V/A – Doom – The Plutonia Experiment “Midi Pack” OST (2013)

October 20, 2021

Unfortunately I had played the Plutonia WAD before I realised there was a glorious 90 minute fan-made OST for it. I thought at the time, “damn, why doesn’t this fucking WAD have its own OST like TNT did?”, and obviously I can’t have been the only Doomer to have thought this, otherwise this beautiful creation wouldn’t exist.

There’s a mixed bag here, of styles more than quality, due to the number of composers on board, but the music is handled in the traditional MIDI styles of Doom / Bobby Prince, but with extra flavours. A lot of the stuff actually sounds like something out of Mortal Kombat 3, and the more metal-based tracks are modernised and much more complex than the compositions brought to the table for the original game(s) in the early 90s.

A gargantuan effort from all involved, and one that has my utmost respect.