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Former Bungie Composer Court Ordered to Tell Fans to Destroy Destiny Music
In a video posted to his YouTube channel, former Destiny Composer Marty O'Donnell has told fans to destroy any music that he shouldn't have released.
gamerant.com
This last project, titled Music of the Spheres, was a collaboration between O'Donnell with Paul McCartney, Michael Salvatori, and C. Paul Johnson. The 8 movement symphony was meant to be implemented in the upcoming Destiny. However, when the gameplay reveal trailer was debuted at E3 2013, O'Donnell discovered that his original music had been pulled by the publisher of the series at that time, Activision. Upset, O'Donnell took to Twitter which upset management at both Bungie and Activision. Throwing more fuel on the fire was the revelation that Music of the Spheres wouldn't get a standalone release, something that O'Donnell had been campaigning hard for. While he continued to work with Bungie for another year, his resentment of the decisions made and overall attitude led to fellow staff complaining. On April 11, 2014, his contract was terminated.
That same year, O'Donnell successfully sued Bungie for benefits that were unpaid. In the filing, O'Donnell stated that he wasn't given an explanation for his termination and that he was deprived of accrued but unused vacation time, paid time off, sabbatical time, and other benefits. Earlier this year, O'Donnell was found in contempt of court after posting music from Music of the Spheres and other Destiny-related music online at various platforms such as Bandcamp. The court ordered O'Donnell to give Bungie any money earned from the sales of the music uploaded to Bandcamp as well as paying their legal fees. Additionally, O'Donnell must post a message to his social media channels containing wording agreed to by both channels.
Earlier today, that message went live. The transcription is as follows:
