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

https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll
159•pgrote•5h ago

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ChrisArchitect•4h ago
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•3h ago
Doom 1 Music Player (Sound Blaster | OPL3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_yIgqw-qR4
bombcar•2h ago
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•2h ago
RIP one of the best.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qVn6C6uiFo0

s_dev•12m ago
That E1M1 song is iconic. That will be played 00s of years from now, it will stand the test of time.
recallingmemory•1h ago
Wolfenstein 3D has such memorable tracks for me.. thanks for the music Bobby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgvFSV2xxI

ozozozd•1h ago
I knew I should’ve paid extra and gotten the Sound Blaster!
saturn8601•47m ago
Thats Ad Lib type music no?
montag•45m ago
Wondering About My Loved Ones is one of my favorites. Appears also in Spear of Destiny https://chiptune.app/?play=C-eWH0LI
AznHisoka•1h ago
mein leben!
scns•21m ago
Guten Tag!
bitwize•58m ago
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•56m ago
RIP King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIgnNtZrN4
momoraul•34m ago
At Doom's Gate has been stuck in my head for decades. RIP.
matheusmoreira•23m ago
Rest in peace.
zitterbewegung•22m ago
RIP Legend.

F.

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

loudandskittish•16m ago
Pulled out my guitar to play the Duke Nukem theme and At Doom's Gate (...uh, minus those runs...)

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