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Bungie ordered to recoup Marty O'Donnell's founders' stock

A court-appointed arbitrator has ruled that Bungie must return the founders' stock it stripped from former Halo composer Marty O'Donnell following his contentious dismissal earlier this year, reports VentureBeat. As our readers are no doubt aware...

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Joystiq interview: Bungie's Marty O'Donnell on the 'digital content crisis'

Marty O'Donnell caused something of an uproar recently following controversial comments aimed at used video game sales. In particular, it was the Bungie audio director's apparent assertion that content creators and publishers "shouldn't stop receiv...

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Halo composer Martin O'Donnell's music remains in Destiny after Bungie departure

After the surprise announcement that longtime Bungie composer Martin O'Donnell had been terminated, Joystiq confirmed with the studio's COO Pete Parsons that O'Donnell's music remains in Destiny. We were on hand at Bungie for a preview event, where ...

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Report: Former Bungie composer O'Donnell settles case

Former Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell's "without cause" termination from the company has concluded with a settlement between the Halo and Destiny tunesmith and Bungie studio head Harold Ryan, reports VentureBeat. The settlement will net O'Donnel...

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Halo 2 is music to our ears

Marty O'Donnell is the musical composer of the classic Halo soundtrack. Many of us Halo geeks think its score is one of the best ever produced — making O'Donnell something of a hero. This interview on Music4games g...

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Halo 3: ODST soundtrack to debut at Video Games Live event

With a new Bungie developed game in the works comes the dynamic musical duo of O'Donnell & Salvatori. On January 24, Bungie will debut the soundtrack for Halo 3: ODST at a Video Games Live concert in Seattle. Special guests at the event will incl...

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Coming soon: The Halo 3: ODSTOST

During the Halo 3: ODST panel at PAX, Bungie revealed -- much to everyone's surprise -- that there were plans to release an official soundtrack alongside the release of ODST. According to Marty O'Donnell, over three hours of music were recorded for ...

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Video: Creating the sounds of Halo: Reach

Most Halo fans are intimately familiar with the work of Marty O'Donnell, longtime composer for the series, but you may not be aware of the level of work that goes into each and every sound in Halo: Reach. In a new video put together by SoundWorks Co...

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Halo, Destiny composer O'Donnell says he was fired 'without cause' [Update: Bungie COO Pete Parsons responds]

Halo series and Destiny composer Martin 'Marty' O'Donnell is no longer working for Bungie, and he claims the studio's directors fired him "without cause" last Friday, April 11. O'Donnell tweeted the news this morning, and shortly after Bungie res...

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VGA 2009: Bungie's Marty O'Donnell talks moody soundtracks

This past Saturday brought us the Spike TV Video Game Awards and – before experiencing the litany of world exclusives that awaited us inside – we spent some time outside cruising the red carpet and talking (briefly!) to many of the game ...

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary soundtrack getting full orchestral treatment

San Francisco-based Pyramind Studios is producing a re-orchestrated soundtrack for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. 343 Industries, Microsoft, and Pyramind announced that the project is headed up by Microsoft Senior Audio Director Kristofor Mellr...

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Overheard@PAX: The wrath of a Halo fan

Meet Connor. Connor is a young Halo fan who attended the Halo 3: ODST panel hosted at PAX (more on that later). The panel contained many Bungie luminaries, including Joe Staten, Brian Jarrard, Curtis Creamer, Marty O'Donnell and several others. Duri...

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Video: When Halo 3 met Fallout 3

The charming video which you'll find just below the break is an expert blending of Halo 3 and Fallout 3 and it holds within it two very basic truths. One: It's fine for Fallout, but Halo probably wouldn't be better if it stopped every 10 seconds to...

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Finish the Fight track available on iTunes

Bungie.net announced that Marty O'Donnell's music from the Halo 3 announcement trailer is up for download exclusively from the iTunes music store. The track is called "Finish the Fight" and is uber cool dudes. And please take Bungie's advise and "pla...

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Halo Legends soundtrack on AOL Radio

AOL has announced that the soundtrack to the upcoming anime collection, Halo Legends, have been added to its AOL Radio service. The soundtrack includes new tracks created for the series, as well as new orchestrations of the Halo theme by long-time se...

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