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Author Topic:   Music and Civ...            Current Date/Time: April 11, 2000 03:25:49
KhanMan
Warlord
From: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
posted February 26, 2000 20:51   Click Here to See the Profile for KhanManClick Here to Email KhanManVisit KhanMan's Homepage! Edit/Delete Message Reply To & Quote Message IP: Logged, Admin Access Only


What songs/music (besides the built in sound tracks) do people like to listen to while playing Civ?

My favorite is a lil' ditty by "They Might Be Giants" called "Son of God":

"I built a little empire,
out of some crazy garbage,
called the blood of the exploited working class,
but they've overcome their shyness,
now they're callin' me yer highness,
and the world sings,
"Kiss Me, Son of God!"

I destroyed the bonds of friendship,
and respect between the only people left,
who'd even look me in the eye,
now I laugh and make a fortune,
off the same one's that I tortured,
and the world screams,
"Kiss Me, Son of God!"

I look like Jesus, so they say,
but Mr Jesus, is very far away,
now you're the only one here,
who can tell me if it's true,
that you love me,
and I love me too...

Oh, I built a little empire..."

-KhanMan
"hoi legoi kakoi estin, te kai tous philous xairon!"

Mark von Wagner
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Registered: May 99
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Tchaikovsky: "1812 Overture"
Beethoven: "Symphony No. 5"
Rossini: "William Tell Overture"
and similar music. The cannons from the "1812 Overture" are better than the cannon sound effects that came with the game.

Mark

Dracon
King
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posted February 27, 2000 05:09   Click Here to See the Profile for DraconClick Here to Email DraconVisit Dracon's Homepage! Edit/Delete Message Reply To & Quote Message IP: Logged, Admin Access Only


Son of God is a hell song!
I've got Lincoln as well, and it's a great CD
Paul Hanson
Prince
From: Scawby, North Lincolnshire, UK
Registered: Aug 1999
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The battle music from FF7

A track that a friend of mine made on his Playstation with Music 2000 called hypnotic strings

Empress
Prince
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Either Momentary Lapse of Reason cd by Pink Floyd or Dark Side of the Moon cd by Pink Floyd. especially Dogs of War
KhanMan
Warlord
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posted February 28, 2000 00:11   Click Here to See the Profile for KhanManClick Here to Email KhanManVisit KhanMan's Homepage! Edit/Delete Message Reply To & Quote Message IP: Logged, Admin Access Only


Mark-
You like Beethoven? Hmmm...my only experience is listening to the good ole Ninth Symphony. The really nice part was I was a Fundamentalism, rolling through the streets of Vienna in tanks when it got to the latter sections (Ode to Joy and all that)

Heheheheh...

-KM
"Tolous emoigeh dokei, ara dokei soi?"

Mark von Wagner
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The "1812 Overture" or Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" is great music to conquer the world to.

Mark

mindseye
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The soundtrack from the film "Last of the Mohicans" (by Trevor Jones) is excellent for accompanying Civ2 (especially if you play the Sioux!). In fact, the music accompanying the UN Wonder is practically a knock-off from that soundtrack! The Colossus and Lighthouse also sound quite like the Mohicans soundtrack (although all are lame in comparison).

Along with "Ride of the Valkyries", there is a lot of other excellent music from Wagner's mammoth Ring cycle that would also work well.

Also recommended for Civ2: Brahms' Tragic Overture, any of Bruckner's massive symphonies (big, powerful, dramatic works) or Handel's "Julius Ceasar" (Baroque opera, unlike the classical operas performed at your local opera house, is amazingly rock-like - really!).


[This message has been edited by mindseye (edited March 02, 2000).]

edgecrusher
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Registered: Nov 1999
posted March 02, 2000 20:25   Click Here to See the Profile for edgecrusherClick Here to Email edgecrusherVisit edgecrusher's Homepage! Edit/Delete Message Reply To & Quote Message IP: Logged, Admin Access Only


either rammestien, or bach's brandenburg concerti. occaisionally Bowie's rise and fall of ziggy stardust.

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i've had the poison leak into my skin
and it corroded my heart away

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