Martin O'Donnell

Marty O'Donnell (aka Marty, the Elder) is the Audio Director at Bungie. He has written the music for Myth, Oni, and the Halo games. He is also the voice for Jackals, Hunters and Flood in the Halo trilogy.

He has worked closely with Michael Salvatori to produce music for the Halo Games such as the Mjolnir Mix, and the two co-produced the Halo: Original Soundtrack and Halo 2: Original Soundtrack together.

Marty's sound studio is called the "Ivory Towers", lending its nickname to the multiplayer map in Halo 2, Ivory Tower. In addition, this tower is noted to be owned by a character named Lance O'Donnell, another nickname for Marty.

Before working for Bungie, he did audio work for several TV/radio commercials including Flintstones Vitamins. He was once co-owner of TotalAudio, a company that produced sound design on Riven.

He is currently the arch enemy of Frank O'Connor.

Trivia

 * He was born on May 1st 1955 and is 53 years old.
 * He also wrote the Mr. Clean jingle and the "Flintstone Kids" ads for Flintstone Vitamins, the latter of which he retooled into the Bungie Podcast theme song.
 * He appeared for an interview on the talk machinima "This Spartan Life."
 * His favorite movie is Ben-Hur.
 * He drives a blue Acura TLS.
 * He is the oldest member of Bungie.
 * He is married to his wife Marcie and has two daughters, Alison and Christine.
 * He has a Bachelor's Degree of Music in composition from the University of California.
 * He has a Master's Degree of Music in composition from the University of South Carolina.
 * His father is Bob O'Donnell, a voice actor in Halo 2.