Music

This is a sub-page of Development:Doom (PC, 1993).

Early Music#

Along with the scans and other art for Doom 1 and 2, there is also early fragments and some complete tracks within the archive. Doom 1 and 2's music were influenced heavily on other rock and metal bands, and these tracks do not hide the fact. All tracks that were set to play in the game will be using DOS/Windows MIDI for comparison.

Intro#

This track was made with the game being envisioned as a horror game, hence why the original intro track titled Opening sounds eerie. This track was replaced by the more action-oriented intro track that was made later on, but the original track was not entirely unused...

Romero's Funkiness#

What? An original track that's unused? Perhaps this was maybe a placeholder track, as this uses John Romero's name into it and has no connection to any hit songs. A track in Doom 2 did use John Romero's name, however, titled "Waiting for Romero to Play".

Cover Tracks#

Bobby Prince made several covers of other bands tracks, and he did so for Doom 1 and 2 all because he was a lawyer.¹ The original song a track is derived from is seen on the left, with the MIDI cover in the middle, and the final release's track on the right.

E1M9 - Hiding the Secrets

Similarly to E1M3, the main riff heard in the direct cover of Alice in Chains "We Die Young" was changed up to be more of Bobby's style, but the drumbeat is primarily the same (albeit a minor tempo change).

E2M1 - I Sawed the Demons

Noticeable note changes, and some changes within the track structure.

E3M2 - Donna to the Rescue

The starting basis of "Leather Rebel" is used for the track, with more instruments added to the mix within the final. Similarly, the main basis of Body Count's "Body Count's in The House" could also be interpreted for an inspiration as another similar riff can be heard.

E3M3 - Deep Into the Code

We also have Slayer's (appropriately fitting) "Behind The Crooked Cross", to the mix of "inspirations" with a fast paced track. Only slight instrument additions and changes.

E3M8 - Facing the Spider

Two different tracks were created from the gritty "Sargent "D" and the S.O.D." from S.O.D., which one was one changed and used for the track when you face Spider Mastermind. Perhaps both were meant to be used within the same level, but who knows.

Unused Covers#

Doom 1/2 has a surprising amount of unused MIDI covers of copyrighted songs. These might either not have fit the quality of the game's theme or were demos.

S.O.D. - Pi Alpha Nu

S.O.D. - Milano Mosh

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride

A modified version of this cover found its way into Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, as the music track "Jungle".

S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die

Slayer - Raining Blood

Slayer - Silent Scream

Stone Temple Pilots - Dead & Bloated

Soundgarden - Rusty Cage

Soundgarden - Outshined

Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers

Alice In Chains - Rain When I Die

Alice In Chains - Rooster

Alice In Chains - Junkhead

Alice In Chains - Dirt

Alice In Chains - God Smack

Pantera - Walk

S.O.D. - March of the S.O.D

References#