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## About This Content
“Games are best musically approached as stories. The mechanics of gameplay —
even mundane actions like upgrading troops or re-seeding farms — can be
exciting if they’re part of a gripping narrative about specific places and
people. Empires Apart gives us all the elements of a story: a central
character (the player) with a strong goal (to build an enduring civilization
from scratch) in the face of an obstacle (the accursed other civilizations,
inconveniently nearby). There’s an easy-to-perceive narrative arc, from the
relatively peaceful days of building first structures in the wilderness, to
the bustle of a growing town, to the fear and triumph of locking horns with
one’s hostile neighbors.

Our goal with the music was to emotionally support the player’s sense of being
the main character in a historical epic. The civilization themes make playing
as different nations feel like emotionally distinct experiences. The Aztec
theme is tribal and visceral, whereas the music for the Byzantines is mournful
and nostalgic. The music follows the arc of the narrative, from peaceful
melodic ambiences during early gameplay to the blaring of drums and brass
during heavy combat. And of course we musically reward the player’s triumphs,
as well as express sympathy for the defeats. (There will be many of those.)

Project lead Gian Paolo Vernocchi is a fan of thematic scores that can stand
on their own outside of their games. We hope you’ll enjoy Empires Apart’s
score both as accompaniment to your empire-building, as well as a pleasant
listening experience on its own.”

_Michael Gordon Shapiro_

Tracklist:

* Empires Apart Main Theme
* Birth of Empires
* French Intro
* From Fields to Towns
* Aztec Intro
* Warriors of Tenochtitlan
* Chinese Intro
* Rise of the Middle Kingdom
* Arab Intro
* Blades of the Faithful
* Byzantine Intro
* Spires of Constantinople
* Mongol Intro
* A Clash of Wills
* Dissent and Steel
* The Crashing Red Tide
* Fall of Empires
* The Legacy of Tomorrow

The OST of Empires Apart was composed by Michael Gordon Shapiro. The Main
Theme was composed by Sean Beeson.

Empires Apart – Soundtrack