| abstract | - <default>Mausoleum Suite</default> Album Length Composer Producer Previous song Next song [Source] • [Talk] Mausoleum Suite is a suite of songs included in the Halo 2: Original Soundtrack. It includes Destroyer's Invocation, Falling Up, Infected, and Shudder. Falling Up, which plays when the Arbiter gets his armor, is often referred to as the "Arbiter's Theme," as it is always played in Halo 2 during Arbiter missions. It was remade many times, including the second half of Ghosts of Reach, Sacred Icon Suite and the first half of Sacred Icon Suite 2 . It is also heard on the level Floodgate in Halo 3, (The song Dread Intrusion) heard when the Elites join up with the Marines inside the Flood infested Voi, indicating that the theme has come to represent the Covenant Separatist movement as a whole. The beginning of the song, and the end of Shudder, use sound effects from the stand-alone song Ancient Machine. Infected starts with a slow tribal beat, and vocals similar to Ancient Machine, before descending into cascades of chaotic synth effects and distorted guttural vocals (which may be another secret message). Shudder is a remix of Shadows from the Halo: Original Soundtrack. This melody is usually played in association with the Flood, as their de facto theme.
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