Robert Caskin Prince III, known professionally as Bobby Prince, is an American

video game composer Video game music (or VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led to ...

and sound designer. He has worked as an independent contractor for several gaming companies, most notably id Software and

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. Some of his most notable works include '' Wolfenstein 3D'', '' Doom'', '' Doom II: Hell on Earth'', '' Duke Nukem II'', and '' Duke Nukem 3D''.

Early life and education

Bobby Prince was a founding member of R&B and soul band

The Jesters The Jesters were a doo-wop group based in New York City who achieved success in the late 1950s. They were students at Cooper Junior High School in Harlem, who graduated from singing under an elevated train station near 120th Street to the amateu ...

. He was a 1LT platoon leader in Vietnam 1969–70. Prince is a lawyer who passed the bar in 1980.

Career

Prince has created music and sound effects for '' Commander Keen 4–6'', ''

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'', '' Wolfenstein 3D'', '' Spear of Destiny'', '' Blake Stone'', '' Rise of the Triad'', '' Duke Nukem II'', '' Duke Nukem 3D'', ''

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'', '' Demonstar'', and many other games. Among his most notable and most enduring works is the soundtrack to the video game '' Doom''. The ''Doom'' soundtrack grew very popular among gamers, with fans doing various cover versions and remix projects more than 20 years after the game's release. According to John Romero, a co-developer of Doom, several tracks from the game are copies of songs from popular heavy metal bands, such as

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and Alice in Chains. In 2006, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by his fellow game composers. His latest works include sound and music for the game '' Wrack'' (formerly Last Bastion).

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