Editing Id Software (section)

=== Soundtrack dispute ===
In May 2020, after the Doom Eternal Original Soundtrack was released,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doom Eternal's Delayed Soundtrack Is Now Available For Collector's Edition Owners |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/doom-eternals-delayed-soundtrack-is-now-available-/1100-6476229/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110140736/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/doom-eternals-delayed-soundtrack-is-now-available-/1100-6476229/ |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref> there was a serious backlash to the Doom Eternal OST and accusations of low quality work that did not match composer [[Mick Gordon (composer)|Mick Gordon's]] usual standards. On April 19, Gordon confirmed on [[Twitter]] that it was not his work,<ref name="MickTwitterpost" /> and Marty Stratton subsequently posted on May 20 a 2,500-word [[open letter]]<ref name="redditOpenLetter" /> on [[Reddit]] blaming Gordon for everything that went wrong with the process of creating music for the soundtrack.<ref name="MickTwitterpost">{{Cite tweet |number=1251828567882600448 |user=Mick_Gordon |title=I didn't mix those and wouldn't have done that.}}</ref><ref name="redditOpenLetter">{{Cite web |last=Stratton |first=Marty |date=May 4, 2020 |title=DOOM Eternal OST Open Letter |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/gdg25y/doom_eternal_ost_open_letter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505220052/https://www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/gdg25y/doom_eternal_ost_open_letter/ |archive-date=May 5, 2020 |publisher=Reddit}}</ref> Following this, public outcry against Gordon reached a level where he received explicit death threats and graphic messages of intent to harm him and his family. Gordon's message accounts, servers, and phones were allegedly inundated with abuse to extreme levels, seriously impacting his mental health.<ref name="wagiehate">{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Doom Eternal Composer Alleges Unpaid Wages and Abuse in Lengthy Soundtrack Controversy Response |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/doom-eternal-composer-alleges-unpaid-wages-and-abuse-in-lengthy-soundtrack-controversy-response |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110225947/https://www.ign.com/articles/doom-eternal-composer-alleges-unpaid-wages-and-abuse-in-lengthy-soundtrack-controversy-response |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=IGN}}</ref>

On November 9, 2022, Mick published a 14,000-word article on [[Medium (website)|Medium]]<ref name="realcallout">{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Mick |date=November 9, 2022 |title=My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal |url=https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110192728/https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=Medium}}</ref> explaining his side of the story as a defensive rebuttal of the nine outlined accusations in Stratton's post (described as "an extensive series of lies"), substantiated with various forms of evidence including photographs of emails, receipts, and file metadata to verify his claims.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Mick |date=November 9, 2022 |title=2. The OST was delayed before I was under contract |url=https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce#b7e0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118015434/https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce#b7e0 |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=Medium}}</ref><ref name="wagiehate" /><ref name="ign-9nov2022">{{Cite news |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Doom Eternal Composer Alleges Unpaid Wages and Abuse in Lengthy Soundtrack Controversy Response |work=[[IGN]] |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/doom-eternal-composer-alleges-unpaid-wages-and-abuse-in-lengthy-soundtrack-controversy-response |url-status=live |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109204222/https://www.ign.com/articles/doom-eternal-composer-alleges-unpaid-wages-and-abuse-in-lengthy-soundtrack-controversy-response |archive-date=November 9, 2022}}</ref> It included claims that Gordon had yet to receive over half of his payment for his work and awards from the soundtrack's nominations at [[The Game Awards 2020]] Stratton had reportedly claimed to deliver on Gordon's behalf; that his name had been listed on the OST's pre-order for weeks before Bethesda had contracted him to work on it just 48 hours before the game's release; Mossholder had been composing an alternate version of the OST as early as August 2019, and in response to request from Gordon's lawyers for Stratton's Reddit post to be removed, Gordon was offered six figures in exchange for a lifetime gag order, but never the possibility of Stratton's defamatory post being removed.<ref name="realcallout" />

On November 16, 2022, [[Bethesda Softworks|Bethesda]] released a statement backing Marty Stratton, Chad Mossholder, and everyone in the id software team. Their statement further claimed that they had evidence to rebut Gordon's claims, without releasing mentioned evidence, and expressed concern that his statement enticed harassment and violence towards the team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Bethesda says Mick Gordon's Doom Eternal soundtrack allegations are one-sided |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bethesda-says-mick-gordons-doom-eternal-soundtrack-allegations-are-one-sided |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117045641/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bethesda-says-mick-gordons-doom-eternal-soundtrack-allegations-are-one-sided |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref>