Robert Prince (video game composer)

Robert C. Prince III, also known as Bobby Prince, is an American composer and sound designer. He has worked as an independent contractor for several gaming companies, most notably id Software and Apogee/3D Realms. Some of his most notable work includes Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II, 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. He was a 1LT platoon leader in Vietnam 1969–70.

Prince is a lawyer who passed the bar in 1980.

Career
Prince's best-known and most enduring work is the soundtrack to the original 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 Pantera and Alice in Chains.

He has created music and sound effects for Commander Keen 4–6, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Pickle Wars, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Blake Stone, Doom, Rise of the Triad, Doom II, Duke Nukem II, Duke Nukem 3D, Abuse, Demonstar, and many other games.

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).

In October 2016, he was diagnosed with colon cancer.