I have four Zombie Apocalypse machine guns. 2 arc and one each solar/void.

I want a picture of a guardian dual wielding Zombie Apocalypses. Haha.

I've wondered how much was already Salvatori's contribution all these years. I'm not dismissing Marty at all, but we may still get beautiful music without him and the transition may be hard to spot.

Also, Destiny has more of a immersive, supportive palette than Halo, who's music was as much of the narrative as the story, so that makes it harder to discern as well.

(While we're on the subject, do we know when the soundtrack's coming out on CD?)

I want my CD version too!

I hate that I continue to speculate on this malevolent subject matter with no clear answers. Brings back the sadness everytime.

I can't help but wonder if there has been any strain on Mike and Marty's personal relationship with the sudden and petty departure. I hope that they have been able to stay/rise above the pettiness of the whole thing.

I'm pretty confident that everything is fine between Marty and Mike.

I can't let go, and hope with all hope that Marty is still somehow able to breathe into the music or audio development.

Well, the good news is, he already has! :) He shaped Destiny's sound and thematic style and now they have that foundation to build upon for years. That's a lot better than say, this happening directly after Reach before Destiny came into its own!

I relish in your consistent positivity and optimism as a poster and as a person. I can feel that it just comes out of your pores.

My fear is that the initial gusts will fade, as if exhaled onto a window. Fading into time...

With the breath, it is a pleasant canvas; Without the breath it is a transparent pane.

10 years is a long time

I can't let go, and hope with all hope that Marty is still somehow able to breathe into the music or audio development.

Well, the good news is, he already has! :) He shaped Destiny's sound and thematic style and now they have that foundation to build upon for years. That's a lot better than say, this happening directly after Reach before Destiny came into its own!

I've wondered how much was already Salvatori's contribution all these years. I'm not dismissing Marty at all, but we may still get beautiful music without him and the transition may be hard to spot.

Also, Destiny has more of a immersive, supportive palette than Halo, who's music was as much of the narrative as the story, so that makes it harder to discern as well.

(While we're on the subject, do we know when the soundtrack's coming out on CD?)

I want my CD version too!

I hate that I continue to speculate on this malevolent subject matter with no clear answers. Brings back the sadness everytime.

I can't help but wonder if there has been any strain on Mike and Marty's personal relationship with the sudden and petty departure. I hope that they have been able to stay/rise above the pettiness of the whole thing.

What I've been wondering for a while, is Mike able to consult with Marty? Marty was able to consult with Mike for years and years without him technically being an employee on site. I realize it could be a big conflict of interests to actively consult with an ex-employee, even if it is somehow allowed...

I can't let go, and hope with all hope that Marty is still somehow able to breathe into the music or audio development.

Are you viewing that in the game, or via Bungie.net/Destiny app? The website and app don't update until you've actually played.

Exactly my point. Maybe the server doesn't even check a few things until your system connects to them.

So good. SO GOOD. That music is fantastic. Do we know if it's Marty? Sounds like his work, but I'm not sure.

I've wondered how much was already Salvatori's contribution all these years. I'm not dismissing Marty at all, but we may still get beautiful music without him and the transition may be hard to spot.

Also, Destiny has more of a immersive, supportive palette than Halo, who's music was as much of the narrative as the story, so that makes it harder to discern as well.

(While we're on the subject, do we know when the soundtrack's coming out on CD?)

IIRC, the Speaker or Ghost basically says that 'not everyone can harness the Light' during the initial part of the game. So maybe Thralls are everyone else?

Or a more insidious possibility: the corpses of gaurdians that have been drained of their light (via Crota's sword)?

In all seriousness, I wonder if the "he took everything from me" is a reference to her having 3 eyes...maybe he somehow tried to twist her into a minion of the Dark and make her some Human/Hive hybrid? Possibly an experiment to what they want to do to all of Earth? But she fought back and now she's out for revenge.

Calling it now: If you die in Crota's End a lemon-bar Cursed Thrall spawns at your place of death. And...you have to use a Sword to kill it before you can revive the downed person. Effectively, you're possessed by the Hive when you die, until the Sword carrier uses their Light to bring you back :p

I've wondered if the Hive are actually zombie humans spawned after the collapse, and Oryx is some sort of God that can morph corpses into Hive like the Traveler does with gaurdians. When you fight the hive you're actually fighting the victims of some horrible genocide against humanity.

Calling it now: If you die in Crota's End a lemon-bar Cursed Thrall spawns at your place of death. And...you have to use a Sword to kill it before you can revive the downed person. Effectively, you're possessed by the Hive when you die, until the Sword carrier uses their Light to bring you back :p

wait what if she's related somehow to Zaeed Massani???

I have seen what the goddamn Hive call a goddamn god.

/sorry not sorry