01-15-2016, 02:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2016, 02:58 AM by Kitsune Hawk.)
[UPDATE FOR THE ACCEPTED TRIVIA]
So the English leitmotif is actually two songs, the first being the aforementioned "British Grenadiers", but about halfway through, it switches to "Drewries Accordes", another song from England's musical history.
I still have yet to figure out the French, Spanish, and Dutch leitmotifs, though.
Sample of "Drewries Accordes":
[ADDITIONAL TRIVIA]
While sailing with high crew morale, you can hear your shipmates singing in gibberish. Despite the nonsense lyrics, though, these are the melodies from two famous sea shanties, "Blow the Man Down" and "Drunken Sailor"
Shanties from Sid Meier's Pirates:
The shanties they're based on:
So the English leitmotif is actually two songs, the first being the aforementioned "British Grenadiers", but about halfway through, it switches to "Drewries Accordes", another song from England's musical history.
I still have yet to figure out the French, Spanish, and Dutch leitmotifs, though.
Sample of "Drewries Accordes":
[ADDITIONAL TRIVIA]
While sailing with high crew morale, you can hear your shipmates singing in gibberish. Despite the nonsense lyrics, though, these are the melodies from two famous sea shanties, "Blow the Man Down" and "Drunken Sailor"
Shanties from Sid Meier's Pirates:
The shanties they're based on:
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