This page lists the music for the original classic Doom game. For Doom II, Final Doom, and Doom (2016) music, see the links at the bottom of the page.
All of Doom music was composed by Robert Prince. The fourth episode added in The Ultimate Doom did not include any new tracks and only used songs from the first three episodes.
Many of the songs were inspired by or closely mirror popular rock and metal songs of that era, from groups such as Alice in Chains, D.R.I, Metallica, Pantera and Slayer.
List
| Track name | Levels | MUS lump | Possibly based on or inspired by |
|---|---|---|---|
| At Doom's Gate | E1M1 | d_e1m1 | Metallica - "No Remorse, Master of Puppets" similar to D.R.I - "Hooked", Suicidal Tendencies - "Trip at the Brain", Queen - "More of That Jazz" (from 3:09 to 3:20) and Overkill - "Who Tends the Fire" (from 4:22 for 20 seconds) also Dokken - "Lightnin' Strikes Again" and Ozzy Osbourne - "Demon Alcohol" (from 2:39 for 8 seconds), Ария (Aria) - "Это рок" (This is rock) and The Damned - "We Love You (Radio Session)" |
| The Imp's Song | E1M2 | d_e1m2 | Metallica - "The Thing That Should Not Be", also similar to Judas Priest - "Heavy Metal" |
| Dark Halls | E1M3 | d_e1m3 | Slayer - "Criminally Insane", also similar to ABC - "If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely", The Who - "Baba O'Riley" and Colin Newman - "Better Late Than Never" (same intro) |
| Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names) | E1M4 | d_e1m4 | Pantera - "Rise", similar to Helmet - "Unsung" and Сергей Курёхин - "The Tragedy In The Style Of Minimalism" |
| Suspense | E1M5 | d_e1m5 | Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Placebo Effect", comparable to The Cure - "Pornography", also similar to Helmet - "Turned Out" (at the 2:55 mark in the song.) |
| E4M4 | |||
| On the Hunt | E1M6 | d_e1m6 | Believer - "Sanity Obscure" |
| E3M6 | d_e3m6 | ||
| Demons on the Prey | E1M7 | d_e1m7 | Candlemass - "Mourners Lament" |
| E2M5 | d_e2m5 | ||
| E3M5 | d_e3m5 | ||
| E4M8 | d_e2m5 | ||
| Sign of Evil | E1M8 | d_e1m8 | King Crimson - "Starless" |
| E3M4 | d_e3m4 | ||
| E4M1 | |||
| Hiding the Secrets | E1M9 | d_e1m9 | The Stranglers - "Down in the Sewer" and Alice in Chains - "We Die Young" (the drumming in particular is identical, albeit faster) |
| E3M9 | d_e3m9 | ||
| E4M9 | d_e1m9 | ||
| I Sawed the Demons | E2M1 | d_e2m1 | AC/DC - "Big Gun", Ozzy Osbourne - "Lightning Strikes", comparable to Helstar - "Burning Star", Accept - "I'm a Rebel" and Metallica - "Master of Puppets" |
| The Demons from Adrian's Pen | E2M2 | d_e2m2 | Metallica - "The Call of Ktulu", also comparable to Devil Doll - "Mr. Doctor" and Joy Division - "Day of the Lords" |
| Intermission from DOOM | E2M3 | d_e2m3 |
Pantera - "Regular People (Conceit)" (same intro), Diamond Head - "Am I Evil?" (the main riff after the intro) and The Stranglers - "Bring on the Nubiles" |
| Intermission Music | d_inter | ||
| They're Going to Get You | E2M4 | d_e2m4 | Alice Cooper - "Killer", also similar to Аукцыон - "Радиодиверсия" (from 2:56) |
| E4M6 | |||
| Sinister | E2M6 | d_e2m6 | James Horner - "Going After Newt", similar to Candlemass - "Gothic Stone" |
| E4M7 | |||
| Waltz of the Demons | E2M7 | d_e2m7 | Camille Saint-Saëns - "Danse Macabre" |
| E3M7 | d_e3m7 | ||
| E4M5 | d_e2m7 | ||
| Nobody Told Me About id | E2M8 | d_e2m8 | Little Nemo - "La Ballade des Pendus" |
| Untitled | E2M9 | d_e2m9 | Pantera - "Mouth for War" |
| E3M1 | d_e3m1 | ||
| Donna to the Rescue | E3M2 | d_e3m2 | Judas Priest - "Leather Rebel", also comparable to Body Count - "Body Count's in The House" |
| E4M2 | |||
| Deep into the Code | E3M3 | d_e3m3 | Slayer - "Behind the Crooked Cross", also comparable to Saxon - "Heavy Metal Thunder" |
| E4M3 | |||
| Facing the Spider | E3M8 | d_e3m8 | S.O.D. - "Sargent D & The S.O.D.", also comparable to Slayer - "Silent Scream", Black Sabbath - "Symptom of the Universe" and Venom - "Red Light Fever" |
| Intermission from Doom | Title Music | d_inter | |
| The End of DOOM | Victory Music | d_victor | Electric Light Orchestra - "Look at Me Now" and Jean-Luc Ponty - "Cosmic Messenger", also comparable to The Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby" |
| Sweet Little Dead Bunny | Endgame Music | d_bunny | The Muffin Man (traditional nursery rhyme) and Gamma Ray - "Space Eater" |
- Exactly which song "At Doom's Gate" is based on has been disputed, because this style of riff was hugely popular in 1980s heavy metal. It is mostly agreed that the chorus riff of Metallica's "No Remorse" was the song Prince was trying to emulate. However the riff, almost verbatim, is also featured in D.R.I.'s "Hooked" from their 1987 LP Crossover, while Metallica's "Master of Puppets" has a similar riff and is also suggested. A similar sequence is heard in "The Family Ghost" by King Diamond (the approximately 2:05 into the song). Slayer's "Behind The Crooked Cross" at 1:08, Blackmayne's "Twilight Of Lear" from their 1985 LP Blackmayne, Aria's "Это Pок" (English: "This Is Doom" or "This Is Fate") from their 1985 debut album Мания Величия (English: Megalomania) are also possible, as well as Bathory's "Necromansy". Also similar riff can be heard in Yngwie Malmsteen's "Caught in the Middle", Judas Priest's "Painkiller" at the beginning, Grave Digger's "Get Away" and Warlock's "Metal Racer" at 1:54.
- The Doom IWAD file includes two title screen MIDI lumps, d_intro and d_introa. The latter is used when using OPL MIDI playback (i.e. on an Adlib or Soundblaster card).
See also
- Music
- Doom II music
- Unused Doom music
- Final Doom TNT music
- Final Doom Plutonia music
- Doom Music (album)
- The Dark Side of Phobos
- Steve Rot's Doom Tribute
External links
- Doomworld.com page about Doom music
- Doom Covers, an article at Doomworld in which a few samples of Prince's music are compared with his sources (it should be noted E3M8 is compared to the wrong song)
- Thread about remastered Doom and Doom II soundtracks, from the Doomworld forums
- Doom music synthesized and converted to MP3s
- Classic DOOM 3 Original Mod Soundtrack SonicClang's remake of the music from Knee Deep in the Dead.
- Youtube Playlist of Music Doom covered
- Doom (2016) Music Full Soundtrack (Youtube)