Music is culture-specific and era-specific in diplomacy.

[Nikolai]

Eu2? Indeed.

EDIT: Although I could have lived without Falalan...

[marcuspeddle]

I'm STILL singing that tune three years after I stopped playing the game. My even hums it sometimes. Addictive . . .

[Nikolai]

Anyone seen the lyrics? I remember it was posted on PIF some aeons ago.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Eu2? Indeed.

EDIT: Although I could have lived without Falalan...

[LordShiva]

I liked the music from the Shogun and Rise of Rome scenarios. Mesoamerica wasn't bad either.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Anyone seen the lyrics? I remember it was posted on PIF some aeons ago.

I found the lyrics! Enjoy!

Falalalan, falalalera,
De la guerda riera

Quando yo me uengo
De guardar ganado
Todos me lo dizen
Pedro el desposado.
A la he, si soy,
Con la hija de nostramo,
Questa sortiguela
Ella me la diera.

Falalalan, falalalera,
De la guerda riera

Alla rriba, rriba
En ual de roncales,
Tengo yo mi esca
Y mis pedernales
Y mi curroncito
De cieruos cieruales,
Hago yo mi lumbre
Sientome doquiera.

Falalalan, falalalera,
De la guerda riera

Viene la quaresma,
Yo no como nada,
Ni como sardina,
Ni cosa salada,
De quanto yo quiero
No se haze nada,
Migas con azeyte,
Hazenme dentera

Falalalan, falalalera,
De la guerda riera

AND the translation!

Quicknote1: No spanish player had recognized that these happy girls were singing in spanish

Quicknote2: I've heard about a dude that has passed the falalalan .mp3 to an electronic keyboard, and then hedid some kind of electronic magic and HE HAS set it as his cellular ringbell

Quicknote3: a third spanish guy suggested to make a t-shirt with "JOCULATORES UPSALIENSES"written in flaming letters, with some skulls and the like

And I've tried to translate the whole thing:


Falalalan, falalalera
della guer d'arriera

When I come back
from closing the livestock
everyone tells me that
I have to marry my daughter
with Pedro; she gave me
this small ring (*)

Falalalan, falalalera
della guer d'arriera

Up there, near the
ford of Roncales, (or valley of Roncales)
I have my tinder,
and my flintstone
and my little
deer-skin
pouch.
I make my campfire
and sit around

Falalalan, falalalera
della guer d'arriera

It comes Lent (**)
I will eat nothing at all,
I will not eat sardines,
Nor anything salty.
Whatever I like
can't be cooked.
Fried breadcrumbs (***)
give me the shivers

Falalalan, falalalera
della guer d'arriera



"Falalalan falalalalera" don't mean nothing to me...Sounds like that kind of non-sense words common in many traditional songs
The second line could be:

"della Guerda riera": "from the stream of Guerda" (maybe this is a small crook in Asturias)

or "della guer d'arriera": from the back or behind of "guer" (no idea about "guer")



(*) The first paragraph is somewhat confusing. It's clear that this woman is a shepherd and is coming back after closing the livestock.

But it's not so clear if she has a small wedding ring, or one named Pedro has given her the ring, or her daughter has the ring which Pedro gave to her...There is a ring, a Pedro and a daughter somewhere, these are the facts

(**) Lent (Quaresma) is (or was...) a period of fasting and abstinence in catholic countries. In ancient times it was not possible to eat meat, fish or eggs

(***) Fried breadcrumbs (migas pastoriles) is a traditional meal among shepherds in Spain. Our heroine is complaining that while the Lent last, she can't eat anything she likes, and the fried crumbs give her the shivers (if these are well cooked, the crumbs have to be quite creaking and crunchy )

[Mace]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I replaced most of the music. Respighi is awesome in the ancient era (esp. if playing the Romans!). Mahler and Bruckner in the Industrial era. Movie soundtracks in the modern era.

Oh yes...Respighi for the Romans. Pines of the Via Appia is great. Perfect for them.

Bruckner, Wagner for Germany. Civ1 had a nice tune by Bach for Germany. I too am so glad the culture-specific music is back.

I think we will be able to mod the in-game music...at least, based on the moddability info we have, it seems like that will be possible...

[Boris Godunov]

The Bach tune is back for Frederick. I wonder what Bismarck's music will be...perhaps the Deutschlandlied? Or something more martial, like Der Koniggratzer March?