Halo 4 Cutscene Library

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The Halo 4 cutscenes, unlike the pre-rendered Halo Anniversary cutscenes, appear in-game in surround sound - and that's how we're making them available to you. (Thanks, as always, to Cody Miller for his stellar recording services.) If you don't have a surround sound rig, these degrade nicely to normal stereo.

As of March, 2016, these are now available in 1080p max resolution, and 60fps (with a couple of exceptions).

As of July, 2022, the majority of these are available in 4K max resolution (still 60fps). We shouldn't really need to say it again... but thanks, Cody.

You can view a streaming version of the cutscene by clicking on a thumbnail.

Cutscene Name	Downloads
Cutscene Name	2160p	1080p	720p
Forerunner Opening Cortana and Chief get to Requiem's Core. 0:39 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	188.5mb	64.2mb	25.7mb
Forerunner Beam 1 Chief shuts down the first beam. 0:16 long.			dwnld
			10.2mb
Forerunner Beam 2 Chief shuts down the second beam. 0:16 long.			dwnld
			10.1mb
Forerunner: Didact Chief thinks he's contacted Infinity - but in fact he's released something else. 3:13 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	922.3mb	302.5mb	123.0mb
Forerunner Closing Chief escapes the exploding ground but finds the Infinity crashing in the jungle. 1:30 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	434.7mb	146.4mb	57.4mb
	2160p	1080p	720p
Infinity Opening Chief hunts through the jungle for the Infinity. 0:59 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	280.0mb	90.8mb	38.1mb
Infinity: Lasky Chief meets Lasky - and Commander Palmer. 1:38 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	461.5mb	155.8mb	62.3mb
Infinity Closing Chief asks Del Rio to help stop the Didact - but is denied. 1:49 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	514.1mb	174.1mb	71.0mb
Reclaimer Opening Del Rio instructs Gypsy Company to roll on some particle cannons to allow Infinity to escape Requiem's Gravity Well. 1:32 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	430.4mb	147.1mb	59.2mb
Reclaimer: Librarian Master Chief meets his greatest ally on Requiem, and learns the Didact's plans. 5:00 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	1.4gb	479.6mb	193.9mb
	2160p	1080p	720p
Reclaimer Closing Chief chooses to go after the Didact after he and Cortana are rebuffed by Del Rio. 2:33 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	720.0mb	238.9mb	98.2mb
Shutdown Opening Cortana regrets her lack of humanity - Lasky helps Chief with some critical equipment. 2:05 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	599.8mb	207.8mb	81.0mb
Shutdown Closing Chief chases the Didact as he leaves Requiem. 1:24 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	409.4mb	131.2mb	52.9mb
Composer Opening Chief arrives at Installation 03 with the Didact. 2:07 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	595.4mb	206.3mb	80.9mb
Composer: Tillson Chief explains the danger of the Didact to Dr. Tillson. 2:10 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	621.6mb	211.8mb	83.6mb
	2160p	1080p	720p
Composer Closing Chief tries to stop the Didact from stealing the Composer - the humans on the station pay the price. 2:51 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	812.8mb	270.7mb	110.2mb
Midnight Opening Chief and Cortana load a Broadsword with a weapon capable of destroying the Composer. 1:46 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	509.1mb	165.4mb	67.8mb
Midnight: Landing Infinity helps Chief land on the Didact's ship. 1:18 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	355.3mb	122.6mb	50.4mb
Midnight: Failure Despite his struggle to reach the Didact in time, Chief watches his foe activate the Composer over Earth. 0:20 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	98.2mb	32.7mb	13.0mb
Midnight: Lightbridge Fight Chief and the Didact meet on the light bridge. Things don't go well for Chief... and then Cortana steps in. 2:07 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
	611.4mb	199.9mb	80.4mb
	2160p	1080p	720p
Midnight Closing Cortana says goodbye. 2:53 long.	dwnld	dwnld	dwnld
Midnight Closing Cortana says goodbye. 2:53 long.	835.4mb	261.8mb	109.7mb
Ending Chief is recovered by the Infinity. Lasky tries to connect with him, but does not succeed. 3:36 long.		dwnld	dwnld
		330.2mb	130.9mb
Credits The game's full credits. 7:53 long.			dwnld
Credits The game's full credits. 7:53 long.			211.8mb
Legendary Ending This is the post-credits scene showing the aftermath of New Phoenix's attack by the Composer. This scene is available on all difficulties - but there is a second or two of extra footage (visible at about 1:50) that only appears once you've finished the game on Legendary. 1:57 long.		dwnld	dwnld
		187.3mb	68.5mb
War Games This is the cutscene that introduces War Games, the competitive/cooperative multiplayer modes available on the Infinity. 1:06 long.			dwnld
			43.1mb
	2160p	1080p	720p