{"id":352533,"date":"2025-10-23T05:53:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2167814"},"modified":"2025-10-23T05:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:53:51","slug":"former-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-found-in-contempt-of-court-over-use-of-destiny-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/former-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-found-in-contempt-of-court-over-use-of-destiny-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bungie composer Marty O&#8217;Donnell found in contempt of court over use of Destiny assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/former-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-found-in-contempt-of-court-over-use-of-destiny-assets.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Composer Marty O&#8217;Donnell has been found in contempt of court over his use of Destiny assets and now owes Bungie tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, Eurogamer can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>In April this year, Bungie served the celebrated composer behind the original Halo music with contempt of court papers over videos related to Destiny that were uploaded to O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s YouTube channel and other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these videos were early musical sketches of what became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-04-30-bungie-says-its-finally-releasing-destinys-music-of-the-spheres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music of the Spheres<\/a>, the much-loved musical foundation for 2014&#8217;s Destiny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-16-former-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-found-in-contempt-of-court-over-use-of-destiny-assets\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-16-former-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-found-in-contempt-of-court-over-use-of-destiny-assets\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer Marty O&#8217;Donnell has been found in contempt of court over his use of Destiny assets and now owes Bungie tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, Eurogamer can reveal. In April this year, Bungie served the celebrated composer behind the original Halo music with contempt of court papers over videos related to Destiny that were uploaded to O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s YouTube channel and other platforms. Some of these videos were early musical sketches of what became Music of the Spheres, the much-loved musical foundation for 2014&#8217;s Destiny. 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