Bungie says it's finally releasing Destiny's Music of the Spheres

Three-and-a-half years after Destiny came out, Bungie is finally ready to release high-profile accompaniment Music of the Spheres.

Music of the Spheres was a major work by celebrated ex-Bungie grizzled veteran Marty O'Donnell, who recorded the eight-movement symphony with help from Sir Paul McCartney. The plan was for Music of the Spheres to launch alongside Destiny, but those plans were scrapped. O'Donnell later left the studio under a cloud and a lawsuit he eventually won. (For more on how that all went down, check out our in-depth feature, The day the music died: When Bungie fired Marty O'Donnell.)

Destiny fans have spent years piecing together Destiny's unreleased music - some going to great lengths to release what Activision and Bungie would not. More recently, fans were able to listen to the work in a leaked format. Then, over the weekend and seemingly out of the blue, O'Donnell tweeted to say Activision / Bungie were taking down recreations of Music of the Spheres.

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