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Doom's original soundtrack is now preserved by the Library of Congress

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Sounding off:Video game music has spent decades shaping popular culture, but only a handful of game soundtracks have been formally recognized as part of America's recorded history. Doom's induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry is another sign that the sounds of early PC gaming are no longer being treated as disposable background noise, but as cultural artifacts worth preserving.

The Library of Congress has added Bobby Prince's 1993 Doom soundtrack to the National Recording Registry, naming it one of 25 recordings selected this year for their cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance.

The 2026 class brings the registry to 700 titles and includes a notably wide mix of recordings, including Weezer's Blue Album, the Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat, Jose Feliciano's Feliz Navidad, Perez Prado's Mambo No. 5, and the...

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