Full music names, for those extracting the soundtrack

[OscarWildebeest]

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.

 

[sabo]

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!!

 

[Virulent]

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.

 

[Mirc]

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.

 

[cthom]

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.

 

[OscarWildebeest]

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?

 

[Virulent]

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

 

[tucnymaster]

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

I knew this song before playing civ4.

 

[tony777]

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

 

[r_rolo1]

^^Beethoven Allegretto is also known by "Beethoven: Sym 7 In A, Op 92: Ii. Allegretto"... you can find a youtube of it in here

EDIT: If you have time for that, you can try to find it in here

 

[Captialist]

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.

 

[Magma_Dragoon]

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.

 

[johnfo]

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

 

[thadian]

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

 

[Ringan]

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.

 

[CarboDiem]

Resurrecting this thread:

Today I happened to hear a classical piece on the radio, by Vivaldi, and was like, "I hear that all the time... in civ!" I didn't catch the name though, but it might be one of the four seasons things. Wish I knew the names of these things, but they are so bland and hard to remember!

I checked the wiki but didn't see anything from him, but it's kind of bothering me since I could swear... very unlikely I heard that anywhere else lol. Maybe someone who is more familiar with classical music can shed some light on this.

 

[SpiritWolf]

File: SaintSaensAllegretto.mp3
Full: (not known yet)
By: Camille Saint-Saens

The Saint-Saëns is the second movement of his Cello Concerto No.1.


There's no Vivaldi in the Civ soundtrack, though I believe you're looking for The Four Seasons

Of course, the first movement of La Primavera is the most famous. My favorite is the Largo from Winter.

 

[jackehehe]

So... There are no convenient way of extracting the music from the gamefiles or such? There are some really nice pices of music in this game, I'd like to enjoy them outside the game...

 

[Camikaze]

So... There are no convenient way of extracting the music from the gamefiles or such? There are some really nice pices of music in this game, I'd like to enjoy them outside the game...

It's simple, or at least it was for me (on a Mac). Civ folder --> Assets --> Sounds, copy and paste into iTunes.

 

[none]

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.

That is a fantastic idea, Gustav Holst's music would really suit the game.