Arcus Lux

Arcus Lux (a.k.a. ARCVS LVX) is an album made for mods in the Total War series. The Album is composed by Jones King. The complete Arcus Lux album will be split up in to three parts. The first part was released the 8th of Jan. 2008. The album is also scheduled for a name change before the second part is released. The name Chronicles of Arcus is currently the name thought to be used instead of Arcus Lux

Quick overview

The album is soundtrack for movie or a story never told. And never is going to be either. The story behind the music is the Chronicles of Arcus. Arcus a fictional world created by Jones King to serve as a story behind the music. Arcus is huge landmass populated by humans and beasts. The humans control the lands and later in their history the humans controlled the entire landmass. The first album is the soundtrack for the era when Arcus was controlled by one ruler. The second album takes place during the time of Antaphar (the antagonist of the story) and his rebellion against the ruling class. The third album is the soundtrack for an yet untold part of their history.

Part One: The New Age

Final release tracklist.

Part One overview
01 - Prologue
02 - Enter Lord Protector
03 - Enter Lord Protector (alt. version)
04 - Parade
05 - Kings men
06 - Enemy warcries
07 - Battle Speech and charge
08 - Turn of the tide
09 - Epilogue

Status: Released

http://www.mogwaimedia.com/download/ALPT1.rar

Part Two: Legend of Antaphar

Part Two overview
01 - Antaphar's prediction (Prologue) not released
02 - Ulcring not released
03 - Dom-hainot released
04 - Antaphar demo released
05 - Saerasus demo released
06 - Anamar
07 - The Silver Tower
08 - Sons of Enphar
09 - Eccarian Knights (Saerasus part 2 no vox version)

DEMO DOWNLOAD: http://www.mogwaimedia.com/download/ALiiDemo.rar

Status: In development

Testing

The tracks have been tested on different soundsystems, however none of the tracks are suited for anything but simple 2.1 systems and headphones. The Arcus Lux team highly recommends the usage of headphones for maximum effect.

Usage

The scores are 100% free of charge. We do suggest you credit the artists in your credits.
The scores cannot however be re-distributed for a fee or used in any other 'commercial' way. Some scores contain samples which may not be re-distributed for a fee, although they are free to use. Before downloading you will have an opportunity to read the license in full.

Reception & reviews

"Arcvs Lvx is a great initiative and one of the most - if not the most - significant contribution to the modding community for a long time. The tracks of the score are great, and fit very well the theme of RTW - ie they are perfect for battle- and tension- tracks. King's men and the Turn of the Tide are my favourites, with Enter Lord Protector coming right behind them. Overall, Arcvs Lvx Pt.1 is a *great* piece of work [...]"
Aradan - Fourth Age: Total War coding manager