Mick utilises a broad range of modern musical sound design and traditional composition techniques in order to be unconstrained by any singular genre. His music is inspired by the connection between the audience and the experience and seeks to overcome the separation between music and the world in which it exists.
Recently, Mick scored the video game DOOM - the return of id Software’s seminal first-person shooter. To illustrate the game’s portrayal of Hell and its insidious power he explored the role of energy in sound production and how the physical properties of analogue equipment can be imparted onto digital sources.
His award-winning interactive score for Microsoft’s reboot of KILLER INSTINCT featured a myriad of performers from around the globe. Mick collaborated with a viking choir in Sweden, representatives of the Nez Perce tribe in Idaho and numerous other performers, vocalists, lyricists and translators to produce its Amazon best-selling soundtrack.
Mick’s score for the video game, WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER interweaves modern musical sound design techniques with 1960s style record production. He synthesised field recordings and transformed them into new physically playable instruments to create unique musical palettes. The score explores the role of distortion as a modern musical device. The process of overdriving various pieces of analogue equipment into extremes to create tension was used to represent the game’s chaotic villain, Deathshead. Additionally, to musically represent the rebellious plight of the heroes against their oppressors, Mick utilised vintage instruments, microphones and recording equipment to create music inspired by protest and freedom movement songs of the 1960s.
Mick Gordon is represented by the Gorfaine Schwartz agency.
I. Dogma
Mick Gordon Lyrics
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He chose the path of perpetual torment.
In his ravenous hatred he found no peace.
And with boiling blood he scoured the Umbral Plains seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him.
And those that tasted the bite of his sword named him...
the Doom Slayer.
Mick Gordon's song I. Dogma is a heavy metal track with an overarching theme of an epic battle between good and evil. The opening lyrics depict the first age and the first battle, where the shadows first lengthened, and one hero stood out. This hero chose the path of perpetual torment as he was fueled by his ravenous hatred and refused to rest until he had avenged himself against the dark lords who had wronged him. The singer's boiling blood sends him on a journey through the Umbral Plains, where he seeks to bring justice to the wicked and avenge his own suffering. The lyrics conclude with the naming of the hero, who goes by the name the Doom Slayer.
This song's lyrics are inspired by the video game Doom, which revolves around a solitary hero called the Doom Slayer, who battles against various demons and the forces of evil. The hero is determined to stop the plot of hellish demons from invading Earth and turning it into a living hell. The lyrics of I. Dogma bring to life the Doom Slayer's relentless pursuit of justice and vengeance, as he sets out on a mission to rid the world of evil and restore order to the cosmos.
Line by Line Meaning
In the first age, in the first battle, when the shadows first lengthened, one stood.
Amidst the start of an epic war, in a time when darkness was at its peak, there stood a warrior.
He chose the path of perpetual torment.
This warrior willingly decided to lead a life of constant pain and agony.
In his ravenous hatred he found no peace.
Despite his intense anger towards his enemies, the warrior could not find any sense of inner calm.
And with boiling blood he scoured the Umbral Plains seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him.
Driven by extreme fury and passion, the warrior searched the dark lands for retribution against those who had harmed him.
And those that tasted the bite of his sword named him... the Doom Slayer.
Those unfortunate enough to face the warrior's sword as he sought his revenge, gave him the title of the 'Doom Slayer'.
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