The Prison
Written by Paul McCartney • Martin O'Donnell • Michael Salvatori • Instrumental
Last updated on December 11, 2020
Written by Paul McCartney • Martin O'Donnell • Michael Salvatori • Instrumental
Last updated on December 11, 2020
Album This song officially appears on the The Music of Destiny Volume 1 Official album.
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Recording "Destiny: Music of the Spheres"
Nov 20-23, 2012
Officially appears on The Music of Destiny Volume 1
Officially appears on Destiny Original Soundtrack
Officially appears on Destiny Original Soundtrack
Officially appears on Destiny Original Soundtrack
“The Prison” is an instrumental track written by Martin O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori and Paul McCartney for the soundtrack of the video game “Destiny“. It is part of a music suite, named “Music Of The Spheres“, which was released in 2018 as “The Music Of Destiny Volume 1“, six years after its recording.
Martin O’Donnell demoed “The Prison” to McCartney when he met him on February 8, 2012:
This was the meeting (just me) where I played [Paul] work-in-progress on a piece from Music of the Spheres (The Prison) incorporating his ideas, and he also told me he was working on a song for Destiny.
Marty O’Donnell – Interview courtesy with Marty O’Donnell for The Paul McCartney Project, December 2020
I’d rather have it just be that people listen to the whole they can sort of make up their own minds about what they think is Paul and what is Mike and what is me, and if they figure it out I’ll tell give them a prize but I don’t think they will.
Martin O’Donnell – From Youtube
Official album • Released in 2012
6:29 • Studio version • A
London Symphony Orchestra : Orchestra Sam Okell : Second engineer Peter Cobbin : Recording engineer Libera : Boys choir Mark McKenzie : Music supervisor, Orchestrations Jonty Barnes : Producer Dennis Sands : Mixing engineer Adam Olmsted : Assistant mixing engineer Robert Prizeman : Director of libera boys choir Tom Delgado-Little : Boy soloist Isaac London : Boy soloist London Voices : Choir Terry Edwards : Choir director Ben Parry : Choir director Isobel Griffiths : Orchestra contractor Thomas Bowes : Orchestra leader Charlotte Matthews : Assistant orchestra contractor
Session Recording: Nov 20-23, 2012 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Official album • Released in 2018
6:29 • Studio version • A
London Symphony Orchestra : Orchestra Sam Okell : Second engineer Peter Cobbin : Recording engineer Libera : Boys choir Mark McKenzie : Music supervisor, Orchestrations Jonty Barnes : Producer Dennis Sands : Mixing engineer Adam Olmsted : Assistant mixing engineer Robert Prizeman : Director of libera boys choir Tom Delgado-Little : Boy soloist Isaac London : Boy soloist London Voices : Choir Terry Edwards : Choir director Ben Parry : Choir director Isobel Griffiths : Orchestra contractor Thomas Bowes : Orchestra leader Charlotte Matthews : Assistant orchestra contractor
Session Recording: Nov 20-23, 2012 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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