 Editor in Chief Bill   | 17 Jul 2015 7:01 p.m. PST |
What music would you recommend? |
| Mute Bystander | 17 Jul 2015 7:11 p.m. PST |
La Marseillaise or the 1812 Overture. |
| Repiqueone | 17 Jul 2015 7:17 p.m. PST |
Eroica ( Beethoven's Third Symphony)
1812 Overture by Tschaikovsky
Or this: link |
| William Warner | 17 Jul 2015 8:40 p.m. PST |
The Nonesuch record "Military Fanfares, Marches, & Choruses From the Time of Napoleon." I still have my copy but I no longer have a turntable! |
 miniMo  | 17 Jul 2015 8:47 p.m. PST |
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| Bashytubits | 17 Jul 2015 11:35 p.m. PST |
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| bruntonboy | 18 Jul 2015 12:07 a.m. PST |
Loads of contemporary folk songs about the wars, Napoleon or soldering so a homemade mix would be best. The Sharpe music CD is good too with its mix of marches and folky things on it. link |
| Some Chicken | 18 Jul 2015 2:31 a.m. PST |
Pipes and drums of course. |
| warwell | 18 Jul 2015 3:05 a.m. PST |
Ironically, Bob Cordery over at Wargaming Miscellany recently posted about a Napoleonic song. You can find it here: YouTube link And his post with lyrics is here:
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| Jcfrog | 18 Jul 2015 4:12 a.m. PST |
La victoire est à nous.
Le champ de départ. For Austrians, Prinz Eugen, Coburger For Russians Preobrajenski ( on fifes ), finlandski For Prussians, York post 1812, or Kesseldorfer Marsch, Colberg, |
| Major Mike | 18 Jul 2015 5:49 a.m. PST |
The sound track from Barry Lyndon |
| abelp01 | 18 Jul 2015 6:01 a.m. PST |
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| Feet up now | 18 Jul 2015 10:57 a.m. PST |
Last time I played Napoleonic game the host played the Lord of the rings film soundtrack .
It played seamlessly in the background and occasionally matched certain events during the battle very well. It is now in my music collection.
I suppose The Symphony Number 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven is probably the go to aswell. |
| John Tyson | 18 Jul 2015 1:23 p.m. PST |
I'm partial to Military Marches. On YouTube there are numerous long playing marches from various nations. During one of my Napoleonic miniatures battles, I was playing the British. I had a small pocket music player with small earphones. When one of the Highland battalions started advancing, I cranked up the sound and out of the little earphones you could hear the pipes playing "Scotland the Brave." The French player heard the music, couldn't locate it, but it sounded like it was coming from the miniature Highland battalion. Scared the French!! I'm currently listening to "The Greatest British Marches."
YouTube link |
| John Miller | 18 Jul 2015 3:11 p.m. PST |
Several years ago a I got a CD titled "Echos De L'Epopee Imperiale" which contained dozens of French martial airs from the periods of the Consulate, First Empire, and Second Empire. Great stuff for a fan of the French Army like myself. Still play it frequently. The CD was produced in France and I believe I purchased it from The Emperor's Headquarters but I'm not sure if they are still in business. I believe the music might have gotten on some peoples' nerves however, so I stopped playing it during games. John Miller |
| Sebastian Palmer | 19 Jul 2015 12:37 p.m. PST |
Hi Bill, I posted on this subject on my blog: link … the music I opted for (some of which is used in the Sergei Bondarchuk Waterloo movie starring Rod Steiger) is 'Airs Militaires Ancien', by Musique De L'Air. Most of the music on this disc is French Napoleonic stuff (though there's some even earlier stuff), so spot on if you're gaming with French forces. I bought mine as digital downloads from Amazon UK. Regards Sebastian |
| Sebastian Palmer | 19 Jul 2015 12:53 p.m. PST |
I just found this: link … this guy has a link posted to a free download of the Nonesuch Records album that William Warner mentioned, 'Military Fanfares (etc) From The Time of Napoleon'. |
| Weasel | 19 Jul 2015 4:43 p.m. PST |
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