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TotalAudio is a music and sound production company founded by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, apparently incorporated officially under the name O'Donnell/Salvatori Inc. The company was contracted to score Bungie's games starting with [[Myth|Myth: The Fallen Lords]]. In 2000, Marty would join Bungie as an employee, but TotalAudio continues to operate (at least for the purpose of copyright maintenance and royalty assignment) while O'Donnell and Salvatori have individually gone on to compose for various games. | TotalAudio is a music and sound production company founded by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, apparently incorporated officially under the name O'Donnell/Salvatori Inc. The company was contracted to score Bungie's games starting with [[Myth|Myth: The Fallen Lords]]. In 2000, Marty would join Bungie as an employee, but TotalAudio continues to operate (at least for the purpose of copyright maintenance and royalty assignment) while O'Donnell and Salvatori have individually gone on to compose for various games. | ||
As for the music written for Oni, O'Donnell stated 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 as a composer, but the interview | As for the music written for Oni, O'Donnell stated 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. It's not clear if Salvatori did any composition for Oni. In the same interview, Salvatori is referred to as a producer and engineer working with O'Donnell, not as a composer, but then again, the interview happened three years after Oni released. O'Donnell 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. Since O'Donnell and Salvatori worked closely at times, we do not attempt to distinguish who composed which piece in the table at bottom. | ||
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 | 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 Halo CE. These tracks include 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 unused 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". The Hunt also shares samples with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmVILMlaKJk Perchance to Dream] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJgXTeQXx3Y A Walk in the Woods]. "Up and Away" also shares samples with Perchance to Dream. | ||
==Power of Seven== | ==Power of Seven== | ||
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The name echoes Bungie's "cult" of [[Seven|the number 7]], but Power of Seven [https://marathon.bungie.org/story/faq.html#15 was an independent digital music content publisher] founded in Minnesota and headed by Paul Sebastien. Bungie fans also know them for producing the opening themes to [[wp:Marathon 2: Durandal|Marathon 2: Durandal]] and [[wp:Marathon Infinity|Marathon Infinity]]. | The name echoes Bungie's "cult" of [[Seven|the number 7]], but Power of Seven [https://marathon.bungie.org/story/faq.html#15 was an independent digital music content publisher] founded in Minnesota and headed by Paul Sebastien. Bungie fans also know them for producing the opening themes to [[wp:Marathon 2: Durandal|Marathon 2: Durandal]] and [[wp:Marathon Infinity|Marathon Infinity]]. | ||
Sebastien was also a founder of the techno band Psykosonik; over the course of the band's existence (1992–1997), four of their electronic dance songs charted in the Billboard Top 40. | Sebastien was also a founder of the techno band Psykosonik; over the course of the band's existence (1992–1997), four of their electronic dance songs charted in the Billboard Top 40, but they only released two albums. The style of the track Trailer resembles the output from Sebastien's band, as exemplified by songs like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIHANekdtvU Teknojihad] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2Pslw8BkI Killjoy]. Since Trailer was the [[1998|first piece of music used]] in connection with Oni, it might have been created before the rest of the work from Power of Seven. | ||
In 1996, Power of Seven [https://marathon.bungie.org/story/power_of_seven/power_of_seven.html was acquired by] audio company Headspace, Inc. and the studio was relocated to Headspace's HQ in San Mateo, California. In 1999, Headspace renamed themselves [[wp:Beatnik (company)|Beatnik, Inc.]] (The California company which currently creates meditation audio programs under the name Headspace is unrelated.) Beatnik became defunct in 2011. | In 1996, Power of Seven [https://marathon.bungie.org/story/power_of_seven/power_of_seven.html was acquired by] audio company Headspace, Inc. and the studio was relocated to Headspace's HQ in San Mateo, California. In 1999, Headspace renamed themselves [[wp:Beatnik (company)|Beatnik, Inc.]] (The California company which currently creates meditation audio programs under the name Headspace is unrelated.) Beatnik became defunct in 2011. | ||
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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 | Based on the styles of the musicians, their public statements, private correspondence with them, and their released music, we can confidently attribute some tracks and speculate on the rest: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|1 | |1 | ||
|Oni Anime | |Oni Anime | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
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|4 | |4 | ||
|Searching | |Searching | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
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|6 | |6 | ||
|Loss | |Loss | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|Hurry | |Hurry | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Fight | |Fight | ||
| | |Sebastien or Salter | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
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|10 | |10 | ||
|Internal Space | |Internal Space | ||
| | |Salter? | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|Farewell | |Farewell | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
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|14 | |14 | ||
|The Hunt | |The Hunt | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
|15 | |15 | ||
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|16 | |16 | ||
|End Titles | |End Titles | ||
|O'Donnell | |O'Donnell/Salvatori | ||
|- | |- | ||
| -- | | -- | ||