Doom Soundtrack Inducted Into US National Recording Registry
The induction places a game soundtrack alongside culturally significant audio works, and the Library of Congress explicitly credits it with shaping the next generation of game composers.
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The US Library of Congress added Bobby Prince's Doom soundtrack to the National Recording Registry in 2026, calling it a foundational work for game composers. It is the third video game soundtrack inducted, following Super Mario Bros. and Minecraft.
The US Library of Congress selected Bobby Prince's Doom soundtrack for the National Recording Registry in 2026, the third video game soundtrack to receive the honor. The registry previously inducted the Super Mario Bros. ground theme and Minecraft's Volume Alpha. The Library of Congress stated that Doom brought heavy metal energy to MS-DOS systems and pioneered the first-person shooter genre, and that its soundtrack influenced countless remixes and laid the foundation for the next generation of game composers. Composer Andrew Hulshult, who worked on Doom Eternal, said he is proud of Prince.
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- GameBusiness.jp 米国議会図書館が『DOOM』サントラを国の音響遺産の一つに登録―"次世代のゲーム作曲家たちの基礎となった”