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.[36] 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.[37] Larkin created different music depending on the location, giving each setting and Age a distinctive tone.[36] 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.[38]