Accessing Rome: Total MUSIC files

[Good Ship Chuckle]

I really enjoy the music in all aspects of the game. Roman campaign map music, the arabic flute melody with the "hey!" at the end, and most of all the main menu theme. I just love it all, compounded by the fact that I've spent hundreds of hours listening to it .

What I really am wondering is how do I access these files, whether it be the files on the computer or from the internet? Ultimately I want to put the music on my mp3 player. I will be eternally grateful to anyone who knows how to do this.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Moved to Modding Questions - the modders over there are likely to be able to give you a detailed answer on how to gain acess to the relevant files

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Thanks for the clarification. But my question still remains unanswered...

[Aradan]

You need to go to data/sounds directory and unpack the Music files.

[satanea juda]

Unpack them using this..

That's team work..

[Quirinus]

Hmm. Interesting. I was unaware that we can do that..... I previously just visited composer Jeff van Dyke's site to download selected tracks.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Thanks for the feedback. This must be the Guild's finest hour.

I'll try the things you posted, and let you know how it works out.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

"Success is sweet indeed!
Made all the sweeter for being so decisive."

I am glad to report that the access to the music files went off with out a hitch. I have to give santanea juda the most credit. His link to that IDX extractor proved to be the most useful. However the creator of the extractor, Vercingetorix, could have made his instructions a little more idiot-proof. It took me a little while of tinkering before I finally extracted the files. But it all works out in the end.

Oddly enough I also extracted ALL the music files, including the grunts of pigs, the eastern generals' speeches, and everything in between. As I write this very post, I am listening to the music. Ahhh yes...