Doom II OST - Map 08,14,22 - The Dave D. Taylor Blues

Bobby Prince: "Between DOOM and DOOM II, I worked with John Carmack and Dave Taylor at id to help port Wolfenstein to a video game platform. At that time Dave was doing the sound code for the port and I was designing the instrument samples and tweaking the MIDI files to keep the number of notes to a minimum. Somewhere along the line, Dave mentioned something about a blues song and it stuck in my mind. When I wrote the music for DOOM II, that idea became a song which I named in honor of Dave.
Dave has since left id Software to go with his own company, Crack Dot Com. That is the company that developed Abuse which is now distributed by Origin.
This song follows the "classical" blues chord progression, which is 12 bars long. The chord progression is as follows (a slash separates each measure and each measure has four beats):
I / I / I / I /
IV / IV / I / I /
V7 / IV / I / I /
In the key of E, the I would be an E, the IV would be an A and the V7 would be B7.
Listen for the echo on the rhythm guitar. This is one of the first songs where I experimented with doing a MIDI echo. The idea is to play a note and hold it. Then you play the same note over and over again, reducing the volume of each succeeding note. The results are an echo that is almost as good as those played through digital reverberation/echo units. It sounds like some of the original analog tape echo units of the 60's.
The lead for this song gets pretty weird starting at about 3 minutes 37 seconds, but I love the dissonance it causes. It is the same dissonance I felt the first time I played DOOM -- a feeling of almost standing up straight while almost falling on one's butt at the same time".
Map 08: Tricks and Traps
Map 14: The Inmost Dens
Map 22: The Catacombs
www.bpmusic.com

[@MofoMatt]

As soon as I hear this, the immediate thing that comes to mind is that fucking room full of Barons and a Cyberdemon. Man, good shit.

[@Liam-sb9vb]

Angriest Matt Tricks and Traps...

[@mikidymike359]

I remember the full imp room that gets nuked by a BFG

[@RacingSnails64]

HOLY MOLY *THERE'S CACODEMONS COMING OUT OF THE WALLSSSS*

[@examname9477]

ad room full of pinky

[@gabr1elawesome]

Tricks n traps is the bomb

[@AlexanderWilithinIII]

Even though this is used in three levels, Tricks and Traps will always be the one that comes to mind.

[@vando480]

+Alexstrazsa To me is the cooler map on Doom 2

[@CarterG4Y]

That level took me over an hour the first time I played it. That's up there among the longest levels, in my opinion.

[@vegeta353658]

Tricks and Traps can be one of the shortest levels if the player doesn't want to get any of the secrets and just goes straight for the exit.

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

I fucking hate Tricks and Traps. Especially on ultra violence and nightmare.

[@MartyD171]

That run up to the exit gate was a pain on Tricks and Traps, I usually ended up getting caught and stuck and had to restart, especially on Ultra Violence! D:

[@DoomKid]

Tricks and Traps is one of the coolest Doom maps ever made and this song suits it perfectly.

[@sushikorpse7979]

frank zappa doom

[@joseignaciogazzi3278]

I really liked the room with The Dozen Barons of Hell and The Cyberdemon

[@AitoJaOikeaNippeliFaktaa]

its also very painful

[@JoakimfromAnka]

@@AitoJaOikeaNippeliFaktaa Nonsense it's awesome! :D F*** yeah

[@luzroja29AKApeyo]

doomkid! te vuelvo a encontar!!!

[@jurassicwarrior]

this song really gives the feeling of being very careful of where you step on because you dont know what kind of tomfoolery the level's gonna do on you

[@MACMAN2003]

10 people didnt reach the invincibility fast enough.

[@ultimateinternetman4335]

Make that nineteen

[@4ded5]

20...

[@jorgemcgoon879]

@@4ded5 back to 19

[@digbick1241]

Now at none, FUCK KZbin.

[@avierizzz]

21 now, if you use a tampermonkey script to be able to view dislikes again

[@TheGrayMysterious]

I always got a kick out of provoking the Cyberdemon on Tricks and Traps into shooting at me and hitting the crowd of Barons in front of him and just watching them have a huge riot. It was like a family quarrel in Arkansas.

[@migueeeelet]

That's the way you beat him.

[@jamesonahill]

really? i never really thought about actually provoking him, i just made sure I had enough rockets, and then spammed at the crowds of barons

[@migueeeelet]

+james hill All you really have to do is stand there and wait for the Cyberdemon to attack

[@jamesonahill]

yeah yeah, I realise that now... dang that was a waste of rockets

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

That's how you do it on Ultra Violence and Nightmare difficulty.

[@MrEvilbyte]

- Provokes Cyberdemon into infighting with all of the Barons - Hears over 50 Scratch sounds, rocket explosions, and the occasional dying Baron - Runs in and finishes off the Cyber with Plasma Gun - Me LOLS

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

MrEvilbyte That's how you do it on Ultra Violence and Nightmare.

[@dogusad2161]

I chained him with invulnerability on 😂 even that it was still hard

[@lilacaggression8956]

I played this on UV about two days ago. The Barons managed to kill him 🤷‍♀️

[@patcatzgames9792]

Oh yea, there is a megahealth there too

[@rickyvalentine6071]

You remember the trick to killing Cyberdemon I don't if still work but this level may impossible shoot it until it dies

[@bschou]

I'm not sure what you'd call it but the downward spiraling sound they have in this song gives you such a creepy feeling when playing

[@RacingSnails64]

The intro leads to a lot of anticipation and suspense...but then that classic Doom-style riff comes in to tell you "oh yeah, it's showtime."

[@anthonystonham2648]

I remember, I was with Bobby, doddling some notes and chords on a sheet of paper, I loved the composition very rambled... so I helped Bobby with some percussions. (February 24th 1994)

[@silentzorah]

"Downward running notes" would most accurately describe the sound you hear. And it really does bring out an almost eerie feel, especially in MAP08.

[@shaneb2463]

Love the cyber demon Barron fight

[@PaperCutVictim]

I still remember the first time I encountered the room with the cyberdemon and the barons. I'd been feeling badass after clearing out the rooms with the pink demons, the imp army, and the shotgun zombie and his cacodemon buddies, especially since I didn't take any hits. Then I opened the door to the cyberdemon and the baron convention. The door ended up closing cuz I just sat there and stared for so long. XD;;;

[@f1resta_r439]

This comment is so 2012-ish, I'm literally crying

[@marioluigimario64]

@@f1resta_r439 crying in agony. I miss the simpler times

[@BigWheel.]

@@krylotik it was a really good movie

[@n0denz]

[teleports behind you] nothing personal kid

[@goseivalaskez769]

[places BFG to your skull nose] ....rip and tear...

[@RacingSnails64]

*imp noises*

[@SoldierOfFate]

I'll bet the Arch-vile has made 90% of the Doom community smash their keyboards at least once lol

[@FinnishGuy47]

The Ugly Barnacle Especially when resurrecting a Cyberdemon!

[@DownUnderThunder]

I found them easy I struggled against the cyberdemon and the revenants

[@doomslayer6072]

FinnishGuy47 Haven't played the game, I assume? They can't resurrect Cyberdemons or Spider Masterminds.

[@TheGundamDude8045]

Plutonia, oh yes.

[@awfullygenericname6783]

I had to use cheats on that map 11 archvile labyrinth. Too confusing and too many archiviles.

[@AMPepin1992]

That melody starting at 1:07 is used in so many of the DooM II songs

[@SwiftBlitz.]

Honestly don’t care much for tricks and traps, i remember this song for the Inmost dens, my favorite Doom 2 map. fast, slick, neat, and fun.

[@RazorEXE]

Level 8's room full of Barons and Cybie scared the shiz outta me, i'm like, "Ok what's in here? *opens door* HOLY SHI-*pwnd*"

[@EmeraldCoasttt]

Never change, 2010 youtube

[@PolishJohnWick]

@@EmeraldCoasttt this guy is now 10 years older...

[@RazorEXE]

Thanks guys. I really love knowing how cringe I was.

[@Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz]

i haven't seen that word in ages brings back memories

[@FrankHorrigan377]

Makes you wonder what the hell they were doing in there....

[@cato3277]

Having a meeting

[@TheDoomMaster]

I figured what was happening was the Cyberdemon was giving a speech to prepare the Barons and when Doomguy showed up it was like "HOLY SHIT SOMEONE'S HERE!" and the rocket it fired in its panic pissed off all the Barons.

[@italian1986]

holy shit .... this soundtrack reminds me of the mission where the cyberdemon is the leader standing infront of his barons .... 1997 memories

[@cheese0827]

Tricks and traps was fun

[@thegodofvox]

one of the best doom 2 songs ever

[@austinl4915]

So badass 😎

[@nahianshabab724]

they really chose the right music for each levels

[@aresaurelian]

[@SoldierOfFate]

*rounds a corner and sees 3 Arch viles* Arch viles: HEHEHEHEHEHE!!! *evil laugh* Me: Shit. *gets incinerated* It would be an unforgettable experiece.

[@patcatzgames9792]

What map had those archviles?

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Wait, 3? Are you sure you weren't playing Plutonia?

[@redmaple5108]

That flame boi

[@KukoBerry]

ahh, 10 years ago.

[@ErickDAces]

I'm pretty sure the sound the archvile makes is BRAWWAWAAWBWAWAWAWAWAAAA aka ptsd inducing sounds.

[@sherbet_bomb9594]

Hellbarons of fun and a cyberdemon bonus along with other nasty surprises.

[@KATABOLIST]

I shat my pants when i saw one particular room in #08.

[@mauriciogarcianarvez2366]

This levels is one of the most fun levels on any game!

[@AGENTE4777]

Tricks and traps, i remember how many times i died ther (i was 5)

[@Kewertate]

We all remember the falling floor now don't we?

[@Kewertate]

Yep

[@Gencoil]

Tricks and traps creeped me out because it starts you off surrounded by several mystery doors and you have no idea what kind of horrors they have in store for you. All while this spooky, disorienting music is playing.

[@WedgeBob]

This music certainly made Map 14 very smooth to play, if it wasn't already.... Dave D. Taylor + Bobby Prince + American McGee = Pure Awesomesauce!

[@johneygd]

I remember how extreamly scared i was once i saw those monsters and the cyberdemon in a specific room once i opened that door,i will never forget how it scared the shit out of me.

[@StepanKorney]

My fav music of doom 2.

[@rgerber]

The riff sounds like a chainsaw

[@bloodmoongato]

Picks up rocket launcher... Oh sh*t, I forgot about that trap KILLLLLL

[@aguadebong]

Thanks for sharing the words of Bobby Prince, intense valuable info for songwriting!!

[@MACMAN2003]

Rest In *bloody* Pieces.

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

This sounds a lot like the theme from the TV series, the Hitchhiker. The show was a horror/thriller anthology series. Kinda like twighlight zone meets tales from thr crypt.

[@Dibdab9303]

That beat drop scared the shit out of me

[@ghostindoomerville]

This song strongly reminds me of Super Mario Bros. 3 Underground Theme. Especially when the song starts to do that at 0:15.

[@MinorLife10]

Yooo, that was a different song all along? Bobby Prince is a true genius

[@subzerotheiceninga8254]

Level 08 tricks and traps goes into a room HOLY SHIT LOTS OF BARONS AND A CYBERDEMON!!!!!!!!!!

[@joshuaecht]

This sounds like a Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May/Freddie Mercury (Queen) recording! I lOVE IT! They would do all sorts of experimental stuff. Lots of '60s doo wop progressions and throwback...some Motown, etc. It has an older feel to it.

[@Gixbit]

This is one of my favorite songs in doom 2

[@elithradril]

I love this tune, real bluesy and stuff... I just got zdoom and finished Doom II on "hurt me plenty" I still gotta finish Doom II on Ultra-Violence I tried nightmare but I couldn't get past level 2 xD Doom rules

[@Harcon_]

Did you do it eventually?

[@Beanie-Babe]

haha its been 11 years did you finish doom II yet?

[@trafficconememes331]

13 years did you do it?

[@elithradril]

@@trafficconememes331 Lol, I just read this after 13 years. Yes I finished doom 1, doom 2, and final doom on ultra violence.

[@lobstotsbol]

14 yrs now do nightmare

[@Macnavor]

I was like "jajajajaja *pink goats* " you don't scare me.......wait a minute.....THERE'S MORE! FIRE"

[@johnnycruelty5195]

Poetry

Super TURBO Turkey Puncher 3000

[@WedgeBob]

Let's also not forget this was also used a few times in the Final Doom games (TNT Evilution and Plutonia Experiment)… Map12 Crater comes to mind, Impossible Mission, and maybe another one, trying to think.

[@GenCietrzezwiew]

this would great jungle theme

[@TheSpacey52]

My dad and I always loved the part in Tricks and Traps when you enter the room with full of Barons of Hell and the Cyberdemon. We always used the chainsaw to kill everyone (even the Cyberdemon) after grabbing the invulnerability sphere

[@XG-OFFICIAL-59]

Do you and your dad still like DOOM? I bet you two would love DOOM 2016 and DOOM Eternal

[@Paybays]

The Inmost Dens... the first time I encountered that Archvile... I was 7... and it scared the shit out of me

[@andrewmullens9715]

Hold Your Head Up, Against evil

[@BurninNoumander]

Such a JAM!!!

[@dienik512]

this unironically goes hard

[@maxwgore]

This sounds like Godflesh. Awesome.

[@hakureikirisame1173]

Tricks & Traps was my favorite map in the entire game to be honest. The Pit was the most annoying.

[@lethalbroccoli01]

Dyna Stix123 the pit is dreadful

[@960456]

@@lethalbroccoli01 Weird, The Pit is one of my favorites. Nothing quite like slaughtering hordes of monsters. Pain elementals can eat shit though.

[@lethalbroccoli01]

@@960456 parts of it are fun but the design of the level is just terrible

[@StormtrooperInStilettos]

Yea basically another man splitting out the facts

[@AitoJaOikeaNippeliFaktaa]

Pit had the one of the best tracks tho imo

[@Unlucky-Noo]

This song fits tricks and traps perfectly

[@Bonus_Bananas]

That intro really explodes lol

[@brandons807]

Dis my jam!

[@polaski421]

it kinda sounds like a battletoads song

[@joseignaciogazzi3278]

0:43 1:04 This sound like falling in a pit without end.

[@ValisSoldier]

Oh, cool! A chainsaw! I'll just go ahead and gr- Holy shit, a cacodemon! I'll just have to fall back and go-OH GOD!

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

Toy Freddy on his way to shank William A for his "stubby fingers":

[@holden6104]

I remember thinking how different the music was for this stage when I first played Tricks and Traps. One of my favorites now.

[@themightymonarch2109]

Kick ass song for a kick ass game.

[@el_martincsm]

Some years later, this lil 'Falling' tune in the music (yknow, the dudududududuudududdu in the background) was the same one that sounds in New Super Mario Bros. DS (World 2 and World 4)

[@scorpion67890]

I can't think of Tricks and Traps without thinking of that infuriating trap at the very end of the level that can trap you in a death pit. And they had to put it at the very end too! Died many times there my first time playing through doom.

[@plaindragon2023]

Idk why but macarena x stupefy mixed in with this song in my brain 😅😂 sounded really good too

[@bufogeist]

I have no clue why but this song sends me into fight or flight mode

[@mrgottem2848]

I had no Idea that a lot of doom's song use 12 bar blues for some reason. but the example in this song is really bare bones.

[@laurenmesquite9507]

Has anyone done that trick where you actually bait the Cyberdemon in that room with the Barons (Map 8) and then rush out the door while they fight each other? If not, I'll have beaten anyone to it.

[@NathanLJustice]

I have. Many years ago

[@SpencerS145]

If you stand behind them and do nothing they won't notice you until the cyber-demon dies, and they'll all just kill one another while you watch with glee.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Wait, that's not what you're SUPPOSED to do?

[@A-G-F-]

what the fuck, is actually doable without doing that?

[@elionblitz]

Comments are just pure gold :D

[@mrllamaton1873]

saucer flyin'.mp3

[@SQron188]

This version's percussion and bass/guitar (idk) are absolutely *p h a t*

[@KartKing4ever]

This is where DooM 2 brings back the DooM 1 guitar sound.

[@Imfromtheearth]

tricks and traps just scared the hell outta me, when i was a little kid! i remember the big room with the cyper demon and all the barons of hell.

[@K-kof2000]

It seems like something is being done quietly, now I don't know if it's the sneaky imps or Doomguy is out of ammo.

[@GoblinSatyr]

One of the best tracks in Doom!

[@bob-omb1217]

I feel like the one person that's reminded of Map 14 and not map 08 when I hear this song.

[@iennefaLsh]

MAP08, my dearly beloathed/beloved. (Mostly the latter.)

[@LewisTheIndispensable]

Geryon from the Master Levels

[@XenoSpyro]

that would suck for the person that accidentally fired after just getting in that room

[@novostranger]

What combining two different genres sounds like

[@6-30Gaming]

the DooM II soundtrack sounds like a mix of jazz and metal to me

[@michaelandreipalon359]

*(looks at description story)* Ah, I remember Abuse. Really good freeware side scroller with modern updates, and a goshdarn shame it was that company's only fleshed out game release until it shuttered because of some web server shenanigans and crud.

[@Jolietisbased]

Best ost in doom 2

[@KeiferS-ys5nx]

secret level "march of the demons" is what comes to mind

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

jesus this song droves me NUTS!!

[@Juonsteel456]

all i can say is this song is AWSOME! :D

[@shellac_box]

This feels like a more extreme The Healer Stalks

[@OscarMemo333]

sounds like mission imposible on the start.

[@ShinOnigashima]

There is a BFG, it's hidden in the room with the rocket launcher, rockets, and demons.

[@HGHW80]

Flesh, flesh for fantasy

[@ZuluRomeo]

I like the musical glitch when the song repeats in game in some versions of Doom 2. The last note of the sine wave melody line at the end just plays continuously over the repeating music until it encounters the same note again at 1:12.

[@G-Self]

That glitch drives me crazy. 😂 I just save the game, quit to the title screen and reload my save.

[@Skronkidonk]

When ever it first starts it freaks me out.

[@Schwarze999]

EVERYBODY got fucking owned in that room with barons and cyberdemon

[@rickyvalentine6071]

That Cyberdemon was back but remember shoot it until it dies and this cacademons imps, baron of hell, pinkies were every where this level was a nightmare even too young to die

[@Illyea]

Heh pure insanity. Good luck. I've played it in Skulltag with coop where the items respawn and stuff and there are others to help you. I wonder what it's like when you run out of ammo...

[@fourstar7]

i remember that as well. i opened the door, entered and went OH FUCK and slammed the door shut.

[@BallisticMelissa]

i litterally grew up with doom...i was born just a few days before the day doom came out

[@ЭммаМаминева]

Doom II Ost: Map 14,22 - Home The Dave D. Taylor Blues, Map14: The Inmost Dens, Map22: The Catacombs.

[@kuskus_th13]

I killed all the demons in the Baron and Cyberdemon room by myself, because I thought that's what I was supposed to do since there was an invincibility in the room.