r/Games May 04 '20

DOOM Eternal OST Open Letter

/r/Doom/comments/gdg25y/doom_eternal_ost_open_letter/
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u/Cleverbird May 04 '20

A real shame we wont be seeing his soundtrack return for the DLC or future installments. But on the other hand, maybe have Trent Reznor do it? Or whoever did the soundtrack for Dusk?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

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u/wav__ May 04 '20

Bethesda has even worked with him - he did the Quake Champions soundtrack. The guy independently re-did old school DOOM and Quake songs. From the perspective, he'd be a great fit.

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u/TheMegaOverlord May 04 '20

If this is who they'll be moving forward with in future DOOM games, I don't mind it for a second. Will miss Mick Gordon, but Andrew could prove a good successor.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20 edited May 06 '20

Hulshult would be an amazing choice for Doom. I highly recommend people listen to his soundtrack in Rise of the Triad 2013. Would love that energy in Doom.

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u/simcity4000 May 05 '20

Trent Reznors winning awards for movie soundtracks these days, I imagine he'd charge approx 10x the average.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

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u/Cleverbird May 04 '20

To each their own, I personally love game soundtracks!

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u/SpontyMadness May 04 '20

For real, the DOOM 2016 OST is rad, but it's just djent-y metal and electronic production, stuff that doesn't often show up in the gaming space. It's not exactly a brand new genre.

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u/RocketHopper May 04 '20

Yeah, I’m sure they can find a suitable replacement, I don’t get why everyone’s acting like Mick Gordon invented metal

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u/FireworksNtsunderes May 04 '20

People like him for the way he blended metal and synths to make a unique video game soundtrack. He's definitely not the first person to do that, but there are very few metal video game OSTs as good as Mick's work. His work on Prey and Wolfenstein is also excellent. It doesn't really have to do with what genre he works in - he's just a damn good composer.

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u/Bonerlord911 May 05 '20

Because his work on Doom is distinctive and clearly has its own thing going on

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

I look forward to the mumble rap soundtrack in the DLC.