I've been teaching my students for years about sound and music, and I always showcase Bobby Prince's work. Here's a fun clip of him playing in the early days: https://youtu.be/9w3yoIOK-9U?is=alZLs2OSL8pJ7JEQ
The sound of Doom was a big part of why it was so immersive, and everyone focuses on the mobs and gunshots (there's some pretty cool positional audio for the time), but the music really played a big part of the whole atmosphere.
Ah man, hell no :( The music in DOOM was such a huge influence on me. I had the Macintosh version which IIRC had the .mid files alongside the game, so I hung onto those and listened to them outside of the game quite frequently. I was just a kid at the time, and later on when I discovered bands like Pantera, Slayer, Judas Priest etc. I suddenly "got" all the references (not previously having known they were references/iterations on those bands' songs)! Great memories. RIP \m/
Hell put in a special petition to heaven to at least borrow him for a bit—not to torture him, mind, but to retain him to score their official soundtrack.
Today I learned that he also did (all of?) the sound effects for Doom.
Wolfenstein 3D has such memorable tracks for me.. thanks for the music Bobby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgvFSV2xxI
I knew I should’ve paid extra and gotten the Sound Blaster!
Thats Ad Lib type music no?
Sound Blaster is an Ad Lib (Yamaha OPL2) that mixes in a PCM stream
Wondering About My Loved Ones is one of my favorites. Appears also in Spear of Destiny https://chiptune.app/?play=C-eWH0LI
I've been teaching my students for years about sound and music, and I always showcase Bobby Prince's work. Here's a fun clip of him playing in the early days: https://youtu.be/9w3yoIOK-9U?is=alZLs2OSL8pJ7JEQ
NEDM, Prince.
The sound of Doom was a big part of why it was so immersive, and everyone focuses on the mobs and gunshots (there's some pretty cool positional audio for the time), but the music really played a big part of the whole atmosphere.
he had great taste in metal. most of the tracks were adapted (now classic) speed/thrash metal.
Yep. The Doom 1 demo theme is Painkiller by Judas Priest
https://open.spotify.com/track/0L7zm6afBEtrNKo6C6Gj08
Ah man, hell no :( The music in DOOM was such a huge influence on me. I had the Macintosh version which IIRC had the .mid files alongside the game, so I hung onto those and listened to them outside of the game quite frequently. I was just a kid at the time, and later on when I discovered bands like Pantera, Slayer, Judas Priest etc. I suddenly "got" all the references (not previously having known they were references/iterations on those bands' songs)! Great memories. RIP \m/
Loss of an absolute legend.
One of my favorite videos (and songs) sang by Bobby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3yoIOK-9U (Eat Your Vegetables)
RIP. You will be missed Bobby.
RIP Legend.
Neat that just last month the Library of Congress added the Doom soundtrack to its registry too
https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-recording-registry-in...
RIP King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIgnNtZrN4
Pulled out my guitar to play the Duke Nukem theme and At Doom's Gate (...uh, minus those runs...)
Alas. Loved his work on Major Stryker.
At Doom's Gate has been stuck in my head for decades. RIP.
RIP Legend.
F.
Such a good composer for all of those games I can remember those songs still.
Hell put in a special petition to heaven to at least borrow him for a bit—not to torture him, mind, but to retain him to score their official soundtrack.
still entire duke nukem theme just start running in my head each time i see that name what a classic. rest in peace
RIP one of the best.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qVn6C6uiFo0
That E1M1 song is iconic. That will be played 00s of years from now, it will stand the test of time.
Rest in peace.
Related, including a great segment with the man himself talking about some of the music:
A Visit to id Software (November 1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpEBUV_g9vU
(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600671)
Doom 1 Music Player (Sound Blaster | OPL3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_yIgqw-qR4
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