The Halo font used is custom made and is free to use.
This book is made by fans of the Halo franchise, and meant solely to entertain in private
setting. No infringement is meant to any form of rights or credit.

[HALO] © Microsoft Corporation. [HALO Sheet Music Collection] was created under
Microsoft's "Game Content Usage Rules" using assets from [HALO], and it is not endorsed by
or affiliated with Microsoft.

The Game Content Usage Rules can be found on Xbox.com

Contact
Mart van Gorkom
Twitter@HurryingCandy | hurryingcandy@gmail.com

Jaap Eilander
info@jaapeilander.nl

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 Foreword
My reason for making sheet music for Halo started with Halo: Combat Evolved. I played it in 2002, the
year the game was first released here in the Netherlands. In the main menu of the game I heard this:

The Halo Monk Chant by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori.

From that point on I loved the Halo Soundtracks. In fact, it opened up the world of soundtracks in
general for me.

In 2008, after I started playing the piano in 2007, I was looking for a way to be able to play the music
from the Halo soundtracks on the piano. I turned to my piano tutor Jaap Eilander and asked if it would be
possible to arrange some of the music from the soundtracks I loved.

We started working on making an easy to play arrangement of the track “Unforgotten” from the
soundtrack of Halo 2, and played around with some other tracks. It was so much fun to be able to play the
music that had so many fun memories tied to it. The scenes, moments, and environment of the game were
all brought back by the music. I wanted to continue making sheet music for Halo. To keep on enjoying this
experience. To be able to play Halo on the piano, as well as on the Xbox.

Part of “Unforgotten” from Halo 2 Volume 2 by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori

After a couple of years of arranging and transcribing sheet music with my tutor, we had established a
decent collection of Halo sheet music, coming from all the available Halo soundtracks at the time (2010).
When I first ventured into the online Halo community, mostly the forums from Bungie, Halo Waypoint, and
other Halo fan sites, I encountered something familiar; more sheet music made by other fans. I wasn’t alone
in my desire to make the sheet music and that was inspiring.

It inspired me to keep going and keep on making a Halo Sheet Music Collection. One that was as
complete as a pianist would want. And as correct as possible when trying to covert orchestra music into
piano solo.

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 In 2012 after some time spend on halowaypoint.com some like minded Halo fans who were interested
in my sheet music got in touch with me and asked if I was willing to share it. Amazed that people were
interested in our sheet music we decided to release it to the public.

During the process of making it available to the public, I discovered that it was getting harder to find
new fan-made Halo sheet music. Seeing that we were one of the few still active in making fan-made sheet
music for Halo, we were motivated to make a complete and comprehensive collection of Halo sheet music.

In 2013 after our sheet music was first released in the Community Creations section of Halo
Waypoint, we continued working on finishing Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Wars and Halo: Reach and
releasing them to the public. We released it in PDF format and later in MIDI files at the request of Halo
fans using the sheet music. The release was notable in the amount of views it got. On Halo Waypoint it
climbed above 30,000 before the forums stopped supported the ability to see the amount of views.

Later, even after the project was moved to the haloarchive.com forums in 2015, it kept climbing. We
knew there was interest, by the comments, messages and views we received.

Since then we have progressed onto Halo Legends sheet music and beyond. Seeing improvement of
our abilities and skills in making sheet music, we even re-wrote all the sheet music we had in 2016 in order
to make these books clean, consistent and in the best state we could when we released them.

The inspiration for making these books came in late 2015 when my family and friends gave me a gift
for my birthday. They collected all the sheet music Jaap and I had made and printed it into one giant Halo
Sheet Music Collection hardcover book. Having our, until that moment only digital, sheet music in our
hands as a physical book was incredible.

That’s the journey we took with Halo. After arranging more than 120 pieces we made these 7 books.
We are very proud to be able to offer something like this back to the Halo community that has been very
present in our lives.

We hope that longtime Halo fans enjoy them and will be able to play the tracks that go along with
many Halo memories, and that new people can enjoy the music as a standalone work.

This is a fan project that took many years to complete and we will progress steadily as long as there
will be new Halo soundtracks.

We hope you enjoy it!

Mart van Gorkom (HurryingCandy) – 2016

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 Contents

OVERTURE “From the Beginning & Swift, Strong, Brave” 6

WINTER CONTINGENCY “The Battle Begins” 9
“Lone Wolf” 13
“Bait and Switch” 16
ONI SWORD BASE “Latchkey” 18
TIP OF THE SPEAR “Unreconciled” 20
LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE “Kat's Plan” 27
“Make it Count” 29
EXODUS “Before the Fire” 31
NEW ALEXANDRIA “Wing and a Prayer” 32
“Reflection” 34
THE PACKAGE “Time To Dance” 36
“Say the Words” 41
THE PILLAR OF AUTUMN “Shipbreaker” 42
EPILOGUE “Spartans Never Die” 45
“Hymn for Reach” 46
Ashes 48
Ghosts and Glass 51

List of Musical Terminology 54

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OVERTURE: "From the Beginning & Swift, Strong, Brave" - 1

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OVERTURE: "From the Beginning & Swift, Strong, Brave" - 2

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OVERTURE: "From the Beginning & Swift, Strong, Brave" - 3

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "The Battle Begins" - 1

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "The Battle Begins" - 2

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "The Battle Begins" - 3

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "The Battle Begins" - 4

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "Lone Wolf" - 1

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "Lone Wolf" - 2

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "Lone Wolf" - 3

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "Bait and Switch" - 1

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WINTER CONTINGENCY: "Bait and Switch" - 2

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ONI SWORD BASE: "Latchkey" - 1

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ONI SWORD BASE: "Latchkey" - 2

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TIP OF THE SPEAR: "Unreconciled" - 1

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TIP OF THE SPEAR: "Unreconciled" - 2

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TIP OF THE SPEAR: "Unreconciled" - 3

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TIP OF THE SPEAR: "Unreconciled" - 4

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TIP OF THE SPEAR: "Unreconciled" - 5

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FLOODGATE: “Follow Our Brothers” - 5

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TIP OF THE SPEAR: "Unreconciled" - 6

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LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE: "Kat's Plan" - 1

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LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE: "Kat's Plan" - 2

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LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE: "Make it Count" - 1

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LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE: "Make it Count" - 2

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EXODUS: "Before the Fire" - 1

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NEW ALEXANDRIA: "Wing and a Prayer" - 1

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NEW ALEXANDRIA: "Wing and a Prayer" - 2

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NEW ALEXANDRIA: "Reflection" - 1

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NEW ALEXANDRIA: "Reflection" - 2

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THE PACKAGE: "Time To Dance" - 1

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THE PACKAGE: "Time To Dance" - 2

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THE PACKAGE: "Time To Dance" - 3

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THE PACKAGE: "Time To Dance" - 4

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THE PACKAGE: "Time To Dance" - 5

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THE PACKAGE: "Say the Words" - 1

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THE PILLAR OF AUTUMN: "Shipbreaker" - 1

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THE PILLAR OF AUTUMN: "Shipbreaker" - 2

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THE PILLAR OF AUTUMN: "Shipbreaker" - 3

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EPILOGUE: "Spartans Never Die" - 1

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EPILOGUE: "Hymn for Reach" - 1

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EPILOGUE: "Hymn for Reach" - 2

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Ashes - 1

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Ashes - 2

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Ashes - 3

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Ghosts and Glass - 1

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Ghosts and Glass - 2

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Ghosts and Glass - 3

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 List of Musical Terminology
for The Halo Sheet Music Collection
by Mart van Gorkom (HurryingCandy)

Most musical terms are universal. Yet some are open to interpretation. Opinions and
styles differ between each player. This list is made for The Halo Sheet Music Collection
book series. It is not meant for study material.
For study material search any good book store for a dictionary on musical terminology.

A D
A Tempo - (“In Time”) Return to previous tempo.
Usually after rubato or ritenuto.
Accelerando / Accel. - (“Accelerating”) Increasing
tempo.
Adagio - (“At ease”)
Agitato - (“Agitated”) Play forcefully.
Alla - (“To [the], in the manner of ”)
Allargando - (“Broadening”) Becoming a little
slower each time.
Andante - At a walking pace.
Ardamente - (“Angry”) Play with an angry
emotion.
Attento - (“Attentive”) Pay close attention.
Deciso - (“Decided”) Decision.
Delicatamente - (“Gently”) Play in a gentle
manner; softly usually implied.
Delicato - (“Delicate”) - Play delicately.
Diminuendo / Dim. - (“Dwindling”) Gradually
decrease volume.
Dolce - (“Sweetly”) Play sweetly.
Dolente - (“Sorrowfully”) Play with sadness and
painful emotion.
Dolore - (“Sadness”) Play sadly; usually with chords
played clear and long.
Dondolo - (“Rocking”) Play with a rocking manner
similar to the motion of a cradle.

B E
(Alla) Breve - Read notes of short duration more Emozioni - (“Emotions”)
cleanly with fewer beats. Espressione - (“Expression”)
Brio - Lively. Espressivo - (“Expressively”) Play Expressively;
Brioso - Lively with vigor. usually used to indicate grand sounding pieces.

C F
Calma - (“Calmly”) Play in a calm manner. Fine - (“End”) Final measure of piece.
Calmato - (“Calmed”) Play calm but also smooth. Fluente - (“Fluently”) Play fluently without any gaps
Con - (“With -”) or changes in tempo. Let the notes flow trough
Crescendo / Cresc. - Increasing in dynamic; each other.
gradually playing louder. Fuoco - (“Fire”) Play with passion.
Crescente - (“Growing”) Increasing volume; similar
to crescendo
Curiositá - (“Curiosity”) Play almost happy but
lighty. Mind the tempo.

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 G P
Gentile - (“Gentle”) Play gently.
Giocoso - (“Playful”) Play in a playful, childlike
manner.
Grandioso - (“Grandly”) Play in a grand fashion;
usually mixed with espressivo.
Grave - (“Serious”) Play solemnly without any form
of cheerfulness.
Grazioso - (“Gracious”) Play stately; classically
subtle yet grand.
L Prendere - (“Take -”)
Largamente - (“Broadly”) Play slowly.
Legatissimo - As smooth as you can.
Legato - (“Smoothly”) Play in a smooth, fluid-like
manner.
Leggermente - (“Slightly”)
Leggiero - (“Lightly”) Delicately.
Libero - (“Free”) Play freely.
Lutto - (“Mourning”) Play with profound sadness.
M slowing down the tempo.
Ma - (“But -”)
Maestoso - (“Majestic”) Play majestically, usually
combined with grandioso.
(Alla) Marcia - (“(Like a) march”) Play like a march.
Marziale - (“Martial”) Of a marching manner.
Melanconico - (“Melancholy”) Play with sadness.
Meno - (“Lesser / Fewer”)
Mesto - (“Mournful; sad”)
Misterioso - (“Mysterious”) Play in a mysterious
style.
Moderato / Moderazione - (“Moderate”) With
moderation.
Modesto - (“Modest”)
Molto - (“Very / A lot / Much”)
Mosso - (“Moved”)
Moto e Pesante - Heavy movement paired with
free tempo.
O Solenne - (“Solemness”)
Ondeggianti - (“Swaying”) Play in a swaying /
rocking like manner.
Paurose - (“Scary”)
Pesante - (“Heavy / Ponderous”)
Piacere - (At the pleasure of -”) Used to indicate
that either the tempo or dynamic is to be
decided by the player.
Piacevole (Atmosfera) - (“Pleasant
(Atmosphere)”) Play with the appropriate tempo
and volume that fits the mood to the player’s
interpretation.
Pieno - (“Full”)
Poco - (“A Little / A bit / Some”)
Proprio - (“Proper”)
R
Rallentando - (“Broadening of the tempo”) Play
progressively slower.
Rilassarsi - (“Relaxed”) Play in a relaxed manner;
different from Calma.
Risoluto - (“Resolute”) Play with a steadfast manner.
Ritardando / Rit. - (“Slowing down”) Gradually
Rubato - (“Robbed time”) Play freely within the
restraint of the tempo; mostly decided by the
player (composer / conductor).
Ruvido - (“Roughly”)
S
Scherzando - (“Playfully”)
Scherzoso - (“Playfully”)
Sconvolto - (“Upset”) Play in a fussy, upset manner.
Sempre - (“All the time”) Continues.
Sentito - (“To feel for -”) Usually applies to the
preceding term. Asking the player to adjust to
what is appropriate.
Senza - (“Without -”)
Simile - (“Similar to-”) Usually continue doing the
preceding style, dynamic, ect, to the following
passage.
Soave - (“Smoothly”)
Sostenuto - (“Sustained”) Made longer.
Stringendo - Gradually getting faster.
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(Con) Suspense - (“(With) suspense”) Play in a
tight, suspenseful manner.

T
Teneramente - (“Tenderly”) Play tenderly and
lovingly.
Torna - (“Return / Back to”)
Tranquilo - (“Relaxed”) Play in a relaxed manner;
usually used when a piece has suspense before a
calm ending, such as a calming phase after
Grandioso, ect.
Triste - (“Sad”)
Tristezza - (“Sadness”)
Tutti - (“All”)

U
Un Poco - (“A bit / A little”)

V
Vigoroso - (“Vigorous”) Make full use of the
dynamic and strength of the instrument.
Vivo - (“Lively / Intense”)

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 OVERTURE
“From the Beginning & Swift, Strong, Brave”

WINTER CONTINGENCY
“The Battle Begins”
“Lone Wolf”
“Bait and Switch”

ONI SWORD BASE

“Latchkey”

TIP OF THE SPEAR

“Unreconciled”

LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE

“Kat's Plan”
“Make it Count”

EXODUS
“Before the Fire”

NEW ALEXANDRIA
“Wing and a Prayer”
“Reflection”

THE PACKAGE
“Time To Dance”
“Say the Words”

THE PILLAR OF AUTUMN

“Shipbreaker”

EPILOGUE
“Spartans Never Die”
“Hymn for Reach”

Ashes

Ghosts and Glass