Thor Macklin
Warlord
Hey I was wondering, what is the intro music for the main menu? It's really awesome
though I can never find the title.
though I can never find the title.
What is the intro music?
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Ximphron
Chieftain
"Ot koga se e, mila moq maino lio", or "Откога се е, мила моя майно льо".
Means something like "Since when is my dear lio maino" in Bulgarian.
Olaf_The_Great
Omnicidal Oligarch
Bulgarian national anthem? Not sure but if I type that into youtube I get the song usually with a flag background or soldiers marching...just like every other national anthem on youtube.
Ximphron
Chieftain
No, it's not their anthem. I can't find an English version of the song to figure out exactly what it is, I don't think there is one. I've been trying to understand the Bulgarian through Russian but it hasn't worked well.
corovanrobber
King
First time I'd heard it I thought it was Hungarian. Even now...
Worked better for me
It is an anthem of Bulgarian Troyan Regiment. The name could be translated as "Since when it began, my dear mother". As I can understand lyrics decribes Bulgarian army led by Ivan Shishman standing near Sophia.
AbsintheRed
Deity
Actually it's very far from being hungarian (in style)
Ximphron
Chieftain
Worked better for me
Thanks for understanding it better than me. My Russian isn't too great, so my Bulgarian is rather bad I guess.
3Miro
Deity
Good job on figuring out the name. It took me awhile to find a good recording of it, but I finally got it. This is an old recording from before 1989, but good enough quality.
The song is sang to a "mother", which is simultaneously Mother Bulgaria and a mother that has send her sons to battle. The lyrics have the repeated element of "oh, dear mother" over and over. Here is a rough translation of the rest:
Since the break of dawn,
an army is marching,
horse by the horse, hero by the hero,
horse by the horse, flag by the flag,
their lances are like a thick forest,
their swords are like a bright sun,
their clothes are like a dark cloud,
when they gallop, they are like the stormy winds,
they are lead by Tsar Ivan Shishman himself,
he leads them in the name of Bulgaria.
The song is old, nobody knows how old, and when things are passes by word of mouth they get often changed. Other versions of the song name the place of the battle (Sofia fields) and the name of the enemy (the Ottoman Sultan). There seems to be some disagreement among historians on which battle this song is about or even if such battle ever took place (the song sure is vague about details).
The "name of Bulgaria" might be a Communist change from "name of Christ".
I have seen even more versions of the song, listing the Tatars as the enemy, which would be totally ahistoric with both Ivan Shishman and Sofia. I have also seen a version describing an army with guns (bullets falling like hail). Those are obvious interpretations and modification.
Here is a more modern version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjyUmXO8oCs&feature=related
(they sing well, but never mind the video)
The song is sang to a "mother", which is simultaneously Mother Bulgaria and a mother that has send her sons to battle. The lyrics have the repeated element of "oh, dear mother" over and over. Here is a rough translation of the rest:
Since the break of dawn,
an army is marching,
horse by the horse, hero by the hero,
horse by the horse, flag by the flag,
their lances are like a thick forest,
their swords are like a bright sun,
their clothes are like a dark cloud,
when they gallop, they are like the stormy winds,
they are lead by Tsar Ivan Shishman himself,
he leads them in the name of Bulgaria.
The song is old, nobody knows how old, and when things are passes by word of mouth they get often changed. Other versions of the song name the place of the battle (Sofia fields) and the name of the enemy (the Ottoman Sultan). There seems to be some disagreement among historians on which battle this song is about or even if such battle ever took place (the song sure is vague about details).
The "name of Bulgaria" might be a Communist change from "name of Christ".
I have seen even more versions of the song, listing the Tatars as the enemy, which would be totally ahistoric with both Ivan Shishman and Sofia. I have also seen a version describing an army with guns (bullets falling like hail). Those are obvious interpretations and modification.
Here is a more modern version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjyUmXO8oCs&feature=related
(they sing well, but never mind the video)
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