Granted, this one had the advantage of Marty music.

This is how the trailer feels:

Something dark is coming, Guardian.

Yeeaah! Killin' all the things!!!

You've drawn a terrible evil down upon our solar system.

Gunfire! Explosions!! SUPERS!!! YEEEAAAAHHH!!!!

No, seriously. This is probably the most terrifying thing our universe has ever seen.

Gonna rock out with my Glock out! Efff YEAAHHH!

Ooh! Check out Fillion being his awesome Fillion self!

It's all up to you now, Guardian.
God help us all.

Since we know that the (formerly) PS4-exclusive strikes are getting Taken-ified "Remixes" in TTK, it stands to reason that this cloak could drop from the new variant of the Dust Palace strike.

Edit: I also haven't been a fan of really any trailer Bungie has put out post-launch, though. Like on all levels. Especially when they're trying to sell story in a game without one. I think that's hindering my ability to care about this trailer. Until I experience Taken King and can actually truly assess the alleged story stuff they've been saying is in it, I'm sort of just shrugging at it.

At least up until the ear stabbing, I'm 90% certain that's how it went down.

I don't think the music does the same thing at all.

While I have the same reaction as you to both trailers, I think the music is actually supposed to do something completely different: make the game feel light and fun. The story may be ominous and brooding, but the game play is filled with friends laughing with each other. Now, there was obvious comradery in the prelaunch film which is not shown here, so it seems less obvious. But I bet you the music was chosen to convey game play emotion and not story emotion. Given that the trailers to date have focused on story and not gameplay, I don't think the trailer is completely uncalled for.

I agree! Like I said here, it was meant to give the feeling of you rocking the solar system with your guardian and buddies.

Love Zeppelin. This choice didn't work for me. I think it was the interrupting of the song with the bomb crescendos that ruined it.

When Oryx slammed his sword down & the music stopped, that was jarring. I wish they had just let that next chord play out, it's a great bit of that song. In fact, each time they halted the song they should have just let the next guitar chord play & fade out to crossover to the next part of the song (IMHO, I don't edit video).

Specifically:
at 0:24, when Oryx slams his sword down, they cut off the resolving chord, leaving you hanging & uncomfortable.
at 0:41, when the warlock does his lightning thing and Oryx appears again, they cut off the 3rd chord, not letting it resolve again.
finally at 0:58, they cut it off for Cayde's line "Send in the cavalry" wasn't quite as bad, but still... could have been less jarring.

I suspect the removeal of ... "musical cartharsis/resolution of the chord progression" (I don't know the correct music theory term) when Oryx appears was done intentionally. I don't think it improved it, but I can see why they'd do it. I don't know what's up w/ the Cayde pause, other than maybe they wanted to highlight his line which I don't think was necessary.

It seemed to me the theme was Guardians rocking the universe, which worked for me, I didn't like how they screwed with the song. I still love the trailer though, flaws and all.

Regarding the mixing of universes, I thought it really worked for The Law of the Jungle trailer back before launch. I thought that was fantastic, but that's also because it tied itself well to the Destiny universe and provided an insight into who our Guardians are and what values they held.

I don't think the music does the same thing at all.

While I have the same reaction as you to both trailers, I think the music is actually supposed to do something completely different: make the game feel light and fun. The story may be ominous and brooding, but the game play is filled with friends laughing with each other. Now, there was obvious comradery in the prelaunch film which is not shown here, so it seems less obvious. But I bet you the music was chosen to convey game play emotion and not story emotion. Given that the trailers to date have focused on story and not gameplay, I don't think the trailer is completely uncalled for.

I don't think the music does the same thing at all.

Wow, I do *not* like the music in The Taken King Launch Trailer. Seems completely out of place and inappropriate.

It brings too much levity to what’s supposed to be impending doom. I just don’t feel like there’s any danger from Oryx with that trailer.

Like breitzen said in a Twitter reply, this feels more like an Activision trailer than a Bungie-produced one. Mixing our "real" universe with the game universe just feels weird and inappropriate.

HHHHNNNNNGGGG