Not thinking he could gain access to the Eiffel Tower, Bertolozzi went about creating a composition made using only the unmodified sounds of New York's Mid-Hudson Bridge, for the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial celebrations in 2009.
[4] Bertolozzi used Bridge Music as a proof of concept to present to SETE, the authority that controls the Eiffel Tower.
[5] By 2010, plans were underway to attempt field recording and a live performance on the Eiffel Tower.
[8] In January 2013, Bertolozzi met with Eiffel Tower officials and reviewed what areas would be appropriate to record audio samples.
Preliminary mixing beginning in April 2015, with Paul Kozel at the Sonic Arts Center at the City College of New York.