Music of Civ VI

[Morningcalm]

Maya soundtrack

Nice to have it all in one place!

 

[TeddyMain]

Maya soundtrack

They also explicitly say which tracks each Civ uses!

Gran Colombia - The Ancient Era (Velo Que Bonito, Reir Llorando)
Gran Colombia - The Medieval Era (Velo Que Bonito, Reir Llorando, Pajarillo)
Gran Colombia - The Industrial Era (Velo Que Bonito, Reir Llorando)
Gran Colombia - The Atomic Era (Velo Que Bonito, Reir Llorando)

Maya - The Ancient Era (Xtoles)
Maya - The Medieval Era (Rabinal Achi, Xtoles, Bolonchon)
Maya - The Industrial Era (Rabinal Achi, Xtoles, Bolonchon)
Maya - The Atomic Era (Rabinal Achi, Xtoles, Bolonchon)

 

[Loerwyn]

God the Mayan Atomic is something else. I think I may actually prefer it over Colombia's.

Oh my gosh please let them release this soon

 

[tarronzeng]

I have been looking up for the song "Reir Llorando" for the Gran Colombian theme but it seems I get different variations of the song. This is the one of the more popular variations I could find.

 

[CivLuvah]

I have been looking up for the song "Reir Llorando" for the Gran Colombian theme but it seems I get different variations of the song. This is the one of the more popular variations I could find.

I find it odd that it's spoken-word audio with a picture of a clown. Granted though, I don't know enough Spanish to understand why there is a clown in the first place.

 

[tarronzeng]

I find it odd that it's spoken-word audio with a picture of a clown. Granted though, I don't know enough Spanish to understand why there is a clown in the first place.

Me neither.

 

[Zakhai]

I find it odd that it's spoken-word audio with a picture of a clown. Granted though, I don't know enough Spanish to understand why there is a clown in the first place.

It looks to be originally a poem. As far as my basic understanding of Spanish "reir llorando" means "laugh while crying", that would explain the clown, as a hint from Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci", to be specific - fragment when heartbroken clown has to put on his costume and do his job. XIX century version of "show must go on".
However, I can't find the connection between the poem and the song, if anyone exists. It could be just a coincidence.

 

[clapyourhands]

Spoiler :

Youtube comments on the Atomic Maya and Gran Colombia themes on Peaches Lamb's channel.

 

[Morningcalm]

The question is now when the Gran Colombia tracks will be up, especially since info about them is in Firaxis' official Maya OST track.

 

[tarronzeng]

I could email Geoff about "Reir Llorando" to see where did he get that theme from.

 

[Guandao]

I asked Mr. Knorr yesterday about the Musical inspirations for both themes, and here is his reply:

The Mayan music is based on traditional Mayan music as possible. Much of their original music was lost after the arrival of the European colonizers, but I've done my best to base things off some field recordings we have of some Mayans with more limited European influence. The main theme is based on "Rabinal Achi," "Xtoles," and "Bolonchon."

For Gran Colombia, in the ancient era I've tried to include a little from some of the diverse musical styles that we find through the countries encompassing what was Gran Colombia. There is a vast and diverse number of traditions in this area as a result of the mixing of indigenous, African, and European cultures. There is some cumbia, currulao, joropo, pasillo, an Afro-Colombian spiritual, and a traditional indigenous/Colombian song included in the ancient era. The main theme for Gran Colombia includes "Velo Que Bonito," Reir Llorando," and in the medieval era "Pajarillo." I worked with Colombian instrumentalist Martin Vejarano on the music for Gran Colombia, and he plays extensively on the music for the ancient era.

 

[Morningcalm]

Looking up Rabinal Achi and Bolonchon doesn't present YouTube videos that remind me of the music in the themes--anyone else had better luck finding them?

 

[adrifranchise]

I dont know if this has been stated yet but my SO is Colombian and was born and raised there so naturally i played the soundtrack for her and she said velo que bonito is something grandmothers sing especially when a child is crying. she knew it right away

edit: or to entertain children

 

[GenyaArikado]

I assume Reir Llorando is either colombian or ecuatorian. Pajarillo is venezuelan and more than a song itself, it's basically the most common and iconic venezuelan llanera song beat.

edit: Reir Llorando it's ecuatorian

 

[tarronzeng]

Looking up Rabinal Achi and Bolonchon doesn't present YouTube videos that remind me of the music in the themes--anyone else had better luck finding them?

I did research about Rabinal Achi, it's not a song but some sort of theatrical dance for the Mayans. There's an article about it here written by UNESCO.
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/rabinal-achi-dance-drama-tradition-00144

As for Bolonchon, found a video here.

 

[Morningcalm]

I did research about Rabinal Achi, it's not a song but some sort of theatrical dance for the Mayans. There's an article about it here written by UNESCO.
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/rabinal-achi-dance-drama-tradition-00144

As for Bolonchon, found a video here.

Thanks! Yes, I was puzzled by Rabinal Achi for that reason. In some cases, like with Indonesia's theme, the dance in question also had distinct music associated with it that was recognizable within the Civ VI theme, but I don't see that here.

 

[tarronzeng]

I did some more looking of Bolonchon and I think this video has the same melody like the one in the game.

 

[Guandao]

For those interested, these are the names of the music tracks added with the Maya/Gran Colombia DLC:

GranColombia_Ancient_IndiosFarotos2_SoloGaita
Maya_Ancient_Bolonchon
GranColombia_Ancient_Cumbia_Gaita-AllPerc
Maya_Industrial_Mastered
GranColombia_Ancient_Currulao
GranColombia_Ancient_IndiosFarotos_Gaita-Perc-Accel1
GranColombia_Ancient_IndiosFarotos_SoloGaita
Maya_Ancient_OcarinaRiffs-Perc
Maya_AncientTheme3_RabinalAchi_MayanTrumpet
Maya_AncientTheme1B_Xtoles_WithPerc
Maya_Ancient_EntradaGueguechos
Maya_AncientTheme1A_Xtoles_SoloOcarina
GranColombia_Ancient_IndiosFarotos_Gaita-PercAccp
GranColombia_Medieval
Maya_Ancient_MayanTrumpets-Perc
GranColombia_AncientTheme1_VeloQueBonito_SoloGaita
GranColombia_Ancient_IndiosFarotos_Gaita-Perc-Accel2
GranColombia_AncientTheme2_ReirLlorando
GranColombia_AncientTheme3_JoropoPajarillo
Maya_Medieval
Maya_Ancient_BaileDelVenado
Maya_Atomic_Mastered
GranColombia_Ancient_Cumbia_2Gaita-Maracas
GranColombia_Industrial_Mastered
Maya_AncientTheme1A_Xtoles_ClayFlute
GranColombia_Atomic_Mastered

 

[diqiudashi]

Hi all, I was wondering whether there is a specific name for the Cumbia and Currulao ambient music of Gran Colombia. I used these two genre names to search on Youtube but the melodies in the top search results do not match the in-game music.

Also, I did a little bit background study on the Gaita flute - Wikipedia implies that it is some sort of bagpipe, but I what I heard in the game was more or less like an ordinary flute. Is it that the Gaita can also play flute-like sounds, or is it different from bagpipes anyway?

 

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