Civ Music, Custom Music

[Tephros]

I do like the civ music, with the exception of the future music. But particularly when I go to war, I like something a little harsher. So I made a custom folder to turn on when I go to war. The songs are:

Disturbed: 10,000 Fists, Enemy, Violence Fetish, Voices, Get Psycho
Dope: Die Motherfuc*er Die
Insane Clown Posse: My Axe
Murder Dolls: Lets go to War
Nonpoint: Bullet with a Name on it
Papa Roach: Blood Brothers
Prodigy: Breathe, Smack my B*tch Up
Rage Against the Machine: Sleep Now in the Fire, Guerilla Radio
Rammstein: Ich Will, Feuer Frei, etc. (spelling?) (something about the german language goes well with war).
Sepultura: Chaos A.D., The Hunt
Soulfly: Eye for an Eye
Slayer: I Hate You, Raining Blood
Slipknot: Spit it Out
Stone Sour: Get Inside
Edit: I just added "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" by Leslie Gore... mostly because it makes me laugh to have that ridiculous song on while I pillage and plunder.

Yeah, pretty intense and violent for the most part I know. Does anybody else use custom music folders? What songs? I kind of want to put together another folder with some more classical music. Any suggestions? Also, I noticed that the music doesn't automatically change with the eras since I started using my custom war folder and switching back. Anybody know how to fix that?

 

[Danicela]

I use Relax musics.

But now I use Civ3 Musics

 

[DookieDuke]

An excellent choice Tephros.

Personally, I love System of a Down - "War" when I'm in the mood for destroying a civ.... "We will fight the Heathens!"

 

[Codeman]

like your choices.

i hadn't thought about changeing the music when at war, but agree it could be more 'warlike'. i usually have other music on throughout the game and don't really hear the game music.

 

[The Thracian]

How do you have custom music?

 

[Frollo]

How do you have custom music?

That's easy, just turn off the ingame music and run Winamp in the background. Use Alt+Tab to switch between the game and Winamp.

 

[Tephros]

Well, you can also do it in-game by going to options and audio. There will be a place for you to browse for a custom audio folder. You'll need to create a folder that only has the songs you'll want to randomly play. In order to get it to play you'll need to unclick and click the little check-mark for the music that is just below where you can adjust the volume for different aspects of audio.... but, like I said, it no longer automatically switches the game music with the eras since I did that...

 

[Sisiutil]

Cool idea.

I've been thinking of augmenting and/or replacing some of the modern music, much of which is annoying. I don't tend to like a modern pop music soundtrack for Civ, it just doesn't seem to fit, so I thought of adding similar music--pseudo-classical--but better.

So far, I've added Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, and they suit the modern era in the game very well, I find. Does anyone else have any suggestions along those lines?

I like the idea of different music for war. Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War would kick butt in that regard.

On a related note--I'd love to have the game play different music at the end, once victory is achieved. Usually it's playing one of those sombre modern pieces, which is quite a downer when you've just spent 10-20 hours winning a game. It would be nice to be able to assign a punchier victory theme--say the theme from Rocky or Patton or something.