Gordon describes it as an unnecessary drawn-out process as Zenimax offered him a six-figure sum contingent on Stratton’s Reddit post remaining on the platform (being the defacto version of events for all time) and Gordon never being able to speak about the situation or degrade both Stratton and Zenimax. Gordon also shared in his post that after objecting to Stratton’s public accusations for the poor Doom Eternal OST and backing them up with solid evidence, Zenimax and Stratton’s lawyers offered to settle. But the truth is I wasn’t under contract until after the delay,” says Gordon.Ī screenshot posted by Gordon to back his claim shows that he wasn’t signed on to work on the project until March 18, 2020, whereas Bethesda announced the OST delay on March 11. “Marty claims I demanded several extensions to the schedule, forcing him to delay the OST. By then, it had taken over nine months for it to materialise.” The truth is in here… Somewhere The composer has now revealed in his post that he was “offered a six-figure settlement to never speak about it.” Adding that – now, after two years of silence has passed – “the truth is more important.” Gordon has also made known the time he was officially given to work on the OST for the game, explaining that he “received the contract 48 hours before the game was released. The fact is – none of that is true.” Though Stratton does admit that of the soundtrack’s 59 tracks only 12 are credited to have been edited and mixed by Mick Gordon, with the rest coming via id Software’s Lead Audio Designer. Others have speculated that Mick wasn’t given the time or creative freedom to deliver something different or better. Stratton wrote in the Reddit post, “Some have suggested that we’ve been careless with or disrespectful of the game music. Finally, we’re getting his side of the story after Stratton posted his own lengthy version on Reddit on May 5, 2020. Two years after the minor kerfuffle composer Gordon has now taken to Medium to post a lengthy article which includes yards of detail as well as past incidents about his time with the company. In essence the audio being released WASN’T the soundtrack to the game… When the game’s official soundtrack was released to music platforms it was noted by fans that the soundtrack was different to that of the game and that even the tracks that did appear on both sounded different as if re-recorded or remixed. I quit a toxic client.Australian composer Mick Gordon has accused Marty Stratton, Doom Eternal’s executive producer of lying in a post in order to place the blame for the game’s disappointing official soundtrack on him. My ‘collaboration’ with Marty Stratton wasn’t one of them.” Gordon added, “I never quit DOOM. Gordon wrote, “I’ve had many great experiences in the game industry. Two years later, Gordon published a lengthy response on Medium countering Stratton and alleging id Software failed to pay him for half the game’s soundtrack and that Stratton was an abusive presence that enforced crunch and declined to work with Gordon on solutions to the game’s development woes. In 2020 Doom Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton issued a public statement on the state of the Doom Eternal soundtrack and Gordon’s work with concerns over Gordon’s ability to deliver the finished product. In a statement published online, Bethesda says Gordon’s account of Doom Eternal’s soundtrack development “both mischaracterized and misrepresented the team at id Software” and that Bethesda “Unequivocally support Marty, Chad and the team at id Software.”īethesda adds that it “reject the distortion of the truth and selective presentation of incomplete ‘facts.’” You can read the company’s statement below.
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