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'''''On the Hunt''''' was composed by [[Bobby Prince]] using the program [[Sequencer Plus Gold]]. Like most of the heavy metal songs in Doom, Bobby Prince used popular metal music for inspiration, and listeners compare this track to Believer's ''Sanity Obscure''.
 
'''''On the Hunt''''' was composed by [[Bobby Prince]] using the program [[Sequencer Plus Gold]]. Like most of the heavy metal songs in Doom, Bobby Prince used popular metal music for inspiration, and listeners compare this track to Believer's ''Sanity Obscure''.
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The song has an interesting chord sequence:
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Esusb2 plays in the introduction. Then the chord progression follows a blues chord pattern and with 5th and b5th chords sequentially (E5 F(b5), A5 Bb(b5), etc.) On the second loop, the song adds a 3rd to the notes, making it a major, major flat 5th.
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==Games==
 
==Games==
 
===Doom (DOS)===
 
===Doom (DOS)===

Revision as of 01:04, 23 June 2017

On the Hunt
Composer Bobby Prince
Released 1993-12-10
Title Origin Official

On the Hunt was composed by Bobby Prince using the program Sequencer Plus Gold. Like most of the heavy metal songs in Doom, Bobby Prince used popular metal music for inspiration, and listeners compare this track to Believer's Sanity Obscure.

The song has an interesting chord sequence: Esusb2 plays in the introduction. Then the chord progression follows a blues chord pattern and with 5th and b5th chords sequentially (E5 F(b5), A5 Bb(b5), etc.) On the second loop, the song adds a 3rd to the notes, making it a major, major flat 5th.

Games

Doom (DOS)

Platform - DOS.png
Doom (DOS)
Output - MIDI.svg
Doom - DOS - E1M6.png
Arranger Bobby Prince
Released 1993-12-10
Length 1:23
Format MUS
Loops Yes

The song is played in Doom (DOS) in levels E1M6: Central Processing and E3M6: Mt. Erebus.

This track exists twice in the DOOM.WAD file under the names "D_E1M6" and "D_E3M6". This track appears on the Doom Music album.

Doom (32X)

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Doom (32X)
Doom - 32X - MAP15.png
Released 1994-10-??
Loops Yes

The song plays on MAP06: Central Processing and also on MAP15: Spawning Vats (replacing Waltz of the Demons).


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