Hexen music

All the music in Hexen was composed by Kevin Schilder. Unlike earlier Doom engine games, the soundtrack is included in both MUS and Redbook audio formats. If the game's CD-ROM is present, it will prefer playing the latter by default.

Tracks[edit]

Level	MUS lump	CD¹	Name	Notes
Winnowing Hall	WINNOWR	13	Winnow	A remixed version appears in Hexen II as CD track 13 / roma2.mid.
Seven Portals	JACHR	2	Jach	-
Guardian of Ice	SIMONR	22	Simon	Shares musical content with "Chapel 2" (which is an unused track).
Guardian of Fire	WUTZITR	15	Wutzit	Named from two song ideas: "Schwartz" and "Whatup". Shares musical content with "Chapel 3."
Guardian of Steel	FALCONR	9	Falcon	Shares musical content with "Chapel 4."
Bright Crucible	LEVELR	21	Level	Inspired by a song by Level 42.
Shadow Wood	CRYPTR	8	Crypt	An arrangement of "Swamp". Intended to be used in a level with the original title "Black Crypt Swamp".
Darkmere	SWAMPR	14	Swamp	A remixed version appears in Hexen II as CD track 7 / egyp2.mid.
Caves of Circe	DEEPR	20*	Deep	A reference to the caves and being underground.
Wastelands	FUBASR	6*	Fubas	Named from two song ideas: "Fugue" and "Basspuls".
Sacred Grove	GROVER	5*	Grove	-
Hypostyle	FORTR	16*	Fortress	Originally intended for the Winnowing Hall level, but Kevin Schilder did not like it there. Renamed to go to this level by its original title, "Fortress of Chaos".
Heresiarch's Seminary	VOIDR	19*	Void	Slightly inspired by a bass line in Escape from New York. A remixed version appears in Hexen II as CD track 12 / roma1.mid.
Dragon Chapel	CHAP_1R	17	Chapel 1	An arrangement of "Jach", the music from Seven Portals.
Wolf Chapel	SECRETR	14*	Secret	An arrangement of "Void", the music from Heresiarch's Seminary.
Griffin Chapel	CHAP_3R	10*	Chapel 3	An arrangement of "Wutzit", the music from Guardian of Fire.
Deathwind Chapel	CHAP_4R	18	Chapel 4	An arrangement of "Falcon", the music from Guardian of Steel.
Orchard of Lamentations	CHIPPYR	22*	Chippy	Chippy was the name of a pet hamster Kevin Schilder had as a child.
Silent Refectory	PERCR	21*	Perc	Named for the prominent use of percussion in this piece. An arrangement of "Deep", the music from Caves of Circe.
Forsaken Outpost	FOOJAR	20	Fooja	"Fooled ya!", so named because the time signature changes at the beginning of the song.
Castle of Grief	SIXATER	12	Sixate	Named for the time signature of the piece, 6/8.
Gibbet	WOBABYR	15*	Wobaby	Originally intended for a level with the working name "Forest of Putrescence".
Effluvium	CRYPTR	8	Crypt	Same as Shadow Wood.
Dungeons	FANTAR	19	Fantasy	Named for the harp-like arpeggios at the beginning of the song.
Desolate Garden	BLECHR	3	Blech	The working title of the level this song was originally intended for was "Desert of Blech". A remixed version appears in Hexen II as CD track 10 / meso2.mid.
Necropolis	BONESR	16	Bones	A reference to the cemetery.
Zedek's Tomb	OCTOR	10	Octo	Named for the octave leaps at the beginning.
Menelkir's Tomb	RITHMR	11	Rithm	-
Traductus' Tomb	STALKR	9*	Stalker	-
Vivarium	BORKR	17*	Borkesis	Named for three song ideas: "Boring" (Kevin's opinion of the song at the time), "Kev", and "Quinosis".
Dark Crucible	CRUCIBR	2*	Crucible 2	An arrangement of "Level", the music for Bright Crucible.
Unused Song 1	CHAP_2R	-	Chapel 2	This song was for one of the maps that was cut out of Hexen at the last minute. The MAPINFO entry calls the map using this song "NADA". It is an arrangement of "Simon", the music from Guardian of Ice. It is used in Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel.
Unused Song 2	CHARTR	-	Chart	Apparently for an older version of Shadow Wood which was removed from the game. Named from three song ideas: "Start", "Underdog", and "Chief".
Title Music	HEXEN	4	Hexen	-
Intermission Music	HUB	7*	Hub	-
Victory Music 1	HALL	6 - 5*²	Hall	MIDI versions of this song start with the default piano sound rather than a choir sound because the MIDI instrument change to choir occurs after the first note begins.
Victory Music 2	ORB	5	Orb	This song also plays while the game loads.
Victory Music 3	CHESS	7 - 5*²	Chess	Also played when changing maps.

Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ CD track used when playing with CD audio enabled. Not all songs are available as CD audio, and many CD tracks are used twice to fill in for missing songs. Track numbers with asterisks indicate that the CD track does not match the MUS song. Track 1 on the CD is the game data.

2. ^ Hall, Orb, and Chess are all available as CD music; however, when playing with CD audio, Orb (track 5) is used as the music for all three victory screens. The other two tracks are used elsewhere.

CD music[edit]

#	Song name	Length
2	Jach	03:56
3	Blech	03:15
4	Hexen	00:15
5	Orb	00:45
6	Hall	01:08
7	Chess	01:23
8	Crypt	04:11
9	Falcon	02:24
10	Octo	03:20
11	Rithm	03:33
12	Sixate	03:35
13	Winnow	04:02
14	Swamp	04:10
15	Wutzit	03:07
16	Bones	03:15
17	Chapel 1	03:25
18	Chapel 4	02:44
19	Fantasy	03:06
20	Fooja	02:32
21	Level	04:04
22	Simon	03:11

Note: Hexen95 CD music is different from the regular release - the length of all tracks has been increased by 2 seconds (except track 22, which has been increased by 4 seconds), but at the same time there is no noticeable difference in the sound of the music.

Original MIDI files[edit]

On July 25, 2023, user The Almighty Egg shared the original MIDI files provided to them by Kevin Schilder in a thread on Doomworld forums.^[1] These files have their original timestamps. Some tracks have multiple versions showing their changes during the composing process.

The filenames for most tracks have special suffixes:

R - indicates that this version was made in response to a request from John Romero;
FM - for FM synthesis version;
F - indicates that this is the final version that is used in the game.

Track name	File name	Length	Date
Blech	BLECH.MID	03:13	1995/04/13
Blech	BLECHFM.MID	03:13	1995/05/10
Blech	BLECHHFM.MID	03:13	1995/05/10
Blech	BLECHR.MID	03:13	1995/06/06
Bones	BONES.MID	03:13	1995/02/28
Bones	BONESFM.MID	03:13	1995/06/07
Bones	BONESR.MID	03:13	1995/06/07
Borkesis	BORKESIS.MID	03:13	1995/03/01
Borkesis	BORKFM.MID	03:13	1995/06/06
Borkesis	BORKR.MID	03:13	1995/06/06
Chapel 1	CHAP_1.MID	03:21	1995/04/19
Chapel 1	CHAP_1FM.MID	03:21	1995/06/07
Chapel 1	CHAP_1R.MID	03:21	1995/06/07
Chapel 2	CHAP_2.MID	03:08	1995/04/20
Chapel 2	CHAP_2FM.MID	03:08	1995/06/07
Chapel 2	CHAP_2R.MID	03:08	1995/06/07
Chapel 3	CHAP_3.MID	03:05	1995/04/24
Chapel 3	CHAP_3FM.MID	03:05	1995/06/07
Chapel 3	CHAP_3R.MID	03:05	1995/06/07
Chapel 4	CHAP_4.MID	02:41	1995/04/25
Chapel 4	CHAP_4FM.MID	02:41	1995/06/07
Chapel 4	CHAP_4R.MID	02:41	1995/06/07
Chart	CHART.MID	03:05	1995/05/02
Chart	CHARTFM.MID	03:05	1995/06/05
Chart	CHARTR.MID	03:06	1995/05/31
Chess	CHESS.MID	01:21	1995/09/15
Chippy	CHIPPY.MID	03:20	1995/02/20
Chippy	CHIPPYFM.MID	03:21	1995/06/07
Chippy	CHIPPYR.MID	03:21	1995/06/07
Crucible 2	CRUCIB2.MID	04:30	1995/04/10
Crucible 2	CRUCIBFM.MID	04:29	1995/06/06
Crucible 2	CRUCIBR.MID	04:29	1995/06/06
Crypt	CRYPT.MID	04:08	1995/04/13
Crypt	CRYPTFM.MID	04:08	1995/06/06
Crypt	CRYPTR.MID	04:08	1995/07/27
Deep	DEEP.MID	03:39	1995/05/01
Deep	DEEPFM.MID	03:39	1995/06/05
Deep	DEEPR.MID	03:39	1995/06/01
Falcon	FALCON.MID	02:21	1995/05/01
Falcon	FALCONFM.MID	02:21	1995/06/05
Falcon	FALCONR.MID	02:21	1995/05/31
Fantasy	FANTAFM.MID	03:03	1995/06/05
Fantasy	FANTAR.MID	03:03	1995/06/05
Fantasy	FANTASY.MID	03:03	1995/02/09
Fooja	FOOJA.MID	02:29	1995/02/09
Fooja	FOOJAFM.MID	02:29	1995/06/05
Fooja	FOOJAR.MID	02:29	1995/06/05
Fortress	FORTFM.MID	03:05	1995/06/05
Fortress	FORTR.MID	03:05	1995/06/01
Fortress	FORTRESS.MID	03:05	1995/05/02
Fubas	FUBAS.MID	03:27	1995/02/09
Fubas	FUBASFM.MID	03:27	1995/06/05
Fubas	FUBASR.MID	03:27	1995/06/01
Grove	GROVE.MID	02:43	1995/05/02
Grove	GROVEFM.MID	02:43	1995/06/05
Grove	GROVER.MID	02:43	1995/06/01
Hall	HALL.MID	01:05	1996/05/30
Hexen	HEXEN.MID	00:13	1995/09/15
Hub	HUB.MID	00:48	1995/09/14
Jach	JACH.MID	03:52	1995/05/01
Jach	JACHFM.MID	03:52	1995/06/05
Jach	JACHR.MID	03:52	1995/05/31
Level	LEVEL.MID	04:01	1995/05/02
Level	LEVELFM.MID	04:01	1995/06/05
Level	LEVELR.MID	04:01	1995/05/31
Octo	OCTO.MID	03:02	1996/05/30
Octo	OCTOFM.MID	03:17	1995/06/05
Octo	OCTOR.MID	03:02	1996/05/30
Orb	ORB.MID	00:41	1995/09/15
Perc	PERC.MID	04:00	1995/03/14
Perc	PERCFM.MID	04:00	1995/06/07
Perc	PERCR.MID	04:00	1995/06/07
Rithm	RITHM.MID	03:37	1995/02/22
Rithm	RITHMFM.MID	03:37	1995/06/05
Rithm	RITHMR.MID	03:30	1995/06/05
Secret	SECRET.MID	03:07	1995/04/26
Secret	SECRETFM.MID	03:07	1995/06/07
Secret	SECRETR.MID	03:07	1995/06/07
Simon	SIMON.MID	03:08	1995/05/02
Simon	SIMONFM.MID	03:08	1995/06/05
Simon	SIMONR.MID	03:08	1995/05/31
Sixate	SIXATE.MID	03:31	1995/03/31
Sixate	SIXATEFM.MID	03:31	1995/06/05
Sixate	SIXATER.MID	03:31	1995/06/05
Stalker	STALKER.MID	02:52	1995/02/09
Stalker	STALKFM.MID	02:52	1995/06/05
Stalker	STALKR.MID	02:52	1995/06/05
Swamp	SWAMP.MID	04:08	1995/05/01
Swamp	SWAMPFM.MID	04:08	1995/06/05
Swamp	SWAMPR.MID	04:08	1995/05/31
Void	VOID.MID	03:11	1995/03/21
Void	VOIDFM.MID	03:11	1995/06/05
Void	VOIDR.MID	03:11	1995/06/05
Winnow	WINNOW.MID	03:59	1995/05/01
Winnow	WINNOWFM.MID	03:59	1995/06/05
Winnow	WINNOWR.MID	03:59	1995/05/30
Wobaby	WO.MID	02:58	1995/04/17
Wobaby	WOBABY.MID	02:58	1995/04/17
Wobaby	WOBABYFM.MID	02:58	1995/06/06
Wobaby	WOBABYR.MID	02:58	1995/06/06
Wutzit	WUTZIT.MID	03:04	1995/05/01
Wutzit	WUTZITFM.MID	03:04	1995/06/05
Wutzit	WUTZITR.MID	03:04	1995/05/31

Trivia[edit]

John Romero had requested from Kevin Schilder that the soundtrack for Hexen should be "dark, not like Heretic, not fast and exciting". The 'r' at the end of all lump names comes from Romero, as a mark by Schilder that this arrangement was made according to Romero's specifications.

External links[edit]

Heretic & Hexen original source .MID files thread on Doomworld forums

References[edit]

↑ The Almighty Egg (25 July 2023). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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[1] The Almighty Egg (25 July 2023). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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