It's a sad piece as the virtual intelligence discusses how the Protheans sacrificed everything to Fling a Light into the Future in the vain, faint hope that some species not yet born would have some chance of fighting off the Reapers. It gets played again in a reprise at the end of the game as the Normandy is flying off into the sunset, and again at the end of the second game (but only during the best ending where Everybody Lives during the suicide mission). (music peaks) Mass Effect.' This song serves as the Establishing Character Moment for the series as a whole, in a lot of ways, as main title track, much like the series itself, contains a lot of elements from classic Space Opera sci-fi themes.
(music builds in a crescendo) 'They called it the greatest discovery in human history. M4 Part II by Canadian band Faunts really deserves a spot here.That it's the soundtrack playing during your Awesome Moment of Crowning only makes it better. The dramatic From The Wreckage is hilarious once you know it - a really, really tinny version plays in some of the game's various elevators long before it's used 'properly'.
It's enough to make it sound like a dirge for whichever squadmate you were forced to leave behind.
