Cue of the Week: Ancient Koryo Prelude

This week's cue is a bit of a prequel to last week's, as it features the same theme - only this time presented by daegum (membrane) flute instead of the full string section. This demonstrates, backwards, how the music in Empire Earth II evolved to follow the player's progress forwards through the various eras in history.

I'll fess up to adding Japanese taiko drum instead of the more indigenous Korean chang-ko. The fact is that the chang-ko looks prettier than it sounds, and has a bit of a clacketly quality that wouldn't have worked as well here. Emotion always trumps ethnomusicological authenticity! Hopefully the ancient Koryo empire won't hold it against me.

Ancient Koryo Prelude