id Software’s Marty Stratton Clarifies Doom Eternal Soundtrack Snafu, Confirms Mick Gordon Is Out For DLC
id Software’s Marty Stratton has clarified what happened with Doom Eternal’s OST in a lengthy Reddit post.
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A few weeks back, Doom Eternal composer Mick Gordon stated that he wasn’t responsible for the official soundtrack Bethesda had given buyers of the game’s Collector’s Edition. After some social media posts about how he didn’t mix all of the included tracks and wouldn’t be working with id Software in the future, we now have a much better idea of what happened behind the scenes.
In a lengthy post on the r/Doom subreddit, Eternal’s executive producer Marty Stratton explained what went “wrong” with the OST release. “Some have suggested that we’ve been careless with or disrespectful of the game music. Others have speculated that Mick wasn’t given the time or creative freedom to deliver something different or better,” Marty states. “The fact is – none of that is true.”
Winding back a little, after Mick’s comments, fans began to speculate that either publisher Bethesda or id had held Mick back during the mixing process. There were a ton of unsubstantiated claims that he wasn’t given creative freedom or that Bethesda rushed out a soundtrack to capitalize on Eternal’s hype. Others also looked at the waveforms of each track and began to state that id’s audio engineers royally screwed up the mixing, resulting in inferior quality.
As it turns out, that is completely false. According to Stratton, Mick had requested some extensions to his deadlines that the company was happy to meet. Their previous working relationship had been good, so there was no reason to mistrust his claim of having things ready by launch. When the launch was fast approaching, Mick requested another extension and was given a specific timeframe to avoid consumer protection laws kicking in.
That’s where the biggest issue stems from. In early April, Stratton got in touch with Mick to inform him that id’s audio engineer, Chad Mossholder, would be working with the in-game music to create a comprehensive OST for fans. He asked if the two could collaborate to hit their intended release date, to which Mick agreed. Sadly, when release day rolled around, Mick only provided 12 tracks, and id was forced to release the work it had on hand.
The Reddit post goes into far more detail than I can here, but suffice to say, it was just a bad situation all around. id gave Mick the freedom he needed, but his perfectionism basically forced the company’s hand. While there is the potential of higher quality mixes coming in the future, for now, Mick Gordon will not be working on the soundtrack for Eternal’s DLC. That is a bit of a shame but is completely understandable given the situation.
Source: Reddit
Link Source : https://www.thegamer.com/doom-eternal-ost-clarification/