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Open letter from id Software's Executive Producer Marty Stratton about the DOOM Eternal soundtrack controversy
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- Title
- DOOM Eternal OST Open Letter
- Authors
- martyatid
- Word count
- 2318 words
It reads too much like id is trying to cover their ass, while Mick is trying to cover his own.
This commenter had an interesting take on the situation Their assumption is it was an awkward intersection between Bethesda and Mick, with Bethesda not quite knowing how to work with a musician, and Mick having some minor issues being a musician with a wide amount of freedom, from a workflow and inspiration perspective. He got everything right for DOOM and was told to basically repeat, which doesn't typically happen. Mismanagement and poorly managed expectations both sides caused the drama that is now playing out, but neither side can see it because they're too close to the situation.
It's just speculation, but it sounds like the most likely cause. I'm even more inclined to think it's a fairly standard corporate/creator beef because of the issues with getting "combat-ready" music, and differences of subjective opinion that caused some of the back and forth mentioned in the post.
I don't know, I honestly haven't paid much attention to this whole situation so I'm not particularly well-informed, but while that's an interesting series of posts, they seem to be talking more about composing, which is tangential. The open letter (and majority of the controversy) is about a soundtrack album that was included with the Collector's Edition, not the music for the game as a whole.
The music was already done and in the game, and needed to be arranged and mixed for an album release (I recognize this is creative work too, but it's not the same as composing). It sounds like Mick Gordon had multiple deadlines and extensions that he agreed to, but failed to deliver what he said he would, so out of desperation they had to use something inferior produced internally. I find it hard to put much blame on id for that. They trusted Mick Gordon to satisfy his responsibilities on the album, and he didn't do it.
Is there something I'm misunderstanding?
I think I got a bit confused. I re-read the letter, and I got it way wrong. It looks like Mick Gordon messed up, and tried to throw id under the bus after id put out the album.