If you love Halo, Marty O'Donnell needs no introduction. Back in the day, he composed all of the iconic tunes (along with Michael Salvatori) featured throughout the series and eventually moved across to Destiny, which was also developed by Bungie.
In somewhat sad news, he's today shared a message on social media mentioning how he's thinking about retiring from the video game industry for good.
I'm thinking about retiring from the games industry for good.June 4, 2021
— Marty O'Donnell (@MartyTheElder)
Here's where it gets interesting, though. In a follow-up tweet, he said he would soon be "forced" to shut down his entire YouTube channel. And then in another tweet, he told fans to "ask Pete Parsons" about what's going on. Parsons, in case you didn't know, happens to be the CEO of Bungie.
Legendary Halo Composer Thinking About Calling Time On His Career
Finish the fight, Marty
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Not sure what the specifics of this are but he has been uploading alot of content both Destiny and Halo related that he may not necessarily completely own. Not really anything concrete available to point to any sort of lawsuit as of yet either. But Marty at times let's his ego get out of control such as when he tried to get fans to harass subreddit moderators last year.