Mick Gordon says DOOM music lives on through fans, not just him

Mick Gordon will finally bring DOOM music to the stage next year, headlining Radar Festival in the UK with a full band, a symphonic orchestra, and his Doom Machine. The set is expected to include Rip & Tear, BFG Division, and The Only Thing They Fear Is You, drawn from DOOM Eternal.

He said he does not approach DOOM as something to be written from scratch. Instead, Gordon described the process as a kind of archaeology: the music already exists inside the game world, and his job is to uncover it, clean it up, and release it. In his words, he feels like a "musical archaeologist."

Gordon also said DOOM demanded aggressive, heavy, and uncompromising music because of the franchise's brutal gameplay and spirit. He added that fans have kept the tracks alive by adding them to playlists, performing them at concerts, and introducing them to new listeners, which is why the soundtrack still resonates years later.

This will not be Gordon's first time touching DOOM on a stage, but the previous moment was much smaller: he only played a short medley at The Game Awards 2016. Outside of DOOM, the composer is currently working on the soundtrack for Defect.

Will a full live DOOM performance make the soundtrack feel new again, or is it already bigger as a fan-driven legacy?