Due to the success of the Doom (2016) soundtrack, composed by Mick Gordon, the Doom Eternal soundtrack was confirmed to have the same treatment, with the same composer, to the excitement of many fans who anticipated the introduction of the product.
When the official soundtrack was released some noticed that most of the soundtrack appeared compressed, unlike Doom (2016).
When brought to Gordon’s attention, he revealed that he only mixed a handful of songs for Eternal, stating that he “wouldn’t have done that,” and later saying that he probably wouldn’t work with Id Software again.
This led to some fans petitioning for Id Software to allow Gordon to release his soundtrack mix, with Gordon mixing it himself, which Id had later shut down for legal reasons.
Id Software followed by releasing a statement revealing that Mick Gordon was having deadline issues, and was willing to let Eternal’s Lead Audio Designer Chad Mossholder mix a majority of the soundtrack.
“It pains me to see such an important part of a game I enjoy being ruined by poor communication amongst its parties,” WJPS senior Ethan Garro stated.
Meantime, WJPS senior Daniel Ian said, “People who are given deadlines to make something extraordinary should decide on their own, and DOOM’s soundtrack that Mick Gordon made was art.”
