Music Producer Reacts to DESTINY 2 Soundtrack 

Where you talk about "hero theme", that's a recurring motif throughout a TON of Destiny music. The hardcore players immediately get goosebumps cuz we recognize it almost as an Easter egg.

"Queen's Oracle" and "Remembrance" are some of my favorite Destiny tracks

You definitely gotta do “the first disciple” and “oneirophobia (action)”

What I love about the Destiny scores is that they're so varied. Some of them are big sweeping orchestral numbers, others invoke medieval themes, and this one is a damn pirate song! The music I feel does a great job of reflecting whatever mood or aesthetic the developers want you to feel. Also if you're interested in other game scores, I'd highly recommend "Daredevil" from Ace Combat 7. In fact, the composer "did the impossible" and rushed through this song right before release because he felt the game's finale needed a more impactful song!

That was a great pick up for the clash of medieval and sci fi. At its conception, destiny was a fantasy medieval game before switching back to their strong suit in sci fi. They carried over a lot of the names as a result 😊

seen it mentioned a few times, "the man they called cayde" is both the saddest(feels) and most triumphant song in the destiny universe IMO

They're so good at capturing the theme that the devs wanted to portray. The entire season was pirate themed. Great dungeon and just as great music.

5:26 You're absolutely right! Something you may notice is that this portion is actually using a common motif found throughout the entire discography of Destiny in various places. There are quite a few motifs that subtly guide the music towards calling back to familiar topics, and this Hero Theme portion is using the musical motif for the Guardians as a whole and is also heard in tracks such as Be Brave (from the Destiny 2 Original Soundtrack) as well as others. There is also a motif for the players character and their triumphs specifically, heard in Inner Light, and then is also heard in "Journey", "Riven of a Thousand Voices", and if you listen out for them, many others.

That part you mentioned that sounds like the hero moment is the melody from “Be Brave” which is a track from an earlier album in Destiny 2. Grasp of Avarice took “Be Brave” and made it pirate sounding. Highly recommend “Be Brave”.

TODAY WE BE PIRATES! Honestly the love the composers give to the brass section is what immediately grabbed me. That has persisted even when the music gets more electronic or synthy. If you want a brand brand new track, Oneirophobia is the raid boss theme and it is 🤯🤯🤯

I love the pirate vibe the Grasp of Avarice theme has. Two songs I remember off the top of my head that also have that pirate vibe are "Gunslinger" from Forsaken and "Hashladûn’s Fall" from Shadowkeep. Some of my favorite songs in Destiny!

oh bass PLUCKED... I almost got myself into a situation 😏This was a great reaction - loving the Destiny vids so far

loving your destiny videos so far! 👌🏻🤝🏻

that "heroes banded together" segment often triggers in-game during "dps" phases. when the players are meant to stop doing 'mechanics' are just start wailing on the boss

When I here this song, I think Pirates of the Caribbean, which makes sense since it is a pirate themed dungeon

There's just too much fantastic music in the Destiny franchise. One of my personal favorites is "Queen's Oracle". If you love horns, that's your track ;)

Honestly one of the best Destiny pieces I’ve heard is ‘Riven of a Thousand Voices’. The stuttering they do in the track is incredible and somehow really fits the theme of ‘fighting a ginormous space dragon that can grant wishes Faust style’

Thank you, wishing all the best for your interesting career path, you are pushing me hard to get back to Destiny 2 after a while of quitting..

Really cool learning all this music stuff (I'm musically clueless) alongside soundtracks to some of my favourite games! A welcome surprise in the RU-vid feed for sure. If you haven't already, I would recommend checking out the OST for Hollow Knight if you get the chance. Really beautiful and varied tracks in there.

Kind of surprised I don’t see people recommending The Sanctified Mind. As great as all the soaring orchestral tracks are, there’s something special when Salvatori and crew decide to get filthy with it.

You should see some of the Last Wish raid ones, especially Watchtower II(Vault encounter) and Shell of What Was(Queenswalk encounter)

I feel like a "space pirate", I want to be a space pirate! "You can have the earth, I own the Galaxy mwah" Enjoyed your reaction 😊

One of my favorite destiny tracks is "whisper of the worm" from the warmind dlc. It makes me think of classic 80s neon style like you'd see in for cry blood dragon. Like neon noir.

I'll jump in with some Destiny music recommendations! Oneirophobia is great and is quite recent. Personally, I like the 'Full Action' version that you can find on RU-vid more than the OST version, but they're both good (the 'Full Action' version is what plays in game, as opposed to being cut up into a song for the OST) Music of the Spheres is an album of music from Destiny 1's launch put together by Marty O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Paul McCartney, which I think is all great. My favorite from that album is "The Path" There's also a purely vocal version of Journey that plays in Orbit which I like quite a bit Other fan favorites: Sepiks and Sepiks Redux (Sepiks Redux was a fan-made adaptation made by Misha Mansoor that Bungie put into the game when they updated the original activity) The Last Array Bow to No One Cabal Stomp Young Wolf The Sanctified Mind

Pirate adventure dungeon real good piece of music

LOVED this amazing breakdown and opinion here is one you should also perhaps look at The Man They Called Cayde Destiny 2 OST I think you will love it

Been having your content in my recommended for a while really enjoying it & learning more about appreciating music aswell :)

“Questioning the Light” is a really good one

As you keep going through destiny's music a lot of motifs can be heard throughout!

I’m glad I get to see someone enjoy destiny music like I have over the years. My favorite to this day is still Regicide. I’m glad you’re enjoying them too!

'Bow to No One' is a must do, haven't seen anyone else do it but its regarded as one of the best by far

Looking forward to your reaction to the D2 track, Dominus Ghaul

As somebody who solo-ed grasp of avarice and despised it, I hear this music in my nightmares

A few OST recommendations Sea of Thieves is pirates and usually very whimsical A few songs I'd recommend: We all sail together Who shall not be returning The Sea Forts theme On the Warpath Dark Souls had 3 games and was made by the same developers of Bloodborne and Elden Ring, it's this melancholy and somber Nameless Song Ash Lake Artorias of the Abyss Gwyn Firelink Shrine For Dark Souls 2: Majula Sir Alonne Vendrick and for DS3: Abyss Watchers Sister Fried Twin Princes Soul of Cinder Slave Knight Gael Midir Firelink Shrine/Secret Betrayal

this piece is one of my all time favs, playing the grasp of avarice for the first time with this music playing all along truly felt like a pirate-like adventure, the experience was like no other!!

so you talked about the moment the heroes band together, it usually is the damage phase of a boss fight, so the usual steps are a bunch of mechanics the team needs to do to make the boss take damage for our weapons, and that window only lasts a little bit so the music always ramps up for the dps phase, it also usually has the Guardian Motif in it, its one of my favourite parts of the destiny boss musics some amazing suggested tracks, Shell of what was - very different, was a raid encounter that was always on the move alway with a timer counting down and the music reflects that (there are 2 versions, as much as i love the longer one the 1:45 one is the meat of the piece) The First Disciple - a bombastic boss who underestimates us and plays with us until its too late (great example of guardian motif for dps phase) Riven of a Thousand Voices - Giant Reality warping Dragon that has been corrupted, super complicated fight where every second matters Sanctified Mind - VERY different, its a Giant Machine mind corrupted by the darkness and so this is a very electronic piece but i LOVE it. Oneirophobia - (the fear of dreams) a raid boss, the king of nightmares but currently the forces of light and dark are battling inside him during the fight, causing him to mutate and burst that energy out, the music i think does a great job of showing this. got many more lol but this is getting too long, also Ark's themes are amazing if you want a different game (Ark Survival Evolved, the various expansions all have a variation on the main theme and they are all amazing, Extinction being my favourite)

I normally don't care for reaction vids but seeing as you are into the industry and know your craft, seeing your reaction has meaning. I really do appreciate it more than someone that really has no grasp of musical processes and production.

Got to be my favorite song out of all destiny tbh

keep of voices is so insane please listen to it. Also oneirophobia, shell of what was, crota's theme, the hunted, and so so many more.

I think other great pieces are „riven of a thousand voices“, „the first disciple“ or from the latest OST „oneirophobia“

Hello I’ve been loving your content and have 2 great destiny 2 songs; forsaken track 4; ghauls theme

It’s like a pirate adventure space pirates goin for treasure

A few you may enjoy: The First Disciple Riven of a Thousand Voices Watchtower Replicate/Look Within

I absolutely love this track,truly incredible and I get a total pirate theme from this. I really recommend warthog run from halo. Incredible video again.

Oneirophobia (Full Action) is a great one cause it has a bunch of parts from old soundtracks

This is my third favorite ost in destiny

This is one of the songs in the game (there are a few) which has me singing along to it as I play, especially during the final boss fight.

We have to get you to one of these destiny 2 raids and dungeons soon

Would absolutely love to hear your thoughts about "The Last Array" from Destiny 1. Reason being is that it was the last piece of OST during a time in Destiny 1's story where the tone of the game changed due to a change in management and development of the game. (survived being cut, essentially). Destiny 1 and 2 have a pretty consistent melody system in place but this particular song has a different vibe about it altogether, though you'll hear that aforementioned melody too.

You’ve gotta check out Remembrance, view from orbit, eye of the gate lord, dust giants, cabal stomp, the last city, into the light, respite and shadowkeep. I know that’s a lot but all are really good

The dungeon this is for. The grasp of Arvice has a Halo easter egg in it.

The Lightfall OST is my current jam, and really looking forward to you giving Nier: Automata a spin!

I wanna get access to destiny music scores so much, it’s so interesting so how everything is orchestrated

Gotta pitch a track from Destiny one that was my second favourite track from Destiny one (second to “Eyes Up” from the wrath of the machine) and that is “The Last Array”, it’s awesome!

I hope you will go through Music of the Spheres, the musical prequel for the original Destiny one day. It's very good! I love your reactions 😊🥰

You should listen the grasp of avarice + gunslinger Mashup, it's amazing. Also long live to the King (ost from the takeng King DLC) in my opinion a real masterpiece (both Destiny related ost)

My all time favorite expansion in Destiny 2 is Forsaken and I really think you would enjoy its soundtrack

You'd love The Fanatic from the Forsaken soundtrack it's got some awesome in your face ballsy brass parts that I miss hearing in the game

It's become a running gag that everytime I do anything in the game with friends, I say: "But the music tho". I just really love the Destiny soundtrack Oh by the way, a little heads up if you are gonna do much more, there are different versions of almost all songs, sometimes slightly, sometimes very changed from before to suit what is happening ingame, like a second boss phase or a chasing encounter going into a running one

Queens Deception is a banger too. It's sinister, it's ethereal...

This dungeon is so good

The Prophecy Dungeon soundtrack (3 tracks) from the game are really unique

You need to do The shell of what was this ost is INCREDIBLE !

YES YES YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

i would recommend to listen to the soundtrack called “watchtower” from destiny 2 forsaken. i promise you will not regret listening to it. it’s very intense but in a good way.

this is my favourite one !

You should listen to "a shell of what was" one of my favourite

This reminds me of Destiny 2 Season of the plunder music. You should give that a try

5:04 me everytime I hear this song xD

Please give some love to Destiny 2: Forsaken's track Keep of Voices (Action), it's my personal favorite in the franchise

People are going to think I'm crazy and I thought my friends were but I see it now. At about 6:12 in the video in the music they always heard the Folgers coffee commercial music "best part of waking up" and I never noticed it until now. Go listen to it and just think about that and you'll notice it. I never heard it in the game because there's a lot going on and I have other sounds all over the place but I heard it here

Definitely need to do Queens Oracle

I suggest listening to cabal stomp, revive and reload, abberant path, and insurrection, all from the witch queen expansion

I hope you'll get to listen to Brave the Storm or Ad Victoriam from the Rise of Iron soundtracks 😀

Love all of these Destiny reactions, would love to see you react to some music from Ark: Survival Evolved, my recommended tracks would be either the main them or The Overseer + Ascension (Combined because they pretty much flow into each other as they play back to back in the game).

oneirphobia and first disciple are amazing

Despite story content for destiny being hit or miss for a long time. The soundtrack has been amazing year after year.

should definitely give replicate and security breach a try, some of my favorite OSTs in the entire game

Hey, give some praise to the Snares!! Percussion helps with the beat!

You should definitely listen to the Destiny 2 Forsaken soundtrack. Track 9 Watchtower gives me chills

I usually play destiny with the music turned down so I can listen to Spotify. I make an exception for grasp of avarice

The could 100% be a pirates of the carribean song also

Am I the only one who really wants to see Discipline from the Lightfall OST? I can wait, but please!

Yes please look at Remembrance next

Lovelove. You HAVE!! to do Devil May Cry 5s - Bury The Light aka Virgils theme. it will be loved. trust us

If you enjoyed the fromsoftware music stuff, check out the Abyss Watcher's music from Dark Souls 3. Top notch for that group of games!

Since you're doing a lot of game music, I'd like to suggest biggiantcircles, especially Mass Effect and There Came An Echo.

I think "The hunted" is such a good song from the leviathan raid I'm sad they sunset the raid it was so enjoyable

You’ve probably gotten a billion and one suggestions by now but Discipline from Destiny’s Lightfall OST is really good imo

if you haven’t heard God of War Ragnarök’s theme, that goes crazy

Once you have your fill of Destiny tracks, you should check out God of War 2018 and Ragnarök soundtracks. I'd recommend "Huldra Brothers" and "Dragon"

The comparison you keep making between heavily orchestrated, almost medieval Hollywood type scores in a sci-fi game makes complete sense when you understand that the character classes in Destiny (Hunter, Titan and Warlock) are just sci-fi versions of classic fantasy and role-playing game character types. So Hunter = Rogue/Ranger/Elf, Titan = Knight/Brute/Berserker, and Warlock = Mage/Wizard/Magic-wielder

You got to take 👂to Destiny 2 Beyond light :Acceptanse .

I randomly stumbled across your channel and have a recommendation. Be warned, should you follow this recommendation, you will be absolutely bombarded with others (that's just how this fanbase is) I would recommend some of the final fantasy 14 music. Specifically, Answers Shadowbringers Flow together Dragon song

The awoken destiny 1

I would like to request “Athanasia” once again.

Do sepiks prime theme next

DESTINY YAY

Yay she picked mine 😊

I vote for "Holliday"