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Obituary for Bobby Prince

Started by Rhetorica, Jun 20, 2026, 12:36 AM

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Rhetorica

Robert 'Bobby' Prince III has died. He was age 81.

Bobby Prince was the composer on most id games prior to Quake, and was responsible, in whole or in part, for scoring (or otherwise contributing to) 71 titles in total, which are listed here. (Although many of these are quotations or ports of titles from the id–Apogee heyday.) He is most famous for his work on the original Doom soundtrack, but personally I'll always remember him for Eat Your Veggies, better known as the Dopefish song, which was originally composed for the opening cinematic of the (unfinished) fourth Commander Keen game, Keen Dreams:


Farewell, Bobby! You will be missed.
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