Martin O'Donnell

'''Martin O'Donnell''' (born May 1, 1955) is an American composer, audio director, and sound designer known for his work on video game developer Bungie's titles, such as the ''Myth'' series, ''Oni'', the ''Halo'' series, and ''Destiny''. O'Donnell collaborated with his Michael Salvatori for many of the scores; he has also directed voice talent and sound design for the ''Halo'' trilogy.

O'Donnell began his career in music writing television and radio jingles such as the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins jingle and scoring for radio stations and films. O'Donnell moved to composing video game music when his company, TotalAudio, did the sound design for the 1997 title ''Riven''. After producing the music for ''Myth II'', Bungie contracted O'Donnell to work on their other projects, including ''Oni'' and the project that would become ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. O'Donnell ended up joining the Bungie staff ten days before the studio was bought by Microsoft, and was the audio director for all Bungie projects until he was fired in April 2014.

O'Donnell's score to the ''Halo'' trilogy has received critical acclaim, earning him several awards, and the commercial soundtrack release of the music to ''Halo 2'' was the best-selling video game soundtrack of all time in the United States. He composed the scores for ''Halo 3'' (2007), ''Halo 3: ODST'' (2009), and ''Halo: Reach'' (2010). His final work for Bungie was composing music for the 2014 video game ''Destiny''. He successfully sued Bungie for unpaid wages and stock ownership. Subsequently, he co-founded Highwire Games and composed the score for their debut virtual reality game ''Golem'', which was released in late 2019.

O'Donnell unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in Nevada's 3rd congressional district in 2024, placing fourth in the Republican primary. Provided by Wikipedia