The music for "Uru: Ages Beyond Myst" and "Myst V: End of Ages" was composed by Tim Larkin, who had gotten involved in the series doing sound design for "Riven". Larkin stepped away from his background as a jazz composer and musician to create music with less structure and without a definite beginning and end. Larkin created different music depending on the location, giving each setting and Age a distinctive tone. For "End of Ages", Larkin was unable to afford a full orchestra to perform his score, so he combined individual instrumentation with an array of synthesizers.