User:AtlyxMusic/Crediting

In my work with Destiny Music Archive on YouTube, I've spoken with numerous Bungie composers to confirm track credits - ie which composers were involved in what. I also happen to know this info for a variety of Halo tracks, which I'll be providing below. The following info comes directly from me having spoken with either Marty O'Donnell and/or Michael Salvatori.

Halo CE

The following pieces were composed by Michael Salvatori:

• The Lost Song
• A Walk in the Woods
• The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe

I also speculate (but haven't asked yet) that the following tracks were Salvatori:

• Seriously
• What
• Tron

Seriously and What use melodies from other Salvatori tracks, and are also in the exact same style as two tracks from Oni: The Hunt and Searching. Both of these were done by Mike. I strongly believe that Tron was composed by Mike as well for two reasons: one, it sues melodies from The Lost Song, which was done by Mike. It also heavily uses the Roland JD-990 sampler, which for Halo, Mike had but Marty did not. This confirms that Mike at least heavily worked on it. Mike also notes that Perchance to Dream was possibly his, or maybe "Marty trying to sound like me." He couldn't further remember. \\

The following Halo CE tracks were done by Marty:

• Halo Theme
• Under Cover of Night
• Brothers in Arms

The following were done by both:

• Covenant Dance

Halo 2

The following were composed by Salvatori:

• Broken Gates
• In Amber Clad
• Unforgotten
• Destroyer's Invocation

As a quick aside, for the track "Destroyer's Invocation." There has been longstanding speculation and misinformation that the backwards voice in this piece is Mendicant Bias, which is false. Clickbait Halo YouTubers are also now trying to make up stuff this "character" is supposed to be. Here's the truth: I've spoken with both Marty and Mike about this. The voice means nothing. Mike wrote the message, that's his voice. He wrote the poem really quickly and then threw away the paper. A sound designer at his studio later found it in the trash and asked Mike to sign it. He still has it to this day. The message is just there to be cryptic. Marty could barely contain his laughter when he was talking about it doesn't mean anything. I was also in a Slack server dedicated to uncovering secrets with Destiny. Marty was invited and actually ended up joining. He later told me that he just hopped in to mess with them. If you don't believe me, Marty's comment on Hidden Xperia's video also confirms that it means nothing. He talks about a speech by Professor Brain Moriarty, which was given in 1999 about hiding secrets in video games. The message of the talk was that you should hide random meaningless stuff in your games to engage your players ("watch as they fill in the meaning for you"). Marty's reference to this about Destroyer's Invocation is him confirming himself that the message doesn't mean anything. Please stop spreading misinformation about this.

The following were composed by O'Donnell:

• Peril
• Earth City
• Respite