"An announcement of this year's new additions to the Registry hails Bobby Prince's 1993 soundtrack as "the perfect riff-shredding accompaniment for the game's demon-slaying journey to hell and back." "Key to Doom's popularity was the adrenaline-fueled soundtrack created by freelance video game music composer Bobby Prince," the LOC asserts, before revealing that the composer took inspiration from "a pile" of CDs loaned by Doom designer John Romero, including "seminal works by Alice in Chains, Pantera and Metallica.""
"Prince was apparently "fascinated" by the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) and used his knowledge of the standard "to ensure that the sound effects he created could cut through the music by assigning them to different MIDI frequencies." That approach, the LOC says, saw the Doom soundtrack "go on to inspire countless remixes and lay the foundation for future generations of game composers.""
"The Doom soundtrack is the third recording to make its way into the National Recording Registry, which added the Super Mario theme by Koji Kondo in 2023 and last year selected Daniel Rosenfeld's Minecraft: Volume Alpha soundtrack. Joining the Doom soundtrack in the archive are Taylor Swift's 2014 album "1989," Beyoncé's 2008 tune "Single Ladies" and Weezer's 1994 debut "The Blue Album.""
The Library of Congress added the 1993 Doom soundtrack to the National Recording Registry. The soundtrack is described as an adrenaline-fueled accompaniment for the game’s demon-slaying journey. Bobby Prince created the music as a freelance video game composer and drew inspiration from CDs loaned by Doom designer John Romero, including works by Alice in Chains, Pantera, and Metallica. Prince was fascinated by MIDI and used it to assign sound effects to different MIDI frequencies so they could cut through the music. The soundtrack went on to inspire countless remixes and influence future game composers. The Registry also added Super Mario’s theme, Minecraft: Volume Alpha, Taylor Swift’s 1989, Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” and Weezer’s The Blue Album.
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