Rise of Nations soundtrack - HighStrung

[benderamix3000]

i attack with this song

[superdark336]

always remind me of crisises. when you hear the sounds of clashes {if you played, you know what i meant} everywher and mobilising to the nearest and dreadfull enemy. allmost only at the imperial and the industrial ages.

[lavrenzo84]

so wonderfule and so epic

[DuaneDeckerMusic]

Hi RemoteControlband. I am extremely flattered by your comment! I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to contribute to this project and the chemistry was perfect. When you have the rare chance to make a statement, you give it everything you've got. This was one of those moments that will, hopefully, live on. Thanks! And you are very welcome.

[elchapetas]

@DuaneDeckerMusic this soundtrack should have been played when all the british people, disguised as V/Guy Fawkes, stormed the military in V for Vendetta

[PravoZborisMudraSovo]

for some reason when i hear this song i always think of French Revolution and Napoleon...

[martinandre91]

Glad I still have this game installed.

This song is so awesome.

[DuaneDeckerMusic]

Hi Yinyangwzrd. This is an original piece I composed for RON and obviously, it is heavily influenced by classical music. The Northwest Sinphonia performed it in the studio. Pirates could have similar music, but to my knowledge, not this particular piece. As far as I know, Warner/Chappell Music only has the right to license the music. Microsoft still owns and controls the copyright. Thanks all for your comments!

[Duffmaister]

@DuaneDeckerMusic I'm glad this got cleared up by the composer himself. And I'm very happy to see that people are still very much interested in these particular pieces of your work after all these years :).

[yinyangwzrd]

@DuaneDeckerMusic wow the composer himself... o_o

i feel honored...

thx for the answer... :)

[sangyuni95]

you are legendary!

[RemoteControlband]

@DuaneDeckerMusic You, sir, are an AMAZING composer. Seriously, some of the best music I've ever heard in my life is the OST of RoN. Thank you!

[FINGLANDIA8]

@DuaneDeckerMusic OMG!! forget Mozart, forget bach, you are the BEST composer in the world love you're music!!!!!!!!

[yinyangwzrd]

you know this one is not really composed by duane decker...

it was a classical piece if i wasn't wrong... i am looking for the title but have not yet to found it...

this song is also a soundtrack in Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life

and also a few other strategy games...

any body know the original song title and its composer?

[Duffmaister]

@yinyangwzrd I'm quite sure this version is by Duane Decker, some parts of this song might be inspired by the classical piece you describe. I must say I don't recall having ever heard a classical piece that reminds of this, I'm curious to know more about it.

[Duffmaister]

@yinyangwzrd Or perhaps you are right after all, seeing as Warner Bros. claims ownership of the sound in this video. I find it strange because I'm quite sure this version is composed by Duane Decker and Northwest Sinfonia. Nevertheless, I hope that this great piece of soundtrack doesn't have to be taken down.

[Kuiper64]

This is by far my favourite RoN track evarrrr. Makes me want to play the game again. ;D

[AGuyAndAGun]

Duane Decker is truly an awesome composer

[Andriykobin]

This music reminds me of the time when I sent my brigade of tanks and machine gun wielding infantry to mow down my opponents army of bowmen and horse riders

[TheJonathanChan]

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<33<<3333<3<33<3­<3<3<33<3<33<3

[termanedieter11]

The memories!!

[crazybatuhannn]

Very Good.

[vFluX]

Im storming my goverment building as we speak, what are you still waiting for?

[musicplayer438692]

Good music though.

[MasterSherwood001]

All my people were massacred! We must strike for all our souls!!!

[musicplayer438692]

This music always plays when im trying to assimilate a city. Usually the enemy tries to take it back, and i stop their attack wave cold

[EpicSnips]

check out familyjules7x cover of this it is absolutly epic

[feybart]

Mostly, when I hear this, my opponents men are being slaughtered, and I take over all of his city's. I can't wait to play it again. BTW, this guy made a cover: watch?v=YxWkWMROwMs

[MrPsyhoBunny]

/watch?v=W7oWnx5vPcA

[alexlazarine]

download pliss

[tobarrient]

NUKE´EM! NUKE´EM ALL!!!

[MarlonOtakubrother]

@tobarrient Cheat Nuke - that solves all problems

[CortexNarid]

TEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Awsomest song eva

[playaN3]

i can hear musketeers fire in the gunpowder age

[cubehop]

RAISE YOUR SWORDS TO THE HEAVENS WHILE THEY SHINE UPON OUR SOULS IN THESE HARSH TIMES WITH THE WINTER CHILLS AND ILLS

[Feloman33]

watch?v=2DEcSxuK4U4  <<<<<<<<<<<

[juliobnave]

This song is similar to Bach BWV 578: /watch?v=pVadl4ocX0M

[BravoCharlieNiner]

@juliobnave I noticed that too.

lol

:)

[lightbulbpuree]

@juliobnave I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT. Thank you.

[SPWeiberg]

I can imagine my muskets firing in the background just listening to this song.

Time to reinstall.

[LaughingMage]

CRUSH THOSE REDCOATS

[NaziOmega]

THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST ALL RESPECT FOR THIS SONG LOVE IT SO MUCH

[edmund94232]

when it listen to this song. i'm daydreaming where i awaken to Russian paratroops falling from the sky. buildings burning in the evening sky. me running to the safety of my bunker in my back yard. my neighbors trying to put out flames of any thing that's been turned to flames. and seeing my whole world crumble before my very eyes. and in our most desperate time. Jesus and Noris come from the sky and save the day. ;-)

[reddenbawker]

I was just playing this as as soon as this went on, a nuclear war happened in which everyone said "FUCK YOU" and nuked the hell out of everyone before causing armageddon. Dumbass bots.

[Strongholddg]

Nukes over all my enemy cities, one more to the armagedon

[Siegerzkranz]

Britain marches to war...

[Cloyde100]

This played when I was in an Epic war.

[reddenbawker]

whenever i hear this i think of a group of soldiers moving into position. i can never think of anything else

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

i love how the music in the game reflects whats going on in the game. ^_^ this will be playing during a huge battle that you are winning.

[Kojack856]

(im [TGZ]-Kojack123 in game)

[Kojack856]

I play rise of nation everyday multiplayer but i never saw any of u noobs that talk so much é.è >(nice song)<

[trexattack]

For Holland!!!! i always love when they add unknown factions/nations in games

[cmonnnsi]

fake song, faking KOCKA from Slovenia

[Pl0h3k]

@cmonnnsi this game was out 2 years before kocka, kocka is faking this song

[Duffmaister]

@Pl0h3k Woah, the background song in Kocka gremo naprej is exactly the same. Perhaps that band cut a deal with microsoft/big huge games?

[Pl0h3k]

@Duffmaister dunno but Kinder Des Himmels also has exactly the same beat

[Duffmaister]

@Pl0h3k Amazing, would like to know if they borrowed from this game's song or is there some other version of this (HighStrung)?

[Pl0h3k]

@Duffmaister I don't know, but if Duane Decker is an original artist i guess it was made for a game

[elpipelipe]

@Duffmaister the producer took some parts of this song and sampled it that's pretty much it, it's not a different version

[Duffmaister]

@elpipelipe What I meant by different version is that I wasn't sure if this song (HighStrung) had appeared somewhere else before it appeared in the game Rise of Nations. But it seems like this is the real deal and some producers have taken samples as you said.

[modusoperandi361]

This kinder des himmels "STOLE THIS BEAT" from this sample! So they have no rights to this beat. They didn't make that beat. Anyone can use it as much as they can but for them to ever say that they made it they would be lieing. I know of another group that has the same beat but better an lyrics sound way better just to throw that out there. There i said it.

[elpipelipe]

@modusoperandi361 the producer sampled the beat, chill man, it's music, either you like it or not, don't be hating on artists

[AGuyAndAGun]

Why did they never make a sequel to this, this is just pure GOLD here.

[Mtrooper80]

When I think of Rise of Nations this is the first thing which comes to mind :D Truely epic, brings back memories of nuking everyone into submission >:D

[alphazoom]

@Mtrooper80 Rise of Legends...!!!!! Was fun, just no one played it...sadly.

[Osar666]

This.

Is.

Epic!

[TheDeviantSlave]

Right Flank collapsed! Enemy sacking central area, left flank compelte annhilated and cities captured. Counter attack started, nuclear missile launched, thousands of tanks rolling in.

[ifnottaken]

I see my army has finally reached your nation's capital. Enjoy!

[TheDeviantSlave]

@ifnottaken I see that my captial was right next to the sea... with 50 battleships guarding it. I also see I have a lot of redoubts, and holy shit! 100 gunships and tens of thousands of tanks! Oh no!

[ifnottaken]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND now it's all gone! Aren't nukes wonderful? Also, I destroyed your silos.

[TheDeviantSlave]

@ifnottaken Tsk.... a billion bombers have crushed everything! And your SAM sites were eaten by my tanks supported with advancecd anti tanks, assaults, spec ops, fighters, more tanks, and gunships. I secretly massed everything in a corner :)

[termonator61]

hooray for strategy

[termonator61]

story of my life

[NathanaelOctavianus]

I like this Game & Like using America :)

[AppleStateStudios]

@NathanaelOctavianus Yes, that is the ONLY way to play it right!

[AGuyAndAGun]

@NathanaelOctavianus: NO, bad American, the motherland is the way to go!

[fullmetaljacket30]

Some of the comments on this page are gay. Shut up and enjoy the music muthafuckasssssssssssssss

[XtinaDC]

wow, this song alone seriously makes me want to reinstall the game and see if it works on windows 7... hell, ill MAKE it work, oh btw if anyone plays anymore and wants to chill with a noob, my xfire is "termonator62"

[k28xl]

yeah it does in case you still haven't installed it yet.

[nwnfan98]

this song rocks and if anyone still plays this online please let me know i also have an xfire account called "quakesarmy123" please add me and we can have an online match

[musicisthymedicine]

I must admit I haven't tried playing a RTS online (but local networking in AOE I have) but it sounds like fun :)

[Allensph]

A typical impression of Red Coat (British Army).

[worldofdoom995]

i always think of the american revolution when i hear this. with paul revere yelling "the british are coming! the british are coming!" while he rides through towns

[DragonofDeath4]

u gay

[Killery96]

Starting 1:03 it is a spine chiller to have your men line up.

0:35-0:38 - I remember that epic moment when I sent reinforcement to the front lines. My initial assault was getting clobbered. Machine gun fire was keeping my infantry from advancing. But up come twenty main battle tanks, in comes the armored brigade! W00T

[augustmaple]

best one

[VardanB92]

Already can hear my men's muskets firing in the background

[LessThanCool]

So true, just masses of Musketeers trying to capture that one city you need to win the game. Rise of Nations was such an awesome game.

[VardanB92]

haha yea..

[127gggwtf]

It still is an awesome game, just no one plays it anymore. I remember last year it was busy, now it's like...dead.

[Kojack856]

@VardanB92 ur 4-5 mans noob!

[VardanB92]

@Kojack856 who the fuck is this guy?

[Kojack856]

@VardanB92 A guy that play rise on multiplayer and he is 3000x times better than u all nuubs

[elchapetas]

@Kojack856 sure, that really has to be something to be proud of...

[zarert]

it reminds my city getting nuked

[waterboy418]

Haha lol missle shield :P

[MortadeletMortimert]

i completely agree with this! this is without any doubt the best track from the whole soundtrack it's just so... so perfect... so much that i tought this was rise of nation theme, it was the only theme i could remind at any time... it's just so well done!

[Cislouille]

I agree.

I can remember Rockets at any time too, but HighStrung is equal to Rockets on the quality plan

[Killery96]

I remember all the tracks of RoN, they're all great. But this is certainly the best. I can hear my men's muskets, just as VardenB92.

[AirAssault7]

I would have to agree that this is the best track. Whenever this song would play it would just remind me of how much fun I would be having and encourage me to keep playing.

[mcAnorthotis]

the best

[LaughingMage]

Best song ever made =D

[freaker695]

BeedrillYanyan is right.This really boosts your morale!

When you hear this song,you can conquer anything:D

[fullmetaljacket30]

This song plays in my head while I'm boning a hot chick

[Giallo007]

a bit weird to be thinking of this... lool

[MegaPoki]

thank you for this. last night i was having this tune in my head, trying to revive it, and just prayed it on youtoube...thanks again, i'm still wondering how they produce a nice and vivid music for this game, making her the best of the best...

[kedarhuprikar]

yo!! rocking

[MOHtonTorpedo]

vive l'emperor!!

this song really gets my blood pumping...

[canadianDud02]

with this song a feel like i can conquer anything

[opi933]

Hell ya

[BeedrillYanyan]

this song boosts my morale!

[bbyy1122]

<3 this game

[Carnivorousbutterfly]

in music i mean

[Laerbn]

The music for this game is fantastic. IGN must suck to give it a 6.

[lordzhuge]

i still can't believe that ign gave the soundtrack for this game 6 out of 10, calling it 'dull and generic'.

[uthur1]

6 out of 10.......6 out of 10!?.........I happen to know a thing or two about music, and, well......lets just say ign should not quit their day job.

[PraetorSlayer2]

@lordzhuge I know, their smoking something bad for themselves

[ZombieT3]

@lordzhuge IGN Reviewers are dull, generic and ignorant.

[lordzhuge]

@ZombieT3 I hear that

[Sereniama]

@ZombieT3 Fuck IGN

This game deserves a 9.8.

[Clermn]

@ZombieT3 Don't forget corrupt and not good at their job.

[eddtv]

@lordzhuge really????? Dull and Generic??? I think they were just being sarcastic! lol I really do.... Thats the only thing that makes sense.

[vytautasval523]

where can i get rise of nations full version for free?

[pppaaaooo13]

for free?lol dude when you learn tell this to me

[EricTheRed03]

lol, wow.. you guys are lost. Its easy to get it for free. The point is. Go out and buy it support these guys.

[potkinz]

for free hmm lets see, Google it.

suport? microsoft?!?! r u mad ?!?!?!

[Knufflon]

love this game^^

[AloneDBY]

this,along with the russian one,is the best track ever created for a game.

[CaptainCool07]

this games depressing

[bbyy1122]

this is wonderul i love this game

[scourgewatcher]

*Alarm sounds*

NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED!!

[confirm94]

i love this one.i always hear it when im in battle =] sweet thanks!

[magola77]

anyone knows a page that i can download this game?

[alexiverson28]

go in the folder /sounds/tracks ....there you will find all songs

[AdmiralZhao23]

Wait how do you get to the files

[MadCatVII]

You can all get this song easily, in fact if you have it installed, the music is in the system files. You just have to look.

[thegreatviolistdude]

It's a great game. But I hate how the generals always get in my way. So useful, but so dumb.

[thegreatviolistdude]

Okay guys, get ready... Those Mongols are gonna see some fire-lancing brilliance!

[aarshaar]

this game really has nice music

[XrayJoooooooooolt]

this is one of my favourites

[414834]

need to here profesnial symphony do this

[Marth1993]

The city is burning! Run! RUN!

[giuwow]

Rise of Nation is the best!

[josh2434]

I like around 1:00 the best :D

[lightowner]

I always win when I hear this music in the game. It gives me POWER^^