Rate the M2TW Music

[Divinus Arma]

What do you think of the M2TW music so far?

[IPoseTheQuestionYouReturnTheAnswer]

I'm so impressed by M2TW's music that I have my own iTunes playlist of it, ripped from the soundtrack CD. If van Dyck made this one, I have to really hand it to him, because it's a great accomplishment.

[Darth Nihilus]

Very good music. By far the best music I've heard on a game.

[Lusted]

Agreed, it is wonderful music. Im actually listening to the audio cd i got in the CE when not playing the game as i love the music.

[Sir Robin]

I actually like MTW and VI's music more than RTW. I also like MTW and VI's music more than M2TW. Granted M2TW's music is good, I am listening to the soundtrack at work, but it seems a little too refined. Hard to describe accurately but MTW's and especially VI's music seemed a little edgier.

[Myrddraal]

VI's music rocked. Ahhh I used to make my vikings march just a few steps forward at the start of every battle just to get that stuff going.

And the eastern music for MTW

[Orda Khan]

Let's be fair, all the TW games have featured good music. For me the haunting flute during deployment in STW was the most dramatic. It really drew you into the battle

......Orda

[Dutch_guy]

Hmm I don't quite like M2TW music as I did Rome's, or Medieval's. I found it to get a bit annoying when heard for extended periods of time, that said, it isn't that bad at all

[The Spartan (Returns)]

dont have M2 yet but from the demo it has the best music so far! i really like the battle, tension, and interface music.it is so good i added it to my modded RTW.

[Arbaces]

The music quality is dropping with each TW game.
M1TWs sound quality - Outstanding
RTWs sound quality - Good
M2TWs sound quality - MEDIOCRE

Arbaces.

[GrandInquisitor]

Rome's was my favorite. MTW and VI were good, but Rome seemed so much more epic and dynamic. I made the mistake of listening to M2's before I played the game, and that always skews my opinion at first. That said, I'm liking Medieval 2's better as I play it. It's not quite as dynamic as Rome's, but it's just so...fitting for the game -- gorgeous. It's probably my second favorite overall, but it's a close second.

I'd say the quality is increasing with the Total Wars I've played (MTW/VI, Rome/BI, and M2 in that order).

[Navaros]

I'd say mediocre on average, how come that's not a poll option?

Some of it is very good (mostly the campaign map) but a lot of the battle music is medicore in my view either in the score itself, or because of the tools they used to implement it into the game (ie: doesn't sound like it was played by real instruments).

[Sheogorath]

I would say that MTW1's music was much better than MTW2's, with STW somewhere between. RTW's music just kinda sucked to me.

How come thats not an option? :P

[frogbeastegg]

M2TW's music is easily on a level with STW's and MTW/VI's. I didn't like RTW's one bit; it was bland, boring and boring. There also seems to be a bit more diversity for faction's music; the music I'm getting as Venice is different to the music I had as England. In the older games those factions would have been lumped together and hearing the same Catholic music set.

My only grumble is that the music CD which comes with the collector's edition doesn't have all the tracks.

[Salazar]

Better than Rome, on par with mtw, (very slightly) worse than stw.

[metatron]

I actually like MTW and VI's music more than RTW. I also like MTW and VI's music more than M2TW. Granted M2TW's music is good, I am listening to the soundtrack at work, but it seems a little too refined. Hard to describe accurately but MTW's and especially VI's music seemed a little edgier.

Absolutely.

[Woozie]

I love it, I wish I knew how to rip the soundtrack.

[blahblahblah]

Love the Menu music for MTW the most. It seemed so dark, so sullen, it just fits the Medieval period perfectly.

[EvilNed]

Second best in the series, after MTW. Followed by Rome. Shoguns wasn't that great.

[Dayve]

In my own personal opinion, the music in this game is utter ...moderator edit.

Would somebody kindly explain to me how to put in the original MTW music (best medieval type music ever) into this game? I'd be very grateful.

[Senta]

not as good as Rome imo

[Whacker]

The poll doesn't have the option I'd like, plus I'm still a j.m. so I can't vote.

I'm of the opinion that all of the TW games have had outstanding music. The mongol mobilization music in STW was outstanding. I'd cycle the seasonal backgrounds through winamp just doing work, they were beautiful to listen to. Orda mentioned the flute intro which was great. I don't have the mp3 on this machine, but I believe tension 3 was one of my favorites as well, I don't know what that instrument is but it's awesome when done well.

MTW was yet another worthy successor, the main menu theme was utterly outstanding, it had a ... gritty, for lack of a better term, feel to it, and if one wanted to let themselves be immersed, you could almost imagine yourself 800 years back in a cathedral, listening to some gregorian chant. The islamic faction tension music was also awesome, especially the one that began with the woman's voice.

I gotta disagree a bit with her royal frogness on RTW's music. The campaign map background for the non-eastern factions got a bit old quick I'll agree, but the eastern winter was awesome to listen to. The Carthaginian intro theme was also one of my favorites. The other thing I have to give credit to RTW for is that in general the music seemed to be very appropriate for the time period. The main menu theme just felt.. well, roman.

M2TW's music is also another worthy addition to the series, the two main menu themes are great. They don't listen the same as the MTW theme, but they have the same feel and add a bit of a modern twist. The rest of the music hasn't blown me away, but it's definitely nice to listen to. I think all in all Jeff's done a great job throughout the series.

Cheers!

[Spendius]

I love it ! Pope music !

[KhaderKhan]

I actually like MTW and VI's music more than RTW. I also like MTW and VI's music more than M2TW. Granted M2TW's music is good, I am listening to the soundtrack at work, but it seems a little too refined. Hard to describe accurately but MTW's and especially VI's music seemed a little edgier.

Me too, the music on MTW1 is alot better then RTW and even better then MTW2

[Subedei]

Well, ain´t it hard to describemusic with words.... I loved the music pieces for the Islamic factions in MTW , something to low ride on a camel & shoot 'em Christian crusaders.


For MTW2:
Did only hear the music pieces of HRE & liked it. Yesterday started the Turks and still gotta get into the groove, but I guess me & my camel will have a couple of good dances with the forsaken Bzyantines and all them infidels.

[Il Duce]

Does anyone know if you can get some of the music from other TW games (like Rome) into M2TW?

[Gorm]

I love it, I wish I knew how to rip the soundtrack.

Download the freeware called Audacity (they have both PC and Mac versions). Find and open the music file in the data folder. It will be one long file in Audacity. You can then choose sections and export as a WMV or mp3 file. Either will play in iTunes. In fact, once in iTunes, you can covert the WMV file to an mp3 to play on an iPod or any other device.

[Shahed]

It is on my iPod.

I use it at the gym, I use it when I'm running, I wish I could use it in the swimming pool. It energizes and inspires me.
I can push harder and further when that music is on. It's awesome.

Link for music extraction instructions (complementing your post Gorm, this might help you Froggy):
http://total-war-campaign-chronicles...ing-audio.html

[Forward Observer]

The Audacity program is pretty nice for a freebe, thanks for the links.


All of Jeff VanDyke's stuff is good and a lot of it is really great.

I like several themes from the Medieval 2 game--especially the ending credits vocal and the Spanish sounding music, but I will say that overall, the first Medieval game simply had a larger number of memorable tracks---and as Sir Robin pointed out, it does have an edge to it that the music in MTW2 simply does not.

Cheers

[Quickening]

My only grumble is that the music CD which comes with the collector's edition doesn't have all the tracks.

And those tracks aren't even named. They're just "track 1", track 2" etc.

I love the music in M2TW just as I did MTW and Rome.