You can also leave the first array blank
$em->getRepository('BackendDestinyBundle:Destiny')->findBy(array(), array('title'=>'asc'));
You can in fact specify a default order by in your schema:
Foo: columns: ... options: orderBy: bar DESC
Note that when you want to specify a different order, you can still create a query and override the default order by.
According to Jon Wage you should create a Query in this Caseā¦ Found in the mailing-list