Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor is the frontman of the band Nine Inch Nails. As a fan of Doom and vice versa, he was asked to design the music and sound effects for Quake.

The PC version of the game included 10 ambient tracks from the game as standard CD-Audio files, so the game disc could be played in a CD player with the first track reserved for game data (which can not be read by a CD player), and 10 additional tracks of music.

Quake's nailgun ammo boxes also feature the Nine Inch Nails logo on them.

Reznor later did the initial sound design for Doom 3, but his material was eventually scrapped and replaced with other alternatives. A late NIN drummer, Chris Vrenna, did the theme song instead. Reznor's work on Doom 3 can be heard in the Doom 3 alpha builds, as well as via an unofficial sound pack mod.