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{{quote|For untold ages [[The Traveler|the Traveler]] sent signals from deep in the galaxy to our solar system, signals interpreted and identified by the subconscious mind of humanity as music. Music that tells a story about worlds yet to be experienced, places that don't yet exist. The message of the Traveler, along with the inner harmony amongst the seven spheres themselves, has inspired what you are about to hear.|O'Donnell's CD note}} | {{quote|For untold ages [[The Traveler|the Traveler]] sent signals from deep in the galaxy to our solar system, signals interpreted and identified by the subconscious mind of humanity as music. Music that tells a story about worlds yet to be experienced, places that don't yet exist. The message of the Traveler, along with the inner harmony amongst the seven spheres themselves, has inspired what you are about to hear.|O'Donnell's CD note}} | ||
'''''Music of the Spheres''''' was the musical foundation for ''[[Destiny]]'' written by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2010 and was sent off to an orchestra in November 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<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AXUiCMpRY8</ref>, and it was announced that ''Music of the Spheres'' would be released as a standalone work. The music was 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 forty-eight minutes. | '''''Music of the Spheres''''' was the musical foundation for ''[[Destiny]]'' written by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2010 and was sent off to an orchestra in November 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<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AXUiCMpRY8 Video Games Live reveal of ''The Union'']</ref>, and it was announced that ''Music of the Spheres'' would be released as a standalone work. The music was planned to be released in August 2014<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Im5m67Ajs O'Donnell's talk at the Nordic Games Conference]</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 forty-eight minutes. | ||
== Track Listing== | == Track Listing== | ||
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== Production == | == Production == | ||
[[File:MusicofSpherespostcard.jpg|400px|right|The ''Music of the Spheres'' postcard, with track names, lengths, and art.]] | [[File:MusicofSpherespostcard.jpg|400px|right|The ''Music of the Spheres'' postcard, with track names, lengths, and art.]] | ||
In late 2009, Bungie management came to composer Martin O'Donnell, asking him to write music for ''Destiny''. He came up with a concept he called a "musical prequel," where the music would be released before ''Destiny'' to introduce people to the musical themes of the franchise. O'Donnell worked on it with his colleague and partner Michael Salvatori, and later recruited famed musician Paul McCartney to the project. | In late 2009, Bungie management came to composer Martin O'Donnell, asking him to write music for ''Destiny''. He came up with a concept he called a "musical prequel," where the music would be released before ''Destiny'' to introduce people to the musical themes of the franchise. O'Donnell worked on it with his colleague and partner Michael Salvatori, and later recruited famed musician Paul McCartney to the project in early 2011. | ||
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 celestial spheres 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.<ref name="Kate">http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 | 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 O'Donnell's interview with Eurogamer on his firing from Bungie]</ref>, or the idea that the seven celestial spheres 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.<ref name="Kate">[http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 Music Respawn interview with O'Donnell on the origins of Music of the Spheres]</ref> | ||
At E3 2013, publisher Activision reworked O'Donnell's audio for a trailer without O'Donnell's permission, replacing his music and hiring a voice actor unrelated to Bungie or ''Destiny''. O'Donnell expressed his frustrations on Twitter, stating the music was not his own.<ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/344620774235185152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E344620774235185152&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurogamer.net%2Farticles%2F2016-04-12-the-day-the-music-died-when-bungie-fired-marty-odonnell</ref> This started internal arguments with O'Donnell and Bungie's management. O'Donnell was fired from Bungie on April 11, 2014. A legal battle with O'Donnell and Bungie's former CEO Harold Ryan began shortly after, which 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> | At E3 2013, publisher Activision reworked O'Donnell's audio for a trailer without O'Donnell's permission, replacing his music and hiring a voice actor unrelated to Bungie or ''Destiny''. O'Donnell expressed his frustrations on Twitter, stating the music was not his own.<ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/344620774235185152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E344620774235185152&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurogamer.net%2Farticles%2F2016-04-12-the-day-the-music-died-when-bungie-fired-marty-odonnell</ref> This started internal arguments with O'Donnell and Bungie's management. O'Donnell was fired from Bungie on April 11, 2014. A legal battle with O'Donnell and Bungie's former CEO Harold Ryan began shortly after, which 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> | ||
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==Poetry== | ==Poetry== | ||
During a trip to England, O'Donnell met a poet named Malcolm Guite at a festival on the Isle of Wight, where they had their first conversation about pre-Copernican astrophysics and C.S. Lewis. Quickly realizing they shared a passion for these ideas, O'Donnell asked Guite to write a collection of poems for ''Music of the Spheres''. Guite wrote a collection of fourteen poems which he called '''''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells; A Sequence for the Spheres'''''<ref name="Kate">http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 | During a trip to England, O'Donnell met a poet named Malcolm Guite at a festival on the Isle of Wight, where they had their first conversation about pre-Copernican astrophysics and C.S. Lewis. Quickly realizing they shared a passion for these ideas, O'Donnell asked Guite to write a collection of poems for ''Music of the Spheres''. Guite wrote a collection of fourteen poems which he called '''''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells; A Sequence for the Spheres'''''<ref name="Kate">[http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 Music Respawn interview with O'Donnell on the origins of Music of the Spheres]</ref> and gave them to Bungie to read over. O'Donnell loved the poems and Bungie purchased the rights to them. Guite had his name for his poetry in the first ''Destiny'' game's credits.<ref>https://www.bungie.net/en-US/Destiny/Credits</ref> | ||
As years passed and ''Music of the Spheres'' was seemingly not going to release, Guite considered putting ''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells'' into a number of his books, but an author whom Guite had admired, Michael Ward, said the poems didn't fit thematically into any of the collections he proposed. ''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells'' remained unpublished. | As years passed and ''Music of the Spheres'' was seemingly not going to release, Guite considered putting ''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells'' into a number of his books, but an author whom Guite had admired, Michael Ward, said the poems didn't fit thematically into any of the collections he proposed. ''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells'' remained unpublished. | ||
Shortly after Spence and Espinosa leaked ''Music of the Spheres'' in December 2017, Spence and his friend Landon Davis acquired the poems, and started work on a collection called ''Music of the Spheres: Golden Age Anthology'', which combined ''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells'' and other content related to ''Music of the Spheres'' into a package complete with art, videos, and audio. Their first video was released on July 7, 2018, and they stated they would release more once ''The Music of Destiny, Volume 1'' vinyl collection shipped in late 2018 to those who purchased them. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mrDRsB6O_0</ref> The rest of the poems were released to the public on February 22, 2019. <ref>https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/the-music-of-the-spheres-a-poetic-adventure-resumes/</ref> | Shortly after Spence and Espinosa leaked ''Music of the Spheres'' in December 2017, Spence and his friend Landon Davis acquired the poems, and started work on a collection called ''Music of the Spheres: Golden Age Anthology'', which combined ''Seven Heavens, Seven Hells'' and other content related to ''Music of the Spheres'' into a package complete with art, videos, and audio. Their first video was released on July 7, 2018, and they stated they would release more once ''The Music of Destiny, Volume 1'' vinyl collection shipped in late 2018 to those who purchased them. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mrDRsB6O_0</ref> The rest of the poems were released to the public on February 22, 2019. <ref name="Malcolm">[https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/the-music-of-the-spheres-a-poetic-adventure-resumes/ Guite's blog post on the release of his poems]</ref> | ||
In terms of the layout of the poetry, there are fourteen poems arranged in seven pairs. Each poem draws influences from Ward's book ''[http://www.planetnarnia.com/ Planet Narnia]'', and the poems are arranged in a format called a roundel, where each poem has a main phrase that is repeated throughout (for instance, The Moon's phrase is "The Moon is Full"). | In terms of the layout of the poetry, there are fourteen poems arranged in seven pairs. Each poem draws influences from Ward's book ''[http://www.planetnarnia.com/ Planet Narnia]'', and the poems are arranged in a format called a roundel, where each poem has a main phrase that is repeated throughout (for instance, The Moon's phrase is "The Moon is Full"). | ||
Every two poems are 'opposing pairs'. According to Guite, "Each of the seven spheres has a certain cluster of associations and influences, Venus with Love, Mars with war and martial valour, the Sun with gold, but also poetry and inspiration etc. But equally it is possible for each of these celestial influences to become corrupted and malign, for, as St. Augustine says, good is primal and evil is always a corruption of some original good."<ref>https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/ | Every two poems are 'opposing pairs'. According to Guite, "Each of the seven spheres has a certain cluster of associations and influences, Venus with Love, Mars with war and martial valour, the Sun with gold, but also poetry and inspiration etc. But equally it is possible for each of these celestial influences to become corrupted and malign, for, as St. Augustine says, good is primal and evil is always a corruption of some original good."<ref name="Malcolm">[https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/the-music-of-the-spheres-a-poetic-adventure-resumes/ Guite's blog post on the release of his poems]</ref> As such, the first poem of the opposing pair is diurnal, or the 'heavenly' sphere, and the second in the pair is the nocturnal, or the 'hellish' sphere. | ||
[[File:DS66ZTEU0AAGhUe.jpg|200xpx|thumb|right|Poet Malcolm Guite in a Bungie Office]] | [[File:DS66ZTEU0AAGhUe.jpg|200xpx|thumb|right|Poet Malcolm Guite in a Bungie Office]] | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The musical keys of the pieces goes in the order of the Lydian b7 scale (C, D, E, F#, G, A, Bb, C).<ref name="Kate">http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 | *The musical keys of the pieces goes in the order of the Lydian b7 scale (C, D, E, F#, G, A, Bb, C).<ref name="Kate">[http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 Music Respawn interview with O'Donnell on the origins of Music of the Spheres]</ref> | ||
*''Music of the Spheres'' was recorded in its entirety on November 23, 2012.<ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/933941224246931456</ref> | *''Music of the Spheres'' was recorded in its entirety on November 23, 2012.<ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/933941224246931456</ref> | ||
*''Music of the Spheres'' was mixed and mastered by December 10, 2012.<ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/807462515248545792</ref> | *''Music of the Spheres'' was mixed and mastered by December 10, 2012.<ref>https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/807462515248545792</ref> | ||
*An alternate mix of ''Hope for the Future'' by Paul McCartney with a boys choir is part of ''Music of the Spheres''.<ref name="Kate">http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 | *An alternate mix of ''Hope for the Future'' by Paul McCartney with a boys choir is part of ''Music of the Spheres''.<ref name="Kate">[http://www.wshu.org/post/marty-odonnell-origin-story-music-spheres#stream/0 Music Respawn interview with O'Donnell on the origins of Music of the Spheres]</ref> | ||
*The trademark for the name ''Destiny: Music of the Spheres'' was abandoned on May 12, 2014.<ref>https://trademarks.justia.com/860/18/destiny-music-of-the-86018154.html</ref> | *The trademark for the name ''Destiny: Music of the Spheres'' was abandoned on May 12, 2014.<ref>https://trademarks.justia.com/860/18/destiny-music-of-the-86018154.html</ref> | ||