id Software co-founder John Romero recently posted this video on his blog Planet Romero, consisting of a brief tour through the id office, followed by pre-release footage of the original DOOM. About two minutes in, they sit down with id Software composer Bobby Prince, who demos a track he originally wrote for Keen Dreams, simulating a Blaze family dinner conversation through musical “speech.” He also shows how the individual character themes in Pickle Wars actually combine to form a complex polyphonic piece highlighting different aspects of the group’s inner dynamic. And then John Romero plays DOOM for 20 minutes…
Are you a fan of Bobby Prince’s work? What was your favorite song or soundtrack of his? Nostalgiate in the comments section below!
Tags: Bobby Prince, DOOM, id Software, John Romero, Keen Dreams, Pickle Wars, Videos
This is awesome. I’ve heard that Bobby Prince is really hard to get in touch with, even from people who’ve arranged his music on OCR and stuff. I just hope that the people who was talking to on the camera were appreciative of what he was doing… I totally dug it, but if I didn’t give a shit about music, I’d think he was crazy.
He has a blog that he updated pretty regularly until about a month ago. Actually quite informative for any potential VG composers out there.
http://bpmusic.com/getting_started_composing/
Bobby Prince, is the man.