A Classical Music Mod for E:TW v0.5 (04/10/11)

[Scotland]

A Classical Music Modification
Version 0.5 for Empire: Total War



Hello all, and welcome to 'A Classical Music Mod for Empire: Total War'.

Some of you may have seen my similar music mod for N:TW, others may not, but the aim and execution are almost identical. That being, to largely replace the vanilla soundtrack with some appropriate classical music, not necessarily contemporary, but tasteful enough to improve the atmosphere.

What began as a project for Napoleon, I have decided to convert over to Empire for a greater number of people to enjoy. When looking at the other music mods on offer, I noticed there already existed a Classical Mod and a Period Music Mod for E:TW, so to call this one 'The Classical Music Mod for E:TW', would have been poor form and disrespectful to say the least. My reasons in creating this mod are entirely subjective, I admit. I felt my choice of pieces worked well in Napoleon and thought they would also do so in Empire, but I'll let you judge that for yourself. Also I want to exhibit classical music that has not found its way into the realm of cliché and overuse. Although, in this pack you will find some old favourites, you are also sure to encounter some pieces that are less familiar.

I'd be most open to any feedback that any of you may have, be it sound criticism or suggestions or anything else.

So, in brief this pack changes the music for:

-Frontend Menu
-The Credits
-Loading Screens
-Pre-Battle and Battle Results
-Battles (Land and Naval, Deployment and Engagement)
-The Campaign Map-Miscellaneous (Button pressing noises and a couple of campaign voices, albeit in good humour!)

A breif sample of included composers and works:

-Marin Marais ('Alcione' - Suite Des Airs À Joüer)
-Bedřich Smetana ('Má Vlast' - Vltava)
-Anton Bruckner (Symhony No. 8 'Apocalyptic')
-Ralph Vaughan Williams (Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony')
-Leoš Janáček (Idyll for Strings)
-Bohuslav Martinu (Violin Conceto No.1)
-Dmitri Shostakovich (Symhpny No. 7 'Leningrad')
-Gustav Mahler (Rückert-Lieder)
-Franz Schubert (String Quartet No. 10)
-Jean Sibelius (Finlandia)
-Frédéric Chopin (Cello Sonata in G)
-Michael Tippett (A Child of Our Time)
-Claude Debussy (String Quartet in G)
-Johannes Brahms (String Sextet No. 1)
-Antonín Dvořák (Symphony No. 9)
-Gustav Holst (The Planets: Mars)
-Michael Nyman (The Piano Concerto)
-Erik Satie (Three Gymnopédies)
-Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor')
-Johann Sebastian Bach (Suite for Cello No.1)
-Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Octet-Partita in E)
-Sergei Rachmaninoff (Vespers op.37)
-Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Scheherazade)
-Edward Elgar (Variations on An Original Theme)
-Manuel de Falla (El Amor Brujo)
-Gioachino Rossini (William Tell Overture)
-And more...


Current Progress


(04/10/11)
Currently the annoying battle music loop points remain in for the initial release due to technical difficulties that I hope to resolve soon. Also I have left the Tribal and Indian theatre music largely untouched, and I'll leave it to feedback as to whether they should be replaced with classical music or not. There are a few gaps remaining and these will be filled in due time as I bring this project up to the same standard as my N:TW equivalent.


Changelog


v0.5
-Initial Release.


Download

v0.5 - Dropbox: (297MB)

v0.5 - Game Front: (297MB)

v0.5 - Rapidshare: (311MB)

v0.5 - Megaupload: (297MB)


Installation


Extract the .RAR archive using WinRAR or another suitable program.

Place the 'classicalmusicmodetw.pack' in the ETW data directory, usually loacted at the following address:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data

Place the 'user.empire_script' file in your ETW user data script directory, usually (with hidden files set to visible):

C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts

If you are using other mods at the same time just add the line

mod "classicalmusicmodetw.pack";

to your existing 'user.empire_script' file. You know the drill by now, surely!


Acknowledgements


I really can't show enough thanks to crux3D and LtChambers for their wonderful tools, 'Symphony' and 'Pack File Manager' respectively, which allowed the creation of this mod.


Finally, my thanks for reading and enjoy!

[♔Dignan♔]

I can't believe nobody has commented here yet. Just tried your music mod and I love it. It's a refreshing change. The campaign tracks are subtle yet engaging and teh battle music is epic. Even if it isn't totally historical wrt to the time period its a great mod. +rep.

[Scotland]

Thanks very much indeed for both your positive comments and rep, much appreciated.

I can't believe nobody has commented here yet.

I know, after four months and about two-hundred downloads, I started to wonder if I would receive any feedback at all.

[Kartaugh]

Trying to download to check it out, but Rapidshare really doesn't let me download it....DLs about 1 meg and then stops....really wanted to hear this, but oh well..

[Scotland]

New link added at Game Front due to the slow Rapidshare speeds.

[TriggerTheTaco]

Having a bit of trouble installing this in conjunction with Darth Mod.
I've put the pack in my Empire data and edited the Ultimate Commander script accordingly, but I still have vanilla music in my campaign.
Am I missing something here?

[Olav96]

Hi does this mod work for Darth mod?

[calvinmark]

I don't like Classical music. Because it is cultural music and we can't sing any time.

[zorak]

Downloading now

Edit: Well, I would, but links are dead.

[Scotland]

New download link posted for v0.5 (07/06/2013).

[Liu Zheng]

For whatever reason they've blocked the download to pretty much all of Europe. It should work with a UK ip but I can't get it to work with a proxy neither...


edit. Ok, I was able to download from it using proxfree

[Bran Mac Born]

Scotland are you going to fix the battle music loops? You fixed that with the Napoleon version of this.

[foam]

Its working nicely, I think. Main menu music is cool but I liked the old one better. Unsure if battle music has changed, all I was getting was native american chanting.

[SanderP]

Many thanks for this!!

[SanderP]

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