Industrial Era music

[Ringan]

I really enjoy the Industrial era music in the game. I was able to find the titles of the songs, and their composers, here:

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

Now I would like to know the albums the music was taken from. This is important to me because I like these specific recordings, and am not necessarily interested in other versions.

Does anybody have any sources with the specific cds the industrial era music was taken from? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks, and sorry if this is in the wrong subforum.

 

[Paideia]

My guess would be that they recorded it themselves. The music composed specifically for the games (Baba Yetu, Coronation, The Lord's Prayer and whatever the BTS theme s called) was definitely recorded for them, so it makes sense to have the same orchestra record the rest of the music. Due to copyright cost it is usually cheaper to re-record music. Granted, for most of the music used in Civilization they didn't have to pay the composers but still..

 

[Ringan]

Hmm, interesting idea, you might be right.

However I know that the Modern Era music is taken from older recordings. It is all John Adams (apparently someone at Firaxis likes John Adams!) and most of it can be found on a cd called "Harmonielehre/The Chairman Dances..." which I own (recorded 1994). This suggests that the Industrial Era music possibly could have been taken from a cd too...

 

[Mxzs]

I have no idea what recordings they would have used, but I feel fairly confident they did not record them themselves. There is too wide a range of music (from the Palestrina in the Medieval era to the John Adams of the Modern era), and encompassing too great a range of orchestral "color" (listen to the difference between one of the Bach pieces and the Adams pieces) for me to believe these were recorded by one group.

 

[Paideia]

I agree, but I was speaking primarily of the Industrial Era soundtrack, which (if I remember correctly) is all classically orchestral.

On a related note, for a vastly superior version of Allegri's 'Miserere' from the medieval soundtrack check out the Tallis Scholars' recording from the 'Palestrina 400' concert in Rome. It will make chills run down your spine.