Doom Eternal OST Released Today, But…

Good news, Mick Gordon fans! Doom Eternal’s soundtrack is now available. However, it’s meant for Doom Eternal Collector’s Edition owners.

https://twitter.com/idSoftware/status/1251593814944428039

In addition, a few folks on Twitter found out that some tunes on the soundtrack aren’t mixed properly. Comparisons were made between a track from the Doom (2016) album and Doom Eternal’s, which features less definition on its wavelength (ie: more compressed and sounds poor by comparison).

Here's a comparison between the original BFG Division from Doom 2016's official soundtrack (left) vs. the BFG 2020 remix on Eternal's soundtrack from today (right).

Notice how the wavelengths in BFG 2020 form a nearly perfectly straight bar vs. the original with more definition pic.twitter.com/TCJRdOe1Yf

— Doominal Crossing 4: Beyond (@DoominalCross) April 19, 2020

Doom Eternal composer Mick Gordon said that he didn’t mix most of the tracks. This could be a Bethesda issue where someone who didn’t have any musical knowledge just mixed the track and shipped it as is.

Mick Gordon is a far more talented audio engineer than me, it's not even close & that's what makes this especially frustrating. I expect much better from him. Again, the music itself is phenomenal, but this mix on the official soundtrack is frankly terrible.

— Doominal Crossing 4: Beyond (@DoominalCross) April 19, 2020

For more on Doom Eternal,check out our review of the game.