Civilization V music - Europe - Field of Poppies

[@dusanradomirovic909]

My wifes nephew recently got hooked to Civ. But all he knows is civ 6. He'll never experience chills that you get when this song starts playing as you survey the devistaion left behind after a bloody conflict.

[@J75Pootle]

The fact that this track only plays when you're at war, in the modern era and playing a European civ, and yet I still recognise it better than some civs' main themes speaks volumes about the quality of this track

[@fristytron]

I'm definetely in love with this game. I tried twice to jump to civ 6 but they left something behind.. I went back to 5.

[@audghks2012]

문명6은 재미가 없다

[@manja5198]

5 is just better i hope on seven they return to the more realistic art style and bring back some of these tunes

[@sergioacevedo2254]

The Civ V soundtrack is sooo much better than that of Civ VI,. It's such a nice breath of fresh air to hear this music compared to the damn bongo music that interrupts the soundtrack every time that a unit attack someone in Civ VI.:/

[@minjunkim9017]

@@audghks2012 문명6인 5보다 재미더 있네

[@kalacaptain4818]

(mods)

[@vide0gameCaster]

This and Elegy are by far the most moving soundtracks of the game.

[@SoméDjata]

Reminds me of the nuclear Holocaust I started on my first game. The power got to my head, to say the least

[@Catalyticc]

+Mr. Worldwide Did Gandhi mode activate?

[@SoméDjata]

Ewan Beattie No, I was selling nuclear submarines to Gandhi though .

[@Catalyticc]

Mr. Worldwide ah ok.

[@sleeming88]

Always reminds me of how I pan around my empire after a war to assess the damage.

[@Thomeeno]

For me always it will be when i stop nuclear war, every missiles founded own target, everything is tear up. Cities of big and glorious civilizations are lost, with just few citizens. Fallout lies in every part of world.....Yes its civilization

[@Tonypikmin]

Thomeeno I'll stay right heeeeree! (Music plays)

[@5434345]

And one turn later you see that freaking Ozymandia statue head, sealing your doom in RL!

[@mjada76]

Following the trench warfare which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders during WWI, red poppies became a symbol of the flowers that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers. On May 3rd, 1915, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote the following poem: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we lie In Flanders fields! Take up our quarrel with the foe To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields

[@xijinping4418]

+Mo Aljada There's also been a beautiful choral arrangement of the poem that I recommend.

[@insulindianmarechale]

@@xijinping4418 the germans made a song about it i think, try searching "tod in flandern"

[@theminionshrek7946]

This game made me realize that I can't be a president of a nation. I begin always peaceful, then someone decide to attack me/betray me and I win the first defensive war. Then they begin to piss me off (for example, France decides to acquire a cell that is vital for my city to comunicate with roads because it's a lemb of earth very small, so only one road can be placed) and to make sure that My nation can prosper I decide to go in war with France. I could stop by conquering the first city.... but I think that the land is too small for the two of us so I proceed to destroy France. Then some nations begins to denounce me but some of them are my friend... until they decide to betray me. And then a big war explode between me and the most powerful nations in the world. At the end of the war the enemies are gone or they are almost destroyed... and at that point I became a crazy bloodthirst warlord that wants all the world. And to think that I wanted to live in peace...

[@alex-vf6uo]

Sometimes, an united world is a peaceful one

[@TrojanPiece]

This played when I lost my first city ever in a game. Then I decided that I should lose more cities to hear this, LOL.

[@stonejesse9379]

Any time I hear this song, I remember a poem, written by a Field Surgeon in World War 1. "In Flanders Fields."

[@christophercarlone9945]

Wilfred Owens, no?

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@@christophercarlone9945 Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

[@Lowkeyluvio]

Suddenly I realise I have been fighting with 3 different powers for a long time. Then I stop for I minute and listen to this. Finally inner peace.

[@bobhope8823]

I've been looking everywhere for this THANK YOU

[@crossbones911]

Never loose hope, Bob.

[@eliphas_vlka]

In 2020 me too !

[@mh8704]

I still love Civ 5. So much more depth, and this soundtrack can’t be beat!

[@amandag494]

sometimes i'll play just to hear this and grieg's concerto. i think of ww1 when i hear this song, it's sad :(

[@Catalyticc]

+Allie G The whole ww1 thing even fits the title, "fields of poppies"

[@QNAAJTUJPRWJSGEZLPXYECAZFHODYW]

this music is a little about ww1

[@kingjules8744]

"The end of the Anglo-Russian Wars saw the rise and fall of great kingdoms and empires that were once thought to rule entire continents. When Russia's Ambitions tried to intervene otherwise, it brought Chaos and Confusion. Discord and Destruction. A dark age for humanity had set in; what little progress there was for mankind had been exchanged for progress to the war. "In the end, Russia's Ambitions died along with their people, and their country. Many nations paid the ultimate price in the ensuing chaos. Although we have our continental empires as we had initially imagined, it is not anywhere near the same. The peace between the surviving superpowers is tenuous. And unlikely to last. "... It is said that somewhere in the of the fields Panasia, there was a battlefield where millions of soldiers had fallen over hundreds of years. War had scarred and maimed the land for generations afterward. It remains a derelict battleground. A barren, flat landscape with no vegetation. "But... I believe, hundreds of years from now, if we were to survive that long, there would be life again. "And it would be in the form of the most beautiful Field of Poppies that the world had ever seen."

[@sa-jh8is]

Certainly one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever in a game

[@andrejbielousov4931]

Such a great work they’ve done...

[@hudsonmarkin9265]

Finally found this song! This is the best song in the game by far!

[@hungryluma27]

Outstanding, one of the best themes in gaming imo

[@613JDC]

The countless wars. The endless devastation. The millions of oppressed peoples. The horror that is war. Thank God it is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.

[@mh8704]

Love Civ 5 - best soundtrack and gameplay. Hope I can keep playing it forever!

[@jonahisfried232]

Soldiers as tools of Kings and Princes. Excellent music.

[@davidking6242]

there is no glory or honour in war. only loss.

[@benwhite9249]

This song just triggers my PTSD caused by Gandhi! No Gandhi noooooo!!

[@Tenebrys]

This can't be happening. It's got to be a bad dream. A very, very long bad dream, that you'll wake up from any minute now, any year now. Think about when it started. With your foreign affairs advisor shaking you awake in the middle of the night, presenting you with an electronic tablet. On it was playing a video, on which Gandhi announced that your age was coming to an end. The following months, you can barely remember. There was barely time any time to commit anything to memory, amid the frantic levying of strong young men from the fields and offices and shops, the hasty weaponization of those men through cruel and primitive training schemes, the amalgamation of what remained of those men into units and divisions and armies. You knew what war was, of course, but you had hoped that you would never again have to fight one, after surviving the Mongol invasions a thousand years ago. Maybe, had you kept a closer eye on your soldiers, you would have seen what was coming. Maybe you'd have paid more attention to the glint in their once-innocent eyes, after those first lucky victories over Gandhi's vanguard. Maybe you would have seen, behind the hollowness that their training had instilled, the growing bloodlust. Maybe you would have sued for peace as soon as Gandhi's invasion force crumbled, before your armies crossed the border for the counter-assault. Now, of course -- it's too late. Your own generals don't know what to do anymore, and every officer below them is part of the fire consuming India. Delhi is gone. Mumbai is gone. Bangalore is gone. And your soldiers, running out of enemies to slay, are beginning to turn on each other, or on your allies. And there are rumors they might return home, hungry for more bloodshed. Perhaps they'd spare your own citizens until they've run out of Indian refugees to hunt, but you know they wouldn't stop there. It's been fifteen years, and there are reports that one of the rogue armies is heading northeast, straight for your border. But today, foreign affairs approaches you, once again, with a tablet. This time, it's running a video call. "How does it feel?" Gandhi asks, wearing his signature calm smile. "I should be asking you," you growl. "Your cities are ruins. Your farmland is ash. Your people are charnel. Why did you even start this preposterous war? You never could have won." "Oh, but I have," Gandhi chuckles. "Goodbye, your majesty."

[@Pronear]

Damn this is good

[@MCshadr217]

I mean. Using Gandhi as your nemesis isn't the best idea. When it comes to civ 5, this fucker is bloodthirsty. Especially with all those god damn nukes he likes to use.

[@5434345]

"How does it feel?" Gandhi asks, wearing his signature calm smile. "I should be asking you," you growl. "Your cities are ruins. Your farmland is ash. Your people are charnel. Why did you even start this preposterous war? You never could have won." And Gandhi forgot to showcase those hellish giant mushroom clouds that render lands inhabitable for centuries.

[@svikelt]

This playing after a nuclear bomb is dropped is just devastating. Really shows the consequences of the attack.

[@RealityEveryDay]

Came here to cry for a bit

[@pastoral398]

0:52 The oboe always gets me

[@Ctrekoz]

Man this one makes me cry.

[@LakituKoopa]

Everytime my friend joins the game, this music plays. I guess everyone knows very well that the continent will be crying after a few rounds and smoking like there won't be a tomorrow.

[@neistrong614]

This music was playing when my Great French Empire were burning in blue flames because of Shaka and Washington. My empire survived, but I lost many soldiers and cities. Civ 5 is truly a tragedic game when it comes to war.

[@siggevibes]

So sweet and somber

[@grobertier1039]

magnifique !!!

[@hym7844]

Touching...

[@kuwabatakesanjuro1453]

Lest we forget.

[@TheUnderlost]

I love this song

[@mh8704]

Favorite one!

[@AdroSlice]

This song really stood out to me when it played right after I accidentally caused some nuclear fallout on an allies terrain.

[@damnagoraz]

this song is amazing

[@mirkodamiansotodelatorre9820]

Awww and to think that this theme is unlocked by looting many hexagons :(

[@MusicianNrd]

This song was used in the Computer option in the original flash version of Henry Stickmin: Infiltrating The Airship.

[@aartmaren]

amazing music. amazing game

[@Lowkeyluvio]

FINALLY FOUND IT

[@Bitmaid]

It's the nuke season .

[@romanivantsyk2785]

This one playing the whole Civil War scenario.

[@Pyrpyr_2017]

i feel bad for people in cities i nuked now :(

[@washingtonfaulconer1855]

Under what nation does this song play? It is so beautiful.

[@auregamer5]

I was getting it occasionally while playing Poland and being at war for long periods of time. But file name tells its "europe" so i wonder will it play for all european countries or just for poland.

[@auregamer5]

I like playing Poland... But this just kills my war mood.

[@PDXVoiceTeacher]

auregamer5 That's because Civilization V aims to capture more aspects of being the leader of a nation than just conquest. This is supposed to kill your war mood because the blood of your nation's fighting sons and daughters is on your hands. When this song plays it makes the game all the more real for me. I imagine what some real world leaders must feel when the flag draped coffins start to arrive. What must they feel when they see the now childless parents and fatherless children holding vigil? Truly a great game if you dive into it with empathy.

[@auregamer5]

Good job Civ5... treating the symptom, but not the cause. If players and AI would only go away and not place cities few tiles away from my borders (messing with city growth) I wouldn't have to go and raze the damn things.

[@hinno95]

***** very touching.

[@FreeMan4096]

wow! Better soundtrack that hollywood produced in like last 4 years.

[@DrVagax]

I always associated this with a nuclear bomb because I think it plays when you first drop a nuke on a city

[@user-ku5oo2cl3z]

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

[@Merku808]

vibes of WWI

[@SmokinTsChannel]

Shouldnt have listened to this on ANZAC day. Now im literally crying.

[@jkingplatinumofficial7205]

H.O.P.E. Hold On Pain Ends

[@nico_2002]

Quelqu’un sait si elle est disponible sur Spotify ? J’aimerais trop l’ajouter à une playlist

[@alejandrodominguez9357]

Sounds Like Bubbu's Rainy Music From Bubbu 2 My Pet Kingdom On Bubadu

[@noahRKO]

sick

[@MyNewChannel24]

Love U 🥰

[@popularcrow2000]

Nuclear season

[@AzureAlliance31]

Putin be like: I want Ukraine to hear this song forever

[@Cloudwalk9]

... :(

[@dannya1854]

Ukraine is littered with poppies and sunflowers now, all for the sake of geopolitics

[@Chudsmash777]

The world has turned And so many have burned but nobody is to blame Yet staring across this barren waste land I feel new life will be born beneath the blood stained sand beneath the blood stained sand

[@Spewb]

Maybe you should think about the consequences of your actions *before* sending endless impi carpets to destroy my civilization next time, Shaka.

[@MyNewChannel24]

😘😘😘

[@niko8353]

Where can i get this wallpaper??

[@QNAAJTUJPRWJSGEZLPXYECAZFHODYW]

this is in game files but if you don't have the game here you can save it to your device vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/civilization/images/0/0d/Neuschwanstein.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120313174819

[@thecrimsonraven9446]

When does this play?

[@hyperknux77]

It apparently gets triggered when you're at war as a European civ during the Modern Era.

[@Sascha969]

Nuke music

[@dikalannister6634]

its kinda creepy or epic but when everytime i start nuke 1 of american city as russian after peace expires, then this song play. isnt supposed to play epic war song theme? haha

[@JohnDoe-zu2tz]

Dulce et decorum est

[@NileRiverification]

Pro patriarch mori.

[@courtney1496]

This always plays when I'm nuking civs, just ruining my mood. 🤬

[@christophersavailableresou6433]

This song totally captures May of 2020 right after George Floyd’s death, the riots, and the global pandemic that killed so so many people

[@johnrex9612]

lmao

[@Chudsmash777]

Big NPC moment lol.