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Your Personal Soundtrack: Frederic Chopin

posted by Mike on October 27, 2007 4:44 PM in Games, Music

Whether you love or hate Halo 3, one thing is sure: the "Believe" ad campaign was (widely considered) fantastic in all the ways the game was not - moving and emotional. It's really sad that Halo is responsible for rekindling my love for classical music, but the piece they used in their ad is easily one of the finest piano compositions ever written, Frederic Chopin's Op. 28, Prelude No. 15, often called "Raindrops". (The bit heard in the :60 Halo TV Spot starts at the 2:38 mark.)

Enjoy it here as accurately interpreted by pianist DongMin Lim in 2005's Chopin Competition. I defy you not to get goosebumps during this song. The commercial, if you haven't seen it, is after the jump.

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