This thread is to provide information of the music used in Civ 4, to allow people who loved the soundtrack (or parts of it) to be able to copy it into their own music folders and be able to tag and label the mp3s correctly. For those looking for more, where possible I'll also supply links to where you can get recordings of the full symphonies/operas etc of the movements featured, but note that these may not necessarily be the same recording that is on Civ 4.

I've searched around here a bit and whenever someone asks for the full names of the songs used in Civ 4, they just point them to the music folder, which isn't very helpful. So here is a list of all the era music. The Modern era music I found the names of thanks to a user named "Cskalenda" on the Civ 4 talk page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Civilization_IV) on Wikipedia.

First of all, the music in the Medieval, Renaissance, Industrial and Modern eras uses music already recorded, from composers of the time. The rest of the music (intro theme, menu theme, new game loading music, leader music, Ancient soundtrack) is composed by people who worked on the Civ 4 team: Jeffrey L. Briggs, Mark Cromer, Michael Curran, and Christopher Tin.

Notes on naming:
Note that my method of naming does not include extra information such as "...for string quintet" or "...in C minor". Feel free to follow the links and add them if you wish, or figure out the key on your own. I have also replaced Roman numerals with their decimal equivalents so tracks appear correctly ordered when arranged alphabetically. Composers who have reached "one-name famousness" are only referred to with one name, eg Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, since everyone knows who they are. I haven't used symbols with accents for alphabet compatibility.

I'll post the mp3 filename, then the full name, and any more information if possible. Music is found in your Civ4\Assets\Sounds\Soundtrack folder.

Feel free to post corrections. I'm having trouble identifying exactly which Dvorak's Slavonic Dances I'm working with, so help there would be appreciated :)
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MODERN ERA MUSIC

In the Soundtrack\Modern folder (all of the Modern era music is composed by John Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coolidge_Adams) so I won't label it each time):

File name: AnfortasWound.mp3
Full name: Harmonielehre (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002RU2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - Part 2: The Anfortas Wound

File: ChairmanDances.mp3
Full: The Chairman Dances (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002RU2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)

File: Chconne.mp3
Full: Chaconne (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005J3B/qid=1131862880/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174): Body Through Which The Dream Flows

File: ChristianZeal.mp3
Full: Christian Zeal And Activity (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005IY2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)

File: CommonTones.mp3
Full: Common Tones In Simple Time (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005IY2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)

File: GrandPianola1.mp3
Full: Grand Pianola Music (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005IZR/ref=pd_sim_music_2/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174): Part 1A

File: GrandPianola2.mp3
Full: Grand Pianola Music (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005IZR/ref=pd_sim_music_2/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174): Part 2B

File: Harmonielehre.mp3
Full: Harmonielehre (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002RU2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - Part 1

File: HymingSlews.mp3
Full: Shaker Loops (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00030B9F2/qid=1131862313/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - 2: Hyming Slews

File: LoopsAndVerses.mp3
Full: Shaker Loops (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00030B9F2/qid=1131862313/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - 3: Loops And Verses

File: MeisterEckhardt.mp3
Full: Harmonielehre (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002RU2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - Part 3: Meister Eckhardt And Quackie

File: ShakingAndTrembling.mp3
Full: Shaker Loops (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00030B9F2/qid=1131862313/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - 1: Shaking And Trembling

File: ThePeopleAreHeroes.mp3
Full: Nixon in China (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005IYW/qid=1131860869/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9635513-4464643?n=507846&s=classical&v=glance) - Act 1, Scene 1: The People Are The Heroes Now

File: TrombaLontana.mp3
Full: Tromba Lontana (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002RU2/qid=1131861513/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)

INDUSTRIAL ERA MUSIC

In the Soundtrack\Industrial folder:

A complete recording of Beethoven (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Beethoven)'s symphonies is available here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001VVY/sr=1-1/qid=1138930474/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9635513-4464643?%5Fencoding=UTF8)

File name: Beethoven5 2.mp3
Full name: Symphony No. 5 - Movement 2: Andante con motto
Composer: Beethoven

File: Beethoven6 1.mp3
Full: Symphony No. 6 - Movement 1: Allegro ma non troppo
By: Beethoven

File: Beethoven6 2.mp3
Full: Symphny No. 6 - Movement 2: Andante molto mosso
By: Beethoven

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Brahms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms)'s symphonies are available here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000041Z5/sr=1-1/qid=1138931092/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9635513-4464643?%5Fencoding=UTF8)

File: Brahms3 2.mp3
Full: Symphony No. 3 - Movement 2: Andante
By: Brahms

File: Brahms3 3.mp3
Full: Symphony No. 3 - Movement 3: Poco allegretto
By: Brahms

Brahms's Hungarian dances are available here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000013KA/sr=1-1/qid=1138931356/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9635513-4464643?%5Fencoding=UTF8).

File: BrahmsHungarian1.mp3
Full: Hungarian Dance No. 1: Allegro Molto
By: Brahms

File: BrahmsHungarian3.mp3
Full: Hungarian Dance No. 3: Allegretto
By: Brahms

File: BrahmsHungarian16.mp3
Full: Hungarian Dance No. 16: Con Moto
By: Brahms

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File: Dvorak9 2.mp3
Full: Symphony No. 9 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000C293/sr=1-1/qid=1138931668/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9635513-4464643?%5Fencoding=UTF8) - Movement 2: Largo
By: Dvorak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)

File: DvorakAmerican1.mp3
Full: American Suite (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000041YK/sr=1-7/qid=1138932081/ref=sr_1_7/103-9635513-4464643?%5Fencoding=UTF8) - Movement 1: Molto Vivace
By: Dvorak

Dvorak's Slavonic Dances are available (soon!)

File: DvorakSlavonic3.mp3
Full: Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 - No. 3: Poco Allegro
By: Dvorak

File: DvorakSlavonic7.mp3
Full: (will find out soon - any help would be appreciated)
By: Dvorak

File: DvorakSlavonic10.mp3
Full: (will find out soon)
By: Dvorak

File: DvorakSlavonic13.mp3
Full: (will find out soon)
By: Dvorak

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File: RimskyKorsakovScheherazade3.mp3
Full: Scheherazade (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000UW0/sr=1-1/qid=1138933152/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9635513-4464643?%5Fencoding=UTF8) - Movement 3: The Young Prince And The Young Princess
By: Rimsky-Korsakov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimsky-Korsakov)

File: SaintSaensAllegretto.mp3
Full: (not known yet)
By: Camille Saint-Saens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Saens)

MEDIEVAL ERA MUSIC

In the Soundtrack\Medieval folder:

File name: AllegriMiserere.mp3
Full name: Miserere (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000013Z1/sr=1-3/qid=1139094397/ref=sr_1_3/103-3188938-6509454?%5Fencoding=UTF8)
Composer: Gregorio Allegri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Allegri)

File: AnonymousAySantaMaria.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

File: AnonymousLaGamba.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

File: BrumelGloria.mp3
Full: Missa "Et ecce terrae motus" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000277D/qid=1139093978/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174) - Kyrie: Gloria
By: Antoine Brumel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Brumel)

File: ChantDeus.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

File: ChantLaudate.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

File: ChantRegen.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

File: LassusAlmaRedemptorisMater.mp3
Full: Alma Redemptoris Mater (http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Alma_redemptoris_mater_(Orlando_di_Lasso))
By: Orlande de Lassus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassus)

File: OckeghemIntemerata.mp3
Full: Intemerata Dei Mater (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000014H1/qid=1139091853/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)
By: Johannes Ockeghem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockeghem)

File: OckeghemKyrie.mp3
Full: Requiem: Kyrie (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000014H1/qid=1139091853/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)
By: Johannes Ockeghem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockeghem)

File: OrtizRecercada.mp3
Full: (unknown - it is one of his Recercadas (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000DCRT/qid=1139092127/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174), but I have no idea which)
By: Diego Ortiz

File: PalestrinaCredo.mp3
Full: Missa Papae Marcelli: Credo (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000013U7/qid=1139092550/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)
By: Palestrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina)

File: PalestrinaGloria.mp3
Full: Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000013U7/qid=1139092550/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)
By: Palestrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina)

File: PraetoriusBallet.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: Praetorius (not sure which Praetorius though, probably Michael Praetorius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Praetorius) as he was the most famous member of the family)

File: PraetoriusBransle.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (probably Michael Praetorius)

File: PraetoriusVolte.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (probably Michael Praetorius)

File: SheppardMediaVita.mp3
Full: Media Vita (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005ATD4/qid=1139093248/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3188938-6509454?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174)
By: John Sheppard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheppard)

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Great idea/work :goodjob:
Was thinking on doing something like that myself...

If you need help, I'm a big J.S Bach fan, so I guess I could help you quiet much with "Renaissance" music if you need it, and maybe a bit with "Industrial" and "Classical"...

And by the way : if you want to call Mozart or Beethoven just by their family name, it's fine with me, but for J.S Bach, you gotta say "J.S" because he wasn't at all the only musician in his family (Carl Philip Emanuel is quiet popular too, although not nearly as much as his father...). Just had to say that :p

Keep up the good work

Thanks for the offer :) Name as many tracks as you can, I need all the help I can get :D And yeah I will name the Bach tracks J.S Bach to disambiguate.

Specifics I'll need help with:

- Most of the Medieval stuff isn't hard to name, but for those "Anonymous" and "Chant" ones I have no clue...

- All of the Renaissance music except for Bach's Brandenburg concertos, I will need someone who knows what the songs sound like, seeing as "MozartAdagio" is like finding a needle in a haystack...

- Those Slavonic dances by Dvorak, and that one by Saint-Saens.

The Bach Allemande, BachBouree, BachGigue, BachMenuet, and BachSarabande are from the Bach cello suites...although it may be a pain to go through all of them to figure out which one is from which.

The BachAllegro and BachLargo are from Bach's double violin Concerto in D minor. And the BachAllegroAssai is from his violin concerto in A.

The Saint-Saens is the second movement of his Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 33.

Note: All above mentions of the name Bach are J.S.;)

Can you tell me the name of the African-sounding song that's played at the main menu? It haunts my brain at the oddest times. Can the file be moved to my music library too? Thanks in advance.

Baba Yetu is the name of the tribal music in the opening menu.

Sorry, got somewhat busy IRL the past coupla' days.

I'm posting only two, more later, most likely before end of week-end. (I should be able to spot the rest of JSB's)

Also I'm gonna put keys and BWV numbers for JSB, or else you would end up with half a dozen "violin concertos" for exemple...

Renaissance :

File: BachAllegro.mp3
Full: Concerto for 2 violins in d minor - 3rd mvnt : Allegro
By: J.S Bach

File: BachAllegroAssai.mp3
Full: Concerto for Violin in a minor - 3rd mvnt : Allegro assai
By: J.S Bach

EDIT: again, got beaten to it :p (in fact had the post ready 2 days ago but didn't post it :d)
I'll spot the Cello suits, don't worry ;)

EDIT: again, got beaten to it :p (in fact had the post ready 2 days ago but didn't post it :d)
I'll spot the Cello suits, don't worry ;)

Sorry...didn't mean to steal your thunder:)

I've been trying to figure out what the Mozart stuff is, but I'm having trouble. They sound so familiar though...

Ok, I've added the parts of the Medieval era that I know. I was able to find the exact recordings for many of them on Amazon by listening to the samples.

I dunno if anybody still cares about this, since nobody's posted here in a while...but I stumbled upon one of the Mozart pieces.

The Mozart Romance is the second movement from his piano concerto no. 20 in D minor (K466).

Now we still need references for music in diplomacy (although some of those tunes are original Civ1/2/3/4 work, or remixes).

- All of the Renaissance music except for Bach's Brandenburg concertos, I will need someone who knows what the songs sound like, seeing as "MozartAdagio" is like finding a needle in a haystack...


That sounds like a challenge!

-MozartAdagio
Serenade No. 10 for winds in Bb major - III. Adagio

I also found some info for the other Slavonic Dances.

-DvorakSlavonic7
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 7 In C Minor: Allegro Assai

-DvorakSlavonic10
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 2 In E Minor: Allegretto Grazioso

-DvorakSlavonic12
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 4 in D-flat Major: Allegretto Grazioso

Does anyone know if this putz John Adams is alive so I can send him a note of "appreciation" for his "music." I think the manufacturer of Imitrex paid this guy to write his kitsch so as to increase the incidence of migranes and thereby stimulate sales of the aforementioned drug.

That sounds like a challenge!

-MozartAdagio
Serenade No. 10 for winds in Bb major - III. Adagio

Nice! That one had me stumped.

Does anyone know if this putz John Adams is alive so I can send him a note of "appreciation" for his "music." I think the manufacturer of Imitrex paid this guy to write his kitsch so as to increase the incidence of migranes and thereby stimulate sales of the aforementioned drug.

I sense you don't really want to know the answer but I can confirm that John Adams is indeed still alive and very active. He's not sixty yet. Pity you don't like his stuff - a lot of people are divided about minimalism (the style in which he writes) but I've always found his output to be very intelligent.

If you want real hardcore minimalism, you should try listening to early Philip Glass (esp. Dance Nos 1-5). If Adams gives you a migraine, Glass will make your head explode...

PS Thanks to all who are putting this thread together. I recognised a lot of the pieces, but I'm embarrassed I didn't recognise the Brahms, since I've owned all the symphonies on CD for years...

The Bach Allemande, BachBouree, BachGigue, BachMenuet, and BachSarabande are from the Bach cello suites

Pretty sure...

The Allemande (II), Sarabande (IV) and Menuet (V) are from Suite Number 1 in G major (BWV 1007).

The Bouree (V) is from Suite Number 4 in E-flat major (BWV 1010).

The Gigue (VI) is from Suite Number 5 in C minor (BWV 1011)

I can't get to the music When I open up my assets/sound/soundtrack/any period. I get a blank folder.:gripe:

I can't get to the music When I open up my assets/sound/soundtrack/any period. I get a blank folder.:gripe:

Sorry if this may offend you, but did you actually buy the game?

Yes I tried it with the game cd in.

Gecko, the full path (assuming you installed to the default) should be (taking Industrial as an example):

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\Sounds\Soundtrack\Industrial

If that's empty, something's strange.

Can you tell me the name of the African-sounding song that's played at the main menu? It haunts my brain at the oddest times. Can the file be moved to my music library too? Thanks in advance.
It is baba yetu> Lyrics here (http://wikisource.org/wiki/Baba_yetu) (edit : this (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=123680) is better)
Yes, you can! the original file can be found C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\Sounds\Soundtrack with the filename OpeningMenu.mp3

hope it helps

OK, I've tracked down PraetoriusBallet and PraetoriusBransle. Both are from Dances from Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius. PraetoriusVolte is almost certainly from this work as well.

I've found some info (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/67240.html) on the work, although I'm not certain it's the Hyperion recording that features in Civ4.

File: OrtizRecercada.mp3
Full: (unknown - it is one of his Recercadas (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000DCRT/qid=1139092127/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-9635513-4464643?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174), but I have no idea which)
By: Diego Ortiz


It's the third (Recercada tercera).

File: AnonymousAySantaMaria.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

File: AnonymousLaGamba.mp3
Full: (unknown)
By: (unknown)

More news: both the above medieval-era tracks appear to be taken from a CD entitled "A Royal Songbook - Spanish Music from the Time of Columbus", performed by Musica Antiqua of London (on the Naxos label in the UK, although seems to be no longer available - you can find it on the iTunes Music Store, however).

Both 'Ay Santa Maria' and 'La Gamba' (both of them pieces for two flutes and accompaniment) are by unknown composers.

Haven't had any luck tracing the chants, yet.

Thanks for this thread! I knew that the music included were pieces from all over, but some I could never pinpoint (I love the industrial/modern stuff).

I have a tricky one: does anyone know the tags for the song entitled "ChineseAdam" included in Warlords? I don't think it is ever used in the game, but it is actually a great song. I figure it was song meant for the Reunification or Genghis scenarios, but didn't make it to the final cut.

Thanks for this thread! I knew that the music included were pieces from all over, but some I could never pinpoint (I love the industrial/modern stuff).

I have a tricky one: does anyone know the tags for the song entitled "ChineseAdam" included in Warlords? I don't think it is ever used in the game, but it is actually a great song. I figure it was song meant for the Reunification or Genghis scenarios, but didn't make it to the final cut.

I would have to listen to it again but I'm pretty sure it's one of the tracks that randomly plays during the Unification scenario. There are several nice tracks that only play during that scenario and not during the main game.

Sorry to tell you this, Patriarch, but you left some of the medieval tracks off your list (they're in my Assets/Sounds/Soundtrack folder, anyway!):

DeLaTorreAlta.mp3 is 'Alta' by (yes, you've guessed it) de la Torre. It seems to be taken from the Columbus CD I mentioned in my previous post.

DesprezElGrillo.mp3 and DesprezLament.mp3 are evidently by Josquin des Prez, but I'm going to have to track down the actual, er, tracks.

[EDIT: The first Josquin Desprez is a neat little chanson called 'El grillo' (some sources say 'El grillo è buon cantore'), but I can't find the Lament at all.]

[SECOND EDIT: Please don't get the impression that I'm an expert on medieval music; I normally don't listen to anything written before about 1800.]

Has anybody checked out this Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_Civilization_IV) about the music in Civ IV?

It seems to have identified most of the songs including several pieces of diplomatic music. The only ones they don't seem to list were diplo themes that came from Civ II&III. I know that Julius/Augustus, Cyrus, Montezuma and Hatshepsut/Ramesses themes all came from Civ II.

Good work Patriarch, but I have a question for everyone. Do people actually LIKE the music in Civ 4? Other than the opening screens of course. I liked the music in Civ III better, except I wasn't crazy about the modern age. I thought the other 3 ages were awesome!!

I think Civ 4's music is too "Europa Universalis" like. What do others think?

Good work Patriarch, but I have a question for everyone. Do people actually LIKE the music in Civ 4? Other than the opening screens of course. I liked the music in Civ III better, except I wasn't crazy about the modern age. I thought the other 3 ages were awesome!!

I think Civ 4's music is too "Europa Universalis" like. What do others think?

I loved the Civ IV soundtrack a great deal but I did find it a little bit too Euro-centric. It would of been nice if there was some more asian or middle eastern influenced music, especially when playing a Civ from one of those cultures.

Having all of the Civ III music playing during the classical age in Warlords was a nice touch but more variety is needed for some of the other ages.

I loved the Civ IV soundtrack a great deal but I did find it a little bit too Euro-centric. It would of been nice if there was some more asian or middle eastern influenced music, especially when playing a Civ from one of those cultures.

Having all of the Civ III music playing during the classical age in Warlords was a nice touch but more variety is needed for some of the other ages.

Agreed. Variety is always better. I do enjoy how you can hear civ-specific music if you zoom in close to a city-- that was a brilliant albeit subtle touch. It's the little things that one discovers during each game that make me come back to this franchise (like the other day, after two years of playing Civ4, I finally learned how to label features on the map... marvelous!).

The music is absolutely top-notch imho, both intro-pieces are amazing and non-european centred, and it's very relaxing to be just panning around your empire from time to time looking on what you've created so far with some real "classics" of classical music playing on the background.

Only once you hit the modern age the music becomes somewhat annoying, excepting the "ThePeopleAreTheHeroes" track.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I can look up those Dvoraks I liked.

Only once you hit the modern age the music becomes somewhat annoying, excepting the "ThePeopleAreTheHeroes" track.

Yeah, I wish they would just stick with Dvorak.

Hold the front page! The Praetorius tracks are not by Praetorius!

Actually, one of them is: PraetoriusBallet is the 'Ballet du roy' from Terpsichore, as mentioned in my post above.

The other tracks seem to be taken from the same CD (again, a Naxos release in the UK) but the confusion arises because the CD's title is Dances from Terpsichore, but not all the music on the disc is Terpsichore!

The track entitled 'PraetoriusBransle' is the 'Bransle gay & Bransle de Montirande' (two pieces played together as one) by Pierre Certon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Certon); and the track entitled 'PraetoriusVolte' is actually a set of three 'voltes' by Orazio Vecchi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orazio_Vecchi).

And the 'volte' (aka volta) is a Renaissance dance (how to dance the volte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavolta)).

Amazing what you can learn when you look into it.

I really like all the music in Civ4, btw. I'm familiar with most of the John Adams pieces and I really like them (I went and bought the violin concerto purely on the basis of hearing it in Civ4!).

The medieval pieces have been a real eye-opener, too. Someone really did his or her homework in putting the tracks together - the music is intelligently chosen (although I could have done without the Allegri Miserere, which I just think is a bit clichéd). OK, they messed up on the Praetorius, but I would probably have done the same.

The ironic thing is that I generally turn the music off once the game gets beyond the Medieval Age, because it's starting to get repetitive now (I love the Pastoral Symphony and the Bach Cello Suites and Scheherazade, but I've heard them so many times in my life that it's beginning to get a bit much). However, part of the joy of playing Civ4 is a sense of recreating history and the medieval music enhances that aspect of the playing experience for me.

I loved the Civ IV soundtrack a great deal but I did find it a little bit too Euro-centric. It would of been nice if there was some more asian or middle eastern influenced music, especially when playing a Civ from one of those cultures.


HA!! I was just thinking that the other day, if you play as china or japan we probably shouldn't be listening to Beethoven... Some good Asian music would fit in real good!!

I'm probably in the minority here but I actually like the modern age music. It's not really something I would listen to outside of the game (with The People are the Heroes being the exception) but it fits in well with the gameplay.

There are quite a few tracks which display a sense of urgency which is very fitting due to it generally being near the end of the game when the modern era hits.

Thanks. I play myself some of the Bach, the pieces from the first cello suite. I recognized most though, but I'm a classical musician so I know much more than the average person on this. :)

you could always replace the music you don't like with something else. i've got 'mars' from holsts planet suite for example. except i can't hear it anymore, my sound card is fried. :sad:

Incidentally, has anyone been able to identify any of the pieces from the Classical era? There are four in the folder. One of them is definitely African in origin (Baaba Maal, perhaps?). Or perhaps they were specially composed? Does anyone know?

I'm just wondering did anybody ever figure out all of the renaissance tracks? That's the only the thing this thread is missing.

Mozart Romance: Piano concerto in D minor, KV 466.

I knew this song before playing civ4.

Ok, dosen't anyone ever talk about Beethoven Allegretto? I have hummed this tune to a great many musicians and no one recognizes it. Either I am a really bad hummer or this is a piece few know, or it has been altered alot for Civ gaming. No where on the net can I find this bit of music.

Renaissance soundtrack and it's called simply Beethoven Allegretto. Please tell me the full name. 7th Symphony? Which movement? Is it in C minor? I am not a musician but this is in my opinion a very impressive piece for late 1700s early 1800s. Seems influenced by Mozart.

Anyway, will someone please tell me what symphony this is from and if possible a CD I can buy to get it? I have a number of Beethoven CDs with no sound like this on it. Please Please Please I have been trying to track this down since May 07

^^Beethoven Allegretto is also known by "Beethoven: Sym 7 In A, Op 92: Ii. Allegretto"... you can find a youtube of it in here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mefmD0THw8)

EDIT: If you have time for that, you can try to find it in here (http://mp3skyline.com/search?q=Ludwig+Van+Beethoven+++Allegretto&soft=1&hl=1&ref=101&tracker=http%3A%2F%2Fmusicforum.org.ua%2Fviewtopic .php%3Ft%3Dz178x177946)

If you use Winamp, there is an option for Auto tagging a song, it does a look up and fills in the song information. It seems to work for all the Civ4 songs I have tried. Looks like most of the songs come from the Naxos catalog. Not sure how accurate the feature is.

My favorite diplo music is missing from the wikipedia link. I've been trying to find the name of the Dutch diplo music for a while now, but no luck. It doesn't sound much like Wilhelmus van Nassau, the national anthem of the Netherlands. Maybe the tempo is just much faster.

I accidentally discovered that one of the "Renaissance" sounds bytes comes from Josquin des Prez's "El Grillo" - a brilliant choice

i would sure like this to be continued with titles/information for some of the other songs, like the diplomacy screens, and classical era - more specificly with BrennusLate

Much information about the soundtrack to be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_Civilization_IV

Alas, it doesn't have anything about Brennus. Personally, I'd suggest listening to the Chieftains if you're trying to find similar material...and possibly Rich & Linda Thompson.