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A whole lot of typical corporate waffle. Here is Mick Gordon's post https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-d... providing clear evidence. What a shame. Mick Gordon's Doom Eternal OST is what I use to get through some tough workouts.

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Not from the Eternal OST, but I can't think of a song that gets me more pumped for a big lift than BFG Division from the 2016 soundtrack.

The two DOOM soundtracks made me reconsider what "metal" and "electronic music" mean to me. His use of electronic sounds in a metal-ish context was a breath of fresh air to me. I love guitar driven music, but Mick pushed me into new territory and his work is just legendary.

Annoying that Bethesda has to play these stupid games.

If you haven't already, check out Dance with the Dead. It's John Carpenter meets powermetal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ted2nlBSSRU

Just got around to listening to this album today. Really enjoyed it, thanks for the recommendation!

The Doom 2016 and Eternal soundtracks are also dynamic. In-game events trigger motifs and stingers to play. This makes modern Doom a bit like Rez, which makes it even more awesome.

I've noticed the same happening in cyberpunk too. Really cool. Feels like you're in a movie. Unfortunately that means I never get that same feel when listening to the actual OST outside of the game.

Wonder how possible it would be to get something similar if you paired a sound engine with a health tracker/automation/ML model?

Am I exercising? Pump up the music, I need jamz! Am I at the store? Play inventory music.

BFG Division and The Only Thing They Fear Is You are always on repeat for me. I'm not even a big metal fan, but Mick's music was love at first sound for me. It truly blows my mind how scummy big name video game companies are. Hope Marty Stratton never works in this industry again and Mick wins the good fight.

Have you listened to music by Polyphia.

Yeah, Polyphia is pretty cool (I'm generally a fan of guitar wankery, so they're definitely up my alley).

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