#What are your favourite music tracks in Total War games?

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scarlet pendant
fringe oriole
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Dragon flame from WH2

slate rampart
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Medieval II Main Menu theme

boreal rivet
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Faith steel and gunpowder warhammer 1

steady osprey
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Rome 1 had the best soundtrack of all time

muted tendon
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Rome 1 Divinitus

misty flare
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Sons of Hashut
the guttural singing always send a shiver down my spine
its the perfect "evil incarnate" music

unique girder
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Dragon flame from WH2

timid pumice
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Any thrones of britannia battle music

glad onyx
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Tattered Sails Shanty easily 😤

ripe sinew
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Vampire coast theme

storm dawn
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WHII warden and paunch OST

balmy oyster
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warhammer 1 main menu theme

proven harbor
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Vermintide skaven ost

bronze spindle
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Toss up between all of the themes for Medieval 2 and expansions and the main theme of Attila.

frank oasis
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Duty Calls from Fall of the Samurai

stoic flame
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Wh2 Dark Elf Trailer Soundtrack

left steeple
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Attila Main menu theme

valid axle
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OUR MEN ARE RUNNING FROM THE BUTTERFIELD

lapis jasper
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napoleon total war intro

uncut grove
honest yoke
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All Hail The Mighty / Tattered Sails Shanty (Vampire Coast Trailer)

lapis jasper
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fr

small nest
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Daniel the Daemon trailer!

ashen heart
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Vermintide from WH2 of course skaven

proper gorge
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Rome 1 battle music or Medieval 2 battle loading music, thems the good stuff

frank meteor
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big fan of the music for the Thrones of Decay

bronze spindle
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Can't go wrong with throat singing.

midnight lynx
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Your Roman Gods are watching, make sure they are not ashamed

steady osprey
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Soldiers Chant from Rome 1 hands down the best ever

molten spire
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Warrior march from Rome total war

muted fjord
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Rome 1 Divinitus

dense radish
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Rome 1 main menu theme

bronze spindle
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STOP TRYING TO POST LINKS THEY AREN'T ALLOWED HERE

atomic hull
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basically all of Kislev's music from WH3

scarlet pendant
sick elm
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Journey to Rome Part II - Rome Total War Original Soundtrack - Jeff van Dyck

spark pagoda
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Medieval 2 - We are all one

remote hemlock
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That Daniel faction battle theme that is used ONLY for him for some reason...

atomic hull
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Grimgor's trailer theme is also a banger

rocky dirge
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rome 1 divinitus, atilla main menu, rome battles. the rest is way too athmosphereic and not enough ''out there''.

bronze spindle
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But ahem.

magic dragon
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Euro Mobilize 1

bronze spindle
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Attila's main theme.

dense radish
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also medieval 2 mare nostrum

gloomy cipher
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SERVANTS OF THE FLAME

steel geode
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"Duty Calls" from Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai

valid axle
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I love the music from Three Kingdoms Opening

tranquil elbow
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For the Lady - TW Warhammer 1

past widget
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Rome 1 battle start music

bronze spindle
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Dream of Albion is good.

umbral elk
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Medieval 2 Kingdoms Teutonic Music - Hymn of War

coarse kettle
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Ogre kingdoms trailer slapped

atomic hull
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I wish the warhammer series got an official soundtrack released katarin

uneven bloom
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"Duty Calls" - Fall of the Samurai

steel geode
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my man

remote timber
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wood elf theme

inner parrot
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Vampire Coast DLC trailer music, gotta love a good pirate soundtrack

short tundra
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Medieval 2 - "Duke of Death"

modern prism
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"Dreadfleet" Vampire Coast combat music for Warhammer 2 (and 3).

It was so good we used it as the combat music for a pirate themed TTRPG game.

slow yacht
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Mannfred von Carstein Track from the Trailer. Any chance to get this into the actual game btw?

vital magnet
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there's a particular music track that plays in Total War Warhammer on the map, since the first game. It has a very somber flute (?) interlude that is very poignant IMO

open mural
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The main Skaven theme, Vermintide, yes-yes!

boreal zinc
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Warhammer 2 - Murderous Prowess (Dark elf theme)

scarlet pendant
arctic forum
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skaven strategy map music

warm moon
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Daniels battle music slaps

mellow island
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definitely the vampire coast trailer song

fathom lance
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Medieval 2 - Duke of Death

scarlet pendant
tired crown
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attila main menu music

viral helm
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=> hans zimmer and all which are like him ^^

  • anything from jeff van dyck
    (rome 1 - medieval 2 - shogun 2 mainly)
  • epic musics (all styles), mostly epic/dramatic/powerful orchestrals
    => in WH3: LOVE KISLEV MUSICS !
    and the one played from dark elves and chaos factions (missing more vampire coast musics)
atomic hull
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that one high elf battle theme also goes really hard

scarlet pendant
grizzled garden
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Medieval 2: War Of Kings and Crack Your Head With A Tabla

bronze spindle
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Mountains of hope is pretty underrated.

rancid kelp
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atillas main theme , one of the battle osts from attila as well , wh3s first trailer , shoguns ost

and some of the new battle osts that play when u do nuln or malakai

acoustic inlet
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Hail the Mighty, still play it every now and then 😄

hexed wadi
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Rome 1 Main Menu track

bronze spindle
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For those who don't know, Mountains of hope is the main theme for the teutonic DLC for Med2, and is suitably grim.

warm moon
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uh Dark Elf battle theme is also good love the chanting

muted dove
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Kislev pre-battle music. Current Vampire counts pre-battle music. But Twilight of the Gods is my all time favorite. Tomb KIngs need better music.

fathom lance
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Med 2 - Destiny also slaps

peak horizon
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Goddammit, I can't link the music tracks directly

granite gazelle
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Join the Ogre Kingdoms song

karmic plume
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Duke of Death easily

scarlet pendant
open idol
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The ogre trailer music

brazen cave
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The vampire coast sea shanty

peak horizon
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Ah well. I am gonna do it game by game, without neglecting the OGs.

Shogun: Total War: Mobilize 1 and Campaign Map Autumn. While the track names are plain, the tracks certainly aren't. YOHOHO-YOHO is iconic, and Campaign Map Autumn has amazing Japanese ambience.

maiden cypress
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anything in shogun 2 and attila

bronze spindle
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Attila my beloved.

tiny mica
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Ogre trailer music, Vampire coast sea shanty and Thrones of decay for me. Thrones of Decay in particular, the gutural dwarven chant is stonks

scarlet pendant
atomic hull
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oh yeah, the TW3k mandate of heaven trailer music is also a banger

round cairn
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Assault by Sea / Attila !

bronze spindle
dire steeple
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Toss up between Rome 1 and Medieval 2

midnight sage
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I wanna hear a full version of "Death is like the winter chill"

thin trout
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the tomb king's menu theme (Immortal Empires), A Storm of Magic, The Sundering, and Murderous Prowess

warm moon
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total war rome 1 barbarian victory is a mood right there

spring shore
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Hun's battle theme from Attila

bronze spindle
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Oh, Ebb and Flow from Fall of the Samurai is also good, can't go wrong with traditonal music slowly being overtaken by foreign music.

fervent knoll
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rome 1, the greek intro

noble basin
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Vampire Skirmish theme those vocals are crazy

maiden cypress
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ye FOTS nailed it

bronze spindle
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Traditional flutes mixed in with modern drums.

peak horizon
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Mongol Invasion - Mongol Mobilize 2 and Mongol Battle 1. The Total War series' first contact with throat singing. Mongol Mobilize 2 is a real highlight in my opinion, with this menacing chant that almost sounds like rapping. In general, the Mongol tracks convey a real sense of menace, perfect for playing a faction that the game designates as the bad guys from the very intro.

maiden cypress
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the forgotten is also really nice, caught me off guard first time I heard it

ornate haven
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rome 1 divinitus

warm moon
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total war rome 1 mobilize track makes you want to go outside and march for no reason

fervent knoll
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Warhammer 2 high elf combat tracks are amazing too

bronze spindle
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Dream of Albion, Duty Calls, Ebb and Flow, Mountains of Hope, the main theme for Med2 and the Americas DLC, the main theme for Attila, and you know what? Empire's main theme.

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Empire's main theme doesn't get love.

earnest solstice
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Tsunami Shogun2

maiden cypress
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taiko shuffle in shogun 2 is probably the best battle track in that game

bronze spindle
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It's a period marked by the slow introduction of modern combat, at the end of it all, despite a period of many new ideas and technological revolution, entirely new methods of how humanity should make their voices heard, it's also a period marked by a century of some of the most horrifying combat the people who lived through that period would have ever seen until 114 years later.

warm moon
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Norscan monke noises... oh wait huehue

peak horizon
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Medieval: Total War: I think that it can be argued the first two TW games went quite heavy on darker, more ambient music and Medieval absolutely sold itself as a game set in a gritty, dark world. I haven't played the game as much, but I do think the soundtrack is fantastic. Arab Battle 1, Arab Battle 2 and Arab Battle 3 are my personal favorites. Are they very orientalist tracks that don't sound at all like actual Arab music? Absolutely, but they're also goddamn bangers that get you hyped as hell.

bronze spindle
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In that context the main theme for Empire is absolutely perfect, almost haunting in a way.

pastel stratus
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Rome 1 Soldier March my beloved

IMPE

IMPERATOR

peak horizon
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Viking Invasion: I have to confess that I haven't actually played the expansion itself. Its soundtrack also isn't exactly huge compared to the previous entries. Viking Mobilize is excellent, however. Unusually long, haunting and energetic, with both battle drums and ominous chanting.

whole lynx
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Just about all the trailer music in TWW1-3, comeon CA- add them to the game already 😉

austere veldt
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Dark Elf battle music: Wrath of Khaine

I think that this is a perfect encapsulation of a race's battle prowess in music form. Always get pumped whenever it plays.

bronze spindle
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Return to menu screens with faceless soldiers marching off to battle while forboding music plays.

austere veldt
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Oh and Taiko Shuffle from Shogun 2 because of course

maiden kayak
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The music is used in the "Enter The World of Kislev" trailer.

swift kiln
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ROME II - Praetorian
ROME II - Caesar's Legion
Rome I - Journey to Rome Pt 2
Rome I - Soldier's Chant
MEDIEVAL II - Hungry Sword
WARHAMMER - Hammer Time
WARHAMMER - Daemon Slayer
WARHAMMER - Faith, Steel, & Gunpowder

Almost every single Total War trailer track to go along with it; here's hoping that one day they will be released like some of the WH2 trailer tracks!

forest herald
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The Skaven ominous throat singing is fantastic.
But it's hard to beat All Hail the Mighty and the Orge trailer song.<3

sage furnace
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The Horned Rat or From the Depths, two Skaven tracks

peak horizon
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Rome: Total War: My beloved, my first, my favorite game in the series. The soundtrack got nominated for a BAFTA award, and absolutely deserved it. Also the first game in the series with proper names for its tracks! Journey To Rome Part II is incredible, with its rising beat backed up by the vocals chanting "IMPE-IMPE-IMPERATOR!"

Greek Intro, the best track for the best intro in the game. Wistful and intricate. "The Greeks could have ruled the world... Alexander did..."

Forever, the ending track, starting the tradition of TW credit songs (in the Jeff van Dyck games) making you feel bad for winning.

swift kiln
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Ah yes the Roman Intro and Greek Intro tracks are sublime

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Not to mention Arabic Victory (i think it's called)

rich flare
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The Vampire Coast trailer song (Tattered Sails Shanty), as well as the Chaos Dwarf DLC trailer music (specifically, the part of the track starting from the narrator saying "to seize the world with the fire, is to see it burn first!", and ending at the Kdaai Destroyer roaring).

merry nimbus
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I remember the dark elves trailer for the second part of Warhammer, there was amazing music at the end of the trailer, at about 2:33. The cello part is great.

minor estuary
cinder axle
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well i liked the attila or rome 2

minor estuary
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Duty calls rullez

cinder axle
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roma invicta

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😄

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in multyplayer battles

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or i am worng ?

night sage
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Campaign music for Napoleon
Specifically the church choir part
Really underrated

ember obsidian
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clears throat
"death is like a winters kiss"

ornate seal
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The music in the original Pharaoh trailer is definitely one of mine. Really wish it had made it into the final game, as it's so much more inspiring than the music used for the final version of that cinematic that Pharaoh uses when you start it up.

peak horizon
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Medieval II: One of the more sprawling soundtracks from these games, which I suppose is fitting given that we're talking about four geographic regions that need to be represented, plus the expansions. Less grim, more lavish than the original Medieval in terms of tone, though there are still some similarities. The standouts to me are the following:

Lakota Lambada. The Lizardmen track we deserved but never got. Sweeping, exotic, with the rising whistles and chanting. I remember instantly recognizing it when Youtubers used it in WH2's hype period prelaunch.

Dream of Albion from the Britannia expansion. Longing, sad, with the drumbeats near the start and middle giving you the impression that this is about the prelude to a war.

Tally-Ho from the same expansion, short but deserves it for the awesome bagpipe backing.

Mountains of Hope. The menu theme for the Teutonic expansion. I love the relentlessly grim, forbidding vibe, like you are in this dark frontier at the edge of the civilized world. Which I suppose is very fitting for the tone of the campaign's header faction.

Hymn of War. If Lakota Lambada is the Lizardmen track we deserved, then Hymn of War is the Empire music I forever regret not having in the Warhammer games. It's on the darker, more threatening side, with lots of drums and this tight, regimented, regular beat with a rising swell towards the middle. But it's what I have in my head when I imagine an Imperial army going to battle. State Troops under a heavy drum beat beneath their standards, proud, defiant, but there is this grit or darker undertone to it because the Empire doesn't quite do storybook heroism like Bretonni- ... wait, this isn't Warhammer.

scarlet pendant
gilded maple
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TOB To Valhalla and the main theme

ornate seal
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There's some stuff from Medieval 1/Rome 1/Medieval 2 I still find myself whistling even today, but don't recall what it's called. Think it was used as marching music in battles.

steel drift
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Rome 1 : Romantic Battle
Medieval 2 : Crusaders
Empire : Menu Theme
Shogun 2 : Ona Hei
Shogun 2 FotS : Falling Thunder
Rome 2 : The Faces of Rome trailer music
Attila : Menu Theme and most Hunnic battle musics tbf
Three Kingdoms : Eight Princes trailer theme
Pharaoh : I prepared to ensnare them like birds
WH : Most battle themes are good.

ornate seal
steel drift
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(And I'm ashamed I have no campaign map music in there but that's normal I think, because they are meant to accompany you rather than directly strike at you)

scarlet pendant
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What are your favourite music tracks in Total War games?

peak horizon
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Empire: Total War: I'll be real, I barely played this game and I remember absolutely none of the tracks from it. It's probably one of the games that I feel was a missed opportunity? Set in the age of classical music and grand orchestras, it had a lot of potential material to mine for inspiration but sadly didn't go for it.

Napoleon is the better game and that also applies in terms of music. The main menu theme is one of the best out of any Total War game, this sweeping score that conveys the grandeur, ambition and tragedy of the Man of Destiny. Better than that film from last year for sure and in a tiny fraction of the time

lusty thorn
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Empire Total War had some epic tunes

lone summit
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Nurgle's music is so dreary and unsettling. I love it.

But nothing beats the song from Join the Ogre Kingdoms. I still find myself singing lines from it.

night sage
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The menu theme for Napoleon is also really good
Oh and the Teutonic campaign
Classic

Then there's Ebb and Flow from FoTS
Love the mix of western snare drums and Japanese instruments

quasi creek
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the whole med 2 kingdoms soundtrack is godmode

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that and shogun 2

hoary coyote
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Fall of the samurai has nearly every track be a compleate banger. Both for campagin and battles. Some are less so. But holy i'd vote FOTS soundrack #1 any time.

Also liked a few soundracks from Wh3 mainly kislev's "The Heart of Winter" battle ost. And "The Art of War" from cathay.

minor estuary
peak horizon
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Shogun II. Jeff van Dyck's last soundtrack for Total War, and up there with the rest. He brought an energy that nobody else quite has to this series. I miss him so much...

For the Daimyo is a masterclass in buildup. It's ironic that another track is titled Tsunami, because this is a real tsunami. Starts off with strings, then backs them up with drums and keeps getting higher and higher until it crests and crashes. One of the best mobilization/tension tracks in the series.

Ona Hei is another banger, and I feel like the two are almost perfect companion pieces. The taiko drums and vocals are absolutely incredible.

Bird of Time is the last credits song of its type, and as far as I am concerned the best one. Just listen to it.

potent robin
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Total war 3 kingdoms had some great traditional instrumental tracks, grom the paunches theme, alarielles speech with the singing and choir as she walks through the meadows, Rome HQ and Forever by Angela and Jeff V. Dyck

solar elm
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Total War: Warhammer II - Vermintide queek

pseudo spindle
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Journey to Rome Part 2 (Rome Total War), Death Cures a Fool (Fall of the Samurai), Resolve (Shogun 2), March of Alexander (Total War Arena), To Wage a War (Total War Troy), Main Menu theme (Total War Attila), Mandate of Heaven theme (Total War Three Kingdoms). Just to name a few that I think get overlooked but are absolutely amazing.

bronze spindle
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Oh, Matsuri from fall of the samurai, the victory theme.

steel scarab
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Blood on the ice.

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and we are all one

peak horizon
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Rise of the Samurai: Wait, it had unique music? Well, I am making the list and I love the intro theme. While people have forgotten that expansion, I still think it had one of the best intros in the entire series. WHILE THE SENGOKU JIDAI WAS A TIME OF WAR, THOSE WHO THINK JAPAN HAS NEVER SEEN THE LIKE, HAVE SHORT MEMORIES

Fall of the Samurai remains one of the best expansions in the series, and it even came with its own full soundtrack. I really like the intrusion of western instrumentation, and the music in general has a more careful, wistful tone than that of the main game, which is appropriate for the end of an age. Personal favorite track is Uncle Samurai, for expressing the themes of the expansion very well with the mix of Japanese and Western sounds.

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Rome II: It's a shame to say because I really do enjoy the game, but I think it has one of the less interesting OSTs in the series. It doesn't help that unlike many other games, it seems to have forgone culturally-distinct themes for music that is applied to everyone in the game. While the original Rome mostly did that too, its soundtrack was much more energetic.

That said, I love the game's main menu theme. It perfectly evokes this old-fashioned swords-and-sandals movie grandeur, starting with a slow duduk and building up to orchestral trumpets.

obsidian ferry
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Journey to Rome, Part II. Salyak's Embrace, Inferno and a bunch of others. I'm glad there were more liberties taken with the soundtrack for the third Warhammer game compared to what came before and unlike the UI change for the worse, I consider the music a change for the better. Hope we'll get more tracks before the game's lifespan comes to an end. Hoping for some vampire-specific music in particular in the future.

lucid forge
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Attila main menu

waxen herald
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Blood on the Ice, Kislev Pre Battle theme in Warhammer 3. Just has that feeling your marching into hell and need to beat back all the odds to survive.

Also the entirety of Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai, especially the pre battle theme, Duty Calls

true grotto
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Now and Zen feels like youre staring down the enemy

feral sierra
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Medieval 2 Total War had best soundtrack - "We are all one" the best-best (but DLC are just allright)
In Warhammer music from W1 and W2 were wooow ( Main menu and races music)
Attila allround good

proud matrix
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tattered sails shanty or the ogre kingdoms trailer song

cold creek
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The Rome 1 menu track is hard to beat

peak horizon
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Attila's soundtrack is everything its predecessor isn't. Unapologetically thematic, energetic and as grim as the rest of the game.

Nothing exemplifies the game's vibes better than the main menu theme. A scene of the Huns in shadow, riding through a burning plain, backed by absolutely incredible throat singing.

The Red Horse is another favorite. It's the game's Roman battle theme, and exemplifies why I love this period of Roman history. Drums, grandiose trumpets, militaristic chanting, all the stuff you expect out of the Romans in media, but there is this desperate urgency to it. It's the theme for an empire embattled on all sides, ferociously fighting for its life.

violet marsh
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by far wh2 The Grace of Isha

fresh otter
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I like the indian soundtracks in ETW and "to valhalla" in ToB

peak horizon
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Warhammer is sadly another miss in my opinion. It's a shame that it has one of the more forgettable scores in the series, because Attila, the game's immediate predecessor had an excellent OST. The dark fantasy setting ought to have provided for plenty of inspiration, but this seems to have not panned out in practice.

It's not bad per-se, but it lacks energy and variety. A lot of the races share music too, which means that there is very allowance for flavor. You can't make a track that sounds Dwarfen for example if it also has to make sense as a track for the Empire, Bretonnia and Wood Elves. The sequels rectified this, but the races from the original game still suffer.

My favorite track from the game is sadly played all of once, in the Dwarf intro. It was actually reused in the promo videos for Thrones of Decay, and I remember a lot of people asking where it was from because it sounded great and they'd never heard it before. Which is another problem with these games! They can and do have some great music, but a lot of it you will hear all of once, in a trailer or intro and never in-game. Put your good tracks in the game, please! We'd love to hear more of them!

quartz kelp
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M2TW credits music, RTW credits music, M2TW duke of death, Shogun 2 Good Death, M2TW crack your head on a tabla, basically everything by Jeff Van Dyk

fresh otter
south plank
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PLEASE for the love of god add the trailer's extended Maw song to spotify so i can damn well hear it on the go

unique hazel
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The victory music from Shogun II. It's just so good and bouncy. :3

peak horizon
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Warhammer II is an improvement on its predecessor. It actually lets each race have its own music. It's not as distinct or interesting as other games in the series, but it was a big step up. Again though, some of the same issues from the original Warhammer abound. Lots of good music in the trailers that never makes it to the game, a lot of low energy tracks that sound very similar, and a general vibe that the music doesn't want to be noticed too much?

Tattered Sails is the best one of course, though I also have a soft spot for the Warden and the Paunch trailer's music.

uneven tulip
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"MY LORD! A GLOURIOUS VICTORY WILL SOON BE YOURRSS!!!"

spice shale
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warhammer 1 mannfred von carstein trailer music

solemn crow
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Mayhem from Rome Total War

spice shale
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wait no im tripping throne of decay, the dwarf choir got me

peak horizon
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Thrones of Britannia is a sadly underrated game that I ought to play more of. Unlike the Warhammer series, it seems like the music actually wants to be taken notice of this time around rather than lull the player into sleep. Highlights for me include the adventurous, heroic main menu theme, Glory & Honor with its Ramin Djawadi-esque riffs (listen to it and tell me it wasn't trying to evoke his work on Game of Thrones, it reminds me a lot of the Baratheon music from the show), Show No Mierce with its menacing buildup and moody, Witcher-esque White Shores and the bagpipes for To Valhalla.

Horribly underrated soundtrack, I wish it got the love it deserves.

lost ginkgo
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It's gotta be a toss-up between Death Lullaby and Lakota Lambada from M2TW. Though, I think Death Lullaby narrowly wins.

peak horizon
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Three Kingdoms is the masterpiece of the series. CA was really firing on all cylinders for that one, and I legitimately have trouble picking which track is my favorite. All of the music is so evocative and dripping with cultural flavor. The trailer songs are almost all based off actual historical poems that are in some way related to the subject! Sometimes they're even written by the people in question! It's so cool I have no words.

Again, it's very hard to pick which ones I like most, but I think I will tentatively say the music from Dong Zhuo's trailer. Excellent trailer with fantastic music. It's literally about Dong Zhuo and the entire thing oozes evil. You listen to it and instantly get in the mood to brutally crush your enemies.

The music from the Accolades trailer is also incredible. Again. How many TW games have music based on poems written by the people you play in them?

Mandate of Heaven is possibly the best trailer for any of these games. Starting slow and mournful, oppressive, then building up to be ecstatic and triumphant as the trailer shows you the Yellow Turbans and the forces rising to oppose them, as Zhang Jue grasps for the sun... It's just so good all around.

wooden plover
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I love the Ogre backing tracks, so much

lost ginkgo
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Oh, shoot, I forgot about War of Kings from M2TW. That one is a true classic.

lyric grove
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Riders of the East and fiddlers of the plains.

peak horizon
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Troy is odd and unconventional. I really like the mix of more ambient instrumentation with electronic and metal music. I think it manages to convey this vibe of an age both far distant from now yet simultaneously timeless. Did you know that one of the people doing the music was Jaimie Christopherson? The same guy who did MGR? I bet not. Give me It Has To Be This Way blasting while Achilles hunts down Hector

Highlights for me include the Mass Effect-esque first turn ambient theme, the intense Agamemnon, and actually, does anyone remember this? It was the music that played in these videos they were doing when they were introducing characters. It sounded really Greek. It was fantastic.

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Warhammer III easily has the best music out of any Warhammer game. Finally, they let the composers breathe and make more interesting stuff. I think that for me, the highlights have to be the Kislev tracks. While I have many problems with how Kislev has panned out as a faction, the music doesn't disappoint. You have the requisite ominous choirs, but also more somber steppe riffs and some wails. It manages to convey Kislev's mixed heritage very well.

jagged bolt
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Lot of bangers stand out to me. M2TW's menu music still gives me chills, the battle loss screen from Shogun 2, 'High Loremaster' from the HE in TWWH2, to name a few.

Far away my favourite has to be 'Death Lullaby' from M2. First time that track came on for me, I was storming a Byzantine fortress with my weary but elite Scottish army, and I was wearing a huge dumb grin for the entire thing. Track is hype af.

merry cape
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Uncle Samurai from Shogun 2.
I absolutely love the tempo sounding like a running train.

visual violet
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RTW, TWR2, M2TW, TWPD

merry cape
dawn elbow
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Historical
Journey to Rome part 1 & part 2
Divinitus
Melee Cafe
Forever
Lift Thine Eyes
We Are All One
Medieval 2 Britannia intro theme (i.e. gaelic Journey to Rome part 2)
Darker Skies Ahead
Bird of Time
Scourge of God
3 Kingdoms main theme
Literally every single 3 Kingdoms trailer theme
Pharaoh trailer theme
Field of Reeds
Garden of the Gods

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Bretonnia trailer theme
Shadow and the Blade trailer theme
Warden and the Paunch trailer theme
Twisted and the Twilight trailer theme
Cathay trailer theme
Tzeentch trailer theme
Daemons of Chaos trailer theme
Immortal Empires launch trailer theme
Chaos Dwarfs trailer theme

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Medieval 2:
Time and Again
Crack Your Head With A Tabla
Duke of Death

Fall of the Samurai:
Duty Calls
Ebb and Flow
Death Cures a Fool

These are the top.
Never been the same without Jeff van Dyck.

olive karma
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Total War Shogun 2 Main Menu Theme heartmazda

desert hull
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The ogre cinematic song is my favorite!

zealous gorge
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Ok now we talking this is the epic music i loved from your games.
Rome 1 total war music
Medieval II - Total war - Soundtrack - This is it (10)
Riders Of The East - Dynamic (Total War: Attila OST)
Spartan Total Warrior OST - The Warrior
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Ares
Spartan Total Warrior OST - The Coliseum
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Super Sapper Man
Spartan Total Warrior OST - The Gates of Saturn
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Pollux
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Sejanus
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Battle Drums
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Confidence
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Kill Switch
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Epic Sting
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Don't Mess With Leo
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Talos
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Death 'n Destruction
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Blasted Glass
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Heavy Clouds
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Heavy Clouds - YouTube
Spartan Total Warrior OST - Hydra Part II

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Best musics

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Hope i can see them again tbf though i would just listen to the music and lose every game still worth it.

daring vortex
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the 2nd music in the main menu of Rome 1 Total war, it's the best masterpiece you have done with Jeff van Dyck ❤️

rustic finch
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Possibly my fav track

cyan dune
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Victory theme Shogun 2

undone slate
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atillas main theme

regal drum
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the native american theme for battles in medieval 2 kingdom dlc

onyx field
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vampire coast! ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY! HE'S A RISIN' FROM THE DEEP!

lost crag
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Mors Gardens best campaign theme, and Rats of Unusual Size is the best Battle theme.

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Also if we include trailer music, then pretty much every trailer music since Hunter and the Beast.

plucky hazel
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Rising Fire from 3K is a must have whenever i’m playing cathay

near mirage
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CRUNCHIN' AN' FIGHTIN' WE KILL FOR THE MAW

lavish mango
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Opening Music for Attila Total War

cloud widget
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Rome 1 trailer, march to rome part 2, imperial conflict, forever, the enemy is near, melee cafe.... just put the whole rome 1 soundtrack here

whole imp
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Duke of Death from Medieval 2

cedar trellis
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A Majority of the Three Kingdoms trailer music.

bright scaffold
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Matsuri (FOTS victory music)

small matrix
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In Medieval 2's Britannia expansion, the menu theme and all the songs that play on the campaign map

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In Warhammer 3, the trailer theme for Immortal Empire's official release

vivid hedge
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has to be the vampire counts tattered sails shanty

dusk kayak
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Empire Total War main menu still chills me in the best way possible.
Napoleon's campaign tracks are also quite nice in portraying the bleak contrasts of the period.

dark scarab
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the menu music from SHOGUN 1. I used to go to sleep listenign to the slow japanese music with birds in the bg

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oops, then google "shogun total war 1 menu music"

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ur bot sucks

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there was this clip of ravens calling over the music, in shogun 1

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p dope

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go play shogun 1, it was worth playing, anyway.

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bridge fights are miserable murder slogs though lol

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oh no the bot hates french

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shogun 2 lost a lot of the actual je ne sais quoi of the first total war. It a bunch of nerds makign math out of they imagination, based vaguely off of what a white nerd read and interpreted from sun tzu

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it was busted and silly but also a vibe, and they still keep the vibe. which I respect because it's frickin tough to keep to a lane while making a product repeatedly over years

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play me the ravens crying from shogun 1, if you can find it lol

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and u win the internet

wanton gorge
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I don't really focus on music playing these games, but the best from the ones I can recall are: Warhammer I main menu theme (Faith, Steel and Gunpowder), Warhammer III warriors of chaos battle theme and the pirate shanty from the vampire coast.

mystic robin
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I love all of the ambient campaign music in Warhammer 3, especially the Kislev and Cathay music, it's very thematic

craggy garden
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No voice in our heads but the Maw🎶
We relish the sound of its call 🎶

austere vine
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definitely the high elves background choir (Warhammer 2 & 3)

heady stream
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The mix of bronze age instrumentation with what sounds like electric guitars in Pharoah. Super cool

clear gull
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Quite literally anything from the RTW soundtrack

fallen knot
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Moon Festival from Three Kingdoms, one of the positive campaign ambient tracks 🥮

bitter barn
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Quite honestly, I love the entire soundtracks to the original Shogun and Medieval games, plus Rome II. I'm also quickly falling in love with Pharaoh: Dynasty's music -- it's genuinely amazing.

civic sundial
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Obscure but awesome: Lakota Lambada from Medieval II