The Witness (Excision) - Destiny 2 OST Mix

This is a mix based on the music script for the final boss of The Final Shape, the Witness. The tracks used are Make Your Own Fate, Cusp of Finality, Cut Away (briefly), and Stronger, Together. I took the liberty of cutting down some of the opening scripts, as it helped the flow of the overall video. I also decided to put the entirety of Make Your Own Fate at the end, since the penultimate segment wasn't put in-game and I felt it made things more climactic.
On the video side of things, this was a massive pain in the ass. There was a lot I had to cut to get this thing remotely render-able, only to then have to give it to a friend of mine to get the damn thing up in an orderly timespan. So, thank you ‪@AtlyxMusic‬ for getting this video rendered. I hope everyone can see what I was going for. I mean, hey, it's possibly the last Destiny music-related video I'll ever make... might as well make it special.
0:00 Intro (Cut Away)
0:20 1st Round (Stronger, Together Light Action)
3:39 Ritual Room 1 (Cusp of Finality Action)
5:55 Pre-DPS 1
6:14 DPS 1 (Make Your Own Fate)
8:34 2nd Round (Stronger, Together Action)
11:20 Ritual Room 2 (Cusp of Finality Action)
14:15 Pre-DPS 2
14:35 DPS 2 (Make Your Own Fate)
16:54 3rd Round (Stronger, Together High Action)
19:40 Ritual Room 3 (Cusp of Finality High Action)
22:35 Pre-DPS 3
22:55 Final DPS (Make Your Own Fate)
This is being uploaded for archival purposes. If Bungie or Bungie-adjacent people find this video problematic, contact me and it will be removed.
All rights belong to their respective owners. Make Your Own Fate composed by Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, Josh Mosser, and Michael Sechrist. Cut Away, Cusp of Finality, and Stronger, Together composed by Rotem Moav, Skye Lewin, Michael Salvatori, Josh Mosser, and Michael Sechrist. I cannot provide downloads for these.

[@Johesh]

“We are the first knife! We are the edge that carved purpose into being. Your resistance will be remembered, within the shadow of the Black Fleet.”

[@ReikiBlack]

"Wait- is that Saint-14? He's alive? And none of you mentioned it?! Hey, he's headed your way, Guardian!"

[@CliveThorpe]

@@ReikiBlackI love that piece of dialogue haha

[@smugjetstream4480]

@@ReikiBlack I red it with Witness voice cause of comment you wrote under

[@equinoxruinouseffigy7856]

WE are the FIRST KNIFE!!!! WE are the purpose that carved EDGING INTO BEING!!!! Your edging will be remembered..... within the SHADOW of the BLACK MEAT!!!!!

[@jonahsturdivant4488]

@equinoxruinouseffigy7856 Unimaginably unfunny

[@dankerbell]

always remember, guardians bake their own cakes

[@Spooqi]

but it's not Dawning yet :(

[@vogavation]

spartans bake the cakes they made last night

[@karmotrine3817]

@@Spooqi 🤣

[@austineldridge0630]

This man did not cook on witness DPS 😭

[@Vestilae]

This mission has one of the best soundtracks Bungie has ever made for Destiny

[@adamboy0559]

It’s just very triumphant from start to finish. This isn’t even a fight at this point. It’s just destroying the witness whist it’s extremely vulnerable. Because of the raid it can’t win here as long as it can’t escape. It’s the perfect ending

[@morithelaurie6270]

I don't think bungie could have made a better finale. Keeping the death of The Witness out of the raid to ensure that EVERYONE gets that victory feeling is some stellar decision-making, and every time I listen to Stronger Together I get all huffy and emotional. I can't think of a single more triumphant, impressive moment in gaming so far this year.

[@gavo7911]

They did the best of both worlds. They made the raid feel special and impactful, while still letting everyone else experience the actual ending. Zavala even said it in the cutscene, it was one fireteam’s tireless effort that gave everyone else this 1-in-a-million chance.

[@adamboy0559]

It truly did feel like the end. My fear was that it was going to end feeling incomplete and not like this was the end of this saga. They did it perfectly. Even the dialogue is 10/10 you can hear the witnesses desperation. The raid has it still somewhat confident but the mission feels like pure desperation

[@ReviXyOfficial]

They learned from the mistake they made with Oryx, it was one of the main issues allot of people had with the dlc, not being able to kill him because its raid only

[@Herrscher_Of_Rebirth_]

For a villain like the witness that has been built up for 10 years, killing it in the raid would have felt a little anticlimactic since it would feel the same as Oryx. The fact that we had to go for a desperate suicide attempt to injure it, to the 19 Hour slog to separate it from the travellers light, to this last stand with the entire coalition by our side just felt right. Only way it coud've ended.

[@RosaNagashi]

I didn't think bungie could make a 3 phase bossfight without playing light action for 5 minutes during the first phase, but holy shit they did it

[@alfreton401]

hearing the guardian theme played in the darkness theme soundfont blew me away. what a special moment

[@S1erra107]

It is pure serotonin injected into my veins

[@tarmagain2771]

one thing i love about the witness is that it was wounded in the first confrontation, ascended and escaped. then its hold was broken, the endgame level confrontation was something i loved, i woke up to the tweet saying the witness was defeated and that all of sol was rallying for the last assualt. it was amazing. great way to let people fight the witness

[@adamboy0559]

@@tarmagain2771it’s also got 2 cannon meanings of “one fireteam entered the monolith to break the witnesses hold on the traveler” it can be referring to your fireteam or the worlds first whichever you want to believe

[@Vextus]

I am genuinely upset that that bit of music does not last longer. We have a few seconds of absolute peak. I feel like I transcend in those seconds

[@Lost_Angel_TX]

At which time in the overall song does that play?

[@coolsiteish]

"WE. ARE. SALVATION!" Is a funny way of saying that you're gonna be a gun in 2-4 business years.

[@grappier5636]

Witness is, at least partially, already a gun lol. Euphony, the Salvation's Edge exotic, is made out of Witness' arms

[@accountname902]

the portal visualizer goes hard ngl

[@Xandur.]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1434">23:54</a> the leitmotif that plays here while you use your light against the witness is the same as the music that plays in the final cutscene of the destiny 1 campaign, where elsie tells you "all ends are beginnings". great callback

[@carlos-zy7vx]

right before it you can hear the ending part of Journey from base D2 as well

[@carlos-zy7vx]

after it*

[@thepixarlamp7669]

All the way back in the Vault of Glass, we were told we make our own fate. And now here we are

[@Mak0gaming]

I think it's safe to say We've Become Legend.

[@EJAXK13]

“What was made, can be unmade.” I now know what to do. Guardian! Channel the Traveler’s light through me! I’m ready.

[@williambeck2372]

I'M READY!

[@metehankurt2262]

AAARRRRRRG

[@williambeck2372]

@@metehankurt2262 *Proceeds to clap The Witness with 999K worth of damage*

[@zetenypapp5048]

per second​@@williambeck2372

[@roongamingepicly]

We…I…I don’t understand.

[@jonahsturdivant4488]

Please don’t stop making ost mixes for the franchise, it’s one of the greatest things to like a boss’s theme, then you come in and make it even better

[@okruma625]

amazing that they used the untold legends motif for this, really mirrors that untold was originally supposed to be atheon's theme

[@voyagerofdoom]

*WE.* *WILL.* *..NOT…* *_YEEEIIIILD!_*

[@terracottafred5126]

The Witness said calmly

[@EJAXK13]

Free us… Free us… Free us… Free us…

[@lothric3362]

WHAT WAS MADE CAN BE UNMADE

[@Gnome-Hunter]

Most hype a destiny mission has ever been, and Damm was the soundtrack a big reason for that.

[@adamboy0559]

It’s perfect as well. It’s all triumphant from start to finish. This isn’t a fight. It’s ending the thing that’s caused everything so far. There was no winning for the witness in this mission. It was trapped with the entire of Sol coming for it whist it’s extremely weakened. Along with all this even some of the voices within it were trying to be freed from it.

[@hue_lord_4208]

I didn't know the witness was hard locked to 3-phases at first, and because most of my team kept dying to his attacks, I honestly wondered what would've happened if we destroyed all the statues before we got to final stand, lmao.

[@SentientMattress531]

everybody gangsta till “ENRAGE IS NEAR!!!” pops up in a matchmade activity

[@nathanflinchum1153]

Turns out it just puts you into a permanent dps if all the statues are dead, even in GMs

[@gjraccoon]

Yooooo that visual goes hard

[@pedrolps_]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="930">15:30</a> this part wrecked me, I really don't know what else to say about this ending, there were so many emotions, and this relief in the music was simply sensational, one of the best missions and best soundtrack that Bungie has ever created, this idea of ​​putting the final boss of the raid as a playable mission for 12 people it was brilliant, it managed to make all players feel the emotion of being in a raid, you feel part of the game, you are part of the game

[@MasterJunior93]

If it bleeds, we can kill it. This saying has always been proven true, even to wannabe Gods like the Witness. We wounded it in the campaign, we weakened it in the raid... And now in this 12 fireteam mission... We finished it.

[@adamboy0559]

From something that seemed unkillable bungie did a good job showing us slowly hurting it until we were able to finally put it down

[@Ahnock]

love how you did the visual for this haha

[@Archon3960]

Alright, I was waiting for this one, and I was not disappointed. Definitly the best mix you've ever made so far. Godspeed, Promethean. 😎

[@RaspyCh]

Wait last destiny music video? NOOOOOO 😢 Thank you for everything

[@coleeisenbrand2083]

We…I… I don’t understand.

[@goldengamers2604]

the interweaving of themes when you get sent to the ritual room is so fucking cool. Music team just outdoing themselves every single time.

[@ethanwalat7087]

Liked that little hint of oryx's theme in there

[@fenris_wuffy]

i was just looking for this a little bit ago, im so happy you finally uploaded it

[@roorsworch5998]

Untold Legends ♥

[@Dolphin_editz69]

That's it we did it.... We... We did it

[@slingshotnerd]

YOUR PAIN IS POISON!

[@Sipkon]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1589">26:29</a> im not crying you are

[@Saiyanprince1114]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="219">3:39</a> Free us... _Free us!_ *_Free us!_*

[@EJAXK13]

*”WE ARE ONE!”*

[@thehale_]

We won’t suffer one more day with you!

[@shio6223]

Thank you for making it.

[@10THPROPHET]

GUARDIANS MAKE THEIR OWN FATE

[@zonk2391]

*WE.* *WILL.* *NOT.* *YIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD*

[@Leo-lk1bt]

I think it's the first bungie puts 3 musics in the same fight, thats so cool

[@swouse8182]

instant banger.

[@johnb3587]

Once you get past that first DPS it finally sets in *it can bleed* and from then on out the music reflects that

[@evan5102]

"Your pain is poison!"

[@DeflectdFire]

Guardian... Show that Shape it ain't Final!

[@sneakysandro2961]

"YOUR PAIN IS POISON!"

[@cloudyskies2]

leitmotifs I noticed (feel free to add more): oryx, neomuna, darkness, journey (I think), savathuns song (I think) and definitely more

[@Toaster1085.]

There’s one for all of our allies, For Ketch and Crew, Cabal Stomp and I think it’s Bow to No One for awoken

[@torosoup]

"A paltry resistance"

[@equinoxruinouseffigy7856]

WE are the FIRST KNIFE!!!! WE are the purpose that carved EDGING INTO BEING!!!! Your edging will be remembered..... within the SHADOW of the BLACK MEAT!!!!!

[@neekumikuvt328]

How the hell did you get that angle

[@tarmagain2771]

what was made in the darkness can be unmade in the light

[@abqxillia2044]

Ik it’s a weird pattern recognition thing but one of the dps motifs sounds so much like the one from national treasure

[@brucehc4975]

I thought it was just me

[@TheSimpless]

Promethean cooked harder than how bad the Witness did during this mission 💀

[@EyeZee]

It’s amazing how it is already, but I really wish they tied ‘make your own fate’ to a threshold on the witness’s health for the raid as well as excision. Similar to the Fatalis fight in monster Hunter world. So when the witness got below a certain amount of health the full song would play in the background as a way of encouraging the players to push forward. The classic destiny damage phase music timing is still fine tho

[@thermae5419]

Proof of a Hero my beloved

[@DanYami]

the third of the bunch, at long last. now all that's missing is Substratum and Repository :) and any ambient raid tracks if those are considered, idk

[@NorthWindAerialImaging]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="877">14:37</a> is when my soul leaves my body.

[@Aeveir1311]

*WE ARE ASCENDING GUARDIANS!*

[@Dumbface_Timelost]

Ritual room, aka statue breaking ASMR

[@daybot9663]

What is the motif at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="617">10:17</a> , it sounds so familiar

[@ArchivalMind]

Discipline, introduced in Lightfall

[@ThedeadMapleoak]

Discipline from Lightfall.

[@blue_monika]

Might be a silly request to ask for a mix of the first part of Excision? I know it's basically just Stronger, Together, but I think it's arranged differently than the official version?

[@IronLord7717]

I’ve been looking for this part too

[@Langodan]

Ik Stronger, Together has 3 different versions, a percussion only for first phase, and the two versions here not sure how to get them. might have to rip it.

[@Exesie115]

Sorry but this ost for the final fight after a 10 years saga is trash and nothing else. It sounds like a poor ost from a bad MMO china mobile game. way to less emotional stress or a this is the last chance to stop the end feeling. More a don't worry guardians, this is made for casual losers, you got this, no matter how bad you are. They should look an eye on "Crypt" from Halo 5 for example. way more powerful than this.

[@mavaio]

Who shit in your cheerios

[@TakenPsion]

You done

[@adamboy0559]

Such a bad take. And this isn’t the last chance to stop it. In this mission the witness is done. It can’t win it was hurt in the campaign it was severed from the traveler in the raid and severely weakened. This ain’t a fight it’s ending it before it can recover and try again. Again such a bad take and such a bad wanna be elitist thing to say.

[@Exesie115]

@@adamboy0559 just to clearify. The witness was actually the most powerful enemy in destiny’s history. In the Lightfall opening scene, he killed 3 guardians with their ghosts only with a finger swipe just with his darkness powers. Even without the light and a wound, he still should be a feared enemy.

[@bfedezl2018]

@@Exesie115 You have the shittiest taste holy crap 😂