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771 America's Library of Congress Officially Inducts... the Soundtrack for the Videogame 'Doom'

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 05/17/2026 21:34 EDT

America's Library of Congress Officially Inducts... the Soundtrack for the Videogame 'Doom'

America's Library of Congress "is preserving a little piece of Hell," jokes Engadget, "by inducting the soundtrack to the original Doom into the National Recording Registry."

The album of demon-slaying tracks is joined by several other notable 2026 additions to the registry, like Weezer's self-titled debut album (colloquially known as "The Blue Album"), Taylor Swift's "1989," Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) and the original "Mambo No. 5."

"Doom" was created by Bobby Prince, a freelance compo

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