pixietricks selected for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

[zircon]

Time to add another person to the list of OCR community members going pro!! Our very own judge, remixer, and event coordinator pixietricks (http://ocremix.org/remixer/pixietricks/) (Jill Goldin) is slated to sing on the soundtrack of the Civilization IV expansion pack, "Beyond the Sword". Jill was one of only two sopranos to be selected for this gig. The composer, Michael Curran, has worked on Civ IV, the first Civ IV expansion pack, as well as the Civ III expansion pack besides numerous other hit Sid Meier titles.

Civ IV itself has won virtually every award imaginable such as "Best Strategy Game" and "Game of the Year" from a host of different websites and publications, making it one of the most high-profile PC games around. No doubt the expansion will receive as much critical acclaim.

Congratulations, Jill! Today, Civ IV, tomorrow, Final Fantasy XIII? 8-)

<3

[kento]

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA

Congratulations!

[Liontamer]

Hahaha! Give 'em hell, Jill! She's sure to do well in whatever role she provides for the game.

Haven't played Civilization since Civ1 on my old Quadra 630. But it's still a kickass series. Addictive. Definitely looking forward to how things go.

[Kanthos]

If you were looking for a reason to go buy Civ IV, you have it once that expansion comes out. Congrats Jill, that's awesome news!

[avaris]

Awesome congrats on a prestigious 1st pro gig.

[The Instrumental Light]

thats awesome,Congratulations!

[analoq]

you go girl !

[Beatdown]

It's unfortunate that I don't play the Civ games. At any rate, tell em where you came from girl.



OCR, not your school.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Awesome!

I've exchanged a few e-mails with Christopher Tin. He seems like a pretty cool guy. And what I've heard of his stuff is absolutely amazing.

Congratulations, Jill!

[Hemophiliac]

congratulations!

your the pro now dog!! :)

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

WHOOPAH!

Mega-hawt.

[The Mutericator]

Congrats, pixie!

(Why so little judgehate? Normally it takes about four or five posts before it starts...)

[Bahamut]

Oh what's this about a shtyjdgfgt singing in a Civ IV expansion song, an expansion to one of my favorite modern strategy games? Civ IV is ruined :cry: .

But seriously, congrats Jill!

[Fishy]

That's some bitchin news right there.

Nice work.

[sephfire]

This. Is. AWESOME. :shock:

Do us proud, pix!

[The Xyco]

Wooooooord.

[Katsurugi]

Awesome.

(How come he didn't pick me as the soprano? I'll sing for free...)

[M@DM@X]

Congratulations, pixietricks!

[Zeklan]

Sorry about that.
I'll fix the problem later.

No.

Yeah, it was too much.

What?

Oh, no, I don't need it.

Allright.

See ya.

[Triad Orion]

Holy crap. As if Civ IV wasn't already bad ass enough as it is! I loved it and Warlords. Oh man, now I *have* to get this next expansion pack. It is *required.* XD

Congratulations, Pixie! Can hardly wait to hear it. ^^

[Mustin]

HERE WE GO WITH THE JUDGES AGAIN

WISH I WAS A JUDGE


Nice work, Jill.

[Leon K.]

Freaking Hax.

I wanna do something like that ;_;

Grats Pixie :D

I know a pro. now :D

But it's okay, she'll always be a noob in my heart <3

[Hale-Bopp]

Congrats on the sweet gig!

[SwordBreaker]

Your first game-related gig, eh Jill? This must be a dream come true. You must be nervous and excited in the same time.

Huge congrats, dudet! Be sure to fill us in on the recording process. Also, if you can, take lots of pictures.

When are you going to record, anyhow? Also, how did you land this gig? Did they find you or vise-versa?

[andyjayne]

Good stuff!

[Liontamer]

HERE WE GO WITH THE JUDGES AGAIN

WISH I WAS A JUDGE

If that had anything to do with it, I'D be in game music. :lol:

[TheWestWind]

Like super congratulations~!

You can bet I'ma get this game!

[Bahamut]

If that had anything to do with it, I'D be in game music. :lol:

You can then make Toyota Disco Comeback in the next Gran Turismo. :lol:

[OverCoat]

There's a song in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. that sounds like something Jill would sing. Anyone who can actually play the game should know what I'm talking about, since it's the one song on the radio :]

I've never played a Civ game before D:!. Civ IV is good rite?

[RealFolkBlues]

:nicework:

That is some awesome news. Knock 'em dead, Jill!

[CHz]

Baba Yetu is godly. This one might turn out pretty well.

[Jillian Aversa]

Ahhhh, thanks everyone!!! I'm very excited as well. Haven't gotten the charts yet, but from what I know, it's looking like a four-minute long, epic choral piece for the main menu screen. :D

[OA]

I'm not normally one to post in ass-pat threads, but this is some seriously cool news. Congrats on not only getting a cool gig, but one with a very talented composer. The music from Civ IV was fantastic, and i'm sure the expansion will be even cooler.

[chrono26]

Wa-wa-wee-wa! thats awesome. congrats!

[The Unsung Plumber]

Great, there's another soundtrack I need to buy. Oh well, it's only money:roll:

But really,
kongurachure-shonzu Jill-san.
I hope I said that right.

[Sir_NutS]

Who's this Pixibricks?

[siven7]

yeah! way to go! I'm so impressed!

[JJT]

finally, after all these years i can hear the voices of Spock and Jill Goldin in one self-contained gaming experience.

[The Unsung Plumber]

Who's this Pixibricks?

Something to built houses with?

[The Lone Gunman]

Congratulations! I'll be sure to actually buy this soundtrack!

[Petara]

Woohoo! Kudos, Pixi :nicework:

[Yamato2299]

Congratulations.

[Triad Orion]

Ahhhh, thanks everyone!!! I'm very excited as well. Haven't gotten the charts yet, but from what I know, it's looking like a four-minute long, epic choral piece for the main menu screen. :D

The menu screen? Damn, considering how good Baba Yetu and the Warlords' menu music were, that's quite a feat.

Congrats again! ^^

[Katsurugi]

I'd make a civilization with pixie any day.

[Shonen Samurai]

Nice. Now I've slept with a celebrity.

[Fire in the Hole]

There's a song in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. that sounds like something Jill would sing. Anyone who can actually play the game should know what I'm talking about, since it's the one song on the radio :]

I've never played a Civ game before D:!. Civ IV is good rite?

yes,

with or without pix.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Ahhhh, thanks everyone!!! I'm very excited as well. Haven't gotten the charts yet, but from what I know, it's looking like a four-minute long, epic choral piece for the main menu screen. :D

You mean like baba yetu?

Holy fuck I need to hear this.

[CE]

A civ4 expansion? cool

[DragonAvenger]

You should be really proud, Pixie, congrats.

[Degree]

Wow, incredible news!

Congratulations Jill. :D

[ProjectSpam]

Wow, Jill. Great job. I look forward to hearing your work.

[djpretzel]

Well, I still run OverClocked ReMix.

So there.

...

Awesome news, can't wait to hear it, hope it's the first of many such opportunities.

[José the Bronx Rican]

* sa-a-a-aLUTE *

[cloudkitt]

Oh yeah?! I know the Chief Artist at Firaxis, he's my friend's dad, I'll have to ask him about that. I do to work with him sometimes. Maybe I'll see ya there, hahahaha.

[Hyperion5182]

Oh.

My.

GOD.

How can i love and hate a judge at the same time.

I need to overhaul this computer before i drop civ4 under the hood...

*headdesk* at least i can buy the soundtrack *hopes* WELL DONE!

[SVDoctorD]

Wow. Congrats!

Look forward to hearing it.

[The wingless]

Now, I'm not jealous of other people's success, but, and I say this with all sincerity: I hope you trip down the stairs.



-gratz, jillybean

[Oddllama]

I hope this doesn't effect the lovely compelling intro music that is already there.
No offense, of course... I just love that intro tune.

Also gg success.

[MisterBiggler]

I wish you great success and look forward to hearing the results!

[suzumebachi]

Flipping awesome. Congrats, Jill. :D

[Blake]

holy wtfjowjtoat NICE

[Malcos]

This is great news! Congratulations Jill!

[Jillian Aversa]

:D :D :D Fanks.

[Jiggles Mcpuff]

OMG That's freaking awesome!

[Doulifée]

FF 13 next? lol. or another squarenix game like SaGa :smile:

[Jillian Aversa]

Ha, I wish... :>

[Triad Orion]

You never know. It could happen. XD

[DarkeSword]

Congrats Jilly.

[dPaladin]

Awesome! I'll be waiting to hear it. :nicework:

[Citris]

I wonder who's going to remix it.

[Murmeli Walan]

Neato. Congratulations on that.

[Darklink42]

Damn, makes me wish I had the kind of computer to play Civ IV, because I'd buy it just to hear the song. Congratulations!

[Escariot]

Well, I still run OverClocked ReMix.

So there.

...

Win

Damn, makes me wish I had the kind of computer to play Civ IV, because I'd buy it just to hear the song. Congratulations!
That's why God invented OSTs



EDIT: Congrats, Jill

[RealFolkBlues]

Who's this Pixibricks?

Sum noob?

Actually, pixie, I am curious how you got the gig. I'm sure being a shtyjdgfgt helped, but do tell.

[Raenok]

See if you can get into Blizzard. They might need you sometime soon.

[Darklink42]

Win


That's why God invented OSTs



EDIT: Congrats, Jill

amen to that

[Kizyr]

I pretty much registered mostly so I could congratulate Pixietricks on this--this is great news. You've been one of my favorite artists here since I first heard Journey's End; and, the Civilization series has been my favorite computer game series since I first played Civ I back in '95. So, when I saw this news posted on the CivFanatics frontpage, I nearly flipped.

I was already looking forward to Beyond the Sword coming out, now I'm just looking forward to it 10x more.

Say, are you able to give us any more information about the song? Is it going to be in English, another language, or a mix? (Civ4's opening was in Swahili, Civ4 Warlords' was in Arabic -- both are incredible) If you can't say anything yet, no big deal; I'll just have to wait 'til July.

Anyway, again, congratulations! KF

EDIT: If anyone's curious, Christopher Tin offers some samples on his website, including the opening "Baba Yetu" and "Coronation" from Civilization IV: http://www.christophertin.com/samples.html

[Raziellink]

Congratulations, Pixietricks :)

[Bummerdude]

Pixie is starting to become too big for this little pond. Congrats.

*throws pie*

[maestermatt]

yay pixie i knew you could do it.

[DragonFireKai]

Good job, can't wait to hear it.

[Jillian Aversa]

Looks like the recording session will happen on Saturday, May 5th. Still haven't gotten the music, so I dunno how it sounds yet!

[VGJunky]

Hey nice work.

[Upthorn]

See if you can get into Blizzard. They might need you sometime soon.

Since Blizzard doesn't make games anymore, that would be a severe waste of talent.

[Triad Orion]

Since Blizzard doesn't make games anymore, that would be a severe waste of talent.

Blizzard makes no games, only expansion packs! XD

[DarkCecil13]

This is pretty awesome!! Congratulations =)

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Since Blizzard doesn't make games anymore, that would be a severe waste of talent.

Win .

[maestermatt]

Looks like the recording session will happen on Saturday, May 5th. Still haven't gotten the music, so I dunno how it sounds yet!
don't worry it'll sound good pixie.

[Moguta]

Muy congratulations!
Haven't gotten the charts yet, but from what I know, it's looking like a four-minute long, epic choral piece for the main menu screen. :D
I bet you'll quite enjoy taking part in that kind of piece. ^_^

[Jillian Aversa]

Hehe, you got it!

[OverCoat]

UFO DISCOVERY [contains animu cleavage and pixietricks references] (http://soundtempest.net/soc/imgswf/listentojill.png)

no I didn't post that :[

[[\(-_-)/]]

i need to start browsing /mu/ more

[OverCoat]

I just noticed "Disco Dan" in the first post though... like a second ago.

/mu/ mostly sucks though, 99% of it is about forgettable metal bands or some dead form of rock.

[ChloroPhil]

Wow thats big. Show em how its done.

[tyler_lucero]

I know I'm pretty late to this thread, but major congratz Jill...you earned it.

[Jillian Aversa]

Thanks! :B

[Jillian Aversa]

WOOPS! Christopher Tin is not the composer on this project; I was misinformed. Veteran Civ-series composer Michael Curran will be writing the main theme, as the lead audio designer. If you think you may have mentioned the wrong info anywhere, please help clear up the rumors. ^-^

[Geoffrey Taucer]

WOOPS! Christopher Tin is not the composer on this project; I was misinformed. Veteran Civ-series composer Michael Curran will be writing the main theme, as the lead audio designer. If you think you may have mentioned the wrong info anywhere, please help clear up the rumors. ^-^

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :(

Though Michael Curran is pretty damn good too

[Jillian Aversa]

............ xp

[Kizyr]

WOOPS! Christopher Tin is not the composer on this project; I was misinformed. Veteran Civ-series composer Michael Curran will be writing the main theme, as the lead audio designer. If you think you may have mentioned the wrong info anywhere, please help clear up the rumors. ^-^

Oh! He was one of the composers (remixers?) for the Civ IV: Warlords theme, which is nearly as good as Baba Yetu. Regardless, I'm still looking forward to it. ...do you know if it's a rearrangement of an existing song, or if it's something all-new? KF

[The Instrument of GAWD]

Hey, flip out and break stuff when they go; 'WTF is OCR?' or 'LOL those fgts?'

[Abadoss]

I was first introduced to Civilization (the original one) in sixth grade. I've been playing it ever since and consider it to be among my top five games. I currently have Civ IV and Warlords on my computer, so I very much look forward to hearing you on the new expansion. Congrats!

[Raenok]

Since Blizzard doesn't make games anymore, that would be a severe waste of talent.

Not really. They're making expansions as of this moment, and have just finished releasing The Burning Crusade. However, they plan on a BlizzCon 2007, and thanks to rumors of new projects...one may never know.

Warcaft 4?
Starcraft 2?
Perhaps...even a new game entirely?

[Blackwinged Saron]

*generic congratulatory comment*











but seriously, Way to go, Pixie. You've done fabulous work for us here on OCR. I know you'll be great in a bigger arena. Full support. Kudos.

[Jillian Aversa]

Kizyr: still haven't received the music, so I'm afraid I can't answer your question for certain, but I'm guessing it will be an entirely new theme.

[Airwalker]

I haven't yet purchased an expansion pack for that game--in fact, I'm not a big expansion pack guy. But, I may be obliged to purchase this one.

[Jillian Aversa]

Hey guys, just to follow up... The recording was today, and it went really well! The menu theme is really epic and war-like. Can't say much more than that, since I'm sure the music is to be kept a surprise. It was a great experience, working with Michael Curran and Mark Cromer... They're really cool guys. :D

[Liontamer]

Hey guys, just to follow up... The recording was today, and it went really well! The menu theme is really epic and war-like. Can't say much more than that, since I'm sure the music is to be kept a surprise. It was a great experience, working with Michael Curran and Mark Cromer... They're really cool guys. :D
Congradulations!

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Awesome.

When does the game come out?

[Jillian Aversa]

Awesome.

When does the game come out?
Sometime this July!

[Nicole Adams]

I'm coming so late into this thread. Congrats, Jill! This will be an awesome addition to your resume.

[Kizyr]

Hey guys, just to follow up... The recording was today, and it went really well! The menu theme is really epic and war-like. Can't say much more than that, since I'm sure the music is to be kept a surprise.

Well, given that, the opening theme's certain to great! Only 1-2 months left 'til the release.

By the way, if anyone's curious, they have the box art for Civ IV BTS on the official site (http://www.civilization.com/ -- are those warmechs?). The box art definitely also contributes to that 'epic and war-like' feel.

I think at this point I don't want to know too much more about it; rather keep it a surprise. KF

[Jillian Aversa]

Well, new surprise... Michael Curran asked me to sing something, solo, in a Celtic style as well!

[zircon]

[Liontamer] Dope; aight;

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Well, new surprise... Michael Curran asked me to sing something, solo, in a Celtic style as well!

Haha, awesome!

[Kizyr]

Awesome.
When does the game come out?

A bit of an update... According to CivFanatics (www.civfanatics.com), GameSpot and EBGames have listed July 2nd as the date, and Amazon lists it as July 10th. Knowing GameSpot/EB's tendency to jump the gun sometimes, I'd wager it'll be closer to July 10th.

Also it seems that the box art for Civ4:BTS was taken off the main civilization site, and it's replaced with the generic red box. 2k games' site has a shot of a section of the cover, though, warmechs and all: http://www.2kgames.com/index.php?p=games&title=civbts

Well, new surprise... Michael Curran asked me to sing something, solo, in a Celtic style as well!

You mean something else for Civ4:BTS? Or, are we talking something entirely different?

Civ4:BTS will include Queen Boudica of the Celts... so if it's for Civ4 it could be related... KF

[Hyperion5182]

First off bump to the top

Second: If you people want to listen to the marvelous voice that will be gracing your PC speakers soon look up the chrono trigger project torrent on this sight. The song is called: To Far Away Times.

Pixie upon hearing this i have made plans to upgrade my graphics card and ram and sound card to make sure i can handle civ4 and its expansions I am in utter awe right now. We are in for a treat.

^_^

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Second: If you people want to listen to the marvelous voice that will be gracing your PC speakers soon look up the chrono trigger project torrent on this sight. The song is called: To Far Away Times.

Or they could just go here (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/pixietricks/).

[Jillian Aversa]

Second recording (for the solo thing) is this Thursday!

[Neo Samus]

Awesome!! I hope everything goes well. You have an amazing voice. You could kick the crap out of those American Idol idiots any day....except maybe Melinda. LOL

[Darangen]

So I don't pay attention for one month and this just happens to happen.

Totally awesome Jill. Very impressive, yet not so shocking ;)

[cloudkitt]

My friend's dad is the chief artist at Firaxis (makers of Civ) I go to work with him now and then, I'll have to see if he knows about you!

[DJ Skratch 'n' Sniff]

I just want to say that Jill's awesome and that my only qualm is that she doesn't make enough ReMixes. Damn you!

[Hyperion5182]

I bought civ 4. Glad i did. music is pretty damned awesome. Cant wait for the expansion!

[Kadosho]

Congrats Jill! =D This is gonna be great to hear your voice on many game soundtracks for years to come.

[Zombie]

Wow, I totally didn't notice this thread up here... and it's been here for over a month...

Anyways, congratulations. :)

[Ranael]

Congratulations Pixietricks!!! That is so awesome, I can't wait to get the cd so I can listen to the track you are working on! When will it be available?

[Keiseth]

Woohoo! Congratulations Pixietricks!

I haven't personally played Civ4 yet, but I've played every other one. The composer also did the music in Civ3? While it was compared to Civ2 quite a bit in terms of Gameplay, it seems most agree the music was very, very good.

[SamuraiFoochs #Reload]

I'm way late to the party, but somebody set up Civ4 the Pixietricks, oh snap!

'Grats, Jill! This is huge!

[Trivun (crispymongoose)]

well done pixietricks, hope 2 hear u on game soundtracks soon. u were the 1 who did the voice in 'Via', were you not? I just wondered, cos i remembered id downloaded that an made a video of it with clips from Final Fantasy X, so i thought ur name sounded familiar. anyway, the vid is on youtube under 'crispymongoose' if u wanna see it, otherwise, well done, congratulations, and so on... :)!!

[Abadoss]

Just in case anyone's interested, the website for BtS is currently up and featuring some very interesting music. Pixie, is that one of the ones that you worked on?

http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/beyondthesword/

[Kizyr]

Well, the release date for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword has been updated. It's now July 23rd (which, perhaps unfortunately, is <i>after</i> Otakon weekend).

The CivFanatics forum has a ton of updated information on the extras here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=222075

Jill is mentioned once again, re: the soundtrack for the scenario "Fall from Heaven: Age of Ice".

The zombie-fighting and space-colonization scenarios also sound good...

Just in case anyone's interested, the website for BtS is currently up and featuring some very interesting music. Pixie, is that one of the ones that you worked on?

...that certainly sounds like her in the chorus. But, I'm no expert. Though I can't wait to hear the solo piece she mentioned. KF

[Jillian Aversa]

Strange... That is the main theme I sang for, but the version up on this teaser site sounds like the MIDI choir - not us. Either they used that temporarily until the real release, or they mixed in our vocals to the point that the words are indistinguishable. We did have real lyrics. I think it's just the MIDI choir, personally. They're probably saving up the good stuff.

EDIT: (July 15th)
The real recording is up at the above address! It's a little lo-fi, but that is the main theme I was a part of. Don't know how I'll get my hands on the solo recording, though, unless I buy Civ IV *and* BTS.

...Or if Michael Curran is nice enough to give me a copy. ^_~

[Kizyr]

So... has anyone picked this up yet?

I did on Tuesday, as soon as I was able to find it in stores. Incidentally, I've been about an hour late to work every day since. Needless to say, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far--I'm really enjoying the new features they've added, and am itching to try out some of the mods (especially "Final Frontier" and "Fall from Heaven").

EDIT: (July 15th)
The real recording is up at the above address! It's a little lo-fi, but that is the main theme I was a part of. Don't know how I'll get my hands on the solo recording, though, unless I buy Civ IV *and* BTS.

...Or if Michael Curran is nice enough to give me a copy. ^_~

The 'solo' recording that you mentioned... Does it sound like a dark/ominous theme, with some of these lyrics:

'I remember cold wind, I remember.
Forever, the wind will blow,
Forever, the bell will toll
Dreams of dreams are distant
Mankind is asleep, the end is far away
The end is far away, mankind is asleep'
?

I'd like to say it is... but I'm not entirely sure as it's lower than I'm used to hearing you sing.

That song in particular is used as the opening for the "Fall from Heaven: Age of Ice" mod/scenario, the one that's fantasy-themed. KF

[zircon]

Kizyr; pixie is relaxing at the moment but she says yes, that is the one she sang for. :)

[Abadoss]

pixie, I pre-ordered the game and, since the music files are in .mp3 format, I'd be willing to send you those that you sang on...

[Jillian Aversa]

Thanks, Abadoss! I think Kizyr is going to send them to me, though. He PM'ed me about it. :>

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Ok, so I'm going to be buying this game. What do I actually need in order to play it? I mean, do I need to get just civ 4 and the expansion, or both expansions, or just the expansion, or what?

[Kizyr]

Ok, so I'm going to be buying this game. What do I actually need in order to play it? I mean, do I need to get just civ 4 and the expansion, or both expansions, or just the expansion, or what?

You'll need Civilization IV, and the Beyond the Sword expansion. You don't need the other expansion (Warlords).

After installing it, by the way, I'd recommend downloading all the patches/upgrades (you can do that through the title screen when you start up the game), especially if you have a somewhat older machine (like myself). KF