Music of the Cubes is a full set of “chiptune” adaptations of the symphonic & choral suite "Music of the Spheres," composed in 2011-12 by Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Sir Paul McCartney.

The original suite was written to embody the seven "wandering stars" as laid out by ancient astrologers such as Pythagoras and Ptolemy. It weaves a number of relevant concepts into its musical storytelling, from the fallen king Jupiter, to slow & beautiful Luna, to the eerie sounds of the major misfortune, Saturn. The first seven tracks represent these Seven Heavens, with the eighth track representing Earth and The Traveler, the mysterious sphere hanging low above Earth's last city from the video game the album preludes. The suite was largely inspired by C.S. Lewis's book "The Discarded Image," and the music even had a written accompaniment by poet and C.S. Lewis scholar Malcolm Guite.

Owen Spence took the set of scores from the original Abbey Road recording sessions and assigned every instrument to a retro soundfont, similar to what you would’ve heard on the SNES in the 90s. This is not intended to be “true” chiptune, as we did not approach this with a purist mindset. However, we hope you will enjoy this modern classic with a throwback twist.