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Comic website Earth's Greatest interviewed Eric Trautmann about his comic Checkmate. Trautmann previously worked at Microsoft and was involved with Halo and the Halo novels written by Eric Nylund.

Asked about working on Halo, this is what he had to say:

Helping Eric Nylund craft "The Fall of Reach," the first HALO novel was a treat. Eric's a hell of a writer (and I actually was one of the people who more or less bullied Del Rey into using him in the first place) and a good friend, so that kind of contribution is effortless.

Working on the game itself, HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED, was a considerably less pleasant experience. The deadline pressure was enormous; my co-writer at the time, Brannon Boren, and I had just a couple days to bang out a massive amount of dialogue at the request of the game's designer, John Howard, and Bungie co-founder Jason Jones. Apparently, whoever had written the original in-mission dialogue had not done a job everyone was happy with, and they needed, essentially, a writer or writers who could work fast. We happened to be around and available, so we agreed to do it, but Bungie is VERY secretive, and, despite the fact that we operated under the same non-disclosure agreements THEY did, they can be quite mistrustful.

So, we had three days to bang out some ridiculous amount of dialogue, but they wouldn't actually let us LOOK at the game (which is why some of the dialogue doesn't make total sense; I conservatively estimate we got it about 80-90% right, which I think is an accomplishment given how blind we were flying).
THAT was no fun at all.

Deadlines are never fun. Check out the full interview for more information on some of the work Trautmann is doing for DC Comics and has done on Lucasarts properties in the past.

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Dance Like A Sangheili

Another Halo sheet music submission from MJCrascal21; this time it's Halo 1's Covenant Dance (with percussion). Audio file to come soon.

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Covenant Dance Sheet Music W/ Percussion

Transcription of "Covenant Dance", by Martin O'Donnell, transcription by Mike Poe.

This song is from Halo Combat Evolved, and is, in my opinion, one of the best songs in the Halo trilogy.

The percussion parts are what makes this song great, and I've tried my best to transcribe them in addition to the other instruments.

An mp3 audio file for this song is now up and running. enjoy

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Sacred Icon - Piano/Keyboard

This is a keyboard transcription of "Sacred Icon" or (Arbiter's Theme) from the Halo 2 soundtrack.
A nice piece for piano improvisation or preferably keyboard with a strings patch. Enjoy!

[b]Medium:[/b] Piano/Keyboard
[b]Difficulty(1-5):[/b] 2

[b]Included files:[/b]
- sheet music (Sacred Icon - Piano.pdf)
- MIDI performance (Sacred Icon (Improvisation).mp3)

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Impend - Piano/Keyboard

This is a keyboard transcription of "Impend" in C from the Halo 2 soundtrack. Can be performed by piano, but meant to be played with a strings patch.
Its a simple little passage that's fun to play once you get it down. Enjoy!

[b]Medium:[/b] Piano/Keyboard
[b]Difficulty(1-5):[/b] 2

[b]Included files:[/b]
- sheet music (Impend - Piano.pdf)
- MIDI performance (Impend - Piano.mp3)
- .mid file (Halo - Impend.mid)

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Time Wounds All Heels And Heals All... Zombies

Next Generation took a nostalgic look back at Stubbs the Zombie in an online article repurposed from Edge Magazine.

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reguarding halo sheet music - full orchestra

i have a question

on the sheet music section, there is the halo theme for a full orchestra, and i tried to download it, but it wouldn't let me.
i have neither of the programs that it was made on.

i was just wondering whether there was a way i could download it without any of those programs.

i tried unzipping it to adobe, but that wouldn't work either.

halo 2

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online

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HALO 2 or 3 SHEET MUSIC ON VIOLIN!!! does anyone have it?

I really want the Halo 2 or 3 [same difference] sheet music on violin. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could send it to me.

plaztyk_starz@hotmail.com

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get to the top of hotel zanzibar

first you will need to be on co-op and you must have sputnik skull

okay start off by u getting on to the roof tops and making your way to where the pelican comes and gets johnson.
do 'not' jump to the floor, instead make your way to the right side of the broken bridge

now get your partener to come to you if he has not come allready and use him as a step to
get on the building with the slanted roof and make you way to hotel zanzibar using the step technique(if your partener cant get up get him to kill himself).

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