Particularly enjoyed his work for Duke Nukem 3D, you could easily tell the difference between the tracks made by Bobby and the ones made by Lee Jackson, Bobby's tracks were a bit darker and more gloomy, adding a lot of atmosphere.
Beautifully written article by the way, as the legend deserves.
bombcaryesterday at 10:32 PM
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.
amatechatoday at 12:59 AM
Ah man, hell no :( The music in DOOM was such a huge influence on me. I had the Macintosh version which IIRC had the .mid files alongside the game, so I hung onto those and listened to them outside of the game quite frequently. I was just a kid at the time, and later on when I discovered bands like Pantera, Slayer, Judas Priest etc. I suddenly "got" all the references (not previously having known they were references/iterations on those bands' songs)! Great memories. RIP \m/
recallingmemoryyesterday at 11:12 PM
Wolfenstein 3D has such memorable tracks for me.. thanks for the music Bobby.
Today I learned that he also did (all of?) the sound effects for Doom.
RIP (and tear)
taffydavidtoday at 8:13 AM
I can easily recall the Duke nukem music, even though I haven't played it in about two decades
MikeShahtoday at 2:22 AM
I've been teaching my students for years about sound and music, and I always showcase Bobby Prince's work. Here's a fun clip of him playing in the early days: https://youtu.be/9w3yoIOK-9U?is=alZLs2OSL8pJ7JEQ
ChrisArchitectyesterday at 8:14 PM
RIP Legend.
Neat that just last month the Library of Congress added the Doom soundtrack to its registry too
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.