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'''''Music of the Spheres''''' was the musical foundation for ''[[Destiny]]'' written by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2011 and was sent off to an orchestra in November 2012. O'Donnell compared its purpose to that of the original ''Halo'' theme written in 1999. He explained that while the ''Halo'' theme was only 3 minutes long, its melodies and thematic material provided enough inspiration for O'Donnell and his co-composers to get over 10 years of arrangements and adaptations out of it. O'Donnell wanted to use ''Music of the Spheres'' in a similar way, hoping to use the vast pool of ideas, themes, and melodies in ''Music of the Spheres'' to provide for another 10 years of new music. Material from ''Music of the Spheres'' was used in this manner throughout the first ''Destiny'' game and its expansions (regardless of O'Donnell's departure from [[Bungie]]), while ''[[Destiny 2]]'' largely went without it, having not used it in any new musical arrangements from ''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' until 2022's [[Spire of the Watcher]] dungeon. | '''''Music of the Spheres''''' was the musical foundation for ''[[Destiny]]'' written by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Paul McCartney, which started production in 2011 and was sent off to an orchestra in November 2012. O'Donnell compared its purpose to that of the original ''Halo'' theme written in 1999. He explained that while the ''Halo'' theme was only 3 minutes long, its melodies and thematic material provided enough inspiration for O'Donnell and his co-composers to get over 10 years of arrangements and adaptations out of it. O'Donnell wanted to use ''Music of the Spheres'' in a similar way, hoping to use the vast pool of ideas, themes, and melodies in ''Music of the Spheres'' to provide for another 10 years of new music. Material from ''Music of the Spheres'' was used in this manner throughout the first ''Destiny'' game and its expansions (regardless of O'Donnell's departure from [[Bungie]]), while ''[[Destiny 2]]'' largely went without it, having not used it in any new musical arrangements from ''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' until 2022's [[Spire of the Watcher]] dungeon. | ||
The full version of its second movement, titled ''The Union'', was performed live | The full version of its second movement, titled ''The Union'', was performed live as part of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Games_Live Video Games Live] concert in 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== | ||