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'''Martin "Marty" O'Donnell''' (aka '''Marty the Elder''') is an [[United States|American]] composer known for his work on musical pieces for video games from [[Bungie Studios]] such as the [[wikipedia:Myth (series)|''Myth'' series]], ''[[wikipedia:Oni (video game)|Oni]]'', and the [[Halo Trilogy|''Halo'' trilogy]]. O'Donnell collaborates with his musical companion [[Michael Salvatori]] for many of the scores. He has also directed voice talent and sound design for the ''Halo'' trilogy. He was [[wikipedia:Dismissal (employment)|terminated without cause]] on April 11th, 2014 | '''Martin "Marty" O'Donnell''' (aka '''Marty the Elder''') is an [[United States|American]] composer known for his work on musical pieces for video games from [[Bungie Studios]] such as the [[wikipedia:Myth (series)|''Myth'' series]], ''[[wikipedia:Oni (video game)|Oni]]'', and the [[Halo Trilogy|''Halo'' trilogy]]. O'Donnell collaborates with his musical companion [[Michael Salvatori]] for many of the scores. He has also directed voice talent and sound design for the ''Halo'' trilogy. He was [[wikipedia:Dismissal (employment)|terminated without cause]] on April 11th, 2014<ref name="terminate">[https://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/456303189998841856 '''Twitter''': ''MartyTheElder''] (@MartyTheElder: "''I'm saddened to say that Bungie's board of directors terminated me without cause on April 11, 2014.''")</ref><ref name="terminate2">[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=11484 '''Bungie.net''': ''There are those who said this day would never come...'']</ref>, and has since founded his own studio, Highwire Games, with several other ex-Bungie friends.<ref> http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/legendary-halo-composer-marty-o-donnell-reveals-he-s-working-on-secret-new-game </ref> | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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=== ''Highwire Games'' === | === ''Highwire Games'' === | ||
A year after his departure from Bungie, Martin O'Donnell formed his own studio called Highwire Games. | A year after his departure from Bungie, Martin O'Donnell formed his own studio called Highwire Games, currently at work on their debut game ''Golem'' for the Playstation VR. A musical prequel to ''Golem'', ''Echoes of the First Dreamer'', was successfully funded on Kickstarter with a budget of $55,705.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/135470902/echoes-of-the-first-dreamer '''Kickstarter''', ''Echoes of the First Dreamer'']</ref> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||