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[[Oni]]'s soundtrack is a mix of symphonic/cinematic, electronic/techno, and atmospheric/ambient pieces. As for the question of who composed it, these are the names credited on the back of the CD, but see below for an in-depth investigation:
[[Oni]]'s soundtrack is a mix of symphonic/cinematic, electronic/techno, and atmospheric/ambient pieces. As for the question of who composed it, these are the names credited on the back of the CD, but see below for an in-depth investigation:
*Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori - TotalAudio
{{Pullquote|Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori - TotalAudio<br>Paul Sebastien - Power of Seven}}
*Paul Sebastien - Power of Seven
 
;Subpages
;Subpages
:[[Music/CD|Promotional soundtrack CD]]
:[[Music/CD|Promotional soundtrack CD]]
:[[Music/Ingame|In-game music data]]
:[[Music/Ingame|In-game music data]]
:[[Music/Myth|Myth music in Oni]]
:[[Music/Myth|Myth music in Oni]]
 
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==TotalAudio==
==TotalAudio==
[[Image:TotalAudio logo.jpg|right]]
[[Image:TotalAudio logo.jpg|right]]
TotalAudio is a music and sound production company founded by Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, also referred to as O'Donnell/Salvatori Inc. This was an outside company contracted by Bungie to score their games. When it comes to Oni, however, Salvatori may not actually have composed anything. O'Donnell states in [https://halo.bungie.org/misc/nico_marty_interview.html this interview] that he personally composed the half of the soundtrack which Power of Seven did not. In the same interview, Salvatori is referred to as a producer and engineer working with O'Donnell, not a composer, but the interview was three years after Oni released. O'Donnell specifically seemed to take credit for "Oni Anime" and "Farewell" on his [https://web.archive.org/web/20010203124800/http://mp3.com/artists/18/totalaudio_bungie.html mp3.com artist page]. When O'Donnell released the Oni soundtrack on Bandcamp for a short while, the sheet music for "Hurry" was included as an extra, credited to O'Donnell/Salvatori Inc. but not any specific person.
TotalAudio is a music and sound production company founded by Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, also referred to as O'Donnell/Salvatori Inc. This was an outside company contracted by Bungie to score their games. When it comes to Oni, however, Salvatori may not actually have composed anything for Oni. O'Donnell states in [https://halo.bungie.org/misc/nico_marty_interview.html this interview] that he personally composed the half of the soundtrack which Power of Seven did not. In the same interview, Salvatori is referred to as a producer and engineer working with O'Donnell, not a composer, but the interview was three years after Oni released. O'Donnell specifically seemed to take credit for "Oni Anime" and "Farewell" on his [https://web.archive.org/web/20010203124800/http://mp3.com/artists/18/totalaudio_bungie.html mp3.com artist page]. When O'Donnell released the Oni soundtrack on Bandcamp for a short while, the sheet music for "Hurry" was included as an extra, credited to O'Donnell/Salvatori Inc. but not either specific person.


Based on findings by Odyssey Sound Team, who are recreating work by TotalAudio for Oni and other games, certain tracks can be assigned to TotalAudio based on the instruments used: Searching and The Hunt as well as the music in the amasian and xgrv OSBDs.
Based on findings by [https://odysseyaudio.org/ Odyssey Sound Team], who are recreating unreleased music that was produced by TotalAudio for Oni and other games, certain tracks can be assigned to TotalAudio based on the same synthesized instruments being used for their work in later games: Searching and The Hunt, as well as the music in the amasian and xgrv OSBDs (named by fans as "[[Music/CD#Up And Away|Up and Away]]" and "[[Music/CD#Porn Groove|Porn Groove]]"). The unreleased Halo CE tracks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U53VnSjP94 HERE] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puXwE00GGDM HERE] use the same samples as Searching, The Hunt, and "Porn Groove". "Up and Away" uses the same patch as Halo CE's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmVILMlaKJk Perchance to Dream].


==Power of Seven==
==Power of Seven==
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:7. Drop Zone (Pursuit)
:7. Drop Zone (Pursuit)


Salter also released yet another version of two of these tracks on Smartsound.com: [https://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/Eclectic+Lounge/Terminus/ Terminus] (Konoko Chase) and [https://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/Atmospheric+Energy/Crucial+Dossier/ Crucial Dossier] (Whirled Piece).
Salter released additional alternate versions of two of these pieces on Smartsound.com: [https://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/Eclectic+Lounge/Terminus/ Terminus] (Konoko Chase) and [https://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/Atmospheric+Energy/Crucial+Dossier/ Crucial Dossier] (Whirled Piece).


It is unknown whether Sebastien himself contributed to the soundtrack, as he may have been busy in his role as Director of Production at Headspace. Was he the mysterious "NVerse"? In any case, about nine days before the above press release naming the trio of "NVerse, Brian Salter and Kim Cascone", Sebastien [http://oni.bungie.org/newsarchives/2000/apr00.html#pos stated in an interview] (now lost) that Power of Seven would also be making "atmospheric ambient" tracks for the game.
It is unknown whether Sebastien himself contributed to the soundtrack, as he may have been busy in his role as Director of Production at Headspace. Was he the mysterious "NVerse"? In any case, about nine days before the above press release naming the trio of "NVerse, Brian Salter and Kim Cascone", Sebastien [http://oni.bungie.org/newsarchives/2000/apr00.html#pos stated in an interview] (now lost) that Power of Seven would also be making "atmospheric ambient" tracks for the game.
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==Tentative attribution==
==Tentative attribution==
[[Image:OST digital cover.png|200px|thumb|right|The art used for Marty O'Donnell's Bandcamp re-release of the OST (no longer online).]]
[[Image:OST digital cover.png|200px|thumb|right|The art used for Marty O'Donnell's Bandcamp re-release of the OST (no longer online).]]
Based on the style of each composer and their above statements and released music, we can confidently credit some tracks and speculate on the rest:
Based on the style of each composer, their public statements, private correspondence with them, and their released music, we can confidently credit some tracks and speculate on the rest:


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|End Titles
|End Titles
|O'Donnell
|O'Donnell
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| --
|No One Left to Trust (bonus)
|Salter
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|}


As for bonus track "No One Left To Trust", it's difficult to guess who made it, but it bears stylistic resemblance to "Trailer" and also to other work by Sebastien from that time period. When it comes to ambient tracks used in-game which were not in the "Ambient Suite" track on the CD, we know that some are by O'Donnell because they are reused from Myth I/II (see Myth subpage link at top of page).
When it comes to the ambient tracks, attribution for the ones starting with "atm_" remain a mystery. The ones starting with "mus_" are largely or entirely by O'Donnell, which we know because some are [[Music/Myth|reused from Myth I/II]] and one (amasian or "Up and Away") shares the same synthesized instruments as his work on Halo (see "TotalAudio" section above).


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