Christian Business
Network

The board of the Christian Business Network hopes you’ve had a great summer

so far! We are excited to kick-off our 23rd year in ministry with special guest

speaker and candidate for Congress in District 3, Marty O’Donnell, who will share

his amazing life story at the September CBN luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 10,

beginning at 11:45 am at the beautiful Ahern Hotel!

Marty is a lifelong and award-winning composer who earned his Master of Music

degree in Composition from USC in 1981. In addition to writing and producing

numerous film scores and jingles such as Flintstone Kids and Mr. Clean, Marty

created sound design for a number of video games. His biggest claim to fame was

writing and composing the music for the mega-hit Halo series, which debuted in

November 2001 for the launch of the Xbox video game console. When Halo 3

came out in September 2007, it shattered entertainment records for single day and

first week sales. The total number of Halo games played worldwide now tallies in

the billions and unit sales have exceeded 81 million.

Marty has also collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney on the video game Destiny,

with the stand-alone soundtrack, Music of the Spheres, being recorded at Abbey

Road Studios. The music and audio from Destiny have won several awards

including Best Audio and Best Music from the Academy of Interactive Arts &

Sciences (AIAS). Marty was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Game

Audio Network Guild (GANG) in 2016.

Marty received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1977 from Wheaton College (IL), a

private evangelical Christian school in Illinois that lists the Rev. Billy Graham

among its graduates. Marty and his wife of 49 years, Marcie, have two daughters

and three grandsons.

As always, a delicious plated lunch with dessert is only $35, and you are

encouraged to register for this luncheon early at nevadacbn.com. We look forward

to seeing you on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 at the Ahern (300 W. Sahara just west

of the Las Vegas Strip) to hear Marty O’Donnell!