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Martin O'Donnell

'''Martin O'Donnell (born May 1, 1955), sometimes referred to as Marty O'Donnell''', is an American composer, audio director, and sound designer known for his work on video game developer Bungie's series, such as ''Myth'', ''Oni'', ''Halo'', and ''Destiny''. O'Donnell collaborated with his musical colleague Michael Salvatori for many of the scores; he has also directed voice talent and sound design for the ''Halo'' trilogy. O'Donnell was Bungie's audio lead until April 11, 2014.

O'Donnell began his career in music writing television and radio jingles such as the Flintstones 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 only ten days before the studio was bought by Microsoft, and would be the audio director for all Bungie projects until he was fired.

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 went on to compose 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.

On March 3, 2024, O'Donnell announced his intention to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nevada's 3rd congressional district in 2024 as a Republican. Provided by Wikipedia