Halo Composer Sues Bungie After He Was Fired "Without Cause"

music was key and it's GONE so .....is helo gone ?

for me the Halo games really stood out for me not from its gameplay or story, but from its Music. The music was key to everything that was going on in the game and movies 'Halo Legends' I once did a dissertation 'a long time ago' about the importance of music in film, and the effects it has over different scenes, emotion and events throughout the film/s. Having a good score makes a huge impact one characters, scenes and story telling. It could make it epic, sad, ation feel etc etc. If music is used pooly such as, lets have punk/hard rock/metal in the halo games. It would give off a totally different feel for the games and films.

O'Donnell's music was something very very different we haven't heard before in games. Being fired/sacked out of the blue with no explanation is wrong in my eyes. Considering O'Donnell and Bungie have been working together for years and made something special together and been told 'bye' just like that seems very wrong.

But as we dont really know what happened its hard to take sides. Being fired out of the blue sucks, but he could of been asking for way too much money or demanded things which were not good for the company who knows. Either way i wish O'Donnell good luck and finding a new place to work, because being sacked is never good.

I don't feel like there's enough information here to pass a judgement just yet, but if what he says is true and O'Donnell isn't hiding anything, then I've lost some respect for Bungie.

Why would you treat such an important employee like that? This guy composed one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time.

I hope he puts a dent in Bungie's pockets. They got what they wanted out of this guy and then they had a little meeting and thought "what more do we need from him?" and they answers around the table were, "we have already used him so let's just get rid of him".

This is why this company will not last long seeing how they do not want to keep their games at their best. They only care about maximum profit and it shows in their game titanfall which lacks everything that is needed for a great multiplayer game, content and re-playability. Maybe if they would hire people instead of fire people things would go differently.

It's sad to think that Marty and Bungie, who have been such a solid and dominant combination over the years, have resulted in this... Sad times....

When you fire someone who has worked for you so long and helped make you the company you are, expecting to know why you were fired is common sense, no? After so many years with the company, he must be entitled to some type of compensation. Maybe it works differently in the U.S. than in Canada? In Canada, you don't need a reason to fire someone in general but, you better be prepared to pay some hefty severance when you do so.