Civilization 5 OST - Elizabeth Peace - England - I Vow to Thee,My Country

[chrisser2680]

England in most cases!!!!!!!!!

[lordhoot1]

@chrisser2680 That sounds like the perfect patriotic slogan for English people, lol

[spinhook888]

@lordhoot1

I agree! It sounds very English.

[TehPorkPie]

@RGBRYN I love Iceland too, the epic Icelandic sagas, blue lagoon - just a wonderful looking country, with great people in it. Greetings from England. :)

[RGBRYN]

FOR GOD FOR THE KING! CHARGE FINE ENGLISHMEN FOR BRITANNIA!!! i love your history and culture england greetings from iceland <3

[lordhoot1]

I heard my country calling, away across the sea, Across the waste of waters she calls and calls to me. Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head, And round her feet are lying the dying and the dead. I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns, I haste to thee my mother, a son among thy sons.

[helpermethod]

Civ 5 has ancient and classical themes. But why did they miss medieval period?

[Icaurs389]

I really like this song. It has a certain curiousity in it. Let's sail around and discover the world!

Bless England and its people!

[iffysam]

@DukoOsshiiKhan I said the following:

"It works well for a national theme, though, just like the classical music fit the background for CivIV (though I think they should have had more international variety there)"

That means that the classical music from CivIV fit as BGM in the game. However, a little more variety would have been even better, meaning that they don't just play Western classical, they also play other stuff. They could have played pre-modern music from other countries as well.

[iffysam]

@DukoOsshiiKhan

If you limit classical to the kinds of compositions, arrangements, and instruments that Vivaldi, Mozart, Mendelssohn, et al used, then yes, you'd have works almost exclusively done by Europeans. But why limit yourself to concerti and symphonies? By all means, keep them, but add in traditional Indian, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Persian, etc. music. Europe wasn't the only part of the world making music in the Early Modern Period.

[JstNEarthling]

this nut's just trying to hide his embarrassment at being delusional so he hides it among other known discussions.

[Nonamearisto]

Not as good as Civilization IV. Better music in-game, but nothing beats "Baba Yetu."

Plus, half the techs in Civ V don't have much to do with what they allow you to do or to build. And the combat system... really hit or miss in Civ V. They had a tough act to follow. Still a good game.

[MyGamingVids]

@Nonamearisto I actually like the combat system in Civ V its alot better than stacking units

[DracoNared]

There is something great in this track. I don't know what exactly. I know it's a variation of Holst's "Jupiter", but... it's so amazing that I can't stop listening.

[issareign]

screw england

[TheHKY09]

I was the force, unseen yet present, that moved this mighty body...

I was moved by the soul, my heart dropped twenty miles below, and i felt invincible.

I let out a tear or 2, moved from the reality, but what moves you?

Your heart. Your soul. And your family. - Unknown

[XxRokusasuxX]

Elizabeth: "We are pleased...To meet you."

My thoughts: "Yeah...She's gonna be a total bitch."

((I still love you England! xD <3)

[superguy911]

This song is easily the only thing I like about england...

[CaptainOvious123]

@superguy911 though it wasn't even written by or for England itself..

[chrisbenedictus]

@CaptainOvious123

The tune is Thaxted (named after the village in Essex, England) by Gustav Holst (born in Cheltenham, England) from his 'The Planets: Jupiter'. The lyrics to 'I Vow to Thee, My Country' are by Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (born in London, England) and clearly allude to England (or Britain as a whole).

Which part exactly is it that isn't English?

[CaptainOvious123]

@chrisbenedictus whoosh

[Cabezoun]

I shed a tear...

[Luisin88]

My first civ i played as =)

[Laxman89]

Its actually legit. Holst himself adapted the melody of the central section of Jupiter in 1921 to fit the metre of a poem beginning "I vow to thee, my country", written by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. The hymn is called "Thaxted" (no, that is not a typo) and was first performed in 1925 quickly becoming a patriotic anthem. It was even played at Princess Diana's funeral.So this version is a re-scoring of a hymn, that was a re-scoring by the composer of the original suite...

[rulebritannia9]

Wonderful game and music. Though I'm irretated by the fact that it isn't possible to play on the earth in an hitorical mod.

[AlbaFlavius]

This is England. :D

[bullseyegurl]

Awww I LOVE Jupiter!

[Avantime]

Best music track IMO in the game.

[stevieC11Hanworth]

England forever!!!!!!!

[Thomashed15]

@stevieC11Hanworth dude, chill..

[xXGamerGirl148Xx]

I absolutely love the Planets Suite, and when I heard my partner playing Civilization V on the computer and I heard this, my inner band geek squee'd with glee, as I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jupiter.

[iffysam]

Except that it isn't an original composition. It's beautiful, but the whole thing, minus the intro, was lifted from "Jupiter, the God of Jollity" from Gustav Holst's "The Planets". If you like this, go check it out.

[afa2000]

@iffysam

I dont see it as a problem. Many of great soundtracks aren't original, as Silent Hill - Moonlight Sonata, or the Baba Yetu, from Civ IV.

I've realized that song is also the Morrowind main theme. Just type "Morrowind main theme" and see.

[chrisbenedictus]

@iffysam

I don't think the fact that it's not original is the problem, more the fact that the composition is too recognizable for its other use as the tune for the English patriotic song 'I Vow To Thee My Country', hence why it is the theme for the English in-game.

(I guess you probably already know that, but just in case somebody doesn't......)

[lolusuck386]

@iffysam Jupiter is amazing!! They also have part of the second movement of the new world symphony in this game. I think it's called Largo or something like that. It's so cool to hear it in game because it fits so well.

[Zehive]

@iffysam i knew i'd heard this before..

[apc1no]

@iffysam Maybe I'm misunderstanding you but are you saying they took the Hymn "I Vow to Thee,My Country" from Holst's Jupiter because I think that hymn has been around for some time and is by the way an English hymn, and Holst is English, so it is very likely he just used it in his song much like the Beatles used the French national anthem in one of their songs but I may be wrong...

[iffysam]

@apc1no

Holst composed The Planets on his own back around World War I. A few years later, some people wanted to set a patriotic poem to music, so they asked him to do it. He took "Jupiter, the God of Jollity" from The Planets and combined it with the poem to create the song "I Vow to Thee, My Country". So it's originally from a piece of music about the planet and its astrological meaning.

[apc1no]

@iffysam Ok my mistake.



[LordRedXII]

@iffysam It's not intended to be an original composition for the game. The entire point of the soundrack for Civ games is that they lift real music from real cultures and time periods...

[iffysam]

@LordRedXII

Yes, I know. My original comment was in response to someone suggesting that it be the main theme to the game, and I was saying that it wouldn't fit that role, as it's not an original composition. It works well for a national theme, though, just like the classical music fit the background for CivIV (though I think they should have had more international variety there).

[DarkTider]

Easily the best track on the entire OST, it manages to mix calm and steady tones with a sense of "epic". In my opinion this should have been the main theme of Civ 5