Composer Information

Name:
Marty O'Donnell
Performing Rights Organization:
ASCAP

Biography

Marty O'Donnell received his Masters of Music Degree in composition, with honors, from USC in the early 80's and since then he has written and produced numerous original scores for TV, Radio and Film. Some of his commercial work includes Flintstones Vitamin's "10 Million Strong and Growing", Mr. Clean, Principal Financial, McDonald's, Kelloggs and many others. In 1997 his company, TotalAudio, produced sound design, foley and final mixes for Cyan's "Riven, the Sequel to Myst", and all the original music, voices, and sound design for Bungie's award winning "Myth: The Fallen Lords". TotalAudio went on to produce the audio for Valkyrie Studio's "Septerra Core, Legacy of the Creator" and Bungie's "Myth II: Soulblighter". In May of 2000, ten days after Marty accepted a full time position with Bungie Software focusing entirely on the audio production for "Oni" and "Halo", Microsoft purchased Bungie and moved them to Redmond to develop games for the Xbox. Although still co-owner of TotalAudio with Mike Salvatori, who stayed with the Chicago studio, Marty is currently Audio Director for Bungie Studios at Microsoft. He has been married for 24 years to Marcie and they have two daughters, Alison (20), and Christine (17).