The Maw (Music) | Halo Alpha

The Maw is a piece included in the Halo: Original Soundtrack. It is also used as part of Dust and Echoes.

Appearances[]

It starts playing at the beginning of the level The Maw, the namesake for the song, when John-117 and Cortana, riding in a Banshee head back to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.

Other Appearances[]

This piece forms the base for the Halo 2: Original Soundtrack piece, Remembrance, and the intro of Ghosts of Reach.

It was remade in the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Original Soundtrack as Yawning Chasm.

Music in the Halo series

Halo: CE Original Soundtrack

Opening Suite • Truth and Reconciliation Suite • Brothers in Arms • Enough Dead Heroes • Perilous Journey • A Walk in the Woods • Ambient Wonder • The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe • Trace Amounts • Under Cover of Night • What Once Was Lost • Lament for Pvt. Jenkins • Devils... Monsters... • Covenant Dance • Alien Corridors • Rock Anthem for Saving the World • The Maw • Drumrun • On a Pale Horse • Perchance to Dream • Library Suite • The Long Run • Suite Autumn • Shadows • Dust and Echoes • Halo • Siege of Madrigal

v d e Halo 2: Original Soundtrack

Volume 1	MJOLNIR Mix • Blow Me Away • Peril • Ghosts of Reach • 1st Movement of The Odyssey • Heretic, Hero • Flawed Legacy • Impend • Never Surrender • Ancient Machine • 2nd Movement of the Odyssey • In Amber Clad • The Last Spartan • Orbit of Glass • 3rd Movement of The Odyssey • Heavy Price Paid • Earth City • High Charity • 4th Movement of The Odyssey • Remembrance • Connected

Volume 2	Prologue • Cairo Suite • Mombasa Suite • Unyielding • Mausoleum Suite • Unforgotten • Delta Halo Suite • Sacred Icon Suite • Reclaimer • High Charity Suite • Epilogue

Halo 3: Original Soundtrack

Luck • Released • Infiltrate • Honorable Intentions • Last of the Brave • Brutes • Out of Shadow • To Kill a Demon • This is Our Land • This is the Hour • Dread Intrusion • Follow Our Brothers • Farthest Outpost • Behold a Pale Horse • Edge Closer • Three Gates • Black Tower • One Final Effort • Gravemind • Cortana Suite (No More Dead Heroes • Keep What You Steal) • Halo Reborn • Greatest Journey • Tribute • Roll Call • Wake Me When You Need Me • Legend • Choose Wisely • Movement • Never Forget • Finish the Fight • LvUrFR3NZ

v d e Halo Wars Original Soundtrack

Original Soundtrack	Spirit of Fire • Bad Here Day • Perspective • Money or Meteors • Flollo • Just Ad Nauseum • Unusually Quiet • Flip and Sizzle • Put the Lady Down • Six-Armed Robbing Suit • Action Figure Hands • Status Quo Show • Part of the Plan • Work Burns and Runaway Grunts • Freaked Out • Rescued Or Not • Best Guess At Best • One Problem at a Time • De Facto The Matter • Part of The Problem • Out of There Alive • Through Your Hoops • Under Your Hurdles • Insignificantia

DVD Exclusive Tracks	X-06 • Five Long Years • Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained • Quite the Vacation Resort • We're Burning Sunshine

v d e Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack

Overture • The Rookie • More Than His Share • Deference for Darkness • The Menagerie • Asphalt and Ablution • Traffic Jam • Neon Night • The Office of Naval Intelligence • Bits and Pieces • Skyline • No Stone Unturned • One Way Ride • The Light at the End • Data Hive • Special Delivery • Finale

Halo Legends Original Soundtrack

Ghosts of Reach • Brothers in Arms • Truth and Reconciliation • Opening Suite 1 • Opening Suite 2 • Halo • Desperate Measures • Cairo Suite 1 • Delta Halo Suite • Machines and Might • Remembrance • Blade and Burden • Steel and Light • Impend • True Arbiter • The Maw • Unforgotten • Shattered Legacy • Out of Darkness • High Charity Suite 2 • Into Light • Sacred Icon Suite 2 • Rescue Mission • The Last Spartan • High Charity Quartet • Here in Peril • Earth City • Risk and Reward • Exit Window • Finale 2

v d e Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack

Overture • Winter Contingency • ONI: Sword Base • Nightfall • Tip of the Spear • Long Night of Solace • Exodus • New Alexandria • The Package • The Pillar of Autumn • Epilogue • From the Vault • Ashes • Fortress • We're Not Going Anywhere • At Any Cost • Both Ways • Walking Away • Ghosts and Glass • We Remember

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Original Soundtrack

Random Slipspace Trajectory • Bravery, Brotherhood • Installation 04 • An End of Dying • Pale Rider • Yawning Chasm • A Private Service • Rock in a Hard Place • Flotsam, Jetsam • Captain, My Captain • Suite Fall • Demons and Heretics • Exfiltration • Honest Negotiation Suite • Unless You Mean to Shoot • Infiltration • Strung • Still, Moving • Lions and Tigers and... • Between Beams • Paranoid Illusion • Xenoarchaeology • Choreographite • In the Substance of it • How to Get Ahead in War • Unreliable Exploration • Dewy Decimate • First Step • Aborea Above • Bad Dream • Cloaked in Blackness • Strident • To Sleep • Marathon Sprint • Fragments • Heretic Machine • Unfortunate Discovery • Heliopause • Didactic Principle

v d e Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Original Soundtrack

Sphere • Cryo • Reflections • C.A.M.S • Sleep • 4AM • Volcano • Paratus • Flag • Secrets • Classified • Decisions • Leaving • Invasion • Locker • Survivors • Sniper • Warthog • K.I.A. • Axios • Forward

v d e Halo 4: Original Soundtrack

Vol. 1	Awakening • Belly of the Beast • Requiem • Legacy • Faithless • Haven • Nemesis • Ascendancy • Solace • To Galaxy • Immaterial • 117 • Arrival • Revival • Green and Blue

Vol. 2	Atonement • Gravity • Wreckage • Aliens • Kantele Bow • Pylons • Escape • Swamp • Push Through • Convoy • To Galaxy (Extended) • Lasky's Theme • Foreshadow • Cloud City • This Armour • Intruders • Mantis • Sacrifice • Never Forget (Midnight Version) • Majestic

Halo: Spartan Assault Original Soundtrack

Legacy • Stark • Who's There? • Bridge Too Far • Hunted • Ready or Not • Wolverines Return • Rising • Survive • Prelude • Breaking the Code • The Big Guns • Quiet Giant • Guns in the Dark • Epic Evolution • Eliminate the Resistance • Night Dreams • Wolverines Reborn • Regret • Castle Defense • Simple Mystery • Intimate • Onslaught • Elevated • Knock Knock • Night Guards • Finishing the Fight

Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack

Halo Theme Gungnir Mix • Skyline • Not a Number • Kilindini Harbour • Only a Star, Only the Sea • A Spartan Rises • Unforgotten Memories • Second Prelude • This Glittering Band • Jeopardy • Halo Theme Scorpion Mix • Punishment • Promise the Girl • Unsullied Memory • Arise in Valor • Unwearied Heart • Spartan's Regret • Genesong • Breaking the Covenant • Follow in Flight • Cryptic Whisper • Impart • Charity's Irony • Moon Over Mombasa • Trapped in Amber • Builder's Legacy • Moon Over Mombasa, Pt. 2 • Librarian's Gift • Zealous Champion • Steward, Shepherd, Lonely Soul • Africa Suite • Prophet Suite • Into the Belly of the Beast • Cracked Legend • Menace No More

Halo: Spartan Strike Original Soundtrack

Spartan Strike • With Her Whisper • Mombasa Arrival • In the Clear • Epic Evolution Reborn • Just Beyond • The Time to Ride • Go Silently Within • Plan of Attack • Homeworld Bound • Stalking Prey • Legacy Unbound • New Foe • The Canopy for Cover • Hush Now Rush Now • Careful Steps • Next Move • Origin and Time • Into the Depths • Perpetual Motion • Bring a Bigger Gun • Attack • Rapid Recon • Native Tongue • Force Multiplyer • Jungle Threats

Halo 5: Guardians Original Soundtrack

Halo Canticles • Light is Green • Kamchatka • Return to the Fold • Rock and Ice • Argent Moon • Scavengers • In Absentia • Meridian Crossing • Unearthed • Unconfirmed Reports • Keeper of Secrets • Cavalier • Crossed Paths • Untethered • Skeleton Crew • Siren Song • Enemy of my Enemy • Honor's Song • Warrior World • Covenant Prayers • Cloud Chariot • Sentry Battle • Worldquake • Advent • Walk Softly • Genesis • Dominion • The Trials • Sentinel Song • Crypt • End Game • Reunion • Blue Team • Jameson Locke • Osiris Suite, Act 1 • Osiris Suite, Act 2 • Osiris Suite, Act 3 • Osiris Suite, Act 4

Halo Wars 2: Original Soundtrack

Recommissioned • Barren • Isabel's Awakening • Antediluvian • Amethyst • Arise, Goodbye • Symbiotic • The Banishing • Run Little Demons • It's Done • Bon Voyage, Bon Chance • Empathy • Infamy • Heads Up Display • Steel Hands, Gloves Off • Abolition • Catastrophic Failure • Demonslayer • Excision • Inscision • Non-Euclidean • Cratered • Scorched Earth • Simulacra • Tactical Error • Strategic Feint • Gambit • Calculated Risk • Collateral Harm • Fog of War • Battle Aspect • Singular Vision • Pinch Maneuver • Last Stand • Energy Efficient • Dug In • Bivouacked • Legitimate Strategy

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