Marty O'Donnell created the music and audio for the Halo and Destiny games. Pictured in 2015.
Marty O'Donnell created the music and audio for the Halo and Destiny games. Pictured in 2015.
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Arbitrator’s ruling in case of music composer Marty O’Donnell v. Destiny developer Bungie

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Here’s a copy of the ruling in the case of Marty O’Donnell, the former composer of music for games such as Halo and Destiny, in his arbitration case with Bungie and Bungie chief executive Harold Ryan. Check out our story on the subject here.

And this is a copy of the full order filed in Superior Court in Seattle.

Marty O’Donnell v. Bungie, Harold Ryan

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.