Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died

ChrisArchitect

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...

ChrisArchitect

Doom 1 Music Player (Sound Blaster | OPL3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_yIgqw-qR4

bombcar

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.

sublinear

RIP one of the best. https://youtube.com/watch?v=qVn6C6uiFo0

recallingmemory

Wolfenstein 3D has such memorable tracks for me.. thanks for the music Bobby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgvFSV2xxI

AznHisoka

mein leben!

bitwize

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.

curtis3389

RIP King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIgnNtZrN4

momoraul

At Doom's Gate has been stuck in my head for decades. RIP.

matheusmoreira

Rest in peace.

zitterbewegung

RIP Legend. F. Such a good composer for all of those games I can remember those songs still.

loudandskittish

Pulled out my guitar to play the Duke Nukem theme and At Doom's Gate (...uh, minus those runs...)

saidnooneever

still entire duke nukem theme just start running in my head each time i see that name what a classic. rest in peace

ChrisArchitect

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 )

amatecha

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/

PaulCarrack

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.

thombles

Alas. Loved his work on Major Stryker.

MikeShah

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

xnx

Today I learned that he also did (all of?) the sound effects for Doom. RIP (and tear)

toomuchtodo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Prince