Doom Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton has issued a statement in response to a recent controversy surrounding the game's original soundtrack (OST) release after composter Mick Gordon distanced himself from the project, prompting a backlash in part against Id Software. In a lengthy open letter posted to Reddit and confirmed by GameSpot, Stratton expresses respect for Gordon's work but explains the background of the OST release.
According to Stratton, Gordon had asked for extensions to deadlines, including the one that pushed the OST past the game's March release date. As a backup, Stratton requested the help of Chad Mossholder, Id Software's lead audio engineer, to develop the OST tracks in case Gordon could not deliver the full list of tracks. Stratton told Gordon of this backup, and according to Stratton, it was Gordon who suggested he work with Mossholder to compile their work into one OST. That ultimately led to the OST as we know it, with roughly a dozen songs from Gordon and the rest filled in by Mossholder.
Stratton also explained why the non-Gordon tracks are of lower quality. He said that mixing together an OST usually involves working from the source material, which Id Software does not have access to, so Mossholder was forced to mix game tracks. Stratton said part of what prompted him to make a statement was to defend Mossholder against personal attacks that stemmed from the lower-quality mixes. In the end, Gordon is listed as a composer and artist, while Mossholder is listed as a "contributing artist" on his tracks. Stratton says, "It would have been misleading for us to attribute tracks solely to Mick that someone else had edited."
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