Music of the Civilization series

The music for the *Civilization* games has been handled by a rotating group of composers. The original *Civilization* offered its soundtrack in MIDI format for DOS and tracker format for the Amiga. Jeff Briggs wrote most of the original tunes, while other tracks were borrowed from traditional or classical pieces tied to each in-game culture. Notably, the Aztec music was reused for the Barbarians when they appeared on the map. A separate DOS application called "Civilization Jukebox" let players listen to these MIDI files outside the game, supporting Adlib, Tandy, Roland MT32, and PC Speaker sound.

*Civilization II* used Red Book CD-audio, the same format as music CDs. Its tracks ranged from 19th-century classical pieces like the *Blue Danube Waltz* to tribal, tropical sounds. The game disc's music, video, and program data sizes varied by release, so exact figures are not consistently accurate across all known versions. Five different releases of the game added or removed tracks, with *Fantastic Worlds* having the most. When players built a Wonder of the World, a short video played with music often taken from other sources—for example, King Richard's Crusade used Gluck's "Dance of the Furies," and the Statue of Liberty used Sousa's "El Capitan March." Many wonder videos, however, featured original compositions inspired by Peter Gabriel's *The Last Temptation of Christ* soundtrack, the *Last of the Mohicans* score, or other works like Clannad's "Theme from Harry's Game" and Dire Straits' "Telegraph Road."

In *Civilization III*, the music shifted with the game's eras, using five different mixes for the five major cultural groupings: European, North American, Middle Eastern, Greco-Roman, and Asian. Diplomatic negotiations had both aggressive and passive tracks for each culture, depending on the leader's mood. All music was stored as MP3 files. Roger Briggs and Mark Cromer are credited for the game's music.

*Civilization IV* featured a wide mix of original and historical tracks, from Gregorian chants to modern minimalism, with heavy use of classical, world, and folk music. Original music came from Jeff Briggs, Mark Cromer, Michael Curran, and Christopher Tin. The expansions *Warlords* and *Beyond the Sword* added more original music for scenarios, and *Warlords* also reused tracks from *Civilization III* for the Classical Era. All tracks were stored as MP3s on