Can anyone identify the Oracle Music?

[Xerxes1939]

I consider myself largely an exclusively classical music listener - so Civ4 has been a treat for me. In my perfect world, all video game music would be Vivaldi and Beethoven. (Why would you want to listen to anything else repetitively) I was extremely happy to hear the inclusion of selections of John Adams opera "Nixon in China" for the modern age. "The People are the Heroes now" was originally a peasant's chorus in that opera, but it takes on a new beautiful significance as a "theme of the modern era". And did I mention the new modern music is *exponentially better* than the Kenny G slow rock that plays in the modern era of civ 3.

One thing bugs me however - I cannot identify the piece that is played during the Oracle wonder movie... except that I know the same piece is played during the Secret Project movie for "The Xenoempathy Dome" in Alpha Centauri.

Can anyone at all identify this beautiful piano theme?

[CrONoS]

Can you find the .wav or .mp3 associated with the oracle.

I dont think you talk about this sounds, since it last only 4-5 seconds.
/assets/sounds/building/oracle.wav

See ya

[JohnUghrin]

Originally posted by cronos_qc
Can you find the .wav or .mp3 associated with the oracle.

I dont think you talk about this sounds, since it last only 4-5 seconds.
/assets/sounds/building/oracle.wav

See ya

It would be the music in the wonder-movie....

I wish I knew the answer.

[clarkcd]

Don't know what the music is but the movie with the music is located in:

Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\Art\Movies\Wonders

All the Civ IV movies can be played with a Bink movie player.

[Martinus]

The Oracle music was also played as a music background to a couple of Gaian Project movies in SMAC, if it helps.

[Harbinger]

It sounds very much like a Schubert Piano Sonata.

Sounds sort of German-ish early-mid 1800s - a bit Romantic (?), so it might be Schumann also. I don't think it's Beethoven, might be Brahms too.

Sorry, can't be more specific...but hopefully that will narrow it down for you.

[Stuie]

Re: Can anyone identify the Oracle Music?

Originally posted by Xerxes1939 And did I mention the new modern music is *exponentially better* than the Kenny G slow rock that plays in the modern era of civ 3.

This is so true. I used to shut the music off when I reached the Modern Era in Civ 3 - that music was 100% crap. Now I find myself turning up the speakers in the Modern Era.