After playing Galactic Civilisations for about 3 years and a half now, I got used to the soundtrack and music and I actually remember everything quite well. A few months ago I bought Red Alert 3 - one of my favourite games and I could not but notice that some parts sound *exactly* the same as some parts in Galactic Civ2.
For example, in Red Alert 3 when you finish a game with the allies in the Skirmish mode, the music played while you view the Game Statistics sounds exactly the same as the music played with the Terran Alliance in their victory, or sometime in the Campaign. I need to do some research but those who heard that sound and the Red Alert 3 music in the Skirmish, would know what I'm talking about.
So what is this deal about? Did EA use the same composer as Stardock or is it just a huge coincidence? We already know for fact Gal Civ2 was released before Red Alert 3 was even on the making. So it's your call.
I don´t have RA3 maybe you could post some vids on Youtube?
Now that would be quite the scandal if....
I'm also currently playing Red Alert 3, and I noticed that the attack bears sound almost exactly like the druids that transform into bears from Warcraft 3.
I suspect that for some sound effects and music, there must be an open library of sounds, similar to clip art, to which game companies must subscribe...
I haven't got GalCiv 2, but Frank Klepacki, the original Red alert composer is supposed to have done RA3 music (Hell March 3, at least ), but it's not uncommon for two different musics to have similar passages, for example, one game i played on SNES had music that had exactly the same part as a TV-series tune. The shows in question was made by finnish for finnish, so i doubt the american composer had heard that.
BTW, there are indeed sound banks, that can be used in any game, TV-series or movie, but in my understanding they are only sound effects, i can't count how many times i've heard the exactly same "rusty door opening" sound, or the exactly same dog whine, or the exactly same angry cat, or...
EA is getting bad cant make an new and what they do they use from others
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