Paul McCartney's Destiny Theme Song Is Pretty Silly

Way back in 2012, when Destiny was still in the midst of development, Paul McCartney tweeted something unexpected: He was working on music with Bungie, the studio making the game. It recently became clearer what McCartney’s involvement entailed: According to theNew York Times, McCartney collaborated with Bungie composers Marty O’Donnell and Mike Salvatori on the game’s score, and also wrote and recorded a theme song. Now that Destiny is out, we can hear that single in all its overproduced, cheesy/endearing glory, as captured during the game’s credits sequence and shared by Kilo Juliett: The song’s called “Hope for the Future,” rummy new app or at least, I’m assuming that’s what it’s called. As I round the 20-hour mark in Destiny, I can confirm that shooting a thousand aliens in the face does, in fact, kinda give me hope for the future. A future free from the scourge of aliens.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1633107398","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing the lyrics: “Hope For The Future” Some hope for the future some wait for the call to say that the days ahead will be the best of all We rummy nobel will build bridges up to the sky heavenly light surrounding you and I From out of the darkness our future will come if we leave the past behind we’ll fly beyond the sun We’ll be together sharing the load watching in wonder as our lives unfold Hope for the future It’s coming soon enough How much can we achieve? Hope for the future It will belong to us if we believe if we believe Hope shines brightest in the dark where nothing’s ever seen Lighting undiscovered places no one’s ever been [Guitar Solo] Some hope for the future some wait for the call to say that our destiny will be the best of all And we will build bridges up to the rummy royal sky heavenly light surrounding you and I Hope shines brightest in the dark where nothing’s ever seen Lighting undiscovered places no one’s ever been Hope for the future Hope for the future Hope for the future You’d never guess that’s the theme song from a first-person shooter about moon wizards, would you? I like the post-chorus, and also the part where he says the name of the game. Photo credit: AP