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Ander Hammer:

--- Quote from: emulord on August 01, 2012, 12:18 ---Heres why the music has less mojo. The midis are in a sense flawless. They convey the appropriate feeling and play it mechanically and exactly. The tones are mathematically generated. All this adds to the evil atmosphere.

The versions with real instruments in comparison sound like a garage band trying to play metallica songs. I honestly believe midi or similar is the best artistic choice for the game's mood. Fixing any midi looping issues is probably a great idea because it would remove the only tiny source of imperfection in the midi soundtrack.

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You don't honestly believe that Doom's music wasn't inspired by (and, at certain points in certain songs, all but take bits and pieces of arrangements directly from) the likes of Metallica, and Slayer, and Alice in Chains, and other popular metal/rock/metal- and/or rock-ish artists of the time. The music has its charm because that genre has its charm; Doom's original music is a guy with a synthesizer pretending he's a garage band trying to play Metallica songs.

By comparison, DoomRL's music is almost, but not quite, the same thing. If I had to guess, I'd say that much of DoomRL's music is composed in MIDI, then played back with 'nicer' instruments and recorded in higher quality.

If you like the MIDIs, it's personal preference. If you don't like the .oggs, there's a 'low-quality' version of the game that's raw MIDI.

Melon:
Original Doom music?

That's a rip of from Pantera, Metallica, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Alice in Chains, Slayer and several other bands. Possible every single Doom "song" contains a riff stolen from other song. There are a lot of examples on youtube

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