Destiny Original Soundtrack
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| Destiny Original Soundtrack | |
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Released: |
September 26, 2014 |
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Genre: |
Classical |
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Bungie Music Publishing | |
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Composer(s): |
Michael Salvatori |
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Total length: |
2:18:48 |
The Destiny Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack for the game, composed and directed by Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Skye Lewin, and Stan LePard, with contributions and input from famed Beatles member Paul McCartney.[1][2] The soundtrack contains 44 instrumental compositions from the game.[3]
The soundtrack marked O'Donnell's final work for Bungie, after years of composing for the Halo franchise, as well as several games before that, as he was terminated by Bungie's board of directors without cause on April 11, 2014 [4]. This caused concern as to whether this would affect the game; however, Pete Parsons stated that O'Donnell's work on the game had been completed before his dismissal and would appear in the final product.[5]
Production history[edit]
Early in Destiny's development, O'Donnell was asked to begin writing music for the game ahead of time. This differed from how O'Donnell had composed music for Halo, where he had waited until in-game missions were playable, preferring to write music for specific in-game moments.[6] At the time, Destiny was still in its infancy, as it lacked any gameplay material for O'Donnell to score music to, so instead, O'Donnell began creating music based solely on the game's ideas and artwork.[7] O'Donnell wrote a symphonic suite in eight movements called Music of the Spheres that functioned as a "musical prequel" to Destiny, with the intent to take melodies and other material to adapt for in-game music. O'Donnell gave Music of the Spheres to Bungie in hopes that they would foster inspiration within the development team.[7]
O'Donnell co-wrote Music of the Spheres with his long-time collaborator Michael Salvatori and Paul McCartney. While Music of the Spheres was intended to be used as source material and inspiration, it was not composed with direct in-game use in mind, instead having been composed to function as standalone music.[6] In-game music was composed throughout Destiny's development by Salvatori, alongside C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, and Stan LePard. Johnson had been composing music for Bungie games since Halo 3,[8] and Lewin had previously performed percussion for Halo: Reach.[9] LePard had acted as an orchestrator for Bungie beginning with Halo 2,[10] and had been composing additional music for Bungie starting with Halo 3: ODST.[11]
O'Donnell completed Music of the Spheres in December 2012[12], and did not write any additional music from mid-2013 until his departure.[13]
In 2021, O'Donnell uploaded a series of YouTube videos showing off his work on composing Music of the Spheres. These videos demonstrated O'Donnell's process for composing many of the musical melodies heard throughout the Destiny soundtrack. O'Donnell also uploaded a video demonstrating his process of composing the piece The Great Unknown, explaining that it had been written in August 2009 for an internal Bungie presentation.[14] Additionally, O'Donnell had earlier uploaded a video containing an earlier version of Reborn, having described it as a concept he had composed for The Hope.[15]
In-game pieces such as The Last Array, Tranquility, Temple of Crota, The Hive, Deconstruction, and Cabal Stomp were composed by C Paul Johnson. Pieces such as Siege Dancers, The World's Grave, The Fallen, Chronologies, and Ishtar Sink were composed by Skye Lewin.[16] Salvatori's tracks for this time period are credited with O'Donnell's name listed first due to an agreement the two had reached for Halo. Salvatori composed pieces such as Guardian, All Ends Are Beginnings, Untold Legends, End of the Line, The Collapse, Traveler's Promise, and more.[17]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Composer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | The Traveler | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 2:30 |
| 2 | The Fallen | Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 4:37 |
| 3 | Excerpt from the Hope | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 2:16 |
| 4 | Excerpt from the Ecstasy | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 2:10 |
| 5 | The Warmind | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 2:09 |
| 6 | Guardian | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 2:08 |
| 7 | The Tower | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney, C Paul Johnson | 1:20 |
| 8 | The Last Array | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 6:57 |
| 9 | The Collapse | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 1:33 |
| 10 | The Journey Home | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 3:09 |
| 11 | First Challenge | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Stan LePard | 3:46 |
| 12 | Prey | Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori | 2:13 |
| 13 | Tranquility | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 5:09 |
| 14 | The Great Unknown | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 1:35 |
| 15 | Excerpt 1 from the Rose | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 1:23 |
| 16 | Excerpt from the Tribulation | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 2:15 |
| 17 | Guardians Lost | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 3:50 |
| 18 | Relic of Hope | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 2:14 |
| 19 | Departure | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 2:01 |
| 20 | Lost Horizons | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 1:09 |
| 21 | Reborn | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 3:35 |
| 22 | Sepiks Prime | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 4:14 |
| 23 | Traveler's Promise | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 1:56 |
| 24 | Deconstruction | C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori | 1:42 |
| 25 | Excerpt from the Ruin | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 1:36 |
| 26 | Untold Legends | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 3:34 |
| 27 | Cabal Stomp | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 3:41 |
| 28 | Dust Giants | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 4:28 |
| 29 | Ishtar Sink | Skye Lewin, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 4:43 |
| 30 | The World's Grave | Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori | 5:36 |
| 31 | Exclusion Zone | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 3:48 |
| 32 | The Stranger | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 1:11 |
| 33 | Temple of Crota | C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori | 5:17 |
| 34 | Eye of the Gate Lord | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 4:02 |
| 35 | The Hive | C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori | 5:47 |
| 36 | The Collective | C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 4:11 |
| 37 | End of the Line | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 3:32 |
| 38 | The Vex | Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 5:13 |
| 39 | Siege Dancers | Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 3:17 |
| 40 | Chronologies | Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 3:33 |
| 41 | Passage | C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori | 3:22 |
| 42 | Excerpt 2 from the Rose | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney | 2:47 |
| 43 | Excerpt from the Union | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori | 1:45 |
| 44 | All Ends Are Beginnings | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson | 1:34 |
Trivia[edit]
- When Alpha Lupi was completed, the track Eighth [18] was released to the public. On July 6, 2013, in celebration of Bungie Day, the track Awakening was released. However, none of these tracks appear in the soundtrack.
- After patch 1.1.2 and the addition of a Jukebox in the Tower, players could listen to remixed versions of songs from the soundtrack, including Hope for the Future, a song by Paul McCartney.
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References[edit]
- ^ IGN Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams
- ^ Twitter: Paul McCartney: "'I'm really excited to be working on writing music with @bungie, the studio that made Halo.' - Paul"
- ^ Game Informer Destiny Soundtrack Now Available From iTunes
- ^ GameSpot Legendary Halo composer says he's been fired "without cause"
- ^ Gaming Bolt Bungie Insists Destiny is on Track
- ^ a b Music Respawn The Origin Story of Music of the Spheres
- ^ a b Polygon Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell on the music of Destiny, collaborating with Paul McCartney
- ^ Halo 3 Original Soundtrack
- ^ Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack
- ^ Halo 2 Original Soundtrack
- ^ Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack
- ^ @MartyTheElder on Twitter - Four years ago today finished the final mix on Music of the Spheres.
- ^ Scribd.com: Marty O'Donnell v. Bungie, Harold Ryan "Although Destiny was planned for release in September 2013, the story was substantially revised beginning August 2013, requiring a new release date of March 2014 and edits to much of the work previously completed. After a brief vacation in early fall, O'Donnell returned, worked on the story and recorded dialogue, but wrote no additional music."
- ^ Martin O'Donnell Earliest Thoughts
- ^ Martin O'Donnell The Hope Concept
- ^ The Music of Destiny, Volume I
- ^ YouTube: Destiny Music Archive A Note on Crediting Mistakes
- ^ Youtube - Destiny OST: Eighth
