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Marty O'Donnell Fired By Bungie

J

Jonny Rizzo

Member
Wow, surprising announcement. Bungie has been flying pretty low on the radar lately and then stuff like this and Joseph Staten jumping ship.

It will be interesting to see what Marty will do outside of Bungie though...
 
R

REMEMBER CITADEL

Banned
That's just insane! Marty was an essential part of what made Bungie games so great. I'd love to see him back on Halo, of course, but it would also be great to see him do something entirely different. In any case, best of luck to him finding a studio that better appreciates his talent.

At the same time, with both Marty and Staten now gone, I have to wonder what Bungie is turning into.
 
U

UrbanRats

Member
They better have a damn good reason for this, since he is one hell of a composer.

Halo's soundtrack was always top notch stuff.

My interest for Destiny just took a big hit right now.
 
JB2448

JB2448

Member
We obviously need more information to make heads or tails of this situation, but I'm this close to not buying Destiny. This is unbelievable.
 
W

_woLf

Member
Wow, this came out of NOWHERE.

Bungie has huge guts (or Marty really messed up somehow) in order to do something like this. Marty's music is part of what made Bungie's games so iconic.

I hope he finds a place he likes. I'd love him back on Halo with 343...I didn't like Halo 4's music at all compared to the rest of the series.
 
F

feel

Member
No fucking way. :O :O

I mean, his work on Reach and Destiny (from the little I've heard) has been way below his incredible standards but that can't be it, he was practically one of the faces of Bungie.
 
D

DracoBlade

Member
WTF! He's been with Bungie for so long too!

There must be more to this story...potential celebrity composer replacement incoming?
 
Hale-XF11

Hale-XF11

Member
Hard to speculate without any real info, but I think "without cause" implies that he wasn't at fault or didn't do anything to get himself fired. It might just mean that they didn't need him anymore.
 
K

kittens

Unconfirmed Member
Tunavi said:
he must of fucked up
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Outside of some weird behavioral shit, I can't imagine what Marty Motherfucking O'Donnell could have done to get himself fired.

And disclaimer: I'm not suggesting Marty did some weird behavioral shit.
 
S

SlickShoesRUCrazy

Member
Microsoft, 343, do it.

ben-stiller-do-it.gif
 
M

MarcoZombieCannon

Member
I wonder what the politics behind the scenes are that, seemingly, no one at Bungie decided to give him a heads up about it? I hope he gets more work though, I love his music.

Gonna pour one out with the ODST soundtrackIt's my favorite. :)
 
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UrbanRats

Member
kittens said:
Whoaaaaaaa. I think Marty is a total douche lord for using his influence to spread anti-abortion rhetoric on Twitter, but at the same time, the man is a talented genius! God damn. I'll really miss his piece of that Bungie magic, no matter how much I think his politics suck.
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Didn't know this, this would be pretty stupid on his part.

On the one hand he is free to do whatever in his personal life, on the other hand, we know how people associate unrelated stuff, so it's understandable for Bungie to give him the boot, if he didn't stop when asked to.

All this being speculation of course.
 
V

VariantX

Member
I don't even know how to process this right now. There better be a damn good reason to let him go. The quality of his work speaks for itself.
 
F

Falk

that puzzling face
Just put Halo aside for the moment. I don't understand how this can happen, especially considering he's an integral part of Destiny's identity, and Bungie obviously are going to be doing that franchise for quite a while..
 
Z

ZackieChan

Member
Not sure what their corporate structure is like, but it seems odd that it took an action of the board to fire him. That's something executives usually do. Unless they are one and the same.
 
S

SnakeEyes

Banned
What the Actual Fuck??!?

I'm listening to One Final Effort right now, entirely by coincidence, and this saddens me greatly!
 
T

Tom Nook Sawyer

Member
kittens said:
Whoaaaaaaa. I think Marty is a total douche lord for using his influence to spread anti-abortion rhetoric on Twitter, but at the same time, the man is a talented genius! God damn. I'll really miss his piece of that Bungie magic, no matter how much I think his politics suck.
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Wait, really? Was this recent?
 
Barakov

Barakov

Member
The music was one of the defining aspects of Halo for me. You can't say that about a lot of first person shooters. The only upside about this is if 343i picks him up and then Halo can sound like Halo again. This is a real bummer.
 
X

XANDER CAGE

Member
Hale-XF11 said:
Hard to speculate without any real info, but I think "without cause" implies that he wasn't at fault or didn't do anything to get himself fired. It might just mean that they didn't need him anymore.
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No, that's not what "without cause" means. WA (like many other states) has at-will employment, meaning you can quit your job without giving a reason and can be terminated without giving a reason.
 
A

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
How many devs have in house composers these days? It seems the majority of soundtracks are farmed out. Maybe keeping a full time composer on board was no longer cost effective. Shame, i like his work but I'm sure he'll be picked up by somebody soon.
 
W

Whompa

Member
Wtf...wow.

I really like his music...wonder if he finished up with Destiny or if something really crazy went down
 
N

nbnt

is responsible for the well-being of this island.
#BungieDoomed?

Hope 343i get him back to Halo, it's just not the same without him.
 
E

El_Chino

Member
whaaa.gif

I truly can't believe this. I loved Marty's work in all of the Halos and was hoping to hear his new work in Destiny.

My heart goes out to him. 343, you know what to do.
 
C

chubigans

y'all should be ashamed
kittens said:
Whoaaaaaaa. I think Marty is a total douche lord for using his influence to spread anti-abortion rhetoric on Twitter, but at the same time, the man is a talented genius! God damn. I'll really miss his piece of that Bungie magic, no matter how much I think his politics suck.
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I don't see anything on his twitter nor does Google bring up anything, so how about you explain.
 
S

Sheroking

Member
I don't think it was his twitter.

Reading his timeline, he comes off like a total fool, but nothing "scandal" worthy and nothing at all recently (just some conservative talking points around the last election, some pretty lame Obama bashing attempts, and a Benghazi reference or two).

Could be that his Destiny work just wasn't up to snuff? Or maybe they decided that his material is too Halo derivative and wanted to go into another direction?
 
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UnlovedJew

Member
I can't even right now. This is crazy. And possibly great news for the Halo series. Bodes badly for Destiny. One can't help but wonder.
 
Barakov

Barakov

Member
alr1ght said:
How many devs have in house composers these days? It seems the majority of soundtracks are farmed out. Maybe keeping a full time composer on board was no longer cost effective. Shame, i like his work but I'm sure he'll be picked up by somebody soon.
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Yeah, Marty seemed like the exception given how a great majority of composers have gone freelance.
 
C

CrovaxPSO

Member
The only political stuff on his Twitter since last July are a few tweets about healthcare, unless they've been deleted.

Edit: Beaten several times.
 
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