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'''Music of the Spheres''' was the musical foundation for the music of [[Destiny]] written by Marty O'Donnell, Mike Salvarori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2012 and was sent off to an orchestra in early 2013<ref>'''Scribd.com''': ''[https://www.scribd.com/doc/278601628/Marty-O-Donnell-v-Bungie-Harold-Ryan Marty O'Donnell v. Bungie, Harold Ryan]''</ref>. The full version of its second movement, titled "The Union", was performed live at Video Games Live 2013, and it was announced that Music of the Spheres would be released as a standalone work, having planned to be released in August 2014, one month before Destiny's final release date, to be kept with the composers' intention of a "musical prequel" to the full franchise. It consisted of eight movements and a total of 48 minutes.
'''Music of the Spheres''' was the musical foundation for the music of [[Destiny]] written by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvarori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2009 and was sent off to an orchestra in early 2012<ref>'''Scribd.com''': ''[https://www.scribd.com/doc/278601628/Marty-O-Donnell-v-Bungie-Harold-Ryan Marty O'Donnell v. Bungie, Harold Ryan]''</ref>. The full version of its second movement, titled "The Union", was performed live at Video Games Live 2013, and it was announced that Music of the Spheres would be released as a standalone work, having planned to be released in August 2014<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Im5m67Ajs</ref>, one month before Destiny's final release date, to be kept with the composers' intention of a "musical prequel" to the full franchise. It consisted of eight movements and a total of 48 minutes.


== Track List ==
== Track List ==


1. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/1-the-path-the-moon?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Path]
1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vt1nHkrYcw&index=&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc The Path - Moon - Key of C]


2. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/2-the-union-mercury?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Union]
2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpINzkanLfI&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc&index=2 The Union - Mercury - Key of D]


3. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/3-the-ruin-venus?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Ruin]
3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTLoWEgxtM&index=3&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc The Ruin - Venus - Key of E]


4. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/4-the-tribulation-the-sun?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Tribulation]
4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhwWeQ8ih8&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc&index=4 The Tribulation - Sun - Key of F-sharp]


5. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/4-the-tribulation-the-sun?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Rose]
5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grz1-qU4DMk&index=5&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc The Rose - Mars - Key of G]


6. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/6-the-ecstasy-jupiter?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Ecstasy]
6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he7xDUA_FhU&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc&index=6 The Ecstacy - Jupiter - Key of A]


7. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/7-the-prison-saturn?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Prison]
7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQc4EMWRhfA&index=7&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc The Prison - Saturn - Key of B-flat]


8. [https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/7-the-prison-saturn?in=tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney The Hope]
8. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hUH9utsaQ&index=8&list=PLDOdDCOrPnmk4cZpScZ-ZJ8Xt5WgdkuAc The Hope - Earth - Key of C]


== Production ==
== Production ==


Bungie management came to lead composer Marty O'Donnell, asking him to write music ahead of time in 2012. O'Donnell always said that he preferred to write music at the last minute, due to things getting changed or cut, such as the Halo 2 original ending or the many levels that were cut out of Halo 1, 2, and 3, and it also provides him with a better understanding of the level and its role in the overall story. He came up with a concept he described as "centuries old", which was "music for the sake of music". He wrote music that "told its own story", and would be released before the full game to introduce people to the music of Destiny.
In late 2009, Bungie management came to composer Martin O'Donnell, asking him to write music for the game that would be called ''Destiny''. He came up with a concept he described as "centuries old", which was "music for the sake of music". He wrote music that "told its own story", and would be released before the full game to introduce people to the music of Destiny. He worked on it with his colleague and musical-partner Michael Salvatori, and later recruited famed musician Paul McCartney to the project. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Im5m67Ajs</ref>


At E3 2013, publisher Activision reworked O'Donnell's audio for a trailer entirely at the last minute. They replaced the music with library music and hired a completely unrelated voice actor for the narration. O'Donnell expressed his frustrations on Twitter, stating the music was not his own. This began a legal battle with O'Donnell and Activision, as well as Bungie management CEO Harold Ryan. O'Donnell's work ethic was determined "unacceptable" and he was later fired on April 11th, 2014. O'Donnell made a tweet stating he was fired without cause and went on to sue Bungie, Inc. This court case was resolved on September 4th, 2015 in favor of O'Donnell.  
O'Donnell took inspiration from the ancient concept "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis Musica Universalis]"<ref>https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-12-the-day-the-music-died-when-bungie-fired-marty-odonnell</ref>, or the idea that the seven spheres humanity knew about at the time moved in relation to music. O'Donnell also used [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomantic_figures nocturnal geomantic figures] as the namesake for the individual tracks. O'Donnell's last inspiration for the work was the Lydian B7 musical scale, which gave every piece a specific key it was written in.<ref>http://wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0</ref>


Music of the Spheres was never published in its entirety as a byproduct of the court case.
At E3 2013, publisher Activision reworked O'Donnell's audio for a trailer at the last minute. They replaced the music with "library music" and hired an unrelated voice actor for the narration. O'Donnell expressed his frustrations on Twitter, stating the music was not his own. O'Donnell was fired from Bungie on April 11. 2014. A legal battle with O'Donnell and Bungie's CEO-at-the-time Harold Ryan began shortly after. This court case was resolved on September 4th, 2015 in favor of O'Donnell. <ref>https://www.engadget.com/2015/09/04/halo-destiny-composer-marty-odonnell-wins-lawsuit-against/</ref>
 
Music of the Spheres remained unpublished for several years after, being made available on Bungie's own webstore on June 1, 2018 as part of a vinyl soundtrack collection. <ref>https://twitter.com/BungieStore/status/1005151172469010432</ref>


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
Two months after the court suite was settled, Owen Spence (u/OS_Epsilon at Destiny's Reddit page) could no longer attend school due to medical issues. He decided to try to make Music of the Spheres using what was in public domain. He went through 6 hours of game files, commercials, video documentaries, and marketing materials in his search. In April 2016 his work was complete and he posted [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/4a2sfl/music_of_the_spheres_40_minute_edition/? "Music of the Spheres: 40 Minute Edition" on Reddit]. Marty O'Donnell himself was contacted on Twitter by several people who liked Spence's work, and O'Donnell sent Owen Spence an email praising the effort he put in, promising that someday the full work would be released. O'Donnell mentioned the work in 2 different interviews over the following months. He described Spence's interpretation as "amazingly close", although it isn't what he wanted to be avaliable in place of the original work.  
Two months after the court suite was settled, a Bungie fan named Owen Spence (formerly known as u/OS_Epsilon at Destiny's Reddit page) began a project to reconstruct Music of the Spheres from publicly available material. After several months, Spence released a 40 minute cut to Reddit in April 2016, which impressed O'Donnell. Spence kept working on it for another year with the help of Spanish speaking fan Tlohtzin Espinosa. Spence and Espinosa's work was released in April 2017, called the "[https://soundcloud.com/tlohtzin123/sets/music-of-the-spheres-definitive-edition-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori-and-paul-mccartney Definitive Edition]".<ref>https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-05-the-teen-who-spent-over-a-year-piecing-together-destinys-unreleased-music</ref> O'Donnell stated that while it was not quite "definitive", it was still close to the real work.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/619zav/music_of_the_spheres_definitive_edition/dfdlnh2/</ref> After the release of the Definitive Edition, Spence found a way to get a cleaner version of a piece of audio Espinosa had failed to acquire. Spence spent a few days making the edit and YouTube channel Planet Destiny posted the final mock up release.
 
Shortly after the 40 minute cut went up, Spence approached his friend Jafet Meza, who at the time was transcribing the entire Halo soundtrack in MIDI. He asked Meza if he could help with a recreation of the Union, and Meza recommended they take it a step further and recreate the entire piece. Spence made a [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/4v6q62/ladies_and_gentlemen_music_of_the_spheres/?ref=search_posts Reddit post] with a short mix of Union that was originally intended to go onto the popular Destiny YouTube page PlanetDestiny. Spence recruited his friend Lady Desiree into the project shortly before it went on Reddit. The project was later renamed "Harmony of the Spheres".


In March of 2017 a fan named Tlohtzin Espinosa started a new project about Destiny's musical prequel, and with the help of Owen they put together the closest version of Music of the Spheres they called the ''Definitive Edition''. The Destiny composer was impressed by its accuracy, which led to some media reports on the project.{{citation needed}}
After the final release by Spence, O'Donnell went to Twitter and encouraged anyone who had a copy of Music of the Spheres to share it. <ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/936349365496459264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-936349365496459264%26autosize%3D1</ref> A few days before Christmas 2017, Espinosa was contacted by someone who owned a real copy of Music of the Spheres, and he worked with Spence to release it on December 25, 2017. <ref>https://kotaku.com/four-years-later-destinys-music-of-the-spheres-has-lea-1821572335</ref> Many fans feared the legal ramifications this would lead to, but for four months, the leak remained online. In April 2018, Spence was contacted by Bungie and sent a Cease and Desist letter, which led a fan outcry for the music. Bungie's community manager Cozmo23 responded to the backlash on Reddit by saying they were doing it so Bungie could officially release Music of the Spheres. <ref>https://www.pcgamer.com/the-unreleased-destiny-album-music-of-the-spheres-has-leaked/</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:45, June 25, 2018

Music of the Spheres was the musical foundation for the music of Destiny written by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvarori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2009 and was sent off to an orchestra in early 2012[1]. The full version of its second movement, titled "The Union", was performed live at Video Games Live 2013, and it was announced that Music of the Spheres would be released as a standalone work, having planned to be released in August 2014[2], one month before Destiny's final release date, to be kept with the composers' intention of a "musical prequel" to the full franchise. It consisted of eight movements and a total of 48 minutes.

Track List

1. The Path - Moon - Key of C

2. The Union - Mercury - Key of D

3. The Ruin - Venus - Key of E

4. The Tribulation - Sun - Key of F-sharp

5. The Rose - Mars - Key of G

6. The Ecstacy - Jupiter - Key of A

7. The Prison - Saturn - Key of B-flat

8. The Hope - Earth - Key of C

Production

In late 2009, Bungie management came to composer Martin O'Donnell, asking him to write music for the game that would be called Destiny. He came up with a concept he described as "centuries old", which was "music for the sake of music". He wrote music that "told its own story", and would be released before the full game to introduce people to the music of Destiny. He worked on it with his colleague and musical-partner Michael Salvatori, and later recruited famed musician Paul McCartney to the project. [3]

O'Donnell took inspiration from the ancient concept "Musica Universalis"[4], or the idea that the seven spheres humanity knew about at the time moved in relation to music. O'Donnell also used nocturnal geomantic figures as the namesake for the individual tracks. O'Donnell's last inspiration for the work was the Lydian B7 musical scale, which gave every piece a specific key it was written in.[5]

At E3 2013, publisher Activision reworked O'Donnell's audio for a trailer at the last minute. They replaced the music with "library music" and hired an unrelated voice actor for the narration. O'Donnell expressed his frustrations on Twitter, stating the music was not his own. O'Donnell was fired from Bungie on April 11. 2014. A legal battle with O'Donnell and Bungie's CEO-at-the-time Harold Ryan began shortly after. This court case was resolved on September 4th, 2015 in favor of O'Donnell. [6]

Music of the Spheres remained unpublished for several years after, being made available on Bungie's own webstore on June 1, 2018 as part of a vinyl soundtrack collection. [7]

Legacy

Two months after the court suite was settled, a Bungie fan named Owen Spence (formerly known as u/OS_Epsilon at Destiny's Reddit page) began a project to reconstruct Music of the Spheres from publicly available material. After several months, Spence released a 40 minute cut to Reddit in April 2016, which impressed O'Donnell. Spence kept working on it for another year with the help of Spanish speaking fan Tlohtzin Espinosa. Spence and Espinosa's work was released in April 2017, called the "Definitive Edition".[8] O'Donnell stated that while it was not quite "definitive", it was still close to the real work.[9] After the release of the Definitive Edition, Spence found a way to get a cleaner version of a piece of audio Espinosa had failed to acquire. Spence spent a few days making the edit and YouTube channel Planet Destiny posted the final mock up release.

After the final release by Spence, O'Donnell went to Twitter and encouraged anyone who had a copy of Music of the Spheres to share it. [10] A few days before Christmas 2017, Espinosa was contacted by someone who owned a real copy of Music of the Spheres, and he worked with Spence to release it on December 25, 2017. [11] Many fans feared the legal ramifications this would lead to, but for four months, the leak remained online. In April 2018, Spence was contacted by Bungie and sent a Cease and Desist letter, which led a fan outcry for the music. Bungie's community manager Cozmo23 responded to the backlash on Reddit by saying they were doing it so Bungie could officially release Music of the Spheres. [12]

References

  1. ^ Scribd.com: Marty O'Donnell v. Bungie, Harold Ryan
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Im5m67Ajs
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Im5m67Ajs
  4. ^ https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-12-the-day-the-music-died-when-bungie-fired-marty-odonnell
  5. ^ http://wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0
  6. ^ https://www.engadget.com/2015/09/04/halo-destiny-composer-marty-odonnell-wins-lawsuit-against/
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/BungieStore/status/1005151172469010432
  8. ^ https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-05-the-teen-who-spent-over-a-year-piecing-together-destinys-unreleased-music
  9. ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/619zav/music_of_the_spheres_definitive_edition/dfdlnh2/
  10. ^ https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/936349365496459264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-936349365496459264%26autosize%3D1
  11. ^ https://kotaku.com/four-years-later-destinys-music-of-the-spheres-has-lea-1821572335
  12. ^ https://www.pcgamer.com/the-unreleased-destiny-album-music-of-the-spheres-has-leaked/
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