These ambients are original compositions, right? If so I think it's a missed opportunity that none of the tracks seem to reference classic civ tunes from civ 1 to 4. I think their return reimagined in Civ 7 style would have been pretty cool. Maybe new tracks with upcoming patches/DLCs/expansions could reference them?
Civilization 7 Soundtrack/Music discussion
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Bootstrapbilly
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Really enjoying the various civ music and the ambient themes, in particular the modern ambient theme.
Also noticed the smaller quantity though. And if I had to nitpick, one thing I miss about past titles though - civ V in particular, was the ambient soundtrack based on actual compositions and folk music from around the world for different cultures. I think with great works missing too, VII sometimes feels like less of a 'celebration' of humanity than the predecessors. Not something that would be hard to correct with mods though mixed together with the original score,
Also noticed the smaller quantity though. And if I had to nitpick, one thing I miss about past titles though - civ V in particular, was the ambient soundtrack based on actual compositions and folk music from around the world for different cultures. I think with great works missing too, VII sometimes feels like less of a 'celebration' of humanity than the predecessors. Not something that would be hard to correct with mods though mixed together with the original score,
Vandlys
King
I miss the silence of VI. I have the feeling the music was much more spaced out between the tracks in VI, giving them more worth when they came around.
Guandao
Rajah of Minyue, Hlai and Langkasuka
Looks like the composers didn't have time to compose more ambient music or were allotted less money for it. I wish there were 1-2 ambient themes for each Civ based on actual traditional music.
The soundtrack can now be found on multiple platforms, please check here https://lnk.to/civilization-VII .
I've put this link also in the OP.
I've put this link also in the OP.
Hellenism Salesman
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Is anyone else beginning to find the soundtrack repetitive already? I think the game has a heavy bias towards your Civ theme and Age ambients as opposed to the themes of other players, which has led to some undesirable results.
I want to play Greece. I love Greece. Greece is strong, fun to play, and synergistic. But if I have to hear that repetitive chant one more time I think I might cry
(this has only been exacerbated by Lafayette appearing in almost all of my non-Greece games and picking Greece every Antiquity Age without fail...)
I want to play Greece. I love Greece. Greece is strong, fun to play, and synergistic. But if I have to hear that repetitive chant one more time I think I might cry
(this has only been exacerbated by Lafayette appearing in almost all of my non-Greece games and picking Greece every Antiquity Age without fail...)
Vandlys
King
Is anyone else beginning to find the soundtrack repetitive already? I think the game has a heavy bias towards your Civ theme and Age ambients as opposed to the themes of other players, which has led to some undesirable results.
I want to play Greece. I love Greece. Greece is strong, fun to play, and synergistic. But if I have to hear that repetitive chant one more time I think I might cry
(this has only been exacerbated by Lafayette appearing in almost all of my non-Greece games and picking Greece every Antiquity Age without fail...)
There are way fewer tracks than in Civ VI base game. There, each Civ had about four tracks that kept playing through the whole game, while one evolved.
On top of that, the tracks were more spaced out (with longer times of dead silence) and there were even tracks of dead silence in the game.
I've been playing with the idea of modding Civ VI ambient songs and the ancient era songs per Civ into the game, linking them to appropriate Civs in VII if possible or most appropriate. This would mean Cree music for North American Civs and China for Han, Ming and Qing, etc.
Now, I have never made a mod and I barely have time, but I do have this in the back of my head.
I've already moved to my own playlist with Civ V, Civ VI, and Civ VII soundtracks.
canadamufc
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I played the Exploration Era as Ming last night, must have heard that one Exploration ambient theme about 700 times.
Isca Dumnoniorum
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Is anyone else beginning to find the soundtrack repetitive already? I think the game has a heavy bias towards your Civ theme and Age ambients as opposed to the themes of other players, which has led to some undesirable results.
I want to play Greece. I love Greece. Greece is strong, fun to play, and synergistic. But if I have to hear that repetitive chant one more time I think I might cry
(this has only been exacerbated by Lafayette appearing in almost all of my non-Greece games and picking Greece every Antiquity Age without fail...)
My current bête noire is the Hawai'i theme (with the Rome drone a close second) although when the Cree first released in Civ VI I had a stronger reaction to their theme and now it's on my Spotify playlist of my favourite Civ VI songs. My wife asked for that playlist to be on while she gave birth to our first - it has that big a place in our hearts. The Maya, Khmer, Greece, Byzantine themes all give me goosebumps for different reasons.
I loved the way the themes evolved as the eras progressed in Civ VI and with so many standout songs, I think part of the reason I've not fallen in love with Civ VII is I'm noticing (and mourning) the change in musical style. Everything feels much more ambient now (like in Civ V) and while the music is beautiful, I used to love the crescendos of the Civ VII songs in the later eras - they felt like they were spurring me on to victory or reflecting the drama of a big war. Perhaps having different songs for peace and war for each Civ would help a little here.
Kankan
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I think it doesn’t help that there aren’t Civ unique ambients meaning that chances are you’ll be hearing the same era-based ambient over and over again (quite like how it was for Sumeria in Civ 6 before meeting anyone as they had no ambients)Is anyone else beginning to find the soundtrack repetitive already? I think the game has a heavy bias towards your Civ theme and Age ambients as opposed to the themes of other players, which has led to some undesirable results.
I want to play Greece. I love Greece. Greece is strong, fun to play, and synergistic. But if I have to hear that repetitive chant one more time I think I might cry
(this has only been exacerbated by Lafayette appearing in almost all of my non-Greece games and picking Greece every Antiquity Age without fail...)
The era based ambients are fine but there needs to be more civ based ones to make it less repetitive (As well as the game being a little less biased in terms of what theme to play).
evonannoredars
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I don't think I'll ever get sick of Stand Firm (one of the modern age war ambients) or some of the civ bangers (eg. maya, inka, mexico), but yeah a few tracks are starting to get repetitive. More breaks of silence between them would help imo.
Guandao
Rajah of Minyue, Hlai and Langkasuka
weird how the Mausoleum of Theodoric wonder video uses the Roman theme.
Ryansinbela
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Where did you get the name from
Why not? It‘s the best fit of the available themes for sure. Theoderic ruled over the (remains of the) Western Roman Empire.
evonannoredars
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James_Champagne
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YES. As I mentioned elsewhere, CIV VI had a staggering amount of music: not only did each civ have its own Ancient/Medieval/Industrial/Atomic theme, but also a number of ambient themes (as noted above, Sumeria was one of the sole exceptions in regards to ambient tracks). As a result of this, each civ tended to have 10-15 songs associated with it (with Australia having the most music, with, if memory serves, 26 or so tracks). So if you were playing on a big map with a lot of civs, chances were good that you'd hear a lot of music and that it wouldn't get too repetitious. But here, each civ only gets one theme each, and because each era only has two general peace themes and war themes, that only comes up to around 40 songs or so total. And the peace themes in particular in, say, the Exploration era I heard over and over again.
I must say, I really do miss the whole "each civ having a main theme that changes every two eras." It kind of captured the whole "rising to great things from humble roots."
Vandlys
King
I am going to check this when I'm home but I don't recall there being that many per Civ. I remember Australia having about 5--7 aside from the main theme and its two variations.
Other than that, couldn't agree more.
Edit: I remembered very wrong!
Other than that, couldn't agree more.
Edit: I remembered very wrong!
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Vandlys
King
I stand corrected. Australia had a whopping 27 tracks...
This is the full list.
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