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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2016
- Legendary composer Marty O'Donnell discusses the secret origins of the Halo theme, reveals a canceled Bungie game, shares his voicemail from Paul McCartney, and much more!
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Marty is a true legend
+Awper true dat
I agree
Awper yes, that's true but he wasn't alone though, Michael Salvatorie worked with Marty. They were the true legends together.
Ethan Schulze Yes your right ! We must remember of Michael Salvatorie. Without him maybe that Marty would be unknown.
so true
Martin O' Donnell (& Michael Salvatori) made Halo. The reason you get that sense of wonder and nostalgia from the Bungie games is because his music took you to a whole nother world. Halo just isn't the same without him
Joshua Kapusinski Never Forget
Never forget the incredible contributions of Alexander Seropian, Brandon Boran, and Eric Nylund. THEY are Halo!!
Or the designers... or the artists... or the voice actors... or the play testers... but yeah the music made it great too.
Dun dun dun-dun!
Salvatori just hit drums Marty was the one who composed and wrote most of the music in those games.
Seeing Marty enjoying the interview and smiling the whole time made me smile as well.
Really great interview. Ryan should always do Halo interviews, his interview with Max Hoberman was also great.
Marty, hats off to you. You are truly a Legend. But I also gotta admit, watching Marty talk about his split from Bungie made me really choke up. Got Pretty emotional. Still can't believe all of those years of hard work and dedication led up to a sad split like that. I wish you good luck in the future, and here's to a brave new world! Cheers!
Seems like Joe Staten and Marty were great peers. Seeing them both leave Bungie roughly the same time just shows how toxic the company had become. It's a shame. Bungie was a world class development company with world class composers and story writers.
Sadly this is the fate of most or all empires in history. We can thank Activision for that and the Bungie moron who decided to accept the deal
Joe and Marty are both writers -albeit very different ones- but they both put their hearts into an amazing project. I still remember the Halo doc's where they're in in the mixing room, it's hilarious.
ArcFlash 64 Marty didn't even leave, he was fired
I know he was fired... They still left the company, willingly or not.
ArcFlash 64
I wouldn't say their writers were phenomenal, but they made a lot of good games.
Fantastic interview. Marty is amazing and Ryan is one of the best interviewer hosts I've listened to. You have a calling, my friend
+Jamin Gray High praise! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the interview.
Ryan McCaffrey Is that really you?
It helps that he is actually a halo fan. IGN may be toxic but I've always liked Ryan.
Marty O'Donnell's compositions have had a collosal impact on many people. It is of the utmost pleasure to have such a talented composer shape my very being.
He is to gaming what John Williams is to movies.
He also wrote the Flintstones vitamin theme and the Mr. Clean commercial theme, lol. He's a legend in more ways than one. Those are very well known classic commercials.
@@DeathBringer769 wow I didnt know that 😅
why o'donnell talk with random guys like noodles, hiddenxperia and actman
My favorite part of the interview:
Marty: "At that point there was no Destiny story"
Well, I'm sorry to tell you Marty, but there still isn't one today.
im sorry to tell YOU, but there IS a story, and its pretty cool
It's not a good story if you have to go on Bnet to even know it
Shane Halliwell when was that part?
I don't get answers like this, Destiny has plenty of story and lore. Open up people, don't just write it off cause everybody else does. I enjoyed it, period.
+Quality3rr0r "I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."
I just watched the entire interview. Love love love this guy. Such a great personality and story teller. Thank God for the Beatles or we wouldn't have the Halo Gregorian chant! He has made a huge influence in the gaming industry and the Flintstones kids is classic! Such a great story about Paul McCartney and the Voice Mail is awesome! Also, great job Ryan in getting all this good info out of Marty. This is a must listen to!
well watched the full 2hour video and have never been more glued to my screen marty you really are a legend and the questions asked were brillant to best ign video to date :D
I'm kinda happy halo 2 had re-writes because we got to have halo 3 which is a legend of a game
That was a great interview! Thanks so much Ryan for heading this, and all the great interviews, up!!!!! Keep them coming!
+Save It for the Podcast Podcast Thank you!! And I will. :-)
This was a great interview really loved the part about Halo 2's ending and I almost choked up when Marty was talking about the whole spat he had with Bungie but then I wish this man success with Golem because he is truly one of the biggest masterminds in video game music when it came to Halo and Destiny
I don't like how the just slipped over Reach's aspects
halofandude123Studio lol, cry pls
I caught that too, was kinda confused for a min.
Probably because he only had so much time and reach had so much music and composing...
Maybe he didn't do alot of the reach music? He might have already started working on Destiny
Kudos to both Ryan for asking the questions we all want answers to, and to Marty for being very open to answering them. I really like the Halo games during the Bungie days, but it was Bungie as a studio I loved, they had something about them that no other studio had. They had personalities in their ranks, Marty, Joe Staten, Frankie, Brian, etc etc. Sadly the Bungie of today pales in comparison.
Such a massive respect I hold for this man, the moment he left was the moment that the Bungie we knew and loved, died.
Truly dedicated to his craft and tries to perfect his project even if that means a slight delay to the release.
Fired.
- Activision
well i sat down watched the whole interview so much knowledge and really appreciate Marty's work, a pleasure to see him thanks ign.
This interview contains all of the questions I've always wanted to ask Marty, props to IGN and Ryan for such an excellent interview!
When you think of Marty O'Donnell, you think of Halo. When you think of Mick Gordon, you think of Doom. When you think of Half Life, you think of Kelly Bailey. 3 incredible composers. These people are iconic to the video game industry. They should be honoured for all eternity.
It’s true, underrated comment 👊
So sad that his firing from Bungie went down the way it did. He clearly didn't want to discuss it
I thought he was going to cry.
NinjaPiece same ;-;
Thank you both for this interview, watched from beginning to end.
You called it Epiloque
This man is a genius and I resent Bungie for losing this gem of a composer. I truly fear what's become of the music for the upcoming Destiny 2.
MrMoon360 While I'm sad that Marty is gone, the music for Destiny is still quite fantastic. Especially with Rise of Iron.
Well someone's still buthurt after 3 years
Yeah, I do, actually. People have different tastes in games, and just because they don't agree with you, doesn't make them wrong. If you don't like it and feelbthe need to whine, you can always do it elsewhere, like an adult normally would.
I do see what you mean, but I emerse myself not only in the game itself, but the community surrounding it. Believe it or not, you can get a good amount of story and lore from the Grimoire system, and there are many TH-camrs out here that can spin those Grimoires into fantastic tales. Bungie has and will always be about the fans having a part in their games, and this is their current take on it. And it seems to be taking off in a good direction. On the non-lore side of things, there are extremely good/entertaining channels for PvP out there, like Badass Gaming. I get that a good amount of people don't like Destiny for various reasons. Believe me, I've been through just about every moment of the good and bad. It's really just how you chalk up your experiences and what you do with them.
there's michael salvatori bruh
To hear the answer to why were you fired from Bungie? Go to 01:31:14
Phi6er nope, bungie CEO decided it, bungie lawyers defended the company, Activision did absolutely nothing in deciding if he should be fired
Brandon Tyler his answer: I DON'T KNOW! 😆😆😆 lol, waste of 2 hours
The Looinrims ofcourse the Bungie CEO made the call, because he was employed by Bungie and not Activision. That doesn't mean that the pressure Activision put on Bungie wasn't a huge influence on some of the choices that Bungie had to make. :)
Cheappy V not a waste of 2 hours. I absolutely enjoyed it all. Marty is a classy dude.
dude.. you get me.
thanks!
Horai ! Glad you put all the interview in one vídeo.
Thank you! Such an awesome interview with such a great composer.
Ryan I've been following you since the OXM days...and this is really something else. Cheers! This will surely go down in the pantheon of video game history
Awesome interview. Thank you Marty and Ryan for making it possible.
That single strand of hair though.. but no seriously. When it comes to music, Marty is one of my fav's, especially in gaming. So beautiful.
thanks for this interview!
First decent IGN video I've seen in a long time. Really enjoyed this interview.
love the interview really good
Great interview!
I said this before and I say this again: It's so sad that Activision Destroyed Bungie and Destiny
HEAR! HEAR!
+Manuel Córdova You do realize that Bungie has full creative control over the game right?
+Steve Mudkip you truly believe that? bungie without Activision amazing halo games bungie with Activision shitty destiny storyline internal company problems employees quitting ? they don't have control
Ign had a podcast where they stated that Bungie has complete creative control over the game, Activision merely handles the publication/selling of the product.
+Steve Mudkip ign had a podcast? So not directly heard from Bungie? Great source. Also, activation has business control of destiny, meaning micro transactions and ruining games to make more money.
What a great interview. Marty has such an interesting life story to tell, and the man conducting the interview was great was well.
Half of Halo's value comes from this legend
Been waiting to see this interview since you first mentioned it earlier in the month, so glad to finally see it :) Thanks for such an amazing interview Ryan!
A musical genius and comes across as a great guy! The host did a great job as wel.
Thank you for this interview!!! T.T
Great interview, it seemed like it was very cathartic.
one of the best interviews you've ever done, and yes I have seen your Xbox special
This show is phenomenal. So many great quality interviews with interesting people.
These types of guys are who you don't mess with. They get vision and that vision is true and visceral. You need to let them run there department however they want. Creative control will almost always create a awesome product.
Great job Ryan with this interview. Killer interview.
The John Mayer bit he's referring to is on the 2nd CD (Volume Two) 12. Epilogue: Beholden ( 53:00 ) 00:28 into the song
Marty you made a great game. Thank you for all the memories. Hope you get to do what inspires you the most.
Kazuma + Marty = Yes
Adam Kallibjian Marty + Micheal = HELL YES!
So glad I stumbled upon this gem.
Yeah me too. I love this man I can't believe I missed this interview when it came out a few years ago
@52:56 when they were talking about which song had John Mayer guitar, its the Halo 2 song "Epilogue." Mayer starts playing 28 seconds into the song.
Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/7kcFE4uFZ9o/w-d-xo.html
Really respectful interview, enjoyed it.
Great interview
I jsut watched the whole thing. What an amazing interview
The legend. still kicking
This was a great interview!
Bungie really did sell their soul to the devil...
NinjaPiece Hi luffy
I'm not Luffy. I'm a flag. I ate the Web-Web Fruit. It allows me to surf the web even though I'm just a flag.
.........
Worse, they sold it to Activision
We love you Marty, you have greatly impacted us in a positive and inspirational way!
One of IGNs best vids.
His music means so much to so many people. What a legend.
Martin O'Donnell, your music moves me unlike any music I've ever heard. I can actually hear your heart in the scores.❤
Marty's work has helped me appreciate music more.
Can't wait to hear Marty's new game
Do more of these
...You skipped Reach in the timeline after ODST! You jumped right from ODST to Destiny! The hell, Ryan!
If your wondering which song marty is trying to think of at 52:58 I believe it is the track Halo 2 - epilogue with the strings playing in at the 0:30
I bough all the halos cd soundtracks during my childhood. Unforgettable songs, even the first destiny songs
They didn't #rememberreach :(
ayyyy i see what you did there
I wish they/he would do a live performance tour of Halo music.
Marty brought me here. Thanks for the repost!
Absolutely fantastic interview! McCaffrey is the best.
i feel like i've seen this guy's face in some meme or something
343 should bring Marty odonell back
Qua Rollins no. Him jason and joe should go start a new company.
Highwire Games
Marty said that he would be open to working on Halo again. And seeing as 343’s composer left recently, it seems more and more likely that he could.
Bring him and Joe Staten (ex-lead writer at Bungie) to 343 and we could get an awesome Halo game
Even if it's just for Infinite, even if he writes one song like John Williams on Solo.
A few months ago, Marty, Joe, and Jen Taylor got coffee together. Marty posted the next day "our meeting was not a coincidence" or something like that.
It has to be a dream come true. The fact that combat evolved main theme was inspired by a Beatles song and how years later, Marty coincidentally ended up collaborating with Paul.
When he says, he lisent over and over the Ben hur score... I think in my selft hearing this interview over and over.. I been hearing this like almost 200 times and I'm not joking... I like it a lot. And I enjoy it!!
It makes me sad Bungie chose what was best for their "business" over the talent and passion that Marty brought to their studio. Good job Bungo. All the best to Marty. A legend among composers.
Neightrix Prime I can just see the 2025 headline already: Activision closes Bungie studios. Glad that wretched publisher never got a penny from me
@@Sone418 bunjie left Activision not to long ago...
Fantastic interview! I had no idea this went down at Bungie. Anyway, huge fan!
This is a longform format that's actually enjoyable. Marty O'Donnell rules
I just love the soundtracks in halo and destiny
This is such an amazing exchange.
What if all these trailers were never met for halo5..Think about it for a second. First E3 halo trailer, shows chief alone in a desert environment, ( Sanghelios had a canyon environment ) wearing a cape to hid from something or someone cough cough cortana. His visor is cracked because of the fight with chief. This environment also looks very very familiar to the ark in halo 3. When the guardian erupts out of the sand it is not the same as we see in halo5. And earlier concept art shows Halo5 Guardians were created in early 2013. This one is also Orange not Blue! Blue would indicate a life worker or color of an AI. This on is orange and orange indicates Warrior servants or warrior AI. Cough cough Mindicate Bias who was BURIED on the ARC and is said to have been protected. aka the Guardian! Chief was also holding an AI chip, HINT HINT Chief is awaking Mindicate Bias to oppose Cortana! He has to awaken another AI to fight another AI! Those who dont know heres a short summary of Mindicate Bias.
“And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions.”
- Mendicant Bias in the last terminal of Halo 3[1]
05-032 Mendicant Bias was a Metarch-class Ancilla.[2] He was the most advanced Forerunner AI at the time of his creation, and was charged with organizing Forerunner defense against the Flood before his defection to the Gravemind, who ultimately caused him to become rampant, and turn against his creators.
Beginnings
Created in 100,043 BCE, by the Ur-Didact and the Master Builder, Mendicant Bias' purpose was the control of all Forerunner defenses, including the fabled Halos, but only under dire emergencies. The Master Builder, without authorization of the Ecumene Council, tasked Mendicant Bias with the interrogation of The Captive, after its release on Charum Hakkor following the Halo's test firing, in place of the Lifeworkers due to the Master Builder's distrust for them. The period of this questioning was forty-three years, where Mendicant Bias attempted to find weakness. Mendicant Bias was listed missing by the Master Builder before returning to overlook the second testing of the halo on the San 'Shyuum quarantine system.[3] Mendicant Bias sent the logs of his interrogation to his Forerunner masters, who apparently never received the transmissions. Eventually, The Captive persuaded Mendicant Bias to abandon the Forerunners and defect to the Flood cause, convincing him that the Forerunners were so gluttonous and prideful as to deny the next step of evolution: the Flood.[4] The Captive insinuated that by clinging to the legend of the Mantle, the Forerunners had doomed the galaxy to eternal stagnation; the only way for the galaxy to progress was for superior beings to "restart" it. These superior beings, unsurprisingly, took the form of Compound Minds such as Gravemind and Mendicant Bias himself. Although the 43-year long conversation logs between Mendicant Bias and The Captive were sent back to the Forerunners, they believed that Mendicant would automatically fulfill its objective and destroy The Flood, and so did not intervene.[5] Convinced by The Captive's arguments, Mendicant Bias intentionally became rampant, developed a hatred for his creators and actively worked toward their destruction, starting with using five of the original twelve Halos to attack the Forerunner capital. The remaining seven returned to the Ark along with Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting, the Councilor Splendid Dust of Ancient Suns, and the Warrior Servant Glory of a Far Dawn.[1][6]
Here after one piece of mindicate bias was buried on the ark while the other was on a Dreadnought in the Covenant holy city of High charity where Mindicate slowed the gates down to let the chief aboard. Mindicate Bias also makes contact to the chief while on the Ark through the terminals you find.
Other trailers:
The other traitor trailers are also proof to why they were not Halo5 Guardian trailers but rather Halo6. We saw chief and locke in these two different trailers around a destroyed HUMAN city which we did not fine in Halo5 but rather a small mining colony. Above this city was a partially destroyed Infinity. The context of These trailers do not match at all the the game, AT ALL! In these trailers it seems as if Chief is again awaking something or taking other sides. Again above Mindicate Bas did go rampant and was never healed. Could mindicate Bias have destroyed the human city through a battle or pure disobedience of order. Locke states that chief is a traitor for bringing this to them. We do not see anything in Halo5 that concludes to this what so ever as well. This is even further supporting my evidence. Their is no way the 345i writing team would forget about this, These were all trailers intended for Halo6, where we could see these possible characters. Librarian. 343 guilty spark, Didact, Mindicate Bias, Brute Species, flood species, and much much more. Possible returning locations in halo6. Arc, Halo array, and Earth. In the live action trailer a Hero falls, the UNSC officer announces that chief died in 2560,...But halo5 guardians takes place in 2558. Coincidence i think not, Frank O Connor "Claimed" it was a mistake but something even fans know is wrong is not easily looked over. Of course some were Halo5 trailers like the Spartan Locke gamestop trailer but really other then that the rest of them dont add up at all to Halo5 but would make alot of sense in Halo6. Also for those who do not know, Halo6 is Master Chief's LAST AND FINAL Halo game! This even further supports the trailer especially the Live action one. I also believe HuntTheTruth is literally intended to HUNT THE TRUTH! about the all the trailers, Halo5 is literally a setup for something so much bigger! I will call this right now, that the 2016 E3 halo teaser will show almost the exact same trailer with a couple of differences like the background and chief, and most likely add some character audio in the mix. Mark my words! Thankyou for your time and make sure to spread this around. I believe halo5 was purposely set up the way it is to make Halo6 amazing! #HuntTheTruth ;)
This is the only logical theory, I love Halo 5s story for what it is, but I hate it from what was advertised.
+MYTHICALTWINKIE Make video of this bro :D
+MYTHICALTWINKIE This better be true or else im going to end gaming. This seems way too good to be true. Anyways still doesnt explain why they poorly written the story of Halo 6
343 is not smart enough to realize the original design.
MYTHICALTWINKIE DUDE
Ryan is such a great interviewer
NO TRU7H campaign in the Halo 2 days was right all along. Jesus. Never forget the incredible contributions of Alexander Seropian, Brandon Boran, and Eric Nylund.
Only the hardcore fans will even know what I am referring to.
MercilessV lol and jason jones? I give more credit to jason since he was the programmer, alex was the business side. In the end money cant buy skills.
that hair coming out of the mole on his neck drove me nuts
+yomamma950 Saw that and tried to ignore it.
+yomamma950 god damn it
Marty is meant to be heard, not seen
52:56 It took me half a second to recognize the guitar he was talking about x'D
@53:20 YES IT'S TOTALLY THE END CREDITS!!! FAVORITE PART OF THE CREDITS!!
What must come up must come down
This man could be one of the greatest composers of our time
Damn this was a fascinating interview and I’m glad I finally listened to it. Back before Destiny even came out I was still a freshman in high school and I wasn’t aware of the deeper roots behind games. But, if I had know that something like this happened with Marty I don’t think I would have ever bought Destiny seeing what kind of company they became. I’m not saying Marty was perfect but they way he tells this story and still not knowing why it happened really shows what kind of company Bungie became after Microsoft. Great interview though.
its the ending epilogue. I knew it!
You need to do an interview with Ken Levin fro
irrational... I would love that!
Big Halo fan, as well as a guitar player, so I knew Steve Vai and Nile Rodgers were a big part of the iconic music. However, I had no idea John Mayer was a part as well! That's awesome! I just went back and listened to the song he's on, and while it is brief, it definitely sounds like Mayer. Not everyone looks past his pop tunes that are the big hits, but John Mayer is for sure in my top 3 personal favorite guitarists.
I'm glad Bungie isn't a scar for him, its so easy to try to distance yourself when stuff like that happens. It was an incredible group coming together at the right time to make something amazing.
Recently re-purchased every Bungie Halo after being unable to find mine in order to revisit and really enjoy them again. Just waiting for them to come in and it'll be a nice jump back into the old days of super late nights cranking through some Halo (the real ones).
We need more Halo
Good ducking interview, kudos to Ryan.
It would be fantastic to see Marty work on the new Halo games at 343i.
Good to see Lloyd Braun doing well at IGN
This was very emotional I miss the old bungie.
I just realized the Bungie podcast theme was the same jingle as the Flintstones jingle...
Marty is one of the main reasons Halo is great. His contribution to the music is some of the best gaming music ever.