Reznor on DOOM 3

A Q&A on nine inch nails access (thanks Not One Of Us) offers Trent Reznor's take on why he did not end up working on the DOOM 3 soundtrack as planned. Here's the deal on what happened, and Trent's guess about who ended up doing the theme song:
john carmack and i had established a friendship while working on quake. he came to see up playing during the last tour and wanted to get my feelings on a remake of doom with a new advanced engine he was working on. we discussed how cool it would be to create a place that was immersive to the point it wouldn't need a "soundtrack" -- the technology was advanced enough to visually and aurally to create a rich environment you could truly explore and inhabit. we discussed my involvement as the overall sound producer -- from foley and voice over to ambient world noise.

later, i started work on what would be used at the e3 show 2 years ago. it was exciting working in a totally new way with new tools. i was working directly in the game editor and with the programmers refining the sound code and helping the environment come alive. tried "tuning" various environmental sound sources so they'd cohesively interact with on another in a "musical" way. the advanced technology provided enough horsepower to give me a seemingly limitless amount of freedom. it was a lot of work, a lot of thinking in a different way, and a lot of fun. i was working with the best guys in the field -- true geniuses.

out idea was to have no music, apart from a main theme i'd write for the intro. no rock, nothing current sounding, nothing to date the game.

well... eventually time and money and bad management came into play and it didn't work out. disappointing on a number of levels for me, but that's the way it went.

I have seen the engine at work and it is great. i'm looking forward to seeing what they've done with the game.

and i guess tool did the theme song
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Jul 22, 2004, 14:10
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Jul 22, 2004, 14:10
 
I used the EBGames $20 rebate I got for buying UT2K4 and preordered while they were doing the shipping special.

Doom 3 for $34.99, plus free overnight shipping. w00t!!

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Re: No subject
Jul 22, 2004, 14:08
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Jul 22, 2004, 14:08
 
I used to work at best buy. They probably wont have it till the 5h or 6th. They alwasy get it a few days late or even a week later than ebgames and gamestop.

I never wanted to do this job in the first place! I... I wanted to be... A LUMBERJACK! Leaping from tree to tree! As they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! With my best girl by my side! The Larch! The Pine! The Giant Redwood tree! The Seq
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Ice Ice Baby
Jul 22, 2004, 14:07
Ice Ice Baby Jul 22, 2004, 14:07
Jul 22, 2004, 14:07
 
The spirit of Vanilla Ice beckened that I bring this thread to 200.

Ice Ice baby...

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Re: No subject
Jul 22, 2004, 14:04
Re: No subject Jul 22, 2004, 14:04
Jul 22, 2004, 14:04
 
Doom III !!!!


W00-H00 !!!


Man I can't top play this sucker...I hope Best Buy will have it in on time, and put it on sale for $40 !!!

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No subject
Jul 22, 2004, 13:52
No subject Jul 22, 2004, 13:52
Jul 22, 2004, 13:52
 
Woop lets do it.. what we talking about again??

I never wanted to do this job in the first place! I... I wanted to be... A LUMBERJACK! Leaping from tree to tree! As they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! With my best girl by my side! The Larch! The Pine! The Giant Redwood tree! The Seq
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The official...
Jul 22, 2004, 13:51
The official... Jul 22, 2004, 13:51
Jul 22, 2004, 13:51
 
...let's knock FS3 from the top of the popular threads post.

Only 38 37 more posts to go.

Up to no good :o,
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wasting time
Jul 22, 2004, 12:45
wasting time Jul 22, 2004, 12:45
Jul 22, 2004, 12:45
 
How about ID needs to stop waisting our time and release a demo now!

Drive Fast Take Chances

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Re: Steering Wheel Support. Hello?
Jul 22, 2004, 05:50
Re: Steering Wheel Support. Hello? Jul 22, 2004, 05:50
Jul 22, 2004, 05:50
 
Reznor shouldnt waste his time on games like doom3, get new album out, kthx.

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Re: Gulo...
Jul 22, 2004, 01:52
Re: Gulo... Jul 22, 2004, 01:52
Jul 22, 2004, 01:52
 
Good enough, now spill the beans on how you got it for that price.

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Re: Gulo...
Jul 22, 2004, 00:24
Re: Gulo... Jul 22, 2004, 00:24
Jul 22, 2004, 00:24
 
nooo
I guess I just didn't write it correctly
I got 6800GT for $320. And it beats X800XT.


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Gulo...
Jul 22, 2004, 00:07
Gulo... Jul 22, 2004, 00:07
Jul 22, 2004, 00:07
 
You got an X800XT for 320 bucks?!?

By internet law you are required to tell us how this came about.

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Re: Did someone say benchmarks?
Jul 21, 2004, 23:49
Re: Did someone say benchmarks? Jul 21, 2004, 23:49
Jul 21, 2004, 23:49
 
Holy shit!

Only 6 FPS performance drop 65.6 - 59.6FPS from 1024 to 1600 on High Quality. Damn that 6800 GT is one hell of a card (no pun intended).

Thank you nVidia for solidifying my purchase plan. Not to mention it nearly doubles almost triples in PS performance over my current 5950 Ultra in other benchmarks.

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Re: No subject
Jul 21, 2004, 23:47
Re: No subject Jul 21, 2004, 23:47
Jul 21, 2004, 23:47
 
Its like everyone here has turned into Dr. David Thorpe except without the humor.

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Re: WTF!
Jul 21, 2004, 23:45
Re: WTF! Jul 21, 2004, 23:45
Jul 21, 2004, 23:45
 
You mean these guys right?
http://www.bonnieramigo.dk/pressemeddelelser/slipknot/Slipknot%20new%20look%2004%20band%202%20low-res.jpg
I've seen them twice live. Not bad.
I think they work as welders for their day job

I beliece that is Mushroomhead, a very good band. One of their new tracks from their latest release features the vocalist from Meshuggah, fantastic stuff. They do look a lot like Slipknot too, I bought their first CD only because I thought it was a new or imported Slipknot CD.

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Re: No subject
Jul 21, 2004, 23:42
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Jul 21, 2004, 23:42
 
Hooray for the 5950 performance !!! Its only a few fps short of the 9800XT (Glad I didn't buy a 6800 for doom...well we'll wait and see still...)

What I want to know is this: Why did HardOCP use an intel machine ???????

I wanna see Athlon64 performance !!!

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Re: No subject
Jul 21, 2004, 23:06
Re: No subject Jul 21, 2004, 23:06
Jul 21, 2004, 23:06
 
oooh
what am I doing..of course I meant X800XT. does anyone find it hard to prounounce really fast ? try it..ex eight hundred ex tee

funny that at compusa we still sell 9800xt for $499 while x800Pro is $399

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Re: No subject
Jul 21, 2004, 22:45
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Jul 21, 2004, 22:45
 
woohoo my 6800 beats 9800XT
*smart buying decision on my side*
and I only paid $320 for it !

The 9800xt is much cheaper than $320. I think you meant X800XT?

ATI will probably improve their drivers until the x800xt is at least as fast as the 6800gt. I hope they can't though, it would mean they'd be in more of a rush to bring out their next-gen card

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Re: WTF!
Jul 21, 2004, 22:26
nin
Re: WTF! Jul 21, 2004, 22:26
Jul 21, 2004, 22:26
nin
 
You mean these guys right?
http://www.bonnieramigo.dk/pressemeddelelser/slipknot/Slipknot%20new%20look%2004%20band%202%20low-res.jpg
I've seen them twice live. Not bad.
I think they work as welders for their day job



AH-hahahahahahaha! Note to all crap bands: When you spend more time on your look than your music, it shows.




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Re: WTF!
Jul 21, 2004, 22:26
Re: WTF! Jul 21, 2004, 22:26
Jul 21, 2004, 22:26
 
I must say that I could really care less about the music, even more so since the theme song it is just some generic, mashing guitar riffs.

Watching people fight over whom did what, I could not really care - it is so incredibly generic.

If anything, I hope it is Tool just to prove everybody wrong.

iD, just answer the question. I am sick of the music fights, already!

Tired of every other Final Doom enemy being an ArchVile,
Ray

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Re: WTF!
Jul 21, 2004, 22:23
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Re: WTF! Jul 21, 2004, 22:23
Jul 21, 2004, 22:23
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You mean these guys right?
http://www.bonnieramigo.dk/pressemeddelelser/slipknot/Slipknot%20new%20look%2004%20band%202%20low-res.jpg
I've seen them twice live. Not bad.
I think they work as welders for their day jobs.

It's weird that you bring them up... the guy I had in mind when I made that little joke just gave me one of his Slipknot CD to fix for him (I have one of those CD / DVD repair devices).

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