I consider star wars supported by three pillars (people) they being Lucas, Ralph McQuary, and John Williams without them Star Wars is not Star Wars.

The Music of Star Wars is great but doubt we could use it (could we?)

In the area of music,we could use the Imperial March as the Imperial Diplomacy Music and The Opening theme for the Main Menu.

If that music could be used, I'd have a lot of ideas for various diplomacy musics. If not, I'm pretty much stumped.

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Why couldn't we use it?

Granted I don't get how Civ Sounds and Audio works, but everything is a .wav file. If you could get the music in that form, and then have someone on the XML end put it together, it would work fine.

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Why couldn't we use it?

Granted I don't get how Civ Sounds and Audio works, but everything is a .wav file. If you could get the music in that form, and then have someone on the XML end put it together, it would work fine.

I is not that it would be hard adding the music (which I could do easily, I have ALL the songs ALL of them: Movies, TV shows, Video Games) but the issue is copywrite. I doubt Bantha Music would care, but you never know.

In the area of music,we could use the Imperial March as the Imperial Diplomacy Music and The Opening theme for the Main Menu.

I was thinking the opening menu should be Imperial March, or Duel of the Fates.
A chunk of Emperors throne room would be good imperial diplomacy.

I'd also go for some bit of RotJ music with the Emperor motif for Palpatine at least. The Imperial March could be for other Empire/Remnant leaders, though I'd know some excellent music for those from TIE Fighter provided that midi music will do.

For opening menu I might consider something a little more calm, like ESB finale.

The Cantina Music would be sweet for something; idk what, maybe jsut backround (although that would be obnoixious)

The Cantina Music would be sweet for something; idk what, maybe jsut backround (although that would be obnoixious)

I guess it could be Jabba the Hutts diplo music (it should be Jedi Rocks, but that songs stinks:p)

Jabba's theme would seem to be obvious choice for Hutt music, or if you want some in-universe stuff, there's also that "baroque" piece. Oh, and why I'm not against adding Black Sun even though it seems and odd choice for a civ is because there is a Xizor's theme. A pretty good one too if you just take the one and half minutes or so from the end.

What song would we use as Xizors theme, and is it copyrighted?

Probably as copyrighted as any Star Wars music, sadly. Shadows of the Empire was a big multimedia project and it included a soundtrack.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadows_of_the_Empire_%28soundtrack%29

Unless we find some uncopyrighted music we'll have to use the generic music.

copyrighted music? most songs you can download off the internet and use freely,

We have to make sure the songs we download aren't copyrighted. Most free internet downloads aren't legal. if you have found one that's legal for us to download use and distribute we can use it.

I guess you could check if there's anything usable here:
http://www.dockingbay101.com/fansongs/

Some of those are probably copyrighted too, though. Haven't looked at them so closely.

That might work we'll have to look into it

Ok well i use imesh, which is 100% legal and you can download star wars songs off that, would it be legal to take it off star wars games?

We have to make sure the songs we download aren't copyrighted. Most free internet downloads aren't legal. if you have found one that's legal for us to download use and distribute we can use it.

I have a star wars Cd somewhere, if i rip the songs from that its legal, beacause were not selling it right?

maybe not idk. im not totally sure where it is anyway

profit or non-profit doesn't matter on copyright laws

I guess you could check if there's anything usable here:
http://www.dockingbay101.com/fansongs/


Nope that is illegal


I guess there always is making a "private version" with the music:mischief:

lol...

I guess We'll just have to use generic, or make some ourselves if anyone herre is a musician.

I can find legal songs, which ones do we deffinatly need for sure? i can put them on here

Title song, one for each civilizations/leaders.
If you can could you please get ones for the units

Most of the music is pretty easy to find

Mon Mothma:Alliance Assembly
Leia:Princess Leia's Theme
Emperor:Chunk of Emperor's throne room

Ok we need music for each civilization and each leader this is what ive found and downloaded so far,

Into the Trap - New Republc
Imperial March - Galactic Empire (the song has a metallica to it but its really well done and would be perfect for a civ song)

Sidious - Emperors throne room

Those are great please add them in shortly

Sidious - Emperors throne room

or Palpatines teachings

i have music done this includes all music for each civilization and leader, the in game music, and the sound effects in game, the file is too big so ill have to upload it later for you guys off of a different site :)

i have music done this includes all music for each civilization and leader, the in game music, and the sound effects in game, the file is too big so ill have to upload it later for you guys off of a different site

Cool, do you have a list of music (which music corresponds with what)

Here is a list of the in game music (in order)

-The space battle music at the beginning of episode III
-Imperial Death March (orginal)
-Into the trap (orginal)
-Anakin's Betrayal
-Confederacy theme (orginal)
-The Droid Invasion
-Battle of the Heroes

-Anakin's Dark Deeds (if you lose)
-the song at the end of episode IV (if you win)

this is the list of civilization Music

-Speeder Chase in Episode II (Galactic Alliance)
-Sail Barge (Black Sun)
-Droid Invasion with drums sounds very different too (Chiss)
-Confederacy Theme (modified) (Confederacy)
-Imperial Death March (modified) (Empire)
-Naboo Battle (Hapes)
-Cantina Music (Hutts)
-Tie Fighter Attack (Imperial Remnant)
-Yavin IV battle (Mandolorians)
-Into The Trap (modified) (New Republc)
-Gungan Retreat (Rakatan)
-Force Theme (modified) (Galactic Republic)
-Duel of the Fates (Sith Empire)
-Endor Fight (Yuuzhan Vong)

ill post leaders later and i can still change any of these if you think that they should be switch for whatever

-The space battle music at the beginning of episode III

Revenge of the Sith (the title of the track is main title and the revenge of the sith)


-the song at the end of episode IV (if you win)

which one the Yo Gab Yip Yip of the original 83 release or the new "Victory Celebration" from the DVD's

Imperial Death March Imperial March ?

Could you post those here for me T_KCommanderbly

Is the space battle music going to be the opening menu music?

EDIT: He said he couldn't attach them because of the size.

To T_KCommanderbly: Attach multiple 7z files (they have pretty good compression rates, that should make it work.

for the revenge of the sith main title music its modified so that it doesnt play the star wras theme, it plays the music directly after

@Jawa its the victory celebration then its in the credits of episode III too, and imperial march is what i meant to put:)

http://www.2shared.com/file/7666683/c760efc8/Sound.html - this was the quickest way of uploading it (download the file where it says save to your PC) and i tried doing it in RAR and ZIP (this ones in zip) so ya ill try 7z next time

post if you have problems with downloading (i have never used this site before)

I'm currently using the star wars main theme as the main menu music should I change that?
What should each piece of music be used for?

oh ya when you put it in civ editor just say "yes to all" its the same stuff that you orginally had, nothing should change (i just took it from the star wars mod sound folder then worked from there)

is that what you meant?

and you should only have to XML the civilizations/leaders and the in game music everything else should work

@Jawa its the victory celebration then its in the credits of episode III too, and imperial march is what i meant to put

Throne room? from the end of Episode 4 and the credits of III?

How would I add these in? Sorry i don't do audio very much I'm mainly units techs civs and stuff like that.
-The space battle music at the beginning of episode III
-Imperial Death March (orginal)
-Into the trap (orginal)
-Anakin's Betrayal
-Confederacy theme (orginal)
-The Droid Invasion
-Battle of the Heroes

-Anakin's Dark Deeds (if you lose)
-the song at the end of episode IV (if you win)

ok this is what you have to do

in the xml/gameinfo folder use the Erainfos, look at the AS2D_Ancient_Soundtrack, switch every one with music1 music 2 and so on (for every era do the same thing)

^if you dont want to do that yet since ill have it since i did the eras you dont have to but inorder for it to work imediatly you should


after your done doing that open xml/audio/audio2dscripts look for the exact thing you just replaced AS2D_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK, copy that whole thing then put change it to what you put in the eras XML for both entrys.

after ur done with that open xml/audio/audiodefines then look for the exact thing you replaces which would be SONG_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK copy that part then put in the name that you replaced it with in the audio2dscript, then put where the file is located and thats it

the victory and defeat should automatically work i think (i may be wrong might want to test)

if i dont make any since i can just do it for you

Could you start working on getting unit music for it? That would be greatly apreciated.

ya, id have to say though its going to have to be limited to the same sounds because of the lack on the internet, i know for sure i can get TIE fighters and X-wing and lots of laser sounds though