Marty O'Donnell Got Sued (And the Worst Cancellation Ever)

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Public opinion towards former Halo composer Marty O'Donnell has shifted in recent months. Are we right to cancel him? Or is this just one big misunderstanding?
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[@ShreddedNerd]

In light of recent events: I can only say what I know. Marty isn't facing health troubles and shows no sign of leaving the industry any time soon.

[@randomstranger3587]

This is hasn't aged well.

[@jordanisroyale]

Can you make a new video about his recent "Farewell" upload?

[@thegamiac9539]

Dude he said farewell

[@os2386]

@@jordanisroyale Yeah, very odd. I hope he’s okay😥

[@ZorillaMyrid181]

Somehow I doubt that, but I hope he knows his fans are always here for him, no matter what.

[@ethab57]

it's so frustrating to see people defend giant companies over the people they screw over

[@bobdude8178]

Crazy to think only a decade ago there was occupy Wall Street and now we have instantaneous astroturfed consensus on the little guy always being bad

[@Perroden]

Ya when I heard that reddit flipped out and got mad at Marty FOR SHARING MUSIC... And WTF bunjie? Why is it such a big deal that he released music that y'all never would of?

[@maritimesteak8540]

Called brainwashed idiots I mean (insert nice way of saying it here)

[@yellowhoodie5299]

@@maritimesteak8540 They also see it as looking cool for themselves to back the suits

[@blastingsound]

its reddit.. the threshold for morality is literally below benign. .. like their opinions.

[@AttiMatter]

You know Marty’s passionate about the music itself when he got annoyed by Mike not getting credited for Walk in the Woods.

[@alexghost7276]

wait seriously? is it the infinite version?

[@halo21a1]

@@alexghost7276 Yeah he was saying they needed to credit mike for Infinite's "Through the Trees" because its essentially just a remastered "Walk in the Woods" the tracks sound pretty much the same

[@odinulveson9101]

Exactly!

[@nagger8216]

Yeah, Michael Salvatore is really underrated and really doesn't get enough credit from Halo fans, let alone in general

[@Dendyaryadi]

@@nagger8216 no worries people now appreciate michael salvatore after hearing deep stone lullaby

[@kukelhupf]

Marty's troubles are a combination of Bungie screwing him over and interacting with some of the stupidest people online. He was one of the first people to notice Activisions bad influence on Bungie and immediately voiced his worries. AND HE WAS RIGHT. The guy has and always will have my greatest respect for his work.

[@TheInfiniteNine]

Couldn't have said it better myself. I lost my respect and fondness for bungie as the company it became and is today not long after they had fired marty. ( it was already waning for me at that point, bungie was starting to change for the worse and the community noticed). I've always had respect for Marty and always viewed him as a cool dude he had a legitimate passion for what he does. And the toxic corporate overlords of the video game industry are trying to make him out as a pariah. Just blows my mind mind that some stupid people are siding with the likes of bungie, Activision etc.

[@mro4ts457]

He was ahead of his time…

[@i24kpandamonium26]

Good news is Bungie split with Activision, bad news is seems to have done not a lot, sure they have voiced complaints to what current Activision has done but they haven’t made the same games, still fun is some little way

[@TheInfiniteNine]

@@i24kpandamonium26 bungie is a but a sad and decrepit shell of its former self. All the og's have long since departed shortly after they stopped working on the halo franchise. The bungie of old is never coming back.

[@i24kpandamonium26]

Maybe not, but if we strongarm them, do funny things to their DM’s, and force them to listen to us (which might be hard but possible) we can get Bungie to do things we want them to have

[@Jaker788]

It should be noted that Marty's concept videos were not monetized, he mentioned it in comments which died with the videos, but some were monetized by other entities that claimed it

[@Destroyer_V0]

Most likely bungie/activision themselves, or some firm on their behalf.

[@Peter_Turbo4]

*we have a company to burn*

[@prateekpanwar646]

My own videos which never got monetised and has youtube ads. They fked up policy since 2020.

[@kotic79]

That's messed up

[@Cup_70]

Dude makes good music and wants to share and enjoy it with people for free.

[@Perroden]

And 7 year old game to music they didn't even use because they where cheap.

[@asimplepie2279]

He’s a good guy. A chad. A real human.

[@defeatSpace]

He even leaked Music of the Spheres to the internet a few years ago, you can listen to it on my channel if you're interested.

[@Guillaume_sono]

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[@KOBULT92]

The evil corporation that screwed marty over wants you to believe marty is a bad man. For some strange reason I seem to be doubting marty is a bad man...

[@86Fallowcp]

Its almost as if good propaganda can change the common folk's mind with what said creator tells you its the truth

[@JackDaniels-ex9mf]

I guarantee marty has issues but his issues are definitely being exaggerated.

[@magnenoalex2]

Bro I was in uber and this guys like I want to be a composer for video games. I'm like sweet bro. He asks me if I like video game music. I say stuff like halo and silent hill. He mentions how he used to admire Chris but do to this and learning that he was conservative he now can't like the man......

[@221Prohunter]

@@magnenoalex2 I can't imagine being such a dense twat that I refuse to like things created by someone just because of their political views. That guy isn't going anywhere in life with that mindset.

[@magnenoalex2]

@@221Prohunter exactly

[@AttiMatter]

Spartans never die.

[@darthsavitar]

That phrase comes from an ancient Greek poem, which is awesome.

[@jj-vd6ls]

halo reach: **am i a joke to you**

[@TheChadPad]

116 likes...

[@raam1666]

@@darthsavitar really? Which one?

[@argo9721]

UNSC propaganda

[@zgSH4DOW]

"Allergic to context" is such an amazing way to describe journalists--that was great

[@86Fallowcp]

And this entire video

[@91thewatcher23]

and redditors

[@cat-le1hf]

85% of people if not far higher.

[@KRawatXP2003]

I really do believe Marty has right to discuss his art.

[@thelonlypanda1]

It wouldn't be fair to you if you made a game and hired someone to make music for it and the artist released that music without your approval

[@shatl_bar_king]

@@thelonlypanda1 but, it was his music, but he also had a contract

[@thelonlypanda1]

@@shatl_bar_king just cause you make the music doesn't mean it's yours. I'm not super familiar with this issue but it sounds like this was legally Bungie's music

[@fess3068]

@@thelonlypanda1 Thats not morally right. Music is non-fungible and if they didn’t use the music themselves, then he has the right to share his music, else it will be a track that will never be heard forever.

[@115zombies935]

@@fess3068 That’s just how capitalism works. If you don’t like it, join the revolution comrade.

[@tuffman187]

The amount of shit marty has gotten over the past month or so is fucking unreal, dude has help made billion dollars franchises and makes some of the best music in the games industry and reddit gives him no respect at all. It's fucking sicking.

[@arcsinjesse]

fuck reddit, marty's awesome

[@klutzspecter3470]

Reddit, is reddit... If, you are deeply affected by getting banned; you should just touch grass. We've seen people getting banned on twitter for having a different opinion and the CEO Twitter defends the Child Predators.

[@VallornDeathblade]

Redditors are scum amd communists (but I repeat myself)

[@Perroden]

And great music makes a game more memorable

[@troudbalos333]

Just like cheif in halo 4. You know the cutscean

[@JimmyDrippin]

Ahhhh reddit mods You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy

[@Perroden]

Twitter

[@ThatGuy-ky2yf]

@@Perroden 4chan's shills and Jannies are also up there

[@Perroden]

@@ThatGuy-ky2yf jannies?

[@ThatGuy-ky2yf]

@@Perroden They do it for free

[@AmyCherryLMAO]

@@ThatGuy-ky2yf is that the term for moderators?

[@Teddy-rv8iw]

The guy is one of the most important composers in videogame history and yet people would rather shill for mega corporations.

[@RusticRonnie]

Well the company made halo. Ignore that almost no halo devs are still at bungie.

[@juuljitsu]

@@RusticRonnie yeah Jason jones himself left, modern bungie is a fraud sailing on nostalgic hype with fuel quickly running out.

[@barrelwimp2698]

I will always believe the artist owns what they create. I am disgusted when publishers or companies try to strong arm ownership of art created for their IPs

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

That's how copyright works. He knew this when he made the music.

[@AlayoAgua]

@@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked There's finer, complicated and more unfair details regarding the law when you're a music composer. You shouldn't just asume "he knew" and trust the dudes in suits blindly.

[@penitent2401]

they do if they created it on their own and publish it themselves, actually it is more correct to say the company owns the right to use it. for this work he was contracted to do and paid for, it is the artist's work but the company has the exclusive right to use and sell it. imagine if any artists made a song or music for a movie or advertisement that symbolise that product, was paid and given resources to make it, then turn around and sells the same music to everyone else to use in their movie or advertisements. same if a game developer copies the assets they helped create from their previous games including unfinished ones and sells it to another company, you would have 50 Halo knockoffs out before the original one even gets released.

[@UnofficiallyMang0]

That's why they call it intellectual property: because you thought it up and you made it, so you own it. All of the music Marty made is therefore his intellectual property, and anybody who argues against that has literally no understanding of that word.

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

@@AlayoAgua Such as? If you're making music for an IP, that company who owns the IP also owns the music made for it. This is standard practice, he knows that very well from his time working on other games. Halo would be a prime example considering MS took it from Bungie and also subsequently own the music, which is why they can freely use it for their other Halo-related products. If you're seriously arguing that Marty didn't know this, then no offence but he's too ignorant to be in this industry.

[@xxNovaprimexx]

Also note that Marty said in his channel description that he wasn't going to monetize anything, which means that the monetized videos on his channel were monetized due to either that thing youtube did where it changed the monetization stuff around last year, or just oversight

[@therealdemen247]

Companies can also, all on their own, monetize and claim all the income from videos that the automated system flags. And we all know how horrendous KZbin's automated system is.

[@RawrStickers]

Marty O'Donnell > Bungie

[@one5e]

Honestly, it’s a ship of Theseus problem at this point, by removing the core of bungie and replacing them, then having the core go over to 343, which is more bungie? I’m willing to say bungie is in name only at this point, they’ve lost their heart and core values along with the core staff, 343 fumbled the torch a bit along the way, but it seems they’re picking up the pace and carrying on the bungie that was

[@thecapedcrusader6710]

@@one5e I respect the original bungie massively but I am dissapointed with the corporate garbage that is current day bungie

[@one5e]

@@thecapedcrusader6710 totally agree

[@WaveOfDestiny]

The only thing i respect bungie for is the art team and level designers. The rest could go ruin cod or something.

[@Silver_Sol]

I will always have respect for Marty. He should have the right to share his music unfinished or not. Bungie these days is just greedy, Sad.

[@theprototype1995]

And the fact that people attack him cause of it is just terrible. Reddit is just shitty tbh

[@starplatinum2743]

wtf i have no memory of writing this

[@Silver_Sol]

@@starplatinum2743 Confused ORA?

[@starplatinum2743]

oh shit we have the same name and picture i freaked out

[@Silver_Sol]

@@starplatinum2743 Bro this is awesome

[@nitropenguinz]

I think Marty did the right thing morally, but only having one man versus a large corporation with a vendetta against you was never going to end well for him. Marty and his personality seem destined to clash with the ever increasingly corporate structure of the games industry. Bungie is absolutely in the wrong for withholding his compensation, and I'm surprised they didn't get dragged though the dirt more for that by the community.

[@phantombigboss8429]

The Density 2 community if you can even call it a community lol is too busy gargling Bungie's balls because of the Witch Scam DLC to give a care about what's happening.

[@KripticHCS]

@@phantombigboss8429 yeah lol. They are defending the biggest scams marketed as 'dlc' or 'season pass'

[@_NutcasE_]

Marty knew very well what he was getting into. He aint gonna go down for it. He has a strong spine and that spine wanted people to hear his work. I respect that 100%

[@TinyBearTim]

Morals don’t matter

[@_NutcasE_]

@@TinyBearTim What? Ofcourse they do. Everything is driven by morality. from Laws, to everyday life actions.

[@nairbas392]

The most awful part of this whole situation is how a large amount the Halo “fan” base started to hate Marty undeserving.

[@TheMasterMind144]

I'm assuming that most of the Halo fans hating on Marty, at least on Reddit, are the 343-made Halo games fans since Marty's work never really impacted them...at least that's what I'd like to believe.

[@randomhiphop5055]

Just the crybaby liberals

[@nutyyyy]

343 zoomers sure.

[@basedsneedclave175]

Bungie has only become consistently worse every year after halo reach came out. Any one who still thinks bungie can make a better halo than 343 is quite mad.

[@malfeasance9474]

I know and then you have these bungie simps that think 343 is a failure

[@royalpain6338]

@@malfeasance9474 I mean just because bungie is shit doesn't mean that 343 are not objectively bad at making halo games.

[@WonderMePartyStrip]

@@malfeasance9474 343i and modern Bungie are shit.

[@CommissarChaotic]

@@WonderMePartyStrip 343i is still... "young", I guess. They took up the role of creating Halo games, they didn't make Halo itself. So their games were what their vision of Halo was. From what I've heard, their games play in a fun way, but they don't feel Halo. I wish to believe right now. I don't think they will be spamming out half-baked games every year from now on. It's gonna have a 10 year lifespan (to the devs anyway). They have to do this. Anyway, we will see, we will see.

[@royalpain6338]

@@CommissarChaotic Young? They are over ten years old and constantly struggle to make a game that can even function, it took them years to get mcc to work and that was just a re release. If you actually still have hope for infinite at this point idk what to tell you. I mean if I'm wrong and god I hope I am, then maybe halo will be back. I just don't see that coming from this studio especially with the content they have had to delay.

[@hankhill5622]

Activision Bungie: I am ordering you, TO SURRENDER THAT SOUNDTRACK Marty O donnell: No Sir.

[@MidanMagistrate]

Wait a minute... This is just the same thing that happened to Hajime Hirasawa, composer of Star Fox's OST. Nintendo argued they owned the music, and he argued because he made it he should at least partly own it. Nintendo won and kicked him out.

[@LoveSickWorld]

I don’t think that people understand that the bungie we have today isn’t the same sweethearts from 2007. I have really lost any good will to them. Screw the legal system, that music is his, he created it and he deserves to share it, simple as that. And bungie attacking him for that is not the bungie I knew

[@Will_Forge]

I mean, the heavy hitters from Bungie of yesteryear are almost all gone. Mike Salvatore is the only one I'm aware of that remains. I know lots of the smaller employees, or at least the less popularized ones have remained, but as for the major names, I'd be surprised to fin out I've forgotten up to 3 others or more. I will admit I may have forgotten 1 or 2, but I doubt more than 3.

[@TiddyTwyster]

Right now 343 is more Bungie than Bungie™ itself Literally just because they have Joseph Staten, who I regard as the father of Halo

[@starhammer5247]

@@TiddyTwyster 343 is actually trying to be a decent company like Bungie was before Activision.

[@therookie5714]

@@TiddyTwyster yeah that’s facts

[@starhammer5247]

@@Gridlocked What is exactly did I say is false? And once you have stated what it was please provide evidence to support your statement. And I mean factual evidence rather than conclusions you have jumped to.

[@basedsneedclave175]

This situation has only made me respect Marty more Anyone who makes redditors and especially reddit Jannies cope and seethe has my respect.

[@bobdude8178]

Fuck jannies

[@Sketchy_2]

Unlike Marty, they do it for free.

[@chippy7606]

God Bless the Sneedclave

[@ultramarine40k65]

@@Sketchy_2 kek

[@Dendyaryadi]

@@Sketchy_2 and this time...reddit jennies is on the right side it was marty mistake for not reading the rule glad they won the war against marty and his loyal follower

[@brennan1703]

As much as it may hurt people everyone should be glad Bungie stopped working on Halo when they did because I think it would actually be in a worse situation than it is now (hopefully that will change with infinite)

[@skyekingmc]

dude i honestly cant understand those people who scream that halo infinite would do better if bungie was the people working on it and all i can think about is what they did to Destiny 2

[@gabethebabe3337]

@@skyekingmc I’m pretty sure when they say that they mean Bungie as they were from 1995 to 2007. That’s when they were in their prime and when they truly went hand in hand with the fans of the games. That at least makes more sense.

[@skyekingmc]

@@gabethebabe3337 yeah i know im just referring to the fact that theres still people that believe bungie is like that still but if they had hold of Halo Infinite, it would be nothing but a microtransaction trashfire, the only real microtransaction in infinite at the moment are the passes and credits, and you dont ever even need to use those to earn items

[@LordGecko9291]

The reason Bungie is so different now is because of Activision. Marty got fired because he began voicing out to the company that working with Activision was a bad idea. He saw everything that was going to happen. Along with the exodus of original bungie workers because the deal with Activision was bad, and now Bungie is no longer the same company it once was. So in theory Bungie would have probably not have done as bad as a job because they would still be partnered with Microsoft (which still wasn't a good deal, but it was better than Activision)

[@flarfo348]

@@skyekingmc reminder that former bungie writer joseph staten is directing halo infinite...

[@akmigone]

Thank you for creating this

[@suryaselvakumar5385]

Nice seeing you here Akmigone, love your music!

[@clarityrs]

@@suryaselvakumar5385 same for me

[@tangent.arc38618]

hey the piano guy himself! glad to see you here

[@adrielstout6844]

Yeah Bungie is trash now they only care about money. I stand behind Marty and his music. Also his new game that he's working on I can't wait to play a new masterpiece.

[@CaseyCollier]

I just saw your comment on this video. It's cool to see you here.

[@logangant7732]

Marty deleted everything on his channel today and left a 50sec farewell message

[@tommymaxey2665]

To me Marty is a man that loves music and loves to share it with others. The demo versions of his songs are interesting to listen too and to see how he got to the final product. And in this day and age copy right laws aren't for small musicians it for big companies to squeeze the life out of any creativity

[@luxither7354]

Marty is a man. He's stubborn, a hardass and passionate about his career. To those who work with him, particularly in a professional manner, this can make him annoying and frustrating. He has his opinions and is just ultimately a human being that allows himself to be open and honest about his thoughts and opinions, and will stand against people he disagrees with. The fact that he's open about his opinions that would make him 'politically incorrect' or 'alt right' gives me more respect as he's able to voice himself without censoring himself to those who'd dislike his opinion.

[@brunocar02]

"i hate minorities" "YOU SIR, ARE THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL"

[@TiddyTwyster]

Marty isn't legendary, he's fucking Mythic Just as they say in the making of Halo documentaries, in their words, Marty was the guy who made Halo an unforgettable experience instead of just another shooter For me, the pinnacle of my Halo memorabilia collection would be Marty's autograph No other artist has made me feel such raw emotion, quite literally shaping my life growing up The composer of the soundtrack of my childhood, hell, my entire life

[@keiran5170]

Bungie unknowingly turned into a baby activsion when they left them, the clips of Marty taking the piss out of colleagues is clearly banter not to be taken seriously.

[@_NutcasE_]

Truth is they turned into Baby Activision the moment they joined activision. Thanks to marty and Joe we know how Bungie became Activision Jr. in short time and before Destiny 1 was even released

[@keiran5170]

@@_NutcasE_ its such a shame because bungie seemed to be one of those Devs that everyone looked up to, I can't imagine the environment that people work in Bungie now 😕

[@Matt_10203]

@@keiran5170 the devs must be under a hell scape of management. Jesus It’d be terrible

[@arcsinjesse]

You gotta love marty, it sucks that his inception videos of early halo stuff is gone from his channel those were so helpful for inspiration :(

[@thecelgames2937]

He just shut down his KZbin channel too. This is just tragic

[@deathstayne5321]

I’ve always liked and respected Marty, so I found it incredibly upsetting how he was treated in his final days at Bungie. I respect him even more now for having the balls to give Bungie a big “Fuck you!” by releasing Music of the Spheres knowing full well what the ramifications would be. That was a gangster move.

[@Dendyaryadi]

we all know now why bungie fired marty and no triple A studio hired marty including 343

[@gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd]

@@Dendyaryadi Why?

[@Dendyaryadi]

@@gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd he is asshole and it's hard for other to work together with him

[@BLAM5980]

@@Dendyaryadi and you would know.

[@deathstayne5321]

@@Dendyaryadi No, he has integrity and isn't afraid to speak up when he doesn't feel right about something. He also doesn't like people telling him what to write or how to write it. You're clearly just basing your opinion of him from what other people have said.

[@FrostedTacos]

The fact that 343 hasn't reached out to him really hurts... I love Marty. He did more than just make the music for Halo. Every aspect of the games design he was thinking about. The man has a passion and a gift. Bungie fucked him over then told him that all the work he did on Destiny was theirs. I don't blame him for holding on to a creation he so clearly loved. I hate seeing what the industry is doing to him. And I hate to see that he's heading towards retirement the more this shit keeps up.

[@atwaudioproduction]

Still, Halo Infinite's ost is based on all the original Halo Themes from the Bungie era. I think that is a sign of respect to Marty and Mike

[@86Fallowcp]

Bungie made a contract for his work...

[@shaheer1172]

From what i know 343 wants him but its Microsoft that’s against it

[@BestintheWest25]

343 Does not want to work with him, and they don’t deserve him anyway. Frank O’Connor Kiki Wolfkill and Bonnie Ross have done a spectacular job robbing Halo of any and all magic over the last 10 years.

[@starhammer5247]

@@BestintheWest25 Did you not read the guy above you? It's not that 343 doesn't want to work with him. They do. Microsoft is just being a whiny bitch and not letting them get him on board. Microsoft actually tried to keep Bungie employees from working on Infinite.

[@atwaudioproduction]

As an audio team that is trying to compose music for videogames, we often fear what corporations might do to our art. We chose Marty and Mike as our prime example since we often found our story to be somewhat similar to their (studio fire not included, we hope). We are very happy this video got shared by Marty, and we're very happy of the logical analysis of the story. As composers and sound designers, we had the opportunity to experiment what means working in a Game Dev team, and we couldn't stand the words of people denigrating Marty. Thank you for explaining how things stands

[@mro4ts457]

Music is what makes or breaks a game! Marty is a Legend… (Like all legends, evil doers will try to sully their legacy)

[@TheTrueReiniat]

Bungie really working hard to make themselves hated, as if Destiny wasnt already a shitty game.

[@Ali-oh2bq]

Doubt

[@joshuavidrine889]

The only good point in Destiny 2's lifespan was its second year. I've sunk over 1800 hours into that heap of a game, and it's just gone downhill from there. PvP has always been awful in it due to the horrid sandbox, and the encroaching overmonetization is becoming unbearable. In the past you used to be able to earn holiday themed armor from eververse, now you have to buy it. The season pass model is just a nonstop fomo grab. They removed paid dlcs that people paid good money for, even the base game as well, and now they are removing the Forsaken dlc next February with only a slight compensation of in-game items that can be earned in half an hour for previous owners of Forsaken. There was no compensation at all when the base game and first two dlcs were deleted, meaning people who paid $140+ are unable to access what they paid for. We bought a game, not a season pass that will be removed at the end of season, and every single dlc we've gotten since the end of Forsaken has been lower and lower quality in terms of story and smaller in scope while preying on your wallet. TLDR; It's just not worth getting invested into. Game will just remove what you like a couple years after you buy it and will nickel and dime you as much as possible.

[@trudynord9896]

So true. I can't stand the people that run bungie now. It's turned into a cesspool along with the community. The dev team are just a bunch of immature kids, and after the lono say no to rage debacle, nothing surprises me anymore. Bungie has no problem with trying to ruin people's career and treat people like crap unless they agree or help promote with their agenda. It's sad really. I used to love destiny and bungie was my favorite developer. Spent a lot on merchandise back in the halo days. Now they won't see a red cent from me and their monetization they are shoving down our throats. Oh and paying for old content again?..........f-that

[@Whiteyy191]

Always remember: THEY DO IT FOR FREE.

[@EvilNeonETC]

And thats how we ended up with brutalist design and "take the money and run" art piece. Lol

[@KingThrillgore]

Jannies mad

[@KojoGotMojo]

You're actually the most under rated halotuber I know. My cognitive bias towards fellow Aussies may influence this comment

[@Perroden]

Ya I just subscribed lol But not Aussie

[@Kyrnyx]

Dude's a true sigma. Greetings from 'Murica.

[@cheesenibbla8339]

there is no bias here, Nerd is by far the best classic halo advocate and modern halo critic on youtube.

[@chameleoncamo1554]

This is actually a Rush appreciation video disguised as a Halo video

[@AlayoAgua]

Musicians always get the worst out of it regarding the law and people just following the men in suits. If your work was just taken away from you just because, you would be mad! Some people don't understand music is actually work, effort, patience. Music is important and creators should protect their right to share it.

[@Perroden]

Exactly it's your work. It's like government coming to take your house because you used your neighbors tools to build it

[@Perroden]

The neighbors being bunjie

[@Matt_10203]

@@Perroden at the end of the day technically the music wasn’t his, even if he composed it. I agree that he should be able to share his artwork and bungie is morally bankrupt, however legally they probably were in their full right to do what they did.

[@Conrad75]

This blows my mind. He did so insanely much for that company. Without his music I’m willing to bet Halo wouldn’t even be 1/10th the size it became at its peak or have anywhere near its fanbase

[@Neogears1312]

Why do people always side with the multi million dollar cooperation? How can anything in the last decade tell you “yeah the cooperate enterprise is in the right”. Like Nintendo alone should educate people about this.

[@SCREAMshot6781]

Because the corporation is bigger then the other of course -_-

[@RollOutRory]

>opinions of redditors Well there's your problem homie

[@squ34ky]

What happened to him? His channel has only one video titled 'Farewell'. I'm worried...

[@macgynan]

I had no idea people had an issue with Marty. Every interaction I have had with him or seen of him has been nothing but positive. It looks like to me that Marty is just getting boned and people continued to kick him while he is down. I don’t care what political belief he has I just care about his contributions to the community and gaming industry as a whole. And that whole reddit drama was so stupid. Yea, both partys could of handled it better but we are all human and make mistakes. Including Marty and Reddit mods. I have said this many times and will continue to do so. Thanks Marty for everything you have made. Whenever your music pops up in my spotify playlist, or the old ViDocs get recommended to me on YT, I reminisce about my childhood. Best of luck.

[@TomStapo]

When I saw Elliott Gray's tweet about how great Mike Salvatori is and how working in the same building as him is such an honour, I was like "Hey nice, some Salvatori appreciation!" But then I remembered the Marty's lawsuit situation. I scrolled through the replies, and there were a bunch of other current Bungie employees saying how he's amazing too. I just kept scrolling, looking if anybody else had realised what was going on and had mentioned Marty. I found a couple of them, but it was mostly people speaking in support of Mike, with some even talking about how he helped make Halo what it is, and how he's such a powerhouse of an artist, without any mention of the man who made up the other half of the composing duo for 15 years of Bungie's existence. It just seemed so strange to me.

[@BestintheWest25]

That tweet is absolutely deranged. It’s not about Michael Salvatori at all, it’s a very thinly veiled attack on Marty.

[@MovableFormula]

@@BestintheWest25 the fuck???? You really think Elliot is trying to have a suttle callback to a 7 year old lawsuit?

[@BestintheWest25]

@@MovableFormula No, I think all of the “Mike is the greatest guy ever” in that thread reeks of trying to write Marty out of Bungie history. Feel free to argue otherwise.

[@MovableFormula]

@@BestintheWest25 not to mention the fact that mike is literally a great guy to work with. They’ve been saying that back then and they’ve still been saying it.

[@karambiatos]

Game developers are spinless cowards. When those Ubisoft charges happened where the ubisoft CEO and other high up people used roofies in peoples drinks and actually sexually assaulted employees. They all ignored it brushed it under the rug as if it isn't happening in the company they themselves work. Absolutely disgusting behavior, I have zero respect for game developers they are clowns.

[@gracecalis5421]

I think it's unfair to say Salvatori only now got appreciation because of this drama. Make no mistake, Salvatori made his BEST work not with Marty. His best work wasn't Halo, not anymore. It's Destiny 2. Salvatori carried and STILL CARRIES that game and its expansions with his immensely beautiful OST. The fanbase collectively fauns over the Deep Stone Crypt ost. Destiny 2 is to Salvatori, what Halo was to O'Donnel.

[@BestintheWest25]

Destinys best music is still it’s 1.0 vanilla soundtrack and MOTS. Several of the channels that post mostly Destiny music make this argument all the time about Mike being more important than Marty and downplay his influence on the sound design in all Bungie games. Also Skye Lewin and C Paul Johnson are really the people who don’t get the credit they deserve for Destinys music.

[@gracecalis5421]

@@BestintheWest25 They're not downplaying it at all. Don't get me wrong, the songs where Marty contributed were solid, but he's had literally zero involvement in D2, and that's when the OST peaked. Deep Stone Crypt, Journey, Beyond Light, Riven, etc. So many bangers, and none possible without Salvatori, and the other aforementioned contributers, of course.

[@Breshi123]

People forget Destiny 2 isn't only Salvatori though. If anything Skye Lewin, Michael Sechrist, Josh Mosser, and Rotem Moav combined have done equally as much as Mike for D2 if not more. For example, Michael Sechrist wrote Deep Stone Lullaby. Not Salvatori. This isn't a bash on Mike at all. He does a LOT for D2 don't get me wrong. But the other composers deserve credit too. No one is carrying anything by themselves.

[@Mountaintop69420]

Ya know what really pisses me off is people acting like there’s only 5 good osts in destiny, like I get that some of them are from more obscure areas/harder to access but for example saying journey was the ONLY good ost from vanilla is just ridiculous

[@EvilNeonETC]

Marty is martyr of music in this case. Creators who make should be given the right to share what they made. Legal rights signed away in contract, bla bla bla lol

[@peanutgallery4]

Hey Mr. Krabs! Say "Martyr" without the "r"

[@explosivebullet]

I knew something was shady about all this cancelling of him and you just put it all into words. From his days in old Bungie to his days in at Highwire working on Six Days In Fallujah and the redittors being angered. It all makes sense now.

[@captain-chair]

I had no idea that people would side with Activision of all companies com-on people those guys are the worst liars in the industry.

[@ReclaimerX22]

Thank you for making a video about this. What's been happening to Marty is unforgivable and more KZbinrs need to be talking about this. I love The Act Man and Hidden Xperia but it's so weird to me that they were so quick to have Marty on for interviews last year but now are totally silent on this. I hope they do bring this up soon because this needs to get out to their audience. Marty is responsible for so much of what made Halo great & important parts of our lives & childhoods. He needs our support now more than ever

[@argo9721]

It's shit they most likely don't understand and or don't want to get involved in god knows I would do the same

[@smoothietime985]

I thinks it’s more the fact that they alpha by heard about this situation yet. Other than that then I dunno

[@ToastedWaffles_]

And today he deleted his twitter today, all of his youtube videos. Welp it looks like he's not coming back because the community wasn't even willing to listen to him. It's fucking sick if you ask me, how does he not have a right to the music he literally wrote?

[@thecelgames2937]

Facts

[@LEGOAgenda]

What happened? Didn’t he already make money off when he worked in it?

[@connorcampbell5274]

Reddit died after they banned FPH.

[@m.infernal]

destiny is a terrible, empty game. ONE mission in Halo CE has more to offer than destiny 1 and 2.

[@Horgler]

Destiny 2 is probably the most boring game I’ve spent money on. I really don’t get the appeal of it at all.

[@laughingatnothing4642]

As a D2 player i disagree: I love the loot, the grind,music,world,raids,endgame and in the past few months the storytelling has been great. But i do get it being boring if you just play few of the starting missions. D2 has a spectacular end game and like any MMO Lite one needs grind to get to that. Also i disagree with the Halo CE comparision. CE gets really really boring in its second half. If you said Halo 2 or Halo 3 ii would be more plausable.

[@charlie8450]

I tried to give destiny a chance, but unfortunately the game doesn’t feel good at all, the grinding is frustrating and boring and the rest of is just feels off, I can say that warframe a game with free expansions is way WAY better than d2 and that’s a shame.

[@uthergoodman401]

@@laughingatnothing4642 That's the problem. Everything hoodies in the endgame and usually requires a bunch of friends.

[@vororogarai5499]

@@charlie8450 I play Warframe and D2 and Warframe is definitely not better. The grinding in Warframe is worse than D2 and equally as boring. The expansions are free sure, but unless it’s a major story expansion (which have been taking increasingly longer to come out) it’s mediocre at best. The best thing they’ve done in recent memory was the call of the tempestarii quest and it was less than an hour long. Not to mention the expansions are so extremely bug ridden.

[@Biaanca5036]

I don't really care much for slander. There's other ex bungie devs posting their assets on reddit and youtube and as far as their future goes it just takes another reddit mod psychotic episode to start other fiascos such as this one.

[@wardywards8831]

I think 343 should hire Martin to help make more halo music

[@BigBoss-nc7tz]

I agree .. it will be a dream come true ..

[@laughingatnothing4642]

I would kinda disagree i think Michel Salvatori's role in Halo's music is often not given that much credit. Marty was only part of the Halo music. If you have hear Salvatori's tracks from Destiny they are sooo damn good, so marty alone wont bring the music imo.

[@unknownwill4th549]

Yep. I think the composers for halo infinite are doing a good job, but they don't really have that original piece that the older games had with original yet iconic sound.

[@alexghost7276]

you always say the right things in these situations, nice video! I think the same about Salvatori, i always reminded people about his job but the sad thing is that we know nothing about him, that's why Marty also get a lot of respect from the community, he loves to talk about his decisions, his co-workers/ friends and about our generation too (he always talk about how we are the next generation of gaming design/ art, so i think that another reason why he is so vocal about fighting for your rights).

[@laughingatnothing4642]

Salvatori is always so damn good with Destiny 2. I am really excited fpr his music in witch queen.

[@CrushLD]

You told me Marty is working on 6 days in Falujia, I will now be buying 6 days in Falujia to support Marty

[@peanutgallery4]

Thank you for making this video. After seeing that very Reddit thread and the various rabbit holes it led to, after I kept seeing comment after comment saying "I can't believe Marty is a terrible person" in no less vulgar terms and trying to find the actual sources for why he's so bad. Everything I found seemed to be not that bad, misconstrued, or misunderstood, seemingly intentionally? That seemed really strange to me that Halo fans wouldn't be biased towards the genius behind the music we're so fond of, and seemed to be unreasonably biased against him? It was so strange, until I found the place where politics entered the conversation. Basic, vanilla Repub takes like boycotting Gillette (have we forgotten how massive a movement that was at the time?) which are honestly the baseline for anyone of his age, but it all got blasted across the rooftops that he was alternative rite, and we all know politics are thicker than water. Thicker than our emotional connection to Halo's music, I guess? Saw alot of people saying "separate art from artist" which would be the correct take if he was truly a bad guy, and then alot of people trying to prop up Micheal Salvatori (which more power to the guy, he's always deserved credit for cowriting Halo's music) and kind of hide away Marty's contributions, and it all seems very reminiscent of what happened with Notch and Jeb a during that whole fiasco. I for one can't wait to hear what Marty cooks up for Fallujah. PS: The whole deal with Marty directly contradicting his legal order from the court doesn't seem plausible to me at all as an indictment of his character. When they specifically say you may not post Music of the Spheres online and then he specifically does just that, it makes me think that either he didn't read/ignored/forgot that part of the terms or was such an idiot that he literally thought he could directly contradict them, and then advertise it on every one of his social media accounts, and they wouldn't find out. So either he was ignorant of the legal obligation or he's a total idiot.

[@tyrellmartin4406]

He clearly stated that he didn't care, and he did it to show fans and disgust about work he's done and music in general.

[@mro4ts457]

@@tyrellmartin4406 He said he doesn’t care about the haters, but he cares about the fans. He’s saying he cares about the people, not the company that fired him. Marty is a legend, it’s slander what’s being said about him now

[@RageHelios]

The Bungie that created Halo was a respectable company. The Bungie that created Destiny means nothing to me.

[@flarfo348]

they can sue him all they want, but they cant get music of the spheres from my hard drive

[@ajackass5950]

Who gives a damn whats legal anymore. The legal system is so vastly divorced from morality and what's right, it should be ignored in favor of common sense.

[@youpeoplearenuts2]

"Tell me who your enemies are, and I'll tell you who you are" Marty's enemies are AAA game companies, lawyers, and redditors. Seems like a pretty upstanding guy to me.

[@TreyJ_mx]

Really frustrates me that these companies think they own other peoples hard work.

[@noahlonaker2668]

I’m never giving bungie a cent of my money ever again. Bungie has officially lived long enough to see itself become the villain

[@blackdog6969]

I would love to work with Marty on a symphonic metal album. Hell, I'd be cool with him telling me how it should go. He's an amazing composer and unlike what Reddit and such say, seems like an absolute great person

[@RedstonePyroMan]

You mean the most creative video game visionary of the 21st century is actually a based king? Of course he was

[@PlainOlSoapBar]

I feel bad to have ever supported modern Bungie by purchasing and playing Destiny 2. Great memories, great world, great music, but, they are honestly quite an evil company. And this isn't just because of what they did to Marty. Their Eververse store and the way they treat their community has been baffling.

[@ginopippofrebooter-ilrinne2881]

Before destiny they were the same. Lied about gameplay of Halo 2 and Oni at E3 when pre orders were available. And rushed for production. Just shut up please.

[@PlainOlSoapBar]

@@ginopippofrebooter-ilrinne2881 Doesn't hurt to be a little nicer on the internet bud. Halo 2 was rushed to meet deadlines.

[@ginopippofrebooter-ilrinne2881]

@@PlainOlSoapBar They did the same to Oni. But here you are defending Bungie's time with Halo as a good fanboy. They LIED presenting a gameplay which wasn't present in the final product and pre orders were on! It's the same as Destiny 1 Vamilla.

[@thelegendarybloxycola4727]

I played Destiny 2 on the gamepass lol

[@argo9721]

@@ginopippofrebooter-ilrinne2881 ignore them people just don't want to admit

[@squirtle0528]

The interaction Marty had with the halo community in the leading months was so incredibly exciting. I watched every interview and discussion for all the insight I could get into one of the greatest minds in game development. From everything I've seen, I could never buy the idea that he'd become 'the bad guy'. I just hope he knows there are still many of us who stand with him on this.

[@Iamwolf134]

Bungie and Activision turned out to be a lawful neutral, and Marty, a neutral good.

[@dakotahbill9936]

"Apparently Marty is Alt-right" In this climate that means he vaguly leans right. But real talk. The fact that he can't show off and explain how he makes the music HE WROTE is a detriment to the future of cinema and game music.

[@ultraman5168]

As of now you don't even need to lean vaguely right. Just step out of line on a single issue that has enough mania behind it and you've earned yourself a cancellation saga now.

[@billybobbibeau5121]

​@@ultraman5168thats how cults operate btw

[@The404Studios]

This “alt right” callouts like theres nothing wrong with being alt left 😂😂😂

[@steven_parody]

You just rap on a Halo beat.

[@GrimJackal]

That's a weird defense.

[@BlueMarsalis]

@@GrimJackal Yeah it really is.

[@Beregond1861]

Even the very first time I watched the Halo 2 behind the scenes on the collector's edition dvd, I recognized *IMMEDIATELY* that they were joking with and about one another. Thank you so much for making this wonderful video, man. Mad respect.🤜🤛

[@wav_1775]

Got on youtube one day to show my friend a video of Marty playing the Halo 3 theme with his dog. Sad to find all the Halo content on his channel deleted :((

[@stevemac6707]

Thoroughly excellent breakdown, while I was aware of some aspects of this situation, I didn't know the whole story or all the ins & outs. I think not only does he deserve to be defended but that you did an excellent job of doing so. Kudos 👍

[@theInsaneCashew]

How could anyone hate this man? He's one of the only AAA devs of the golden age who actually reach out to the small guys.

[@Pimslick]

Leave it to Reddit to make a full fledged attack on somebody with no grasp on the person or their personal life. Gold chungus 100

[@marknowakowski]

He also came to our University to work with students. A lovely man who gave generously of his time.

[@mattsage5574]

I 100% believe Marty is hard to work with. Bungie had very strict, borderline unachievable deadlines for the majority of their time spent on Halo. This stress coupled with Marty's intense personality and his drive to perfect his work is bound to cause a bit of anger toward him. No amount of respect for him as a person, a co-worker or boss could override those feelings. That being said, this doesn't make him a bad person. Nor does this somehow mean he didn't create the music he wanted to share. While yes, he was technically wrong for going against the court ruling, it was an unfair and unjust ruling to protect a corporation. I don't care who it is, an act against a situation like that is commendable. He may also be narcissistic as touched on in this video. I've definitely gotten the feeling that he thinks very highly of his abilities. He may not think that everything he creates is a masterpiece, but he is clearly aware of his great works and his impact on the communities surrounding his music. However, being confident and recognizing your own work also does not make you a bad person. While I don't enjoy some things he says here and there about himself in this conext or the attitude he has sometimes, it's important to look at his character objectively. Even if he does believe he is better than others, or at the very least believes he has created better things than others, he doesn't act on that in any way that matters that we know of publicly. Are we really going to damn a man for having a high opinion of himself when his entire career from 1999 to at least 2010 was cultural phenomenon after cultural phenomenon? Personally I think it doesn't matter. Yes, he can be an asshole. Yes, he should probably treat some people with more respect. Yes, he did technically do something he wasn't supposed to. None of this means you can't enjoy his works or at the very least acknowledge that he had a hand in creating things that you enjoy. None of it makes him any worse of a person than just about anyone.

[@iya6998]

I think artists are allowed to be a little egotistic. They seem to be targeting for it most of the time

[@mattsage5574]

@@iya6998 That's kind of what I was trying to get at. Not that they should be, but it's understood that they usually are. The issue comes in when they act on it and treat people as if they're below them. I have yet to hear anyone genuinely speak bad about Marty outside of just being strict and high pressure under deadlines.

[@piffpete420]

Literally the reason Halo became what it was, was the music and atmosphere and the two people responsible for that were both either fired or forced out of the company. Joseph Staten and Marty O’Donnell

[@l_owkeyl_egend]

Marty O'Donnell is a Legend. You obviously didn't know who he is until all of this came out about Bungie sueing him.

[@seanliu1311]

Did you even watch the video? He's being defended lol.

[@yellowhoodie5299]

Here before it blows up

[@AttiMatter]

We talkin Fallujah or the video

[@yellowhoodie5299]

@@AttiMatter 😂😂😂😂😂

[@FoxySpartan117]

I don't care who you are, no one should be allowed to take, put a price on, or stake claim on someone else's imagination and creativity. What bungie did to Marty is so inexcusable, moral perspectives alone can see that. I'm sorry for him and I'm sorry for anyone who has been bullied by a company who has its goals set on sucking the life from creative and morally kind people. Maybe it's time the little guys to fight back. No one should be allowed to gang up on them for "legal" reasons. A person's interest shouldn't have to be backed up legally if their of morally kind character!

[@adroharv9213]

as someone who has a sea of work having worked for over 30 years I can guarantee Marty was simplly doing all he could to protect the music. In this situation you do all you can and I don't think some people will understand this. This work is his baby. Oh and to anyone thinking being tied to the music industry is in any way a good thing, snap yourself out of that mindset and go it alone

[@Voltaggio1]

Marty's videos were very interesting and mostly explained his creative process and progression while composing the music, less than the music itself. It's truly a shame they forced him to take them off. I can't see how one would celebrate this.

[@lilman227]

I had no idea that people were attacking Marty. That’s messed up man. Anyone who heeds the goose story is a good dude.

[@Tom-zc9gs]

Damn those Rush quotes are so fitting! Thanks for clarifying the situation. There have been way too many cancellations of artists, composers and game developers without real evidence due to social media upheaval over some corporate/company issues... usually people getting fired, leaving the studio they helped grow and make successful. The Marty situation was really weird, and hearing it starting as a Reddit issue kinda explains how pointless and stupid it is to "turn" on such a great artist. Especially when the grievances come from a lawsuit between a corporation and a dude who was withheld both stakes and the products of his work. In terms of contribution Marty wasn't just a composer. He spent years in Bungie as Audio Director, he also supported writing and storytelling in Halo. I would guess he had the same role on Destiny. Him, Joe Staten, Jamie Griesemer, Marcus Letho, Paul Bertone, etc... all so influential in the development and success of Bungie, yet why did they leave Bungie during or after Destiny? Where they all as "bad" as Marty? Yeah, I don't think so. My dream would be to see most of these Bungie veterans back working on some new IP, free of the videogame industry bs they had to go through. I just hate seeing legendary talent go to waste like this.

[@michaelaguilera6946]

I never knew this, poor Marty, he's a good man Bungie has truly fallen from grace

[@soleboy187]

I thought his videos of how he created different Halo tracks were super cool🤧

[@SyndicateOperative]

The moment someone says 'alt-right' seriously, I stop listening to them. It's a catch-all term that's used to describe critics, anyone focused on reality, comedians, and generally anyone with a focus on efficiency. What's it called again? A 'straw-man' fallacy; they want to equate anyone they don't like to a neo-nazi or a historic nazi. That said, I do dislike people who don't stick to contracts; employing people is a horrible thing to go through when everyone you end up paying just stabs you in the back.

[@LotusReal]

Bungyphiles is a perfect word

[@fishermc6pack]

I wouldn’t even say the “do you know who I am” was in the context we generally think of. I think it was more like, “you know I created some of this music, so why can’t I post it?”

[@86Fallowcp]

Cuz it was against the sub's rules, man

[@ZacTheFirst]

@Diego Gutierrez fuck stupid sub rules and moderators

[@bensonratch8401]

Martin shared your video so Im pretty sure its gonna get a sizeable view bump. Excellent video btw really well put

[@pododododoehoh3550]

This is my favourite of all your videos. I love this man not because I hold him on some godly pedestal like some in the community try to insinuate but because I genuinely loved his music as a kid to the point the first CD I ever purchased was halo reach's OST. His music invoked such emotion it reached out to me as a very troubled child alongside the stories of heroism and stoicism, of greater good and meaning those games told to me. And then as an adult I have listed to him in many an interview, made a twitter to keep track of what him an other interesting people are doing and I can safely say hes not perfect, hes not some god, but he is a pretty wholesome guy who has a clear passion love and talent for his industry and fans and his worst offense that has gotten him so much grief is that hes honest open and stubborn. Traits I respect regardless of his work and something the entire world of corporations and deception sorely lacks. I love this man not because hes my all knowing messiah who's every word I grip but because hes simply a man trying to do good regardless of mine or anyone else's opinion. Goodness is always worth defending.

[@ericmilkowski5720]

Part of the problem is ppl don’t like to confront things that make them uncomfortable. It makes ppl feel better they are giving bungie, and by association Activision, money if Marty is in the wrong and not the companies themselves.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

My question is, do hey really need to give bungie and activision money?

[@ericmilkowski5720]

@@returnedtomonkey8886 if they are active in the destiny community then Bungie and Activision are surely profiting from them

[@demonicgamer2938]

this is fucked, Bungie should be sorry for this, he was one of the people that put them where they are today

[@JMAN-pg4tg]

Marty did nothing wrong. Illegal, technically yes, but wrong? No. He is one of the best, most down to earth people in the industry and I think people would see that if they watched all the interviews and such with him

[@Sploads]

“FREAK YOU” what a monster

[@benjaminperez4570]

Fr LOL

[@Parker--]

Activision: He was fired because he didn't contribute anything. Marty: OK. * Distributes his contributions * Activision: Wait. That's illegal.