Music in Civilization V

[Nance]

I don't know if I'm the only one that like Civilization music. From the World of Jules Verne in Civilization II to John Adams music in Civilization IV. I still believe that Civilization IV have the most complete soundtrack of the series, just take a look at this at the article in Wikipedia for this.

For what I understand for Civilization V, most of the music from the soundtrack are composed by Geoff Knorr and Michael Curran, but they also take stuffs from classic composers, if you look the Europe music folder, I'm not sure for the other ones.

Unlike Civilization IV, probably because V is still a new game, I can't found the music list anywhere, plus some names of the files in the music folders are really obscurs like (suite no.5 in cm.ogg, sett no.1 fantasia.ogg). By trial and error, I found some, but most them are just too difficult. For those who have the game and like classic music, can we make a list together ? The ones I found:

Edit: This is not complete. Thanks for everybody that help me!

Europe Peace folder (DONE!):
aaron copland - our town pt.1
aaron copland - our town pt.2
aaron copland - paisaje mexicano
aaron copland - the tender land pt.1
aaron copland - the tender land pt.2
antonin dvorak - symphony no. 9 - ii. largo
apm music - lives and secrets b
apm music - lost to the world 1
apm music - of ancient walls
apm music - signs of life
cesar franck - panis angelicus
claude debussy - preludes - 8 - la fille aux cheveux de lin
edvard grieg - peer gynt - aase's death
frederic talgorn - american dreams
gabriel faure - berceuse op.56
gabriel faure - masques bergamasques
gabriel faure - sicilienne
george frideric handel - amaryllis suite
isaac albeniz - iberia - iii. fete-dieu a seville
jack trombey - dusk
jack trombey - lacrimae
orlando gibbons - fantasias a 3 no. 6
simon park - chanson
simon park - foxton lock
william lawes - sett no.1 fantasia
laurence joyce and john leach - summer idyll


Europe War folder (some unknown):
apm music - ancient forces
apm music - angel or devil
apm music - apocalypse warrior
apm music - dark landscapes
apm music - elipse
apm music - future victory
apm music - hidden forces
apm music - last invasion
apm music - lost emperor
apm music - quiet courage
apm music - seclusion
apm music - stirring
apm music - terre vibrante
apm music - the final combat
apm music - the last hero
apm music - voices of war
apm music - where and why
frederic talgorn - epitaph
frederic talgorn - field of poppies
frederic talgorn - final judgement
frederic talgorn - fragile truce
georges bizet - carmen suite prelude
glenn tollet - elegy
gustav holst - egdon heath pt.1
gustav holst - egdon heath pt.2
gustav holst - hammersmith
henry purcell - dido and aeneas - when i am laid in earth
janos lehar - yerusholayim
johann sebastian bach - komm susser tod
paul lawler - tragedy
peter merrick - adagio monochord
simon park - a winters tale
simon park and antonio valotti - at rest
unknown - father's house
unknown - les adieux
unknown - long night
unknown - symphonic synth edit


Europe Either folder (1 unknown):
aaron copland - the red pony
amp music - dark voyage
amp music - quest for peace b
amp music - shadow a
antonin dvorak - romantic pieces - iv. larghetto
edvard grieg - piano concerto in a minor op.16 - ii. adagio
frederic talgorn - missing in action
gabriel faure - berceuse op.16
george frideric handel - amaryllis suite sarabande
gustav mahler - symphony no.5 - iv. adagietto
johann mattheson - suite no.5 in c m
mikhail ippolitov-ivanov - in the manger
unknown - end


America Peace folder (1 unknown):
apm music - blooming
apm music - carajas
apm music - flame tree
apm music - indian brave
apm music - indian
apm music - marajo
apm music - urucu
apm music - wind song 1
apm music - wind song 5
apm music - wind song 8
inkuyo - tierra callowaya
james demars - far from the water
paul lawler - past mysteries
r. carlos nakai - 12 20 82 song
r. carlos nakai - canyon reverie
r. carlos nakai - catfish muse
r. carlos nakai - daybreak vision
r. carlos nakai - inner voices
r. carlos nakai - kokopelli wind
r. carlos nakai - song for the morning star
r. carlos nakai - winter solstice
r. carlos nakai - woodsong
traditional - jach's marka
unknown - inca peace 1


America War folder (1 unknown):
apm music - a wild beauty a
apm music - a wild beauty b
apm music - bad turbulence
apm music - cold and massive
apm music - cold floating
apm music - disturbing fusion
apm music - heavy gurgling
apm music - jurua
apm music - little suspense
apm music - luxuriant torpor
apm music - man of sorrow
apm music - nervous tremors
apm music - old woman's lament
apm music - panic fear
apm music - persisting wriggling
apm music - restless sleep
apm music - slow fall
apm music - tribal breath
apm music - tribal tension
apm music - unstable
apm music - where eagles fly b
apm music - wild force
paul lawler - mists of time
unknown - inca war 1


America Either folder (almost done):
apm music - biogenesis
apm music - cold menace
apm music - cold waiting
apm music - fearful steps
apm music - floating texture
apm music - iriri
apm music - light wave
apm music - manitou
apm music - miniature
apm music - primitive march
apm music - putumayo
apm music - rolling tone
apm music - solo flute 2
apm music - song of the plains
apm music - tragic action
apm music - trombetas
apm music - village morning
apm music - wind song 4
apm music - xingu
global journey ltd - blackfoot nights
global journey ltd - cheyenne prairie
global journey ltd - dream of the navajo
unknown - fatal running

The Dvorak Larghetto is my favorite!

[Nance]

Asia Peace folder (1 unknown):
apm music - bright colours
apm music - flower elegy
apm music - highlands of tibet
apm music - infant emperor
apm music - kambu
apm music - lantern garden
apm music - nang nahk
apm music - phatcha
apm music - rabum nokyoung
apm music - sukhothai
apm music - sunset journey
apm music - taj mahal agra india a
apm music - thar desert
chen peixun - aria of snow
john leach & francis silkstone - night raga
katsutoshi nagasawa - five sketches on nishikigi - aidama. indigo ball
katsutoshi nagasawa - five sketches on nishikigi - ruri. lapis lazuli
li zhongyong - mountain village in a spring morning
liu tianhua - joyful night
ravi shankar - concerto for sitar and orchestra - iv. raga manj khamaj
ravi shankar - morning love
ravi shankar - sitar concerto no.2 - ii. bairagi
ravi shankar - sitar concerto no.2 - iii. yaman kalyan
ren guang - colorful clouds chasing the moon
zhang qianyi - northern forest
unknown - song of joy


Asia War folder (almost done):
akira ifukube - i. nocturne pt.1
akira ifukube - i. nocturne pt.2
akira ifukube - ballata sinfonica
apm music - dark currents
apm music - dragon dance
apm music - dynasties of power
apm music - golden temple
apm music - holy water vessel
apm music - honoured ways
apm music - no resting place
apm music - sai tar sinlapin
apm music - song of the imperial throne
apm music - three great rivers
apm music - tide of destruction
ian cleworth - miyajima
ian cleworth & riley kelly lee - takeda's poem
joji hirota - haru-ichiban pt.1
joji hirota - harvest
joji hirota - musashi mai uchi
joji hirota - pageant
michio miyagi - seoto
traditional - kangen. hyojo no netori
yuzo toyama - etenraku nokorigaku samben
yuzo toyama - etenraku
unknown - courtesy of black sun records - shinrabansyo
unknown - courtesy of lyrichord - chos


Asia Either folder (some unknown):
apm music - great wall of china
apm music - kap mai
apm music - mother ganges
apm music - the dynasty begins
apm music - the enlightened one
apm music - the eternal question a
apm music - the floating temple
apm music - to discover
apm music - vi dam
katsutoshi nagasawa - five sketches on nishikigi - moegi. yellowish green
ravi shankar - concerto for sitar and orchestra - ii. raga sindhi bhairavi
yun qu - ancient xiang shan melody
yun qu - lotus
yun qu - mei yun melody
yun qu - the dragon emperor's lament
unknown - jade hibiscus
unknown - music of clouds
unknown - tiaw tang


Middle East Africa Peace folder (some unknown):
ahmed mukhtar - sufi moments
apm music - the senses awaken a
brian keane - istanbul'dan
brian keane and omar faruk tekbilek - salute to the sun
john leach & francis silkstone - river sunrise
omar faruk tekbilek - crescent moon
omar faruk tekbilek - rast medhal pt.1
omar faruk tekbilek - rast medhal pt.2
omar faruk tekbilek - yalel
michael atherton - maat
michael atherton - shen
unknown - senburgaz ciftetellisi
unknown - iraqi cafe
unknown - jallaman
unknown - plang quel crudel basciar
unknown - sufi


Middle East Africa War folder (almost done):
anonymous - march of the bey's
apm music - arabia c
apm music - damaged lands c
apm music - fragile lands b
apm music - saharan vistas
bashir abdel al - aridda wal noor
bashir abdel al - flying bird
michael askill - air and other invisible forces
michael askill - salome's entrance
michael askill and omar faruk tekbilek - aman
michael askill and omar faruk tekbilek - desert wind
michael askill and omar faruk tekbilek - sufi house
michael askill and omar faruk tekbilek - the goldsmiths
michael atherton - atum iii
michael atherton - atum v
michael atherton - khet pt.2
michael atherton - khet pt.3
omar faruk tekbilek - gawazi
omar faruk tekbilek - sultan of the hearts
r.a. fish - pakistani sufi rhythm
r.a. fish - whirling dervish rhythm
traditional - raqsat albedoi (iraq)
unknown - arab marshes
unknown - dafa
unknown - ornament


Middle East Africa Either folder (some unknown):
anonymous - solo for the ud
brian keane and omar faruk tekbilek - ghizemli
dijvan gasparian - brother hunter (armenia)
dimitrie cantemir - pesrevin rastmode
gian battista toderini - concerto turco nominato
huseyin turkmenler - bride meeting tune of bolu
michael askill and omar faruk tekbilek - cool water
michael askill and omar faruk tekbilek - under desert stars
omar faruk tekbilek - yunus
traditional - nay solo
unknown - judgemental wound
unknown - pesrev yunusemre (ilahileri)
unknown - testimony

[Nance]

I update the list, this is a huge improvement, but some are missing.

This site help a lot for the licensed music (merci!), but they are still some unknown classic composer, especially for the "courtesy of dewolfe music" (that use classical music: bizet, grieg,...).
http://www.civilization5.com/musiccredits/

Also, some unknown could be original from the game.

[Mythdracon]

The leader music was composed by Michael Curran and Geoff Knorr (and based on music from the cultures represented), the licensed music is not by them.

[Fantasy]

I absolutely wholeheartedly and almost violently agree with the OP: the music in Civilization IV is fantastic! At least for a classical music lover such as yours truly.

Civ V, in this department, is sub par to Civ IV. Sure, it's not bad, but how do you go from the richness in Civ IV to the musical poverty of Civ V?

[MinoanGuy]

I think the music in Civ V is fantastic. Civ IV I haven't played much so I can't compare. My favorite piece in V so far is "Elipse" in the Music\Europe\War folder. For some reason it gets me. Does anyone know who the composer is?

[MinoanGuy]

*bump*

Would like input on this if someone knows.. thanks!

[Nance]

I think the music in Civ V is fantastic. Civ IV I haven't played much so I can't compare. My favorite piece in V so far is "Elipse" in the Music\Europe\War folder. For some reason it gets me. Does anyone know who the composer is?

LIke I've said in the first post, Elipse is from APM Music production compagny, although I do not know the names of composers themselves (this is mostly composers write music together), they are most know for doing movies trailers music, my favorite song from them is Dark Bells:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkHKf8BeR94

I was very surprise to see APM do a game score, but I don't think this is the first time, I heard their name somewhere else, plus, on Wikipedia they said:
"APM Music has also been a major affiliate for the music production division of Electronic Arts."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APM_Music

[Trueno33]

Thank you for bringing this. The music is definitely another wonder in this game. I am a musician and I want to thank the developers for helping me to learn while I play. Besides there´s some meditation music playing during my indian campaign that really made for an experience while playing. As far as I know about games, this and civ 4 are unsurpassable.
Great game, by the way

[Nance]

I edit the first message with some found unknown.

[Nance]

By doing a search on "dewolfe music" site, I found other unknown and update my two first messages:
http://www.dewolfe.co.uk/musicsearch/

[Mythdracon]

Out of curiosity, what does "apm" stand for? Looks like they did a LOT of the licensed music.

[Fantasy]

By doing a search on "dewolfe music" site, I found other unknown and update my two first messages:
http://www.dewolfe.co.uk/musicsearch/

This Wikipedia article has done the homework for you, I think:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_Civilization_IV

[Nance]

This Wikipedia article has done the homework for you, I think:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_Civilization_IV

I was talking about Civilization V.

[back seat astronaut]

In my opinion, the music in Civ5 is one of the most outrageous instances of the overall half-assed nature of the game in general. I loved in Civ4 how the music was era-specific, so in the Middle Ages you hear real medieval music, and so on. In Civ5, not only does it sound like it's not real music but made-up boring elevator music, but it also doesn't seem to be era-specific, so you just hear the same few pieces of music on random rotation through the whole game. This is one reason the eras don't feel as different from each other as they did in Civ4.

[Pavelas]

Here you can find all info about music from Civ V - http://www.civilization5.com/musiccredits/
I am impressed by quality and quantity of music created for this game, my fav.: Tiaw Tang, Iraqi Cafe, Holy Water Vessel, Intro video music, Gawazi, The Last Hero and others...

[Russkie]

I personally love Shen, Sunset Journey, To Discover, Istanbul'Dan, Ghizemli, and Gawazi to just name a few of the more "unique" ones I don't really hear every day. I personally love the game as it opens up a whole new perspective of culture to me personally - not something you would find with many games out there...

[Lopendhoofd]

The music in Civ V is certainly not bad, but it's certainly not as good as Civ IV's. Era-specific music beats Area-specific music anytime. Sure, Civ IV had 'west-centric' music, but at least every new era you had a fresh new batch of tracks. In Civ V even the European and Middle Eastern music get on my nerves after a while, even though I think they're good. The only time I played Montezuma after an hour or so I just wanted to bang my head into my screen, because it seemed as if one song was repeating over and over again. It would be awesome if they could combine Era- and Area-specific music, or even if it could be modded.

But Civ IV also had me discovering the Brandenburg Concertos (and Bach in general), so it's quite impossible to beat that.

[Noobleton]

I think this is one of the areas of the game that Civ V suffers because of the brilliance of Civ IV (not that I'm saying this is why Civ V isn't as good - there are still many areas in V that could do with some love; I'm looking at you, multiplayer!). I mean, look at the menu music! If Civ IV had silent menus, we'd all be saying how V's menu music sets the tone excellently; but Baba Yetu just happens to be an incredible composition

I enjoy Civ V's music, but I agree, there's not enough diversity, which can certainly become an annoyance on Marathon games.

[sectoid]

Civilization V Collectors edition comes with 2 soundtrack CDs.

Back cover:

"For each of the leaders in Civilization V, we have chosen actual melodies from the leader's civilization as a starting point for our peace and war music. It has been a fascinating glimpse into the richly diverse musical styles our world encompasses. Enjoy !"

DISC 1

OPENING

Track 1
Opening Movie Music -Michael Curran

Track 2
Civilization 5 Theme - Michael Curran, Menu Music

LEADER MUSIC
EUROPE

Tracks 3, 4
Washington -Peace, war - Michael Curran
America - America the Beautiful

Tracks 5, 6
Elizabeth -Peace, war - Geoff Knorr
England - I Vow to Thee, My Country

Tracks 7, 8
Bismark -Peace, war - Michael Curran
Germany - Ode to Joy

Tracks 9, 10
Napoleon -Peace, war - Michael Curran
France - Cancan Melody from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld

Tracks 11, 12
Catherine -Peace, war - Michael Curran
Russia - Capulets and Montegues

Tracks 13, 14
Alexander - Peace, war - Geoff Knorr
Greece - Epitaph of Seikilos

Tracks 15, 16
Augustus Caesar - Peace, war - Michael Curran
Rome - Ancient Roman Melody Fragments

MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA

Track 17
Ramesesses II - Peace, war - Michael Curran
Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egyptian Melody Fragments

DISC 2

Tracks 1, 2
Darius I - Peace, war - Geoff Knorr
Persia - Morghe Sahar

Tracks 3, 4
Askia - Peace, war - Michael Curran
Songhai - Gambia folk song

Tracks 5, 6
Harun al-Rashid - Peace, war - Michael Curran
Arabia - Thikrati; Hijaz Maqam

ASIA

Tracks 7, 8
Wu Zetian - Peace, war - Michael Curran
China - Goa Shan Liu Shui

Tracks 9, 10
Gandhi - Peace, war - Michael Curran
India - Raga Asa

Tracks 11, 12
Oda Nobunaga - Peace, war - Geoff Knorr
Japan - Rokudan no Shirabe

AMERICAS

Tracks 13, 14
Montezuma - Peace, war - Michael Curran
Aztec - Cora Mitote Song from Santa Teresa

Tracks 15, 16
Hiawatha - Peace, war - Ian Smith
Iroguois - Ho, Ho, Watanay

Music Produced by Michael Curran and Geoff Knorr
Orchestration by Geoff Knorr
Orchestra Conducted by Andy Brick
Orchestra: Filmharmonic Orchestra Praque
Choirmaster: Stanislav Mistr
Concertmaster: Rita Čepurčenco & Miloš Jahoda
Recording Engineer: Jan Kotzmann
Assistant Engineer: Cenda Kotzmann
Music Preparation: Geoff Knorr
Orchestra Librarian: Tomáš Kirschner

Mixed by Scott Metcalfe, Michael Curran, Geoff Knorr and Ian Smith
Mastered by Scott Metcalfe


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Needless to say, I love the music in Civ V, way better than IV, IMO.
As long as we are discussing arts, I think the artwork book that came in the collectors edition box is fantastic too. The Paintings and drawings in it are overwhelming.

[King of Spades]

Well done on creating the list, Nance. I personally love the music.

On a related note, as the last patch was released, I also bought the Babylon DLC. Playing as Japan, there seems to be a lot of new songs now. Does anyone know if there was new music with the patch and/or Babylon?

[Russkie]

Chanson.... omg! What a brilliant opus of musical artwork! Bliss! Thank you Simon Park! *sighs*

And as a side note, everyone has different tastes, so no one game (or artwork, music, or anything for that matter) can possibly make everyone 100% happy. In my opinion, focus on taking the time to enjoy the bits you like. I haven't tried this, but I'm sure if you removed those tracks from the folders that you didn't like, they wouldn't be played in-game. At the same time, add in tracks that you do like. I can just imagine someone playing a game of Civ5 to heavy metal...

But, again, thank you to Civ 5 for introducing me to these wonderful pieces of work that I might have never heard otherwise.

[Mega-Dolphin]

I love the England Peace theme. I also like some of the in-game music although I've never gotten around to finding out their names. The menu music is also pretty good.

[mwallyn]

In my opinion, the music in Civ5 is one of the most outrageous instances of the overall half-assed nature of the game in general. I loved in Civ4 how the music was era-specific, so in the Middle Ages you hear real medieval music, and so on. In Civ5, not only does it sound like it's not real music but made-up boring elevator music, but it also doesn't seem to be era-specific, so you just hear the same few pieces of music on random rotation through the whole game. This is one reason the eras don't feel as different from each other as they did in Civ4.

First off, if someone thinks Civ V's music sucks automatically because its not Mozart of Bach, then their standards might be just a little high. Yes, I do agree that Civ IV had a fantastic sound track, but a lot of it was pulled from other sources like the two aforementioned composers. However, this soundtrack was written from the ground-up, which is no easy feat. Also, while it is true that Civ V doesn't have era specific music, it DOES have region specific music, something that Civ IV didn't have at all. I think that while Civ IV had an unbelievable soundtrack, Civ V does a great job following it up, in my opinion.

[MPE]

I prefer the region specific music of Civ 5 over the music in IV....although I do miss the tribal sounding drum music at the beginning of every game in IV.

[Nance]

On CivFanatics, someone found some of the unknown from the Asia Either folder and I update the list:
yun qu - ancient xiang shan melody
yun qu - lotus
yun qu - mei yun melody
yun qu - the dragon emperor's lament

I don't know about the music from the patch, sorry.