Vile Flesh MIDI zip

[Gez]

Looking for the Vile Flesh song origins, I found this old post from 2006. Unsurprisingly, the links are dead, but the site is still on the Internet Archive (click on the broken image that goes to "download.html").

But the vilefleshmidi.zip file isn't. Did anybody happen to save it? I'd like to have these files in their original MIDI form (not converted to MUS), as well as know if they are given titles or any other metadata absent from their version in vile.wad.

[inventor200]

I'm sorry for bumping a thread that is 7 years old, but it's about something very important to me, and I would like to contribute a link for anybody in the future who found this thread like I did. I literally made an account on here just to reply to this; I am aware of the standard etiquette of the Internet on other forums, but I feel that necro'ing this is worth the mild annoyance and eye-rolling of the other users here.

 

When I was maybe 7 years old, my best friend introduced me to Doom. My father (shortly after I was introduced to the game) downloaded a small set of WAD files from the community for me to play, should I want to try other levels.

 

I didn't know who any of these authors were at the time, but I grew up on their content for over 16 years. I hope this helps some Doom authors realize how much impact their work can have.

 

There are a few people on this forum who have contributed significantly to my childhood memories, and I remember their works with the sort of nostalgia that people may remember a childhood home. One of these people is Gwyn Williams, author of my all-time favorite WAD "Vile Flesh", which I have played for years and years. This WAD's position as my personal favorite can absolutely be chalked up to nostalgia bias, and I am very self-aware of that.

 

I thought I might try to contact him to thank him for his work, but it doesn't seem he's active anymore.

 

I found this thread in my search, however, and I still have a copy of the Vile Flesh midi files (which my father probably downloaded on a whim at the time). I have actually been making music covers of these songs for personal synth programming practice for a long time. I re-zipped them here for you. there is no meta-data as far as I can tell, and the Doom Wiki states that the songs were not given names.

 

I grew up on this WAD's soundtrack; it is very important to me because of that, and I hope this helps other people find it.

 

This WAD (and others) inspired me to make my own levels, and it created a love for the game with another close friend of mine, and we would send each other our levels over email to challenge and one-up each other all throughout elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and onward.

 

It's crazy for me to see posts which were written online before I really knew what the outside world was, and when my only concern was who I would talk to in kindergarten class that day, and now I have a partner, have left college, and am moving out to an apartment. I would consider myself incredibly lucky if anything I've posted online has even a fraction of such an impact on others, like how some Doom WADs have had on me.

[kknot5889]

@inventor200

If there was ever any reason to resurrect a seven year old thread, I'd say this is it. It looks like @Gez is still an active member here and I'm sure he'll be thrilled that someone was finally able to get him these midi files.

 

I've never heard of this wad. I've just downloaded it and I'll be checking it out shortly, so thanks for that. I'm also currently looking around for a good midi to use for a map I'm making. So maybe I'll be able to find one here. 

 

You're the man.

[Gez]

Well, that was a surprise. Just goes to show, never hesitate to ask, you may get an answer seven years later. :p ^{_{After a forum software update broke a link in the first post.}}

 

Thanks for the zip. I originally made the thread while writing the wiki article since I figured this was the one remaining, slim chance of getting canonical song titles if there were any in metadata. Well, so much for that, as you noted there isn't any metadata at all. But regardless, thanks again for putting this question to rest.

[Captain Ventris]

Gotta love how, often enough, a Necro on this forum ends up being Archaeology instead.

[P41R47]

Such a shame Gwyn Williams doesn't contribute anymore work.

Vile Flesh its a classic without questions.
 

Works like this are infinitelly inspiring.

This soundtrack is pure gold!

Edited November 9, 2019 by P41R47