{"id":207802,"date":"2020-02-20T08:53:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T08:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compozly.com\/blog\/?p=207802"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:00:15","slug":"composers-who-were-fired-from-their-franchises-and-sued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compozly.com\/blog\/composers-who-were-fired-from-their-franchises-and-sued\/","title":{"rendered":"Composers Who Were Fired From Their Franchises (AND SUED!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Blog Text Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are actually some of the only instances of these situations having actually occurred, so this is a rare scenario. However, it&#8217;s important to know these cases as a composer in order to understand your rights as a career musician.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Marty O&#8217;Donnell: Halo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_O%27Donnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marty O\u2019Donnell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed the music for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halo_(franchise)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1, 2, 3, and Reach. He also scored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destiny_(video_game)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Destiny<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the release of Halo 4, he was fired without any real reason after many successful years scoring their most successful games of all time. Below is a video explaining a bit more of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fired Halo, Destiny Composer Addresses Bungie Lawsuit for First Time - IGN Unfiltered\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6bRbYK4Qd88?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alf Clausen: The Simpsons<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alf_Clausen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alf Clausen<\/a> composed the music for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Simpsons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Simpsons<\/a> for more than 560 episodes over 27 years, and was fired for \u201cperceived disability and age\u201d. This obviously is not a valid firing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv\/tv-news\/simpsons-composer-alf-clausen-lawsuit-fox-867872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this is the full story of the Alf Clausen Simpsons situation.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bobby Prince: Duke Nukem<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Prince_(composer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Prince<\/a> composed the music for the 1996 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duke_Nukem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke Nukem<\/a> (also the composer for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doom_(franchise)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOOM<\/a>), and sued Gearbox for not receiving royalties from the 20th anniversary re-release in 2016. When Gearbox purchased Duke Nukem IP in 2010, they did not acquire the rights to the music, so using this in the re-lease without giving him royalties would be illegal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/82120-duke-nukem-3d-composer-brings-lawsuit-against-gearbox.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the full story of Bobby Prince firing here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you are a composer who is wrongfully removed from your long-running franchise, just sue! (Kidding&#8230; haha but it\u2019s good to know your rights and how to fight back if this happens to you!) However, these examples do show that there is justice for composers who are fired from a job for a reason other than creative differences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suing isn\u2019t something you want to be associated with if unless you know 100% that your firing from a job was done in a way that violates your rights as a composer. If you sue a big company and lose because it was proven that they did everything correctly in the process, you\u2019ll have a big red X on your name as a composer. BUT, this is very viable for those who really are being taken advantage of and if the composer can legally prove the injustice. 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However, it&#8217;s important to know these cases as a composer in order to understand your rights as a career musician. Marty O&#8217;Donnell: Halo Marty O\u2019Donnell composed the music for Halo 1, 2, 3, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":207874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are actually some of the only instances of these situations having actually occurred, so this is a rare scenario. However, it's important to know these cases as a composer in order to understand your rights as a career musician.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>#1 - Marty O'Donnell (Halo)<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_O%27Donnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marty O\u2019Donnell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed the music for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halo_(franchise)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1, 2, 3, and Reach. He also scored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destiny_(video_game)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Destiny<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the release of Halo 4, he was fired without any real reason after many successful years scoring their most successful games of all time. Below is a video explaining a bit more of the story.<\/span><\/p><p>[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/6bRbYK4Qd88[\/embed]<\/p><p><strong>#2 - Alf Clausen (The Simpsons)<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alf_Clausen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alf Clausen<\/a> composed the music for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Simpsons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Simpsons<\/a> for more than 560 episodes over 27 years, and was fired for \u201cperceived disability and age\u201d. This obviously is not a valid firing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv\/tv-news\/simpsons-composer-alf-clausen-lawsuit-fox-867872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this is the full story of the Alf Clausen Simpsons situation.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><strong>#3 - Bobby Prince (Duke Nukem)<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Prince_(composer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Prince<\/a> composed the music for the 1996 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duke_Nukem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke Nukem<\/a> (also the composer for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doom_(franchise)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOOM<\/a>), and sued Gearbox for not receiving royalties from the 20th anniversary re-release in 2016. When Gearbox purchased Duke Nukem IP in 2010, they did not acquire the rights to the music, so using this in the re-lease without giving him royalties would be illegal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/82120-duke-nukem-3d-composer-brings-lawsuit-against-gearbox.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the full story of Bobby Prince firing here.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you are a composer who is wrongfully removed from your long-running franchise, just sue! (Kidding... haha but it\u2019s good to know your rights and how to fight back if this happens to you!) However, these examples do show that there is justice for composers who are fired from a job for a reason other than creative differences. Suing isn\u2019t something you want to be associated with if unless you know 100% that your firing from a job was done in a way that violates your rights as a composer. If you sue a big company and lose because it was proven that they did everything correctly in the process, you\u2019ll have a big red X on your name as a composer. BUT, this is very viable for those who really are being taken advantage of and if the composer can legally prove the injustice. The fantasy is to just be able to write music and not worry about rights and legal stuff, but if this is a career path for you, knowing your rights as a composer will give you the armor you need to survive and fight injustice when composing for video games, tv shows, or films.<\/span><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[58,60,61,55,57,56,59],"class_list":["post-207802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-composing","tag-alf-clausen","tag-bobby-prince","tag-duke-nukem","tag-film-composers","tag-halo","tag-marty-odonnell","tag-the-simpsons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Composers Who Were Fired From Their Franchises (AND SUED!) - Compozly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The following are instances of film composers who actually were fired from their franchises.\" 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