Martin O'Donnell
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Martin O'Donnell is an American composer best known for creating the iconic music of the Halo video game series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martin O'Donnell canonical | 4 |
| Martin O’Donnell | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11778425 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin O'Donnell Context triple: [Halo 2, composer, Martin O'Donnell]
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A.
Brad Fiedel
Brad Fiedel is an American composer best known for his synthesizer-driven film scores, including the iconic music for "The Terminator" series.
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B.
Austin Wintory
Austin Wintory is an American composer best known for his evocative and award-winning video game scores, including the critically acclaimed soundtrack for Journey.
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C.
Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky is an American composer best known for his film and television scores, particularly for the Transformers franchise and numerous action and science-fiction projects.
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D.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a British composer best known for his film and video game scores, including work on the "Shrek" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise.
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E.
Mike Boich
Mike Boich is a software engineer and early Apple evangelist best known for helping champion and popularize the original Macintosh computer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin O'Donnell Target entity description: Martin O'Donnell is an American composer best known for creating the iconic music of the Halo video game series.
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A.
Brad Fiedel
Brad Fiedel is an American composer best known for his synthesizer-driven film scores, including the iconic music for "The Terminator" series.
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B.
Austin Wintory
Austin Wintory is an American composer best known for his evocative and award-winning video game scores, including the critically acclaimed soundtrack for Journey.
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C.
Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky is an American composer best known for his film and television scores, particularly for the Transformers franchise and numerous action and science-fiction projects.
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D.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a British composer best known for his film and video game scores, including work on the "Shrek" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise.
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E.
Mike Boich
Mike Boich is a software engineer and early Apple evangelist best known for helping champion and popularize the original Macintosh computer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
human ⓘ music producer ⓘ sound designer ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| collaboratedWith | Michael Salvatori ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Southern California
ⓘ
Wheaton College (Illinois) ⓘ
linked to:
Wheaton College, Illinois
|
| employer | Bungie ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Donnell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music composition
ⓘ
sound design ⓘ video game industry ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ video game music ⓘ |
| givenName | Martin ⓘ |
| hasPartInDiscography |
Halo 2 Original Soundtrack
ⓘ
linked to:
Halo 2 soundtrack
Halo 3 Original Soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Halo 3 soundtrack
Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Halo 3: ODST soundtrack
Halo Original Soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Halo: Combat Evolved soundtrack
Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Halo: Reach soundtrack
Music of the Spheres ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.martinodonnell.com/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gregorian chant-inspired Halo theme
ⓘ
composing the music for the Halo series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Martin O'Donnell ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Destiny (video game)
ⓘ
linked to:
Destiny (2014 video game)
Halo (video game series) ⓘ
linked to:
Halo
Halo 2 ⓘ Halo 3 ⓘ Halo 3: ODST ⓘ Halo: Combat Evolved ⓘ Halo: Reach ⓘ Music of the Spheres ⓘ Myth II: Soulblighter ⓘ Myth: The Fallen Lords ⓘ |
| occupation |
audio director
ⓘ
composer ⓘ music producer ⓘ sound designer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | audio director at Bungie ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bellevue, Washington ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Martin O'Donnell Description of subject: Martin O'Donnell is an American composer best known for creating the iconic music of the Halo video game series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Martin O'Donnell
linked to: Martin O'Donnell
linked to: Martin O'Donnell