Doom Eternal soundtrack

Album artwork for the Original Game Soundtrack release.

The soundtrack of Doom Eternal was composed by Mick Gordon. It was designed to be a continuation of the soundtrack to the previous game, but also a sort of ancient, alien heavy metal album. Some songs feature lyrics in fictional languages (such as "kar en tuk," Argenta tongue for "rip and tear"), and a choir was gathered for the occasion, with an open call to heavy metal vocalists. The choir was recorded in March 2019. Additional lyrics were performed by oktavist Eric Hollaway.

Note that this article does not include information for music added in the downloadable content episodes, The Ancient Gods, Part 1 or Part 2. These should be covered in their own articles.

Original Game Soundtrack

The official original game soundtrack for Doom Eternal was released to Collector's Edition owners on April 18, 2020, and was originally planned to follow with streaming and download releases in the future, but these have still never materialized as of March 2024. It features 59 tracks of remixed music from the game composed by Mick Gordon and largely mixed by id Software's Chad Mossholder with a total run time of 4 hours, 13 minutes and 40 seconds.

Track listing

Track	Title	Length	Uses	Notes
1	Hell On Earth	5:02	Hell on Earth (combat)	Uses theme from "The Demons From Adrian's Pen" (Doom)
2	Cultist Base	5:32	Cultist Base (combat)
3	Blood Harvesting	3:36	Super Gore Nest
4	Soul Extraction	7:51	Nekravol - Part II - Soul Spire
5	BFG Division 2020	4:46	Ripatorium (combat)	Remastered version of "BFG Division" (Doom 2016)
6	Metal Hell	6:07	Nekravol - Part II - Soul Factory (combat)
7	Paradise Lost	3:47	Urdak (combat)	Theme from "Residual" (Doom 2016) at 1:49
8	Urdak	4:45	Urdak	Uses theme from "Residual" (Doom 2016) in-game only; does not occur on sound track.
9	The DOOM Hunter	5:08	Doom hunter boss battle (combat)
10	Infiltrate the Cult	4:52	Cultist Base (combat)
11	A Cultist Prayer	4:06	Cultist Base	Uses percussion from "Countdown to Death" (Doom II)
12	Demonic Corruption	3:57	Hell on Earth
13	Maykr Drones	3:56	Urdak	Uses theme from "Residual" (Doom 2016) at 2:45
14	The Khan Maykr (Chad Mossholder remix)	5:12	(combat)	Interpolates theme from "Residual" (Doom 2016). Credited to Chad Mossholder.
15	Deag Ranak	2:18	Doom Hunter Base
16	Mars Core	4:58	Mars Core - Lost City of Hebeth (combat)
17	Deag Nilox - First Priest Death	0:54	Hell on Earth - Hell barge
18	The Icon of Sin	5:36	Final Sin - Icon of Sin boss battle (combat)
19	Phobos Space	5:39	Mars Core - Phobos moon base
20	A Slayer City	3:27	Taras Nabad (combat)
21	The Super Gore Nest	5:11	Super Gore Nest (combat)
22	The Only Thing They Fear Is You	6:52	ARC Complex (combat)	Uses themes from "Into Sandy's City" (Doom II); "Dr. Samuel Hayden" (Doom 2016)
23	Asteroids and Rockets	5:55	Mars Core
24	You Can't Just Shoot A Hole Into The surface of Mars	1:42	Mars Core (combat)
25	DOOM Hunted	4:26	Doom Hunter Base - Doom Hunter boss battle (combat)
26	Blood Sacrifice	3:35	Nekravol - Part II
27	Welcome Home Great Slayer	3:15	Sentinel Prime	Remix of "Sign of Evil" (Doom)
28	Prayer of the Diminished	1:41	Hell on Earth - Demonic Citadel	Choral remix of "Countdown to Death" (Doom II)
29	Gladiator Boss	4:53	Sentinel Prime - Gladiator battle (combat)
30	Beast of the Arena	1:45	Flashback cinematic
31	Fortress of Doom - Chad Mossholder	3:00	Fortress of Doom
32	Revenant Possession	0:46	Cultist Base
33	Usurper Gore	4:20	Super Gore Nest (combat)
34	Sinister	3:50	Cultist Base	Choral remix of "Sinister" (Doom)
35	Super Shotgun Reunion	0:46	Cultist Base
36	The Baron of Hell	3:32	ARC Complex (combat)
37	Doomed Hunter	3:16	Doom Hunter Base (combat)
38	Command and Control	5:06	Mars Core (combat)	Uses theme of "BFG Division" (Doom 2016)
39	BFG 10k	2:55	Mars Core (combat)
40	Sam's Base	5:06	ARC Complex	Uses theme from "Dark Halls" (Doom)
41	Phobos Base	3:31	Mars Core
42	Acquiring the BFG	3:48	Mars Core
43	Heart of the Beast	5:32	Super Gore Nest
44	Consumption	6:08	Super Gore Nest (combat)
45	Bio-organic Continuum Gate	5:08	Super Gore Nest
46	Massive Demonic Presence	8:11	Super Gore Nest
47	Armored Response Coalition	3:06	ARC Complex (combat)
48	Kalibas the Sightless Judge	5:43	Nekravol (combat)
49	S.O.S. from Earth	2:40	Intro cinematic	Uses themes from "Dark Halls" (Doom) at 0:56; "At Doom's Gate" (Doom) at 1:31; crescendo from Doom (2016)
50	Barging In	2:40	Hell on Earth
51	Taras Nabad	5:31	Taras Nabad	Uses theme from "Victory" (Doom)
52	King Novik	1:55	Exultia
53	The Khan Maykr	7:41	Urdak - Khan Maykr battle (combat)	Uses theme from "Residual" (Doom 2016) at 0:05
54	Meathook	6:06	Exultia (combat)	Contains an allusion to the Doom 3 introductory cinematic theme at 2:48
55	Eternal Prophecy	6:52	Exultia
56	The Betrayer	6:01	Exultia	Remix of "Victory" (Doom)
57	DOOM Eternal	4:57	Main menu	Full remix of "Opening to Hell" (Doom II); theme from "Dark Halls" (Doom) at 1:19; "Sweet Little Dead Bunny" at 4:20 (only audible in mono)
58	End of Level	2:30	Mission summary
59	Final Sin - Sandy City	1:53	Final Sin (combat)	Uses theme from "Into Sandy's City" (Doom II)

Choir performers

• Aaron Grace
• Andrea Pacas
• Ben Crossbones (of Arkane Studios Austin)
• Chad Kapper (of "Frontierer")
• Chelsea Rocha-Murphy (of "Kinnefret")
• Chelsea Strickland (of "Accursed Creator")
• Chris de Leon
• Elijah Arnold
• Emanuel Palalic (of "The False Archaic," also character artist for id Software)
• Emma Lytle (of "Vault Dweller")
• Erin Linderman (of "Tusko")
• James Dorton (of "Black Crown Initiate")
• Lindsay O' Connor (of "Coma Cluster Void")
• Linzey Rae (of "The Anchor")
• Lucy Lenoir (of "Apothica")
• Natalie Kahan (of "Wildspeaker")
• Nature Ganganbaigal (of "Tengger Cavalry")
• Rae Amitay (of "Immortal Bird")
• Sven de Caluwé (of "Aborted")
• Tony Campos (of "Static-X," "Fear Factory," "Ministry," "Asesino"...)
• Tre Watson
• Wesley Merritt (of "The World I Knew")

Other music

Other music not included in the official sound track release is used in Doom Eternal (not including the DLC) and in related media.

Title	Uses	Notes
Unknown	Citadel cinematic	Uses theme from "Evil Incarnate" (Doom II / Wolfenstein 3D)
Unknown	Battlemode theme 1	Uses theme from "Running from Evil"
Unknown	Battlemode theme 2	Uses theme from "The Demons From Adrian's Pen"
Unknown	Battlemode theme 3	Uses theme from "Dark Halls"
Unknown	Battlemode theme 4	Uses theme from "At Doom's Gate"
Unknown	Battlemode victory	Uses theme from "Intermission From Doom"
Heading to the Mars Core	Official launch trailer	Originally intended for the game by Mick Gordon; alludes to the Doom 3 introductory cinematic theme

Controversy

The release of the Original Game Soundtrack has been marred by controversy, the details of which continue to emerge as of November 2022. Upon its release, which was delayed nearly a month from the game's launch date despite its offering as a pre-order item, listeners and critics noted numerous problems with the quality of the mix, including severe compression of dynamics, off-the-grid cuts, and lack of crossfading between sections. Creative elements such as narratives which had been added in the previous game's OST release to create a cohesive album experience were missing entirely.

When Mick Gordon responded by noting that he was not responsible for the mixes, angry fans responded by harassing id Software's audio engineer Chad Mossholder, assuming he was to blame due to his name appearing in the metadata for the tracks. This, plus the leak of a private conversation in which Mick stated he would likely not collaborate with id Software in the future, seemingly led to the posting of an open letter by id's Marty Stratton on Reddit. Through various claims, Stratton laid the majority of the blame on Gordon for the soundtrack's issues. Angry fans again responded by harassing Mick Gordon, even sending him death threats.

Mick Gordon would later respond in a blog post on Medium in November 2022, providing a detailed account backed up by emails, contract headers, signed documents, and other artifacts that illustrate a problematic development environment plagued by unrealistic and inflexible scheduling, lack of sufficient creative direction, and toxic management behavior. These materials directly contradict many of the statements earlier made by Stratton. Gordon also maintains that he has not been paid for up to half of the music used in the game and its promotional materials, which he alleges had been rejected by id Software but used anyway in violation of the terms of their contract. Gordon's post followed what he states to have been nearly two years of unsuccessful attempts to remedy the situation in a mutually beneficial manner.