The album is dedicated to Jarre's former mentor, experimental musician Pierre Schaeffer.

The album cover art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger.

[3] The CD cover used lenticular printing to make the illusion of moving stars in the background.

[5] Eschewing digital techniques developed in the 1980s, in an interview for The Daily Telegraph he said: The excitement of being able to work on sounds in a tactile, manual, almost sensual way is what drew me to electronic music in the first place ...

A number of remixes of Oxygène 7–13 tracks were made, including those comprising most of the album Odyssey Through O2.