Robert Prince

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For the ballet and Broadway composer and arranger Robert Prince, see Robert Prince (composer).

Robert Prince
Birth name	Robert Caskin Prince III
Also known as	"Bobby Prince"
Genre(s)	Video game music
Occupation(s)	Composer, Musician
Website	www.bpmusic.com

Robert Caskin Prince III, also known as Bobby Prince, is a composer and sound designer. He has worked as an independent contractor for several gaming companies, most notably id Software and Apogee/3D Realms.

He has created music and sound effects for Commander Keen 4-6, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Blake Stone, Doom, Rise of the Triad, Doom II, Duke Nukem II, Duke Nukem 3D, Abuse, Demonstar, as well as other games. He has also composed music for commercials and independent films. In 2006, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by his fellow game composers.

Robert Prince is a lawyer who passed the bar in 1980.^[1] He was a 1LT platoon leader in Vietnam 1969-70.

Bobby Prince was inspired by music by Alice in Chains, Megadeth, ZZ Top, and other composers, and some of his songs resemble songs by these composers.^[2]^[3] He claims his legal background was what later helped him understand how much he could get away with in basing large parts of his songs on other people's songs, without asking permission.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2006 Bobby posted a new music project on his site. He said that the MP3 entitled "Doom IIV" (Doom IIV.mp3) is "...what I probably would have written for a theme to the latest DOOM". He was most likely referring to Doom 3. He also stated that "...If this works well, I will be releasing hundreds of songs in this manner." and encouraged fans to e-mail their opinions of the song to him.^[4] This section was removed from his site in July 2007.^[5] The .torrent file was also removed.

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IMF (music)

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[edit] External links

bobby prince Music Entry Point - official website (updated April 2006. new music project added, fixed some links)
Doomworld: Doom music - MP2 versions of the full soundtracks for Doom and Doom II, and some anecdotes from Robert
Interview at The Adrenaline Vault - Only the first page is available
"Eat Your Veggies" lyrics, video, and pictures
High-resolution photo of Robert Prince at id Software's apartment office during the summer of 1992
Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
Bobby Prince - 1963 - Robert Prince's page at his Athens High School website

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NAME	Prince III, Robert C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Prince, Bobby
SHORT DESCRIPTION	video game music composer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 12
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