


O'Donnell gave the early pieces to Bungie in hopes of fostering inspiration within its development team. As of February 17, 2013, over 50 minutes of the soundtrack had already been recorded with a 106 piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.

At the time, Destiny was still in its infancy, lacking any gameplay material for O'Donnell to score the music to, so he began writing based solely on the game's ideas, stories and artwork. Martin O'Donnell was contacted by Pete Parsons early in Destiny's development and asked him to begin writing music for the game.
