Why is the soundtrack so disappointing?

[budyll]

So, I've played the game a lot and I must say that the soundtrack in it is really mediocre. I'm a fan of a lot of different styles of music but to me in here it's completely uninspired. It seems to be a mix of heavy/thrash/industrial metal but the compositions are bland, poor and lack that sort of "kick".

I've ended up turning the in-game music off and playing with some of my own music playing in the background via the Steam Big Picture music player.

Did anyone else found the game soundtrack poor? I've even listened to it all on youtube and still wasn't impressed by it.

[Skankhunt42]

Go listen to your Justin Bieber.

[budyll]

Originally posted by HAL9076:

Go listen to your Justin Bieber.

Go troll somewhere else :x?!

I just said that the soundtrack is mediocre. I'm a huge fan of heavy music but in here the soundtrack is simply "meh". I've ended up playing with Danzig/3 Inches of Blood/Judas Priest & Motorhead in the background.

PS. It's awesome how highly you think about the guy you wrote about by writing his name with capital letters...

[arkngt]

I actually play with the music off as I find it distracting, but that said I'm pretty sure Mick Gordon will get plenty of awards for best music in video games this year. I really enjoyed watching the Behind The Music videos, he seems very cool:

https://youtu.be/ua-f0ypVbPA?list=LLwsLbqRZ_Sr5dFR8A1OBKvw

https://youtu.be/1g-7-dFXOUU

[Michael]

Originally posted by budyll:

PS. It's awesome how highly you think about the guy you wrote about by writing his name with capital letters...

That's how you're supposed to write proper nouns.

I'm sure no one cares about your taste in music and that's all it is. You haven't made a profound insight into the game.

It seems that your musical taste is British heavy metal bands from from the 1970s and 80s. The reason the soundtrack doesn't sound like that is because they are all dead or dying.

[budyll]

Originally posted by Michael:

It seems that your musical taste is British heavy metal bands from from the 1970s and 80s. The reason the soundtrack doesn't sound like that is because they are all dead or dying.

3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian and Danzig American bands respectively. You say that my "taste" is British music because I wrote the names of two British bands? These are just the ones I'm listening to while playing DOOM.

I didn't say that the soundtrack of the game is awful, I just find it to be boring and simply bland.
Most of my favorite bands are American ones: Quiet Riot, Black Stone Cherry, Shaman's Harvest, The Parlor Mob, Disturbed, Sevendust, AM Conspiracy, Godsmack, Danzig, Pearl Jam, Bullets & Octane or Static X, just to name a few.

[Michael]

Originally posted by budyll:

You say that my "taste" is British music because I wrote the names of two British bands? These are just the ones I'm listening to while playing DOOM.

Yes I say that because the bands you listed are, obviously, to your musical taste aren't they Sherlock?

You see how this works now?

I didn't say that the soundtrack of the game is awful, I just find it to be boring and simply bland.

No one cares because it's completely subjective.

Most of my favorite bands are American ones: Quiet Riot, Black Stone Cherry, Shaman's Harvest, The Parlor Mob, Disturbed, Sevendust, AM Conspiracy, Godsmack, Danzig, Pearl Jam, Bullets & Octane or Static X, just to name a few.

No one cares.

Everyone has different taste in music. Your taste is no better or worse except your ego makes you think it is.

Whatever music they used some would like it, some wouldn't. See that? Maybe someone else is listening to avant-garde experimental jazz or Egyptian 4 holed-nose-flute sonatas while they play Doom because, ta-da, that's the music they like.

Personally, when I'm gaming, I'm listening to all the audio cues that tell me where enemies are and what they are doing. Shutting that out puts you at a big disadvantage, especially in MP games. Maybe singleplayer you get away with a bit more.

[budyll]

Originally posted by Michael:

Personally, when I'm gaming, I'm listening to all the audio cues that tell me where enemies are and what they are doing. Shutting that out puts you at a big disadvantage, especially in MP games. Maybe singleplayer you get away with a bit more.

I wasn't talking about turning off sound effects (shooting, walking sounds etc.), but music.

I do realize that everyone has different musical tastes, but as a fan of metal/rock music (and that's the music that is being used in the game) I find it simply mediocre. The composer for the game seems to not be the greatest one around, as I didn't find the music in Wolfenstein The New Order good either, and the score for that game was created by the same guy.

[Skankhunt42]

So, then go listen to your Justin Bieber.

[Plaxus]

And... I stopped reading at the word "uninspired"

Such a worthless word.

Assuming you're not just another complainer that needed something new to complain about.
I think the OST is kinda cool. It samples from the orginal doom, but they play it at a super low tune.

[Altrix]

Originally posted by budyll:

Originally posted by Michael:

Personally, when I'm gaming, I'm listening to all the audio cues that tell me where enemies are and what they are doing. Shutting that out puts you at a big disadvantage, especially in MP games. Maybe singleplayer you get away with a bit more.

I wasn't talking about turning off sound effects (shooting, walking sounds etc.), but music.

I do realize that everyone has different musical tastes, but as a fan of metal/rock music (and that's the music that is being used in the game) I find it simply mediocre. The composer for the game seems to not be the greatest one around, as I didn't find the music in Wolfenstein The New Order good either, and the score for that game was created by the same guy.

The guy also made the OST for Killer Instinct. Mick Gordon is a genius who deserves all the praise and jobs he gets even if you have not (yet?) learned to enjoy progressive music. All Gordon's music has better grooves than any other game OST to date, which is kind of a shame.

[Fenix]

Lol if this badass ost made by ONE MAN!! is disappointing? Then what isn't? xDD

[Cross{x}Hair]

Im a big metal fan. I found this one of the most memorable soundtracks in years. So much I told my DJ mate who is in to COMPLETELY different music to me to have a listen.

[Gokki]

The sound quality in game is pretty bad. the .flac files with over 2Mbits/s sound amazing and my good headphones aren't actually good enough for it. The music is amazing and fits exactly with what the game is.

[Hamzer the Conqueror (of lands)]

One of the best soundtracks of last year imo. And most of the gaming world seems to agree. Have you LISTENED to the beast that is BFG Division?

[Hatsune Miku]

The DOOM soundtrack is alot of things, but "uninspired" is not one of them.

It's energetic, vibrant, chaotic and is basically a masterfully crafted musical conversion of the game's action sequence, and i kneel to Mick Gordon for being able to pull such a feat.

This game would not benefit in having a pure guitar rock soundtrack. That'll just make things too cheesy to the point of it all being appaling.

But i guess it all depends on your music taste. People can dislike masterpieces, and people can love technically lacking music.

But only stone-hearted hollows would lack the mental and emotional capacity to love BFG Division, no matter their musical taste.