Civilization II's music is in the Red Book CD-audio format, the same as that found on normal music CDs. The songs are quite varied; some are from the 19th century classical era, such as the Blue Danube Waltz, while others have a tribal, tropical sound to them. The music can be played back through any CD-ROM drive. Over 200 MB of space on the Civilization II CD is taken up by the music, 280 MB is occupied by the videos (many of them are historical footages), whereas the actual program data takes up less than 30 MB.
Expansion Packs[]
The five different releases of Civilization II have added and subtracted tracks from the mix, with Fantastic Worlds containing the largest number of tracks of all releases.
| Tracks | Civilization II | Conflicts in Civilization | Fantastic Worlds | Multiplayer Gold Edition | Test of Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral March Ode to Joy |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tenochtitlan Revealed Harvest of the Nile Aristotle's Pupil Augustus Rises Gautama Ponders Hammurabi's Code The Shining Path |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| The Crusades Alien Invasion Mongol Horde Apocalypse |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Civil War The Great War American Revolution Jihad |
No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| New World Mars Expedition World of Jules Verne |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fantasy | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, renamed Tolkien |
| Primeval World | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, renamed Jurasic (sic) Jungle |
| X-Com | No | No | Yes | No | Yes, renamed They're Here |
| The Dome | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Wonders of the World Music[]
Whenever a player builds a Wonder of the World, a short video with music is played. The music is often taken from other sources:
- King Richard's Crusade - Dance of the Furies, Cristoph Willibald Gluck
- Leonardo's Workshop - Cantaloupe Island, Herbie Hancock
- Michelangelo's Chapel - Credo, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- J.S. Bach's Cathedral - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Shakespeare's Theatre - Taken from the prologue to Henry V
- Statue of Liberty - El Capitan March, John Philip Sousa
- Isaac Newton's College - Concerto For 4 Violins & Strings in B minor, Antonio Vivaldi
- Adam Smith's Trading Company - The Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from the oratorio Solomon, George Frideric Handel
Most videos, however, feature original compositions with often discernible inspiration,[1] either from Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ'':
- Pyramids - "The Feeling Begins"
- Great Wall of China - "Gethsemane"
- Sun Tzu's War Academy - "Gethsemane"
Trevor Jones' and Randy Edelman's soundtrack to The Last of the Mohicans (1992):
- Colossus - Main Title
- Great Lighthouse - "Elk Hunt"
- Marco Polo's Embassy - "The Kiss"
- Magellan's Expedition - "Fort Battle"
- United Nations - "The Glade Part II"
Or various other sources:
- Oracle - Theme from Harry's Game by Clannad
- Women's Suffrage - Swinging at the Daisy Chain by the Count Basie Orchestra
- Hoover Dam - A remix version of "Arkham Bridge" from the soundtrack of the PC game Mechwarrior 2 Ghost Bears Legacy by Gregory Alper & Jeehun Hwang.
- Manhattan Project - I Had My Chance by Morphine
- Apollo Program - Telegraph Road by Dire Straits
Players wishing to sample the music without a computer can do so by simply placing the game CD (provided it is the original 1996 edition) into an ordinary domestic CD-player.
Videos[]
Civilization II Complete Game CD Soundtrack + Wonders (PC Windows, 1996-1999)
Civilization II soundtrack (Windows)
References[]
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See also[]
- Soundtrack in other games
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| Conflicts in Civilization • Fantastic Worlds • Test of Time† |
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| † Standalone remake with different graphics, units, etc. |