Destiny Original Soundtrack

Destiny Original Soundtrack
Released:	September 26, 2014
Genre:	Classical Orchestra Ambient Video game soundtrack
Label:	Bungie Music Publishing
Composer(s):	Michael Salvatori C Paul Johnson Martin O'Donnell Skye Lewin Stan LePard Paul McCartney
Total length:	2:18:48

The Destiny Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack for the game, composed and directed by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and C Paul Johnson, with contributions and input from famed Beatle's member Paul McCartney. The soundtrack contains 44 instrumental compositions from the game.

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 . This caused concern as to whether this would affect the game; however, Pete Parsons (current Chief Operating Officer of Bungie) stated that O'Donnell's work on the game had been completed before his dismissal and would appear in the final product.

Production history

Early in Destiny's development, O'Donnell was contacted by Pete Parsons, and was asked to begin writing music for the game. 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 games ideas, stories, and artwork. By February 17, 2013, over 50 minutes of the soundtrack had already been recorded with a 106-piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. O'Donnell gave the early pieces of music to Bungie in hopes that they would foster inspiration within the development team.

Unlike the Halo series, where pieces of music were only 2–3 minutes long, Martin has stated that the soundtrack for Destiny has no time restrictions, with the pieces clocking in "as long as they need to be". O'Donnell collaborated with Paul McCartney on the soundtrack for the better part of two years, as they traded ideas, melody samples, and themes back and forth.

Track listing

No.	Title	Composer(s)	Length
1	The Traveler	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	2:30
2	The Fallen	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	4:37
3	Excerpt from the Hope	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell	2:16
4	Excerpt from the Ecstasy	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	2:10
5	The Warmind	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	2:09
6	Guardian	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	2:08
7	The Tower	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	1:20
8	The Last Array	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	6:57
9	The Collapse	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	1:33
10	The Journey Home	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	3:09
11	First Challenge	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Stan LePard	3:46
12	Prey	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney, Skye Lewin	2:13
13	Tranquility	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	5:09
14	The Great Unknown	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	1:35
15	Excerpt 1 from the Rose	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	1:23
16	Excerpt from the Tribulation	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	2:15
17	Guardians Lost	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	3:50
18	Relic of Hope	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	2:14
19	Departure	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	2:01
20	Lost Horizons	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	1:09
21	Reborn	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	3:35
22	Sepkis Prime	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	4:14
23	Traveler's Promise	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	1:56
24	Deconstruction	C Paul Johnson	1:42
25	Excerpt from the Ruin	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell	1:36
26	Untold Legends	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	3:34
27	Cabal Stomp	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	3:41
28	Dust Giants	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	4:28
29	Ishtar Sink	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Skye Lewin	4:43
30	The World's Grave	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney, Skye Lewin	5:36
31	Exclusion Zone	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	3:48
32	The Stranger	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	1:11
33	Temple of Crota	C Paul Johnson	5:17
34	Eye of the Gate Lord	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	4:02
35	The Hive	C Paul Johnson	5:47
36	The Collective	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	4:11
37	End of the Line	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	3:32
38	The Vex	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney, Skye Lewin	5:13
39	Siege Dancers	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Skye Lewin	3:17
40	Chronologies	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Skye Lewin	3:33
41	Passage	C Paul Johnson	3:22
42	Excerpt 2 from the Rose	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney	2:47
43	Excerpt from the Union	Michael Salvatori, Martin O'Donnell	1:45
44	All Ends Are Beginnings	Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell	1:34

Trivia

Listen to Eighth.

• When Alpha Lupi was completed, the track Eighth 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.