Here is my custom full soundtrack for the Beyond the Indus Expansion pack. I wrote and composed these songs myself using various instruments: my keyboard, drumpad, and for most tracks I used the SoundCanvas - the same sampler Stephen Rippy used for composing the original AoERoR music.
Tracks:
1. Beyond the Indus (Opening theme)
2. River Valley
3. Tribes
4. Trade
5. Indian Spices
6. Warpath
7. Conquests in the East
8. Scythian Queen
9. Veni, Vidi, Vedic
10. Urban Turban
11. Eastern Sun
12. Sands of Time
They are all in HQ .mp3 format and should play fine in any sort of media player. Also included are a custom CD front and back cover.
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To use these in the background while playing AoE/RoR, you need to use Chab's Binary Patcher, and apply LucTieuPhung's MP3 patch to the .exe:
MP3 support patch:
[File]
Name=EmpiresX_1.0b_Audio
Description=Supports extra audio file types for Age of empires / Rise of Rome : version 1.0b
Size=1513984
[Check1]
Name=EXE Magic number
Description=Executable file magic number
Offset=0
Size=2
Buffer_OFF=4D 5A
Buffer_ON=4D 5A
DefaultIsOff=0
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[Check2]
Name=Version info 1.0b
Description=Version info 1.0b (ascii 4.2.0901)
Offset=1513186
Size=18
Buffer_OFF=30 00 34 00 2E 00 32 00 2E 00 30 00 39 00 30 00 31 00
Buffer_ON=30 00 34 00 2E 00 32 00 2E 00 30 00 39 00 30 00 31 00
DefaultIsOff=0
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[BinChange1]
Name=MoreFileTypes
Description=Supports additional file types other than MIDI. Place your mp3 files in the sound folder and name them exactly like the x-files minus the extension.\n\nDefault=unchecked.
Offset=329727
Size=16
Buffer_OFF=32 00 00 68 03 08 00 00 6A 00 C7 44 24 30 0B 02
Buffer_ON=02 00 00 68 03 08 00 00 6A 00 C7 44 24 30 00 00
DefaultIsOff=1
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[BinChange2]
Name=MP3-xmusic
Description=Playback xmusic#.mp3 instead of xmusic#.mid.\n\nDefault=unchecked.
Offset=1409895
Size=3
Buffer_OFF=6D 69 64
Buffer_ON=6D 70 33
DefaultIsOff=1
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[BinChange3]
Name=MP3-ext
Description=Change to mp3 extension.\n\nDefault=unchecked.
Offset=1409917
Size=3
Buffer_OFF=6D 69 64
Buffer_ON=6D 70 33
DefaultIsOff=1
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[BinChange4]
Name=MP3-xlost
Description=Playback xlost.mp3 instead of xlost.mid.\n\nDefault=unchecked.
Offset=1431226
Size=3
Buffer_OFF=6D 69 64
Buffer_ON=6D 70 33
DefaultIsOff=1
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[BinChange5]
Name=MP3-xwon
Description=Playback xwon.mp3 instead of xwon.mid.\n\nDefault=unchecked.
Offset=1431237
Size=3
Buffer_OFF=6D 69 64
Buffer_ON=6D 70 33
DefaultIsOff=1
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
[BinChange6]
Name=MP3-xopen
Description=Playback xopen.mp3 instead of xopen.mid.\n\nDefault=unchecked.
Offset=1431278
Size=3
Buffer_OFF=6D 69 64
Buffer_ON=6D 70 33
DefaultIsOff=1
IntParamOffset=-1
IntParamSize=0
Place them in the sound directory, then change the names of the tracks appropriately.
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Important: You are free to use these tracks for personal use. Uploading elsewhere or using it in any kind of project(s) requires permission from me, with appropriate credit.
This is really a beautiful soundtrack, like really beautiful. Do you know anything about when the expansion will be released? I'm dying to play more quality campaigns...
[Edited on 05/13/19 @ 07:55 AM]
PhatFish Staff
File Author
Posted on 05/05/19 @ 09:13 AM
Thank you, glad you like it! It's probably gonna take quite a while for the BTI expansion to be finished (if ever). Progress is... tediously slow... or rather things have come to sort of a halt - which is the main reason I decided to release my soundtrack in advance. Don't hold your horses on the expansion coming any time soon.
BRICS AOE
Posted on 05/07/19 @ 06:29 AM
Really? What's the hold-up?
grospepere
Posted on 05/08/19 @ 12:10 AM
Rating
5.0
excellent job Phatfish !!!
sonictimm
Posted on 12/03/19 @ 10:55 PM
Rating
5.0
Rating: 5
Sounds like the AOE and ROR soundtracks' long lost brother!
High-quality, extremely authentic, and plenty of percussion, I could listen to this for hours.
Additional Comments:
The inclusion of CD front and back cover art is a nice touch.
My only complaint is that binary patching is required to get it in-game, but there's also other workarounds, and there's a nice set of instructions here regardless.
chab
Posted on 08/18/21 @ 07:33 AM
Rating
5.0
Rating: 5
(Insert Rating analysis here)
Additional Comments:
Excellent : totally in the same spirit as "standard game" soundtrack. Great work !
rakovsky
Posted on 09/07/21 @ 12:47 AM
There is a movie from about 5 years ago called Mohenjo Daro. It is a drama that uses the theme of the Indus Valley civilization. Here is the Soundtrack for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmyyrzJIfx0&ab_channel=T-Series
I liked the movie alot. One of the decisions that the designers had to make was whether to use the Dravidian language or Hindi, and they chose the latter. It's a common idea among Hindus that the Indus Valley civilization was Aryan (and thus related to Hindi), whereas scholars tend to take the view that it was Dravidian. In my view after reviewing different information, I think the scholars' view is more likely correct. The Dravidian Brahui clan still lives in Pakistan where the Indus Valley Civilization was mostly based.