Lament for Pvt. Jenkins

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Lament for Pvt. Jenkins is a piece included in the Halo: Original Soundtrack. This piece is played after the Master Chief watches the video feed from Jenkins' helmet.

[edit] Overview

The piece is a tense, moody ambient song by string orchestra. The piece opens with a dark, powerful drumbeat, followed by an apprehensive minor chord. Every seven seconds, the drum sounds again, punctuating a change in the chord. The song becomes increasingly disjointed towards the end, featuring the scrambled high notes typical of the Flood, and slowly fades out, leaving a dark air to the scene.

It runs for 1 minute and 14 seconds (1:14.475). It is also featured on the ad for Halo 3, Arms Race, right after a Marine is shot by a Brute Spiker.

[edit] Nomenclature

The name is clearly derived from the Chief witnessing the horrible fates of Jenkins, Bisenti, Mendoza and the rest of Johnson's squad.

Halo Original Soundtracks (Source)
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 Theme • Siege of Madrigal
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
Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Volume 2	Cairo Suite • Mombasa Suite • Unyielding • Mausoleum Suite • Unforgotten • Delta Halo Suite • Sacred Icon Suite • Reclaimer • High Charity Suite
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 • 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
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 Wars 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
Halo Wars Original Soundtrack DVD exclusive tracks	X-06 • Fingerprints Are Broken • Five Long Years • Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained • Quite the Vacation Resort • We're Burning Sunshine