“This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us” -Theodore Roosevelt

Bully for you Mr. President.

*Ancient Era* A young farmer sits on his porch playing his banjo while his wife fiddles. His children gather around him as he plays letting the music wash over them. He gazes at the small field of grain before them. Just enough to get through winter. It wasn't much now but it will grow. It'll grow... *Medieval Era* The farmer now an old man sits on a stage with his old banjo. He starts playing a song from his youth and as he plays a few more instruments join in. Some of the townspeople upon seeing him play went and retrieved their instruments. Their small farm was now one house in a modest sized town. While he missed the peace and quiet sometimes his neighbors were an alright bunch. Eventually his fingers get tired and he can't play anymore. His son, now a father, steps in a takes his banjo. He sits there marveling as his son plays the old instrument just as well as he did when he was younger. In the large crowd that had formed he could see his grandchildren. Looking at his son he again he felt that his son is gonna be just fine. He'll be just fine. *Industrial Era* Model Ts drive down the paved roads as electric lights illuminate the way. While far from the small village it started as the community still had its heart and soul as its residents would say. This was demonstrated by the city's concert hall where a song was being played. While the name of its writer had been lost to time the song brought the people of the city together. Not just the city but the nation. Through famine, through plague. In the deadliest wars and the deepest of depressions the song always gave the people hope. That one day Hard Times Will Come No More... *Atomic Era and Beyond* A young girl lays on her bed as her phone belts out the national anthem, a song older then anyone can remember. She is currently trying to repair a family heirloom. It was in the family forever and had aged to the point where it was unusable. The family was unable to bring themselves to toss it away so on the wall it hung. She knew her way around a tool box so she set about repairing it. It was surprisingly sturdy despite its age so she mostly needed to patch up the cracks and find replacement strings. She lifted the old banjo in her arms and tug on one of the strings. She smiled when she heard the soft twang it made. She started playing the banjo along to the national anthem which felt strangely right and sung its lyrics to herself. _Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears_ _While we all sup sorrow with the poor_ _There's a song that will linger forever in our ears_ _Oh, hard times, come again no more_

Just barely managed to snag a Golden Age going into the Information Era - snuck a wonder in on the very last turn. That wonder? The Statue of Liberty. It felt ... right.

The whole idea of "ancient usa" is hilarious

Whoever wrote this arrangement definitely studied his Copland.

“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”- Teddy Roosevelt

I loved how bat shit crazy of a guy Theodore Roosevelt was (crazy in a good way) 1.) The guy used to box in the white house, plus I don't know if it's true but the reason why his eye was messed was because he boxed Jim Jefferies the boxer privately and lost. 2.) He broke all of the trust funds and monopolies. 3.) Refused to shoot a chained up bear since it was unsportsmanlike. 4.) Formed the Rough Riders and went to war in Cuba. 5.) Is the reason why we have Yellowstone National Park. 6.) Took a Bullet like a champ and finished his speech which took roughly around 30 to 45 to read out to which he opened up with. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to take down a Bull Moose."

The best part of playing as America is the music.

The Atomic Era music could well be used to introduce news shows. "This is Channel 12 News".

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand” - Harry Truman

This song is called for any wants to know is called Hard Times Come Again No More written by Stephen Foster in 1854

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears, While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There's a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh! Hard times come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh! Hard times come again no more.

"This land can offer something else than pain." -Achilles Davenport

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Breathe free, for we are the patch work of the world, the decedents of people from all over the globe with dreams of a better world.

It starts off small and smooth with one instrument playing but then as your civilization grows and evolves the music gets bigger and bigger with more instruments playing but you can still hear that one small and smooth instrument playing

As an American and a historian, it brings my heart immense joy and pride not only to hear this music, long forgotten by my modern brethren, but to see so many people from just as many cultures recognize the grit, determination, and spirit of what America truly is: a nation founded by people, built by people, made for the spirit of freedom. Thank you, all of you, for rekindling my sense of pride and patriotism for my country.

I like to think of the eras like the Ancient is ~1776, Medieval is during the Civil War ~1860s, Industrial is ~1910s and Atomic is obviously the Atomic age so ~1950s

Ancient Era: 0:00 Medieval Era: 2:50 Industrial Era: 6:05 Atomic Era: 10:45

His ability should have been called "The Big Stick Policy"

When you don't understand America as a whole, but you just fall in love with this.

When it takes too long get your shipments from China, so you cut the continent in half.

One of the best theme . Damn you USA , even your theme reeks Freedom .

I can just hear the freedom. Such beautiful music.

The industrial era version makes me think of an immigrant arriving into New York harbor the first time and seeing the tall Statue of Liberty, then walking down the grand streets filled with bustling people/transportations and all the tall skyscrapers.

I've looked through these comments many times. It baffles me how incredibly wholesome and kind people here are. It really does prove that just because a government is against another country, does not mean the people of that country are also against them. It proves that unity can be possible, for the people, by the people, of the people.

I want to go for a domination victory but just don’t want to declare war to this person :’(

This is my kind of music. Bully for you!

The whole thing sounds really optimistic. I like it.

I Don't know why, this has never happened before, but as soon as i here the fiddle I feel like I'm about to cry, and it is so overwhelming I left class 20 minutes early to make sure I didn't break down during class. I can't shake off the feeling either.

Bro, Why does this song hit the feels so hard

I love the ken burns vibe this gives off, and it honestly just bleeds the spirt of America.

Bully! A challenge! I love competition!

Theodore Roosevelt was in my opinion, the best and the greatest President the US ever had and this soundtrack reflects perfectly Teddy's epic (and badass) persona and his accomplishments not just as President but also as Coronel in the Spanish-American War in 1898 and also as explorer too, thank you by uploading this heart-warming piece of music!

Ancient Era (0:00): There are settlers, traveling across the Great Plains of America, looking for a place to call home... Medieval Era (2:50): Those settlers have finally found a place to call home. Slowly, a village begins to form... Industrial Era (6:05): That small village has now become a big city, advancing onwards with technology. The people creating new innovative products and machinery. Atomic Era (10:45): America has came a long way... From once humble settlements... To now the world leading global superpower.

The industrial theme sounds really similar to "Fanfare for the common man" at the start.

I absolutely love the modern theme of Roosevelt.

This legit reinforces my American pride. America to me is like a big brother, sometimes you're just like WTF man, but in the end you still care for each other

I'm a Chinese and I have to say I love America, not as a superpower of the world but as a civilization

This song reminds me of how I try to soldier on through life.

Ugh this song just makes me want to cry when I hear it. How amazing some of my American ancestors and countrymen were, and how much of this I never realized until I started reading history books. As Americans, we must never forget the atrocities of things such as slavery, but by learning from our mistakes, we may help to make our nation a greater place for all who come here.

1. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears, While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There's a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus: 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard Times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh! Hard times come again no more. 2. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, There are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus 3. There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away, With a worn heart whose better days are o'er: Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day, Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus 4. 'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave, 'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore 'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus

The whole USA Soundtrack is superb, but the atomic Era is just insane good! That transision from the bridge into the chorus at 12:16 is incredible!

This has Big Stick Energy

This track just rips me. Would that it were our National Anthem. I like the Ol' Star Spangled, but this makes me cry every time, so I get more Feels.

Whenever I play America, I always make a custom religion named "The American Dream"

Those horns in the Industrial Era theme! So majestic! EDIT: Also in the atomic age.

I'm not even American but this song made me feels like a patriot ;-;

hard times come again no more...

"Americans can always be entrusted to do the right thing, but only after they've tried everything else." - Winston Churchill

Roosevelt was an interesting President indeed, his render looks just like I imagine him, he said once: "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

Ill say this much, many talk of the optimism here, but dont forget this, eapecially in the lyrics to this song it is optimism tempered by suffering, much like the personal histories of the people of this country, facing down hardship and pulling yourself back up agian. "Let us pause in lifes pleasires and count its many tears, while we all sob sorrow with the poor. Its a song that lingers forever in our ears, hard times come agian no more." "Its a song, a sigh of the weary, hard times,hard times come agian no more, many days have you lingered by my cabin door, hard times come agian no more."

I’m feeling like a bull moose

With the ancient era, am I the only one who thinks of American settlers migrating across a giant plain field?

You can hear the Celtic and African roots of American folk music in this. Good job, Firaxis!

The world needs something better than fear and ignorance.

I still remember first time I've noticed that theme in-game, when I've played with friends in "coop" (but actually without in-game team). And it was kinda iconic, tbh. I was playing as US, and friends took Korea and Russia. We played Civ 5 in the past a lot, but it was the very first real game for both of friends in Civ 6. I considered myself as most expirienced player among three of us, but with like ~10h prior expirience. It was continental map, normal speed, with max AI players, with slightly random AI difficulties distributed among them. Russia started on another continent, completely isolated for the both of us and most of what we considered "the World". Me and Korea spawned relatively close, and my starting pos was relatively OK (not great), but Korea spawned in the freaking hell - small bit of hills mostly, surrounded from all sides by mountains, small lake, more mountains and then ocean. The only two routes to outside world was two 1-tile-wide mountain passes, both long and curvy, like labyrinths - and one of them was blocked by City-State, that was sitting right at the entrance. Korea managed to build city on the second mountain pass, but early in the game nearby Rome (AI) swallowed Germany (another AI), become THICC, and nearly-effortesly took that city from him, nearly blocking my friend in his Mordor from outside world (City-State pass wasn't reliable option, since we can't BOTH control it at the same time and move units through it, even trade wasn't option for a long time). For, like, long-long time we both fought a desperate fight for that goddamn city - landscape was absolutely terrible and favored defenders greatly, Rome could bombard us from two cities, both also with two Encampments. Even when something went close - only two units at time could attack it. And I felt like it's mostly me fighting - my friend Korea was more sucessful in pursuing tech, and usually his whole army was only 1-2 units, lol. I sacrifaced a lot into spawning more and more troops, didn't build enough shit or explore, got two Dark Ages in a row. We both were at the bottom of the score. All of it while Rome become more and more powerful, and our friend Russia on another continent effortesly pursuing religious victory and have typical russian problems of not having enough place for Great Writers/Painters/Musicians (so, just like IRL, he stacked them somewhere in tundra). But, eventually, through cunning, tech development and endless valiant assaults, at the late Renaissance era we eventually took that city. And then took even more. Even took Rome itself. At the same time I've builded a lot of stuff, few new cities, nearly-outproduce Korea in science points, scored an Golden Age (right from the Dark), and become the world industrial powerhouse and leader in oil production - supplying myself, both friends and few friendly AIs. And while my Battleships, Destroyers and Aircraft carriers, armed to the teeth, backed by MBTs and helicopters, roamed the seas to help our Now-In-Trouble friend Russia (he ingored millitary too much), and Korea building robots, going into the space and spawning what could be considered as k-pop stars - I've finally noticed the Atomic version of this, playing in my headphones. It felt... the most fitting :/

I love playing as my favorite President while singing "Hard Times Come Again No More" as I conquer the globe with American exceptionalism. It's a Sid Meier's Civilization dream come true for me.

teddy roosevelt the ultimate badass

The atomic era sounds so corporate like one of those commercials on tv about how some company is progressively about diversity but no one knows what they really do

When ever I hear this music, a tear of joy fills my eye. I look up at the ceiling and close my eyes and think. I see our history, the battle we fought for Freedom. I see the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of a new nation. I see our flag flying over the battlefield as we fought our own brothers in the Civil War. I see President Roosevelt making his Infamy Speech on the the day of Pearl Harbor. I see Martin Luther King Jr. make his iconic speech in D.C. I see JFK speaking about going to the moon. I see Bobby Kennedy calming the troubled people of Indianapolis. See the assassination of him and his brother. I see us landing on the moon. I see Nixon resigning. I see Native Americans suffer on the trail of tears. I see 9/11. I see all the presidents come and go. I see our nation's history. With all the mistakes we have made, we have made many more accomplishments. This song reminds me of why I love my country. Despite everything we have done wrong, we can and will do better. We are a young nation and we have much more to learn and I look forward to what the future brings us. I am ready for the challenges of life and my Nation stands firm. I love my land, my people, my nation, my home. God Bless the United States of America and all who call this Free Land their home! Then I come back to reality and see I have been nuked by Gandhi. :(

“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”

Here just moments after The Longest Johns release their version of this song... so amazing!

this makes me cry for some reason...

I just popped over to listen to a song stuck in my head, only to go on a patriotic feel trip and nearly crying in the middle of class. This is a wholesome comments section.

He might be the last president America had that everyone loved

The first three eras, we are building. We are forming. And many do not know, but their descendants will come to a new world, a new land, a land of opportunity. Forced upon them by outside factors or not, they will come. And when they come, they will carve out a land of their own from the untamed wilderness, with nothing it guide them except for faith, hope, and their bloodied hands. They will fight for their right to be masters of their own fate, they will fight to establish justice, and equality of men, created equal by their God. They will set forth by the multitudes to expand, they will come to blows for the preservation of the republic, and for the reaffirmation of truth that all men are truly created equal. For all their faults, they will make two achievements. They will innovate, they will prosper, and they will thrive. Soaring, they enter a world changed by the great progress of humankind, both great and terrible. Even against the world, they will rise, and rise together as one people, undivided of race, creed, ethnicity or skin, for they will stand and die for the sake of not their own children, but for all across the globe. Through their sacrifice, their nation is forged. Through their struggle, their nation is hardened, and through their lives, the Union is forever sewn. God Bless the United States of America. and God bless her people, waving their banner, as hopeful defiance and vigilance, against any who seeks to stifle their flame.

The Industrial era theme reeks of Aaron Copland.

I was playing Civ as France today, but I don’t like their theme so I turned off volume and turned this song on. I was trying to go for more land so I wanted to invade Arabia, as they had no military. I did, but the war ended up fruitless. I felt legitimately bad about it, so I left that save file unsaved and went back to the time when our two nations were friends. As I looked at Saladin’s smiling face, I wondered, “Did I have to cause that suffering? Were the lives of my and their people worth my greed and power? Their lands are tundra! They serve no use to me!” I thought about myself and said, “I, for the foreseeable future, will never go to war unless I am attacked first.” This music. This goddamn music. It helped prevent a war from happening in the future. It helped other wars from being declared in other worlds. It also helped me think about America, the real-world America. I don’t usually like America, as I see it as a bit of a garbage fire. But at this moment, I see it as a great, peaceful nation. A nation whose citizens are usually treated well and have nice things. A nation that has changed the world for the better and done amazing things. As a quote from Raegan- “America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.”

I think I really only played this game for the music. Listening to this gets me ready to run through a wall. The build up is absolutely incredible.

Best one in the album by far

Ken Burns' Civilization 6

thanks civ vi music for reigniting my passion and interest in my american roots

This song is good and all, but I feel they dropped the ball on the shot to really go all-in on the amazing theme America had in Civ 1 with their off-key version of Glory Hallelujah.

When I hear the industrial age version, I can't help but think of the score from Apollo 13.

Beautiful.

I am just another human from somewhere else on this planet. I'm sincerely grateful and happy for this nation being here along all the others. To all the americans reading this: Proud to share this planet with you guys. Let's take care of it for generations to come

That up angle does Teddy dirty.

Americans are certainly a very optimistic people

Got some goosebumps during that one.

Also, I think that the Medieval version of the Civ 6 songs are the best. It makes me wish I could keep that music throughout the game. Maybe there will be a mod for that?

Music like the industrial era theme makes me think of the Empire State Building, the Grand Coulee Dam, transcontinental railroad, etc. Back when America did amazing things with its bountiful resources and had the 'sack necessary to follow through in a timely fashion.

Dat Appalachian pluckin' doe...

I absolutely love just how the elements of the atomic era segment are added in to preserve the old tune while demonstrating it's development into a new future, a new era, one on the cusp of technologies greatest marvels.

Unique Era Names for America: Ancient: Washingtonian Classical: Jacksonian Medieval: Lincolnian Renaissance: Clevelander Industrial: Theodorian Modern: Franklinite Atomic: Kennedian Information: Reaganite

工业时代那个小号吹得太好了

It should have been the theme for all the eras except for atomic, that should have played fortunate son

Wow this is very beautiful! I think I have heard this folk tune in civil war documentaries and others about the old west. I listened to this while studying for a geography test about the fifty states. Very fitting!

I have played this game for so many hours and heard it in the background, but hearing it isolated on its own... it is really haunting and beautiful. Wow.

Is anyone else getting a Chariots of Fire vibe from the atomic-era theme?

Hard Times Come Again No More >>> The Star Spangled Banner

Best theme for me ❤

Industrial era theme has “Fanfare for the Common Man” vibes and I love every second of it.

Keep your eyes on the stars, but your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt

It's actually amazing what America has accomplished in only 300 or so years, moon landing, cars, Television. Not bad eh?

The sound of destroying monopolies that corrupt the state.

The first few notes sound like it belongs in the LOTR movies.

Im shedding tears

From the Glaciers of Alaska, Through the Horseshoe Bend, Pass the Black Hills of South Dakota, Through the Farms of Wisconsin, From the House of the Declaration of Independence, than the landscape of Florida... the true ability of the American Generation of a "More Perfect Union" Through the New Nation under Washington, and the growth with Jefferson, the tough time of the Jackson Era and the horrors of Slavery, "All men are created equal" was spread through the whole battlefield of divide, than the Slaves were freed but with not yet liberty, The Age of flight and communication was yet started the Modern era, and Progressive Roosevelt took a big stand for the American People, under the tragedy of American Lives in our first World War, We get a another wave of horror from debt, until FDRs New Deal, With our men taking us to the 2nd War with the Allies, The line of Ideology crossed and Nuclear Development began the Cold War, JFK changed the world with stopping the crisis until his death, with the loss of Vietnam... and equal rights for blacks and women, the Soviets later collapsed, The day we never forget in September 11, we were to fight a War of Terrorism until the breach of the virus... we are the people of the America, where generations before have made a country of Liberty and Justice... "For the People, by the People, shall not perish from this Earth" - Abraham Lincoln

That medieval theme slaps