Photo by Mary McCartney

Paul McCartney has collaborated on the score for Destiny, a forthcoming first-person shooter video game for the Playstation and Xbox systems from Bungie and Activision, as The New York Times reports.

The score was composed over four years in New York, Los Angeles, and at London's Abbey Road Studios alongside Marty O'Donnell, who was then Bungie's in-house composer, and Mike Salvatori. McCartney also contributed a theme song for the game, which was recorded with a 120-piece ensemble at Abbey Road. The orchestra was directed by Giles Martin (son of famed Beatles producer George) and the song was produced by Mark "Spike" Stent. The Times reports that the theme song will be released as a single.

McCartney himself isn't known as a video game enthusiast, but I suppose when you've been a Beatle for most of your life you're always looking for new challenges.

Read Ryan Dombal's interview with McCartney from 2012.

Destiny is out September 9. Watch a trailer below.