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Eris Falling said:
Since there are lots of questions about PSX Music I may as well add my own, since I'm not sure if it was ever really cleared up.

In PSXMUS09 (used in Deimos Anomaly, Perfect Hatred, Lunar Mining Project), the low 'wailing' apparently are actual words slowed/pitched down by a considerable amount. Is this true, and if so, what are they saying?

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GoatLord said:
Aubrey, if you were asked to do music for "Doom 4," would you, and how similar (or not) would it be to the PSX/N64 versions? Maybe we could get a petition going to make that a reality.

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Sodaholic said:

It's unfortunately probably not very realistic to expect this to happen, but it would be absolutely amazing if he could work on it. I think his idea of what Doom should sound like is far better than whoever did the audio in the final version of Doom 3.

Hell, it'd be really awesome if Aubrey could work with Reznor to create some awesome mixture of styles between the alpha version of Doom 3 and PSX Doom. If only this was more than unrealistic fantasy. :/

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Aubrey Hodges said:


I suppose it would depend on the scale of what they wanted me to accomplish with the audio design and score. My current employer would have to approve and the project would have to have zero impact on my current schedule of games to complete for Backflip Studios. I would bring back the Doom main theme in a bigger, badder and more intense flavor. Most likely have it played by an orchestra and metal band. A combination of Dark Ambient score and musical motifs woven throughout to give the game a more cinematic feeling. It also depends heavily on what they actually create and how story centric the new game will be. It's up to id really, they can feel free to call and see where things go. Either way, I am plenty busy at the moment working on some of the most slick casual games out there.

-Aubrey

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Sodaholic said:
In PC Doom, the levels were much brighter and had plain looking lighting, but in PSX Doom, the levels were very dark and had atmospheric colored lighting. Was this change to the game's visuals made to compliment the new sound direction, or was it already like that before the new sound direction? I can kinda picture them using the original brighter levels since they intended to use the rock music in them.

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DooM_RO said:


Awww, well one can hope :(

What about making midis for some WIP Wads? For instance, the Knee Deep in Zdoom team is currently remaking the second episode of Doom 1 "The Shores of Hell", giving it a major visual and gameplay overhaul.

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esselfortium said:

I'm developing TSoZD's soundtrack, so I'll comment on this: I highly doubt Aubrey would have the time or interest to work on a mod project for free (and completely understandably), with all the professional work he's keeping himself busy with, though it'd certainly be an honor to collaborate with him :)

(And we're not the Knee-Deep in ZDoom team, dammit!)

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Sodaholic said:
If you'd want to get yourself involved in Doom again, Aubrey, you should seriously contact id about it. I know they already have their guy that did the RAGE audio with them, but if you could at least collaborate and provide a bit of direction for them, that'd be a dream come true for many fans, and would make the end product of Doom 4 really awesome from an audio standpoint.

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DoomUK said:


But if he wanted the job that badly, I'm sure he knows what to do.

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Use3D said:


Yeah I really don't think anyone comes here to see Sodaholic being enthusiastic and hopeful that Aubrey Hodges might return to Doom.

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Dragonsbrethren said:

I'm interested to know this too. The darker visuals and darker sound go together so well. I don't think either really would've worked by itself.

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j224 said:
Aubrey, do you still have the original high quality versions of your sounds? I'd be interested in putting them in Doom64 EX.

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Aubrey Hodges said:


Unfortunatly no. Midway retained the rights to that material and now that they are gone I suspect those files lost forever. The completed compositions and all other rights have reverted to me now that they have been abandoned but I no longer have the original samples that were used to make them.

-Aubrey

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Aubrey Hodges said:


Unfortunatly no. Midway retained the rights to that material and now that they are gone I suspect those files lost forever. The completed compositions and all other rights have reverted to me now that they have been abandoned but I no longer have the original samples that were used to make them.

-Aubrey

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Aubrey Hodges said:
Unfortunatly no. Midway retained the rights to that material and now that they are gone I suspect those files lost forever. The completed compositions and all other rights have reverted to me now that they have been abandoned but I no longer have the original samples that were used to make them.

-Aubrey

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Impboy4 said:
Actually, someone did rip them from a ROM and posted all the samples in a thread.

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Gez said:
If you mean ripped from a PSX Doom or Doom 64 ROM, then they aren't going to be the high-quality originals that were talked about.

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Impboy4 said:


Actually, someone did rip them from a ROM and posted all the samples in a thread. I don't think the download link is still working, but I managed to download the zip while it was up in the past. I can happily PM them if you are eager to have them back. Keep in mind, I don't think anyone has done the rips for the Final Doom samples yet since the game uses different formating for its contents.

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Aubrey Hodges said:


I didn't have visuals to go on for quite some time during development. Lighting and actual textures came after the levels were fun to play (which takes a ton of tweaking). I was given great descriptions of what things would look like which helped a great deal. Eventually they got the actual art and lighting pass completed and we were fortunate that the everything came together perfectly.

-Aubrey

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Dragonsbrethren said:

Thanks for the answer. Based on this, I have another question: Did you ever make sounds for the Arch-Vile, or was it already decided that early that the monster wouldn't be making the cut? (It's a long shot, but if you did, do you still have them?)

I'm curious what your Arch-Vile would sound like. I find it the most "alien" sounding monster of the PC version. According to Bobby Prince, its wake up is supposed to be an evil laugh, but it's never sounded anything like a laugh to me, or particularly evil for that matter. It just sounds like an alien form of speech, not at all demonic.

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