DOOM II - Complete MIDI soundtrack (Roland SC-55). 1994. PC MS-DOS

Doom II MIDI Soundtrack on a Roland SC-55 mkII module.
Music written by Robert C. Prince III (aka Bobby Prince).
00:09 Title Music
00:27 Running From Evil (MAP01/MAP15)
04:20The Healer Stalks (MAP02/MAP11/MAP17)
09:16 Countdown To Death (MAP03/MAP21)
13:09 Between Levels (MAP04)
15:47 DOOM (MAP05/MAP13)
20:08 In The Dark (MAP06/MAP12/MAP24)
27:10 Shawn's Got The Shotgun (MAP07/MAP19/MAP29)
31:31 The Dave D. Taylor Blues (MAP08/MAP14/MAP22)
36:35 Into Sandy's City (MAP09)
41:17 The Demon's Dead (MAP10/MAP16)
45:44 Waiting For Romero To Play (MAP18/MAP27)
50:54 Message For The Archvile (MAP20/MAP26)
55:37 Bye Bye American Pie (MAP23)
57:18 Adrian's Asleep (MAP25)
59:15 Getting Too Tense (MAP28)
1:04:01 Opening To Hell (MAP30)
1:08:42 Evil Incarnate (MAP31)
1:09:56 The Ultimate Challenge/The Ultimate Conquest (MAP32)
1:11:17 Intermission
1:14:11Endgame
Game developed and published by id Software in 1994 for PC MS-DOS.
Retail version marketed and distributed by GT Interactive.
Distributed in Europe by Virgin Interactive Entertainment under GT Interactive license.

[@barbarianbros]

00:09 Title Music 00:27 Running From Evil (MAP01/MAP15) 04:20The Healer Stalks (MAP02/MAP11/MAP17) 09:16 Countdown To Death (MAP03/MAP21) 13:09 Between Levels (MAP04) 15:47 DOOM (MAP05/MAP13) 20:08 In The Dark (MAP06/MAP12/MAP24) 27:10 Shawn's Got The Shotgun (MAP07/MAP19/MAP29) 31:31 The Dave D. Taylor Blues (MAP08/MAP14/MAP22) 36:35 Into Sandy's City (MAP09) 41:17 The Demon's Dead (MAP10/MAP16) 45:44 Waiting For Romero To Play (MAP18/MAP27) 50:54 Message For The Archvile (MAP20/MAP26) 55:37 Bye Bye American Pie (MAP23) 57:18 Adrian's Asleep (MAP25) 59:15 Getting Too Tense (MAP28) 1:04:01 Opening To Hell (MAP30) 1:08:42 Evil Incarnate (MAP31) 1:09:56 The Ultimate Challenge/The Ultimate Conquest (MAP32) 1:11:17 Intermission 1:14:11Endgame

[@VitorMach]

8:02 that's so friggin' smooth, goddamn...

[@Hjominbonrun]

takes me back..... also, am I so old that I can say things like 'Takes me back'

[@xyxxyx4883]

Lift music XD

[@FinalManaTrigger]

The instrumentation is so much better here. The bass especially has more impact.

[@MrGohtrunks]

It sounds even better at 1.5 speed imo

[@KingLich451]

great when making maps

[@FinalManaTrigger]

My favorite track is "Between Levels", the woefully underutilized one. Sounds so fucking awesome here it brings tears.

[@ledderfayes]

Imo the Dave d Taylor blues really get slept on

[@thepolardesert]

Is it me or does it have "The Police" feel to it? No Time This Time has a similar sound

[@Konrad_Karlovich_Mihelson]

Красавчик!

[@Ohbabynah]

So wait how did it sound like with the gameplay ?

[@barbarianbros]

Roland Music + Soundblaster SFX.

[@ahmadjaber1808]

00:09 when mom types "p" into the search bar

[@anthonymartinez9457]

😂😂

[@maxrichards5925]

Lmao

[@Brodelsteen]

Thank you for uploading gameplay with no SFX, just music. You rule

[@realnihilanth]

16:48 any time I run I find myself breathing in and out and pace to this rhythm - even 20+ yrs later. This music has become the internal clock of my respiratory system

[@modev4163]

I scream like the Doom guy when I step on small jagged object's bare foot

[@NiIex]

Endgame @ 1:14:11 is my nr1 game music score of all time. Before that I never payed much attention to music more than it being an ambiance backdrop.

[@calebzombie]

I used to hum that one as a kid all the time lol

[@maxrichards5925]

It’s my favorite song from doom 2 & that’s after listening to the whole soundtrack

[@nirv]

43:29 - always loved this part.

[@lucadicesare2126]

I felt that

[@HardwareFahrrad]

I felt that

[@ZeLilFish]

The essence of the whole OST

[@MedicineBall]

So do I！

[@Homer625]

That was always my favorite tune from the soundtrack. That and the opening track. That tune is taken from Black Sabbath's "After All/The Dead"

[@smellycatgamingofficial]

My favorite part 0:00-1:19:02

[@Konrad_Karlovich_Mihelson]

100% 👍

[@SheaMcCombs]

Finally, none of that SoundBlaster wave table garbage

[@AnnNightNoxana]

I remember buying DOOM on Steam two months back and hearing that garbage made me shudder. Thank God the game itself is gold.

[@dennisb6574]

@Purple Nerd you also have a sourceport aimd at preserving the original releases authenticity. check out chocolate doom

[@barbarianbros]

@Django Fett : To legally get the DOOM.WAD the sourceports need to play the entire game ? Sourceports and alternate engines only come with the shareware Doom WAD (Bethesda would not let anyone play the full game for free)

[@barbarianbros]

@Purple Nerd : I was answering Django Fett question : "why would you buy Doom on Steam?".

[@Knightlain]

@Purple Nerd There's chocolate doom out there

[@lo-kidank4040]

54:29 Is probably my favorite part of any doom song

[@TES_735]

🤝MY MAN

[@mementomori9996]

Just the part I was trying to find! Thanks

[@GenericInternetter]

If MIDI guitar solos are what you enjoy, then here ya go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZynmZpve8aAg9U

[@ZeLilFish]

Way too funky for this game, and still so fitting

[@Sheerspeechcraft]

Same

[@degh6543aqkk]

This is how it exactly sounded 25 years ago!🤘🏻

[@Sgt_Glory]

@[the postal dude] lol I had SB16 on my Dad's computer, this sounds _loads_ better.

[@n.constantin.207]

Just in a Rolland sc-55

[@colbyboucher6391]

25 years ago you would've heard it through OPL or something, which sounds awful...

[@KingLich451]

18:15 seems like some notes are missing there

[@EwMusik68KydAvonWestCarti]

Yeah I hear what your saying. Something mustve happened while transferring midi's.

[@Trench303]

1:04:01 is actually in doom eternal, it’s the main theme for the game

[@phobosvb6900]

Omg your a genius, I wouldn't have known that if not for you

[@greenbroccoli3128]

1:08:42 my favorite music :) Sounds like an military hideout music

[@lewispig07]

it's originally from spear of destiny, a prequel to wolfenstein 3D hence the military vibes

[@kobraavala9345]

13:09 My fav track in the whole game.

[@modev4163]

I would be happy to learn it on bass guitar

[@prdoggo1896]

20:08 that hurt to watch

[@barbarianbros]

Yeah. I didn't remember where was the swich to remove the crates... (Haven't played for years...)

[@unusualcone8866]

@@notachannelanymore-y1g What I think happens here is Doomguy picking up this small box and placing it next to a bigger one to get on it.

[@FLYNN_TAGGART]

Fun fact: 15:47 is allegedly supposed to sound like a voice saying DOOM - and the name of that song.

[@Ralster]

Dang I literally just realized that and commented it, and am now reading you comment haha

[@MiDnYTe25]

I was surprised to actually hear "DOOOOM" in this version, because in the PC version of the game, it doesn't quite sound like this.

[@homosexualsapiens]

it sounds more like its saying hoe tbh

[@ManiacalflameYT]

Oh I always thought that was a coincidence. That’s what I thought I was hearing as soon as it started

[@xyannail4678]

54:30

[@victorlgcarvalho]

"The Healer Stalks" is amazing. Many times I get myself imitating it's bass lines...

[@theredkey3288]

oh my god i started this game when i was 3. holy shit. this takes me back to the good days of my life

[@btv4120]

I saw your username and shouted it out loud in excitement. Love it

[@RaizPodre]

45:45 One of my favorites.

[@youreshouldoflearntgrammer8277]

The absolute best! He took inspiration from Pantera's "This Love" and created this totally awesome, spooky Doom-track! :D

[@beefquiche]

Good call ❤️

[@mrburns366]

@@youreshouldoflearntgrammer8277 "Inspiration" lol good one!

[@Daehawk]

takes me back to all nighters. Many all nighters.

[@icecooldudeboy1713]

1:04:18 its the menu theme for doom eternal

[@guybrushthreepwood1090]

36:36 was always my favourite - it sounds so much like the music equivalent of “let’s get shit done with a shotgun”

[@trollpolice3_]

the title sounds like cats singing while entering the 13th layer of hell

[@HouseOfSpheres]

Bobby Prince is my favorite performer of 12-bar blues

[@noir66146]

im making a custom mega wad... and upon learning how to rewrite the background music... DEFINATELY choosing to keep it as is.... can't beat this stuff man. LEGIT

[@GenericInternetter]

really good, clean quality version of the music, excellent!

[@Ohbabynah]

The Roland was hard to buy . We had to suffer with the sound blaster or we couldn’t play the game. But wow it really sounded like that ???

[@midi_feline]

Just play without sound :3

[@ReaperX7]

Damn, the Roland SC-55 thumps! Have these ever been converted to OGG files and made into a pk3 add-on for GZDoom? These kick!

[@Am3rican_Empire]

42:59 there was a medkit right there

[@MrTomas7777]

Goddamn MAP01/MAP15 music feels so smooth using SC-55 compared to shitty MS GS Wavetable Synth lol It's like MS GS gives you headaches while SC-55 feels relaxing...

[@APerson-ni1gb]

I Also thought Doom II(2) came out 1995 ? But I guess there was just an upgrade with Windows95 ? As it was nicknamed Doom95 I remember

[@barbarianbros]

DOOM II was released on October 10th 1994 for MS-DOS. Re-released in 1995 as a DOS/Windows95 game.

[@themikep82]

guitar solo starting at 2:42 is so damn good

[@sebascami01]

excelente Soundtrack Doom 2 me recuerda que lo jugué bastante en los 90 hasta pesadillas me daba me volví fanático hasta ahora lo juego de tiempo en tiempo

[@mrandrossguy9871]

I recall 36:35INTO SANDY CITY being Higher Pitch ?

[@MiDnYTe25]

Sounds correct to me

[@dehypnotizer]

Holy moly, that's some quality upload! Thanks, buddy!

[@sr3d-microphones]

I made a tape (yes, an actual tape!) of this decades ago and played it in my car at the time... golden days... :O)

[@BloodRedFox2008]

Shawn's Got the Shotgun's always been my personal favorite. It's quite literally doom metal as fuck (as in the genre).

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

sounds like its been slightly inspired by metallica's "Thing that should not be"

[@jinxie1080]

@@rionthemagnificent2971 It's basically South of Heaven by Slayer

[@modev4163]

Before you see the light, you must dieeeeeee! Tom Araya most likely

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

​@@jinxie1080only the drums tho

[@cornishphilosopher]

You didn't get the chainsaw

[@MrVakial]

45:45 You keep this love!!!

[@PatrickvonMassow]

So this is the device Bobby Prince composed the tracks on/for, meaning this is how it was meant to sound like? Puts my whole childhood into question. For me, the music coming from my AWE32 was always "the way it's supposed to be".

[@doominickjackson5359]

Sandy City will always be my favorite doom 2 ost

[@richardsharpe1863]

Good thing my computer has a Soundblaster-compatible soundcard to play this.

[@barbarianbros]

@@richardsharpe1863 it did not sound like this on the 'adlib/soundblaster' (and compatibles) FM chip.

[@APerson-ni1gb]

YES THIS is How it sounded right from Computer ! DOS huh Also 2:40 lol best

[@crystallizationofthesoul7095]

1:09:57 I never saw the map of that music or even any moment in the Doom 2 game where that music plays! I only herad it from the music archive! Ultima Challenge?? Hmmmmm I knew it as Ultima MIDI!

[@MinekEzQM]

It's the music of the very last map of the original Wolfenstein 3D. The DOOM-ed version of the map is the hidden map of Doom II. As BurroZebra says, it starts from the secret exit of Map 15, then from the secret map, you need to find the super secret exit....

[@michaelmouton53]

This is awesome! I still actively play DOOM II using LZDoom 3.85 (has the best features imo). LZDoom plays the tracks using Fluidsynth, but the SC-55 recordings just sound soooooooo much better. They have much better character! Thanks for uploading this dude!

[@nimlouth]

If you're playing on windows, you can install CoolSoft's VirtualMIDISynth and download a SC-55 soundfont made by the community (there's a fairly active thread about it in the doomworld forums). It won't sound 100% like the real deal but it gets oh so close! I just can't even play with non-midi OSTs anymore haha. (And yeah, I tested it and also works on LZDoom!)

[@bigblueassbaby9074]

You can use soundfonts with Fluidsynth. Just find a nice SC-55 soundfont and you’ll have the SC-55 tracks.

[@UKRKOSMOS]

сделай в mp3 или flac пожалуйста

[@xuntara6055]

i like the background :_)

[@nightmarezer0507]

Music written by Robert C. Prince III (aka Bobby Prince). 55:37You sure about that?

[@juniorsilvabroadcast]

Make this available as a flac file download. maybe we can add it to the game with gzdoom

[@canalaleatorio1821]

13:09 My favorite music of Doom II :)

[@Butterscotch_96]

0:27 That fucking house It ruined this beautiful song

[@dancewithpianosteve]

Really awesome music. Playing it now. Back then it was only pc speaker sound.. at the highest adlib By far no MIDI. This is awesome

[@gamerboy-ou4fv]

Runnin from evil is legendary

[@UKRKOSMOS]

бляха, как афигенно! 👍

[@WeiSei-bs1ky]

The gameplay drives me insane but i love the music dude

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Yeah THIS is how it sounded in quality on the PC !

[@oldschooldude8370]

Awe32/64 or Gravis was the best. The cards were very expensive unfortunately.

[@kergoat29]

in my pentium233 mmx i have a picogus + mt32pi ! you have gravis + midi roland sc55 !!

[@cynical8330]

Into the dark sounds so fucking metal

[@joshuasantana6788]

intermission hand's down.

[@leonardovallerodriguez7321]

what a beautiful soundtrack

[@Sanstheskandmario]

My favorite song 55:38

[@jatmachado]

great tunes. I think one of my favorites must bem "Waiting For Romero To Play" and "Bye Bye American Pie".

[@squishyblanket]

I remember the bass being... slappier. Especially for tracks like In The Dark. In fact the whole soundtrack just sounds kinda off. I much prefer the tracks uploaded by Jim DarkMagic, even if they're at a much lower bitrate. There's a playlist that's full of (mostly) his uploads: kzbin.info/aero/PLAD2502F2CB75CC90

[@Crackers0106]

I don't, too much reverb.

[@hesliterallymebro]

This version of in the dark is better cause it sounds more erie.

[@benrichardson5798]

No, the original midi had the fretless bass, not the slap. Those uploaded by Jim DarkMagic, for some reason, are a bit different from the originals (different instruments, different endings like in e2m3,etc.). To be honest, I prefer the fretless bass from the original.

[@benrichardson5798]

@@hesliterallymebro I agree. The fretless bass fits the song better and gives it much more calm and tension at the same time.

[@HAYLO_TWO]

Best Doom 2 ost upload

[@yew8707]

41:17 / The Demon's Dead sounds like it sampled Candlemass's Solitude to me! I absolutely love how it sounds though, right next to Sandy's Castle and Kitchen Ace to me!

[@Nyko25]

Wonderful! Since I would get this sound... Thank you!!

[@joseignaciogazzi3278]

The only one that I can really aprecciate from the Soundblaster is Getting too tense. Feels like an "eh church" moment

[@Johnydogood]

Love it, still one of the best soundtracks

[@UKRKOSMOS]

хочу в flac

[@xpredator_8885]

i continie this game in 2015-2016 on BFG edition )

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

somehow for Opening To Hell every other soundfont is inferior to the SC-55, even the SC-88

[@midi_feline]

You called a sound module a soundfont 💀 Oh, sorry, I mean "soudfont"

[@tablehetfield9508]

The midis closely resemble how the Xbox 360 port of Doom II is, and personality I prefer midi over the standard soundtrack, especially for certain songs, like Into Sandy’s City 36:35

[@barbarianbros]

Actually the MIDI version IS the original soundtrack. It was written using a Roland Sound Canvas device (then converted to 'soundblaster FM' using the poor 'Midi emulation' of the soundblaster.

[@tablehetfield9508]

barbarianbros I wonder why they would change it, this is way superior to how most people know it

[@barbarianbros]

@@tablehetfield9508 Soundblaster FM was the audio standard for PC Gaming in early 90's. MIDI devices were expensive (and you still need a soundcard for sfx) so most games only supported the soundblaster music. MS-DOS Doom supported many audio devices/cards : soundblaster, general Midi, Roland Sound Canvas and many others. But most players only had the soundblaster then. The windows95 ports used MIDI music but though the poor Microsoft Soft Synth.

[@tablehetfield9508]

barbarianbros do you know of any mods (if they exist) and changing the music to this version?

[@barbarianbros]

@@tablehetfield9508 most of open-source ports for Windows use MIDI music on Windows throug the MS Soft Synth. The windows Soft Synth is based on the SC-55 soundbank (without hardware effects like panning/chorus/reverb and with highly compressed instrument samples)

[@infernalsymphonytv2928]

The megadeth, black sabbath, Slayer, Morbid Angel and Alice in chains influences are clear as day

[@mrburns366]

Some are straight plagiarism

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

Do you have downloads for each induvidually? This is the only version that i find with the normal windows MIDI sound that doesn't have echo

[@barbarianbros]

This is not the Windows Midi version. It's the Roland SC-55 device with the DOS version of the game. Microsoft Soft Synth/gsSynth uses the SC-55 soundbank instruments (purchased from Roland) but it uses heavily compressed samples, and a very poor emulation of the SC-55 hardware effects (chorus, reverb, panning). Here's the complete recording : mega.nz/file/PupWlD4J#jTiVZgNVxaLFW_9aVTt8az-QVzarI1bNQogWuz5_QEg

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

@@barbarianbros Thanks 👍

[@Ralster]

Just realized that in Doom 15:46 the guy is saying "DOOOOOMMM"

[@Немногоотвсегомира]

31:31 my favourite 😊

[@장일순-t5x]

Good BGM

[@mrandrossguy9871]

13:05

[@thorndust5329]

Wow! Map 4 has some polyphony issues. What model of SC-55 are you using? MkI or MkII?

[@barbarianbros]

As said in the description : SC-55 mkII.

[@thorndust5329]

Ah, I was on mobile when I wrote that. The descriptions are kind of obscured on mobile.

[@barbarianbros]

For the polyphony issues : music of the video was recording playing .MID file (converted from .MUS files and extracted from the WAD file using SLADE) in GSPlay in Dosbox with a generic low--cost USB-to-MIDI cable linked to the SC-55mkII I tried playing the MID files directly in Media Player using a Roland UM-ONE mkII USB-to-MIDI cable linked to the Roland SC-55mkII (aand using 'Vista MIDI Fix' to set the UM-ONE as default MIDI device) : I hear no noticeable difference.

[@thorndust5329]

Also nothing you described could possibly cause issues with polyphony. Only the device itself and the way the song was made.

[@thorndust5329]

Oh, my bad. I meant Map 5. The crystals get a bit cut off.

[@haerfgvbag7050]

very nice

[@c0zm0s_]

This entire soundtrack gives me chills down my spine. It's so dark and horrific.

[@vanillaicecream445]

That is not the MS-DOS soundtrack...

[@barbarianbros]

It's not the adlib/soundblaster version. But set your DOS version of Doom II to 'Sound Canvas' and use a Roland SC55 as MIDI device...