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, C Paul Johnson, and Skye Lewin, with contributions and input from famed Beatles 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	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

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.