On Tuesday, June 16th, award-winning video game sound designer, composer, attorney and Vietnam War veteran Robert Caskin "Bobby" Prince III passed away at the age of 81.
Modern gamers may not immediately recognize Prince's name, but every gamer across the globe has heard his work before, as Prince composed the original iconic soundtrack for 1993's groundbreaking first-person shooter Doom.
Prince's passing comes just over a month after his original Doom soundtrack was selected to be preserved forever in the United States of America's Library of Congress National Recording Registry, the third time a video game soundtrack has ever been inducted into the Library after 1985's Super Mario Bros. and 2011's Minecraft.
However, Prince's career went far beyond the demon-slaying Doom franchise, and while he has passed on, his music and sound design will continue to inspire and live on in the thousands of fans who loved his work, with id Software co-founder and Doom designer John Romero writing on X, "Everyone at Romero Games is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bobby Prince. He left an incredible mark on games and on my life."
The Gaming Career of Bobby...
