That was awesome. (Destiny)

by GrizzNKev, Down the street from Microsoft, Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 21:52 (4030 days ago) @ GrizzNKev
edited by GrizzNKev, Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 22:51

Marty sort of summarized most of his career in music, and even played a few of his old jingles for us. His decision to move to video games was influenced by no longer feeling a sense of purpose or freedom in the jingle world. Commercials were too limiting and wore him out.

One of the most prominent and recurring points was that large corporations tend to mistreat creative teams out of greed, and that Bungie starting over on something new was a huge factor in preventing boredom in his work. Be nice to the goose! Apparently. There was also a very long discussion on collaboration. When working as part of a creative team, it's imperative that you believe the result of your collaboration is going to be better than what you could do on your own. He applied the same principle when deciding whether he and Paul McCartney were going to work well together. He showed us a video showcasing what their collaboration was like, but he muted the video when Paul started singing. Such a tease.

Then he turned off the lights, asked us to close our eyes, and played a set of five samples from the upcoming Music of the Spheres on some very loud speakers. Some of the music was stuff we've already heard from trailers and ViDocs, and some was new. I moved with the music and got chills throughout. The goal with Music of the Spheres is to set the stage for the locations and emotions present in Destiny, and to serve only the ears. Marty explained how daunting of a challenge it has been to work on, since he has spent his entire career writing music meant to accompany something else. It was incredible and I can't wait to hear the rest.