Former Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell found in contempt of court over use of Destiny assets

Composer Marty O’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’Donnell’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’s Destiny.

The contempt of court claim relates to the terms of a prior lawsuit between Bungie and O’Donnell over his acrimonious exit from the company – a lawsuit O’Donnell eventually won.

Bungie said O’Donnell, who was Bungie’s veteran audio director until he was fired in April 2014, was ordered to return all material related to Music of the Spheres and Destiny, and was blocked from sharing or performing it as part of a 2015 injunction.