Gimme more music.

Kramsib · October 11, 2001, 12:28

What music do you like while you are playing CIV?.

Kramsib · October 11, 2001, 13:05

Everybody knows how important is music in videogames, the environmental sounds are an important thing to involve the player in the game's atmosphera.

Do you think sound is important in videogames?
and in Civ?

Some famous artists has composed the music of some videogames.

I think music and videogames are so related with each other that associate a song with a game is quite easy.

What kind of music makes you play Civ with more ansiety?

What artist did you like to make the Civ III sountrack?

I think Mike Oldfield would have made a good work.

And you? What do you think?

Footie Mad · October 11, 2001, 15:40

For civ 3 I would like music that inspires me to build an empire, there were a few nice tunes in civ 2 but they were turned off after the first 3-4 times, so a really long and flowing background theme that fits in with the game would be nice. And of course the option to turn it all of and listen to Winamp or something.
As for unit sounds, just dont make them annoying so you get angry when you get beaten up by them

Pembleton · October 11, 2001, 15:55

New Age? Yuck!

JellyDonut · October 11, 2001, 16:06

I really liked the Civ III Megamix, and I have no doubt that the music will be good, and there will be LOTS of it (as explained in the video).

Provost Harrison · October 11, 2001, 16:51

Well I would certainly like to be able to hear all those old tunes from each of the civs from civ1 revamped to modern computer quality. It will be a gigantic nostalgia trip for me. But as has been said, you can always play a different CD on your CD player (I wonder if Firaxis will allow you to insert a different CD into the computer once the game has started, so you can have your own music but also still have the game sounds on). And they have commented that you can run WinAmp or equivalent software in the background, and that the game is Alt-Tab friendly...

squid · October 11, 2001, 17:18

Freebird!

Sabre2th · October 11, 2001, 17:20

I always like to have the game's music because it adds to the mood. If I get tired of the music, I'll just start up winamp or my stereo and play what my heart desires.

Juggernaut · October 11, 2001, 17:23

Rock while playing Civ3? Talk about being tasteless

Sabre2th · October 11, 2001, 17:28

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Originally posted by uncle_funk
Rock while playing Civ3? Talk about being tasteless

I don't usually play rock with civ, but certain songs can fit the game quite well.

jdd2007 · October 11, 2001, 17:31

what a crappy idea for a poll, u spammers...

Sabre2th · October 11, 2001, 17:33

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Originally posted by jdd2007
what a crappy idea for a poll, u spammers...

We didn't create the poll, that's Kramsib's fault. We are posting our opinions. As I say whenever I am accused of spamming, go look up Eli..... He is the new Emperor of Spam here at Apolyton.

Pembleton · October 11, 2001, 17:33

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Originally posted by jdd2007
what a crappy idea for a poll, u spammers...

Well, being a former musician, I don't find this a crappy idea at all. I'm always interested in finding out the musical interests of others.

Provost Harrison · October 11, 2001, 17:38

Well we have an Apolyton Audiogalaxy group in the OT and one of our themes was to recommend a song to play civ to, and was appropriate. My choice was 'I Want To Conquer The World' by Bad Religion. Check out the thread if you can find it, you will get the idea of things...

Pembleton · October 11, 2001, 17:44

I dare not go to the OT forum. Someone would have to tie me up to prevent me from getting into flame wars. I come to forums to discuss trivial things such as computer games, not political issues or some whimsical topic some person came up with.

I can only trust discussing such things with close friends and not the masses that is the anonymous internet, the majority of whom are either ignorant (usually from youth), or just stupid.

Colonel Kraken · October 11, 2001, 17:59

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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Well I would certainly like to be able to hear all those old tunes from each of the civs from civ1 revamped to modern computer quality. It will be a gigantic nostalgia trip for me.

That would be cool. The old music along with some new stuff, of couse.

Juggernaut · October 11, 2001, 18:32

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What artist did you like to make the Civ III sountrack?

Autechre would most likely do a decent job. Mike Oldfield wouldn't make a fool of himself either, although I suspect his music could draw too much attention off the game.

Sarxis · October 11, 2001, 18:37

Most games I play (which is a lot) come with music. But after the third time the tracks have cycled through, I turn the music off.

I don't play with music on in my games- usually.

Skanky Burns · October 11, 2001, 19:51

Ill probably be playing with the in-game music. But once my mighty empire prepares itself for war, ill load up Rammstein in winamp, and the enemy will never know what hit them!!

SteveJH · October 11, 2001, 20:06

I don't think this will be the case with CivIII, but in CivII I couldn't stand the music after playing the second or third time, and put on my G'ed out thug music in the background

(Yes I know, everybody hates this music) From what I've seen in the CivIII preview video though, the audio aspect looks promising.

Gangerolf · October 11, 2001, 20:13

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Originally posted by uncle_funk
Rock while playing Civ3? Talk about being tasteless

What's so bad about rock? It's inspiring, that's what it is. New Age or Pop music - that's tasteless. But hey, I don't blame you for listening to your Backstreet Boyz while playing Civ3. Everyman to his taste

Pembleton · October 11, 2001, 20:15

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Originally posted by Gangerolf
But hey, I don't blame you for listening to your Backstreet Boyz while playing Civ3.

Nah....N Sync all the way.

Juggernaut · October 11, 2001, 20:19

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What's so bad about rock?

It's detoriating the game's aestethic experience and likewise, violating the unwritten principles of it's graphical concept.

H Tower · October 11, 2001, 21:55

i could care less if firaxis included ingame music. Winamp all the way baby!

squid · October 11, 2001, 22:58

Once I research "Radioactive Monsters", I'm playing "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult.

yes, I agree, the music that came with the game. or classical. the game clashes with rock, even as much as I do love rock n' roll.

Boris Godunov · October 12, 2001, 00:15

I wouldn't listen to the music from Civ II to save my life. *puke*

It wasn't only repeated ad naseum, it just wasn't all that good.

Being a musician, I have had some fun planning out soundtracks:

Ancient era - Right of Spring by Stravinksy, Resphighi's Pines of Rome

Medieval times - Gregorian chant, or I have some Eastern Orthodox chant if Im playing the russians.

Renaissance - Josquin de Prez, cool CDs I have the French troubadors, or early Italian music. Then get into early opera like Monteverdi.

Then it's pretty much into the Baroque (Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), Classical (Mozart, Beethoven) and Romantic (BRAHMS! Mahler), then into 20th century...and look, we're back to the Rite of Spring!

Oh, and Holst's The Planets. That's good fightin' music.

By that point, the game's usually over anyway!

Adagio · October 12, 2001, 06:39

I listen to music that makes me more happy (this means ingame music is out of the question, that's just boring). What makes me happy is rap/pop, r&b and such