Marty O’Donnell, the previous online game composer identified for his work on Halo and Future, has seen his newest bid for Congress endorsed by Donald Trump.
Writing on X/Twitter final night time, O’Donnell said he was “honored” to have Trump’s help, following a social media post by the U.S. president which described the ex-Bungie composer as an “America First Patriot.”
O’Donnell’s renewed bid to enter politics follows a failed try on the identical Congressional seat again in 2024, which ended with him touchdown fourth place in its Republican major. Lengthy identified for his conservative views, O’Donnell beforehand appeared dissatisfied with Trump, who he reportedly labelled as an “fool” in a Twitter publish again in 2016 and mentioned he “loath[ed]” in 2017.
“I respect the belief that the President has put in me and stay up for working with him in Congress to proceed delivering for working households and protecting our nation secure,” O’Donnell wrote now, confirming that with Trump’s help he would proceed his plan to try to unseat Nevada’s third Congressional District Democrat incumbent Susie Lee.
“Marty O’Donnell is a World-Class Composer and Entrepreneur,” Trump declared yesterday. “As your subsequent Congressman, Marty will struggle tirelessly to Unleash American Power DOMINANCE, Maintain our Border SECURE, Cease Migrant Crime, Guarantee LAW AND ORDER, Strengthen our Courageous Army/Veterans, and Shield our at all times beneath siege Second Modification.”
“The stakes this midterm couldn’t be increased,” O’Donnell continued. “That is why once I began working, I promised I might drop out except President Trump supported me in order that Republicans might keep away from losing assets on a unnecessary major.
Very like President Trump, I didn’t come from the world of politics. I spent my complete profession within the enterprise world. I had the glory of working with some unbelievable individuals and composing music for a few of the best video video games of all time.”
Collaborating with Michael Salvatori, O’Donnell composed the rating of quite a few Bungie video games, from 1997’s Delusion to the basic sounds of Halo: Fight Advanced, in a prolonged tenure that ended along with his work for 2014’s Future.
2014 additionally noticed O’Donnell fired from Bungie, leading to a authorized tussle over witheld pay. Bungie later initiated its personal authorized dispute with O’Donnell in 2021, after the composer uploaded unreleased Future music to YouTube.
Latest years have seen O’Donnell exhibit an growing curiosity in politics, after a prolonged interval spent establishing his personal recreation growth studio, Highwire Video games, that labored on VR title Golem again in 2019, and controversial shooter Six Days in Fallujah, which launched in early entry type in 2023. O’Donnell’s Halo themes may also be heard once more later this yr with the launch of Halo: Marketing campaign Advanced, which is able to convey Grasp Chief’s adventures to Xbox, PC and PlayStation.
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