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Gordon claims to have proposed an amended schedule to id Software, but was struck down by Stratton. It was simply too early to attempt locking-off music.” The requirement to write, perform, record, produce, mix, master and implement two levels of music–with feedback rounds–every 30 days, when the levels themselves were bare-bone, now looked ridiculous. It was a masterpiece in Excel but a disaster in reality.

“Two months in, it was clear the schedule wasn’t going to work.

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“Communication was slow, with id Software often too busy to respond to basic questions faster than a week: on a two-levels-per-month deadline, that’s a big deal.”Īs such, it was obvious to Gordon early on that id’s proposed schedule of two levels per month was unrealistic. Gordon claims that, even before he signed his contract with id, there were delays in Doom Eternal’s production from the marketing side, compounding the already-slow communication he was experiencing with the office. Difficulties emerged early on when they couldn’t provide those materials in a timely manner.” “To have any hope of accomplishing that, I needed to rely on id Software to provide me with materials illustrating the music’s intended purpose. “One of the game’s key features was music that closely matched gameplay, so aiming to produce finished music for levels still months away didn’t make sense. The schedule, however, demanded I deliver a steady stream of final music immediately,” Gordon wrote. He alleges that he was asked to produce two finished level scores per month, but details on level themes, boss fights, and developer-intended sound cues were unavailable when Gordon began work. Gordon’s post is a long and detailed account of the development of Doom Eternal’s soundtrack that paints a picture of unrealistic deadlines compounded by an unclear vision.

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“Marty’s Reddit post severely impacted both my professional and personal reputation.” “Marty lied about the circumstances surrounding the Doom Eternal Soundtrack and used disinformation and innuendo to blame me entirely for its failure,” Gordon wrote.

Gordon refused, claiming that “the truth is more important.”

Gordon has alleged that he was offered a six-figure settlement to never publicly speak of the Doom Eternal soundtrack debacle. Stratton commented on the matter, claiming that Gordon was slow to deliver his final work, claims denied by Gordon’s Medium post from this week. In that lengthy post, Stratton addressed discrepancies in sound mixing between the Doom Eternal OST and the same track from 2016’s Doom. Gordon’s Medium post is a direct response to a 2020 Reddit thread from Stratton. Per Gordon’s account, this was the byproduct of a disorganized development pipeline fraught with poor scheduling, unforeseen roadblocks, and mismanagement. In a Medium post from this week, Gordon has claimed that developer id Software only paid him for half of his work, and that studio leadership–specifically executive producer Marty Stratton–was regularly abusive throughout the process.Īdditionally, Gordon alleges that he was given very little direction and extremely tight deadlines for his work on the soundtrack, resulting in severe crunch hours.

The post also states that Stratton offered Gordon a six-figure sum to “never speak about the open letter.” ensuring that Gordon took the blame.The controversy over the soundtrack mixing for 2020’s Doom Eternal has reached a boiling point thanks to new comments from composer Mick Gordon. Gordon also claims that he has not been paid for half of the work produced for id Software, that they are still refusing to pay for the work and that he was subject to severe crunch conditions, sleeping in the studio and spending long periods away from family. “Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, incidences of online abuse escalated at an alarming rate as Marty’s Reddit post led to frustration over my alleged professional failure, and toxic gamers grew openly aggressive”. He also states that Stratton’s post “severely impacted” his professional and personal reputation, resulting in threats, abuse and harassment, which can be seen in the new post: Gordon has now posted a lengthy rebuttal to Stratton’s letter, claiming that: “Marty lied about the circumstances surrounding the DOOM Eternal Soundtrack and used disinformation and innuendo to blame me entirely for its failure.” Stratton’s post, made in 2020, addressed the criticism and detailed a version of events that Gordon disputes – effectively claiming that the mixing issues were out of id Software’s hands.

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