Philippe Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 I seem to be in the late stages of producing a music mod of period music from the '40's. I have completed the first draft, have aged the product a bit, and now it seems to me that a few things are missing. I can't seem to find a long choral version of Die Wacht am Rein. Not very lively, I'll admit, but pregnant with meaning. I have one stanza with lyrics, and several versions of several stanza's without lyrics. Any help on this would be appreciated. The other thing that I'm missing is a choral version of "Poland is not dead as long as we're still alive". I have the theme music, so to speak, but would like a version with the lyrics, just to be consistant. Ideally I'd like a version played in what was probably the original mazurka style as opposed to the lugubrious national anthem style. The history of this particular piece of music is rather interesting, as it was written in Italy as the Polish Legion marched off to fight in Napoleon's wars, and mentions him by name. I'm also open to additional suggestions for American music. What I'm currently using is a secret, but very folkloric and distinctive in a 1940's kind of way. When I listen to modern French military marches it becomes quite clear to me why the French Army didn't do too well in the 20th Century. I have one very nice song that will bring tears to the eyes (if you speak French), but would consider alternatives. I don't use any of the music swapping services, so finding a song usually involves a laborious search on several search engines, with mixed results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 My advice would be to use Audiogalaxy. I've sound a lot of great marches and military music on there, including other period music from WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted March 29, 2002 Author Share Posted March 29, 2002 Ok, I'm going to take a slightly different approach with this one. Now I'm not promising to include anything, but I would really like to know what music from the period people would most like to hear in a music mod. By music mod I mean music that starts when you start the game (provided you have the intro video turned off). I'm trying to take a Ken Burns approach to this, so I'm not considering Led Zeppelin, Metallica, or things of that ilk. It has to be from the mid-forties or earlier. So if there are any Nelson Eddie and Jeannette McDonald fans out there, this is your moment to shine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Philippe: I would really like to know what music from the period people would most like to hear in a music mod. By music mod I mean music that starts when you start the game (provided you have the intro video turned off). Hiya Philippe, Glenn Miller (Dawn Patrol, maybe)for an Allied mood. Marlene Dietrich for a German mood. BTW, I was under the impression you couldn't disable the startup video. How do you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzkrieg Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Juju: Glenn Miller (Dawn Patrol, maybe) for an Allied mood. It's "American Patrol" actually. Probably gonna be included. BTW, I was under the impression you couldn't disable the startup video. How do you do that? Hit the "Shift" key right after the game starts on a PC. Don't know about the Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted March 29, 2002 Author Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Juju: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Philippe: I would really like to know what music from the period people would most like to hear in a music mod. By music mod I mean music that starts when you start the game (provided you have the intro video turned off). Hiya Philippe, Glenn Miller (Dawn Patrol, maybe)for an Allied mood. Marlene Dietrich for a German mood. BTW, I was under the impression you couldn't disable the startup video. How do you do that?</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by sitzkrieg: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Juju: Glenn Miller (Dawn Patrol, maybe) for an Allied mood. It's "American Patrol" actually. Probably gonna be included. </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Here's a couple of other interesting ones, Philippe: - '(We're going to hang out) the washing on the Siegfried line' by Flanagan and Allen . - 'Our Sergeant Major' by George Formby. - 'Kiss me goodnight sergeant major' by Billy Corton and his band. All of them are absolutely cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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