Full symphonic grandeur orbiting around celestial bodies before Destiny even had a release date. Music of the Spheres was composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori as a conceptual prelude to Bungie's shared-world shooter, and it sounds like a space opera conducted at the edge of the solar system.
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"The Path (Moon)" opens with haunting strings and choir that make you feel genuinely small, and "The Ecstacy (Jupiter)" swells into this overwhelming wall of orchestral power. "The Hope (Traveler - Earth)" carries the emotional core of the whole project with a melody that would later echo through Destiny's actual score.
"The Prison (Saturn)" goes darker, more oppressive. The prototype tracks at the end show the raw sketches behind the finished pieces. If you played Destiny and wondered why the music felt like it carried the weight of something bigger, this is the something bigger.