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Doom Eternal composer: I didn't get paid and was abused.

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Doom Eternal was subjected to a lot of controversy during its development process, this controversy was caused by heated arguments between the management and the game's composer. Now, after all this time, the latter has spoken out about the details of these issues.

In a lengthy Medium post, composer “Gordon” offered his side of the Doom Eternal struggle. He said that id Software didn’t pay him half of his salary for the soundtrack to his game, and that executive producer Marty Stratton repeatedly abused him throughout his studio work and went unpaid for 11 months.

The composer first mentioned his issue in 2020. That was when the game's soundtrack was released alongside the compilers' version. It is reported that players noticed significant inconsistencies in the integration of the game's soundtrack and the same piece from the version released in 2016.

Gordon He indicated that he was not responsible for the merging of the mentioned tracks. And then he left Stratton He stated that the aforementioned composer was unable to present his promised work on time. He concluded by stating that they would probably never work together again.

So far, we haven't seen any response from Bethesda or even Stratton himself following the composer's accusations. IGN has even reached out to the company for comment, but has yet to share anything with them.

This isn't the first time we've seen behind-the-scenes workers complain. Last month, for example, a Bayonetta actress complained about her low pay. You can find more details here.