Doom Composer Bobby Prince Has Died (engadget.com) 21
Video game composer and sound designer Bobby Prince has died at age 81 following an illness. Developer id software shared the news. Engadget reports: Prince was perhaps best known for his pioneering work on the Doom series. The Library of Congress inducted his soundtrack for the original game into the National Recording Registry just last month. "Despite the limitations of the 1993-era sound card drivers, Prince composed the perfect riff-shredding accompaniment for the game's demon-slaying journey to hell and back," the Library of Congress stated.
"Taking advantage of his knowledge of MIDI, Prince even worked to ensure that the sound effects he created could cut through the music by assigning them to different MIDI frequencies." Prince also worked on games such as Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad and Duke Nukem 3D. In 2006, the Game Audio Network Guild honored Prince with a lifetime achievement award.
"Taking advantage of his knowledge of MIDI, Prince even worked to ensure that the sound effects he created could cut through the music by assigning them to different MIDI frequencies." Prince also worked on games such as Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad and Duke Nukem 3D. In 2006, the Game Audio Network Guild honored Prince with a lifetime achievement award.
"...the limitations of the 1993-era sound card" (Score:2)
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Prince also worked on games such as Wolfenstein 3D
I would say "Mein Leben!", but in this case, it should be "Sein Leben!"
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Yeah, who's the guy who said that? If it were me, those would be my last words before I kick the bucket.
Play Doom (music) on anything (Score:4, Interesting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8RAbWs1yo [youtube.com]
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that's going to overheat and ruin your print head.
Yeah, but who is using that kind of printer nowadays?
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Here is a version that used floppy drives, hard drives, and flatbed scanners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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This sounds even more like Judas Priest's "Painkiller" than the original score.
Sorry he passed...but (Score:1)
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Even with good MIDI like with Roland?
Re: Sorry he passed...but (Score:2)
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You're getting shit for that, but I have no recollection of music playing during the game. My computer at the time could definitely handle it, so I can only assume that I turned it off as well.
I remember the beginning of one track (E1M1, apparently) and nothing else.
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Most people had pretty crappy soundcards back then. Credit to him that he came up with tunes that sounded decent even with the naff guitar and drum sounds on a typical Soundblaster compatible card.
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Oddly in Skyrim I leave the background music but it is set very low, and there is still immersion. But not for DooM.
- you hear hooves in the next room..
One of the best cover of one of the best Doom ST (Score:3)
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I can recommend also Andrew Hulshult's cover album IDKFA [youtube.com].
Goodnight sweet Prince. (Score:2)
The man deserves a heavy metal concert loud enough to wake him back up.
Just finished a new wad (Score:2)
This is the GAME that made PC gaming. I'm still running/making Doom/Doom2 wads and pk3 at 57. Just finished a new map by a 15 year old that wasn't born when the game was made. I'd say it had an impact on the WORLD. I'd be happy with the soundtrack as a requiem.
still good (Score:2)
I've been using Demon's Dead (MAP10/MAP16) as phone's ringtone for decades now; DSSLOP as the notification sound.
Shawn Got the Shotgun (MAP07) is another gem.
On the other hand, if you haven't seen Doom stuff this millenium, go check out Pirate Doom!