Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) album closes with a reprise of "Shine On" and further instrumental excursions. "I had some criticisms of "Dark Side of the Moon"…" noted David Gilmour. "One or two of the vehicles carrying the ideas were not as strong as the ideas that they carried. I thought we should try and work harder on marrying the idea and the vehicle that carried it, so that they both had an equal magic… It's something I was personally pushing when we made "Wish You Were Here"." Alan Parsons, EMI staff engineer for Pink Floyd's previous studio album, "The Dark Side of the Moon",
Wish That You Were Here the Machine's recordings were compiled on the EP "Songs from Final Fantasy XV" on 12 August for digital download. Keeping in their trend of soundtrack work, the band and film director Tim Burton collaborated in composing "Wish That You Were Here" for Burton's movie adaptation of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children". Welch had been a big-time fan of Burton's work and was interested in teaming up with him long before "Wish That You Were Here", calling Burton a "kindred spirit" who shared in her themes of dark romance and fantasy. To prepare to compose a song that complimented the