Topic: Music Proposal and Apologize

solatis

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Posted at: 2026-03-31, 16:07 UTC+2.0

Hello,

It’s been a long time since I last checked in. Back then, I suddenly disappeared from the scene for health reasons.

Now, after many years, I’ve finally started making music again since the beginning of the year, and I thought I’d write a song for Widelands as a small apology and to thank you for your great work.

It’s finished now—it might have turned out a bit long—but if you like it, feel free to add it to the Widelands music list.

It was written specifically for Widelands and is a little inspired by the original Settlers 1 music.

I’d also appreciate any feedback, of course.

I would like to release the song under CC BY 4.0 (Attribution – Name: “Jan F. Bruns”).

You can listen to the song here on YouTube (it’s not publicly listed yet, but I’d like to do that if you don’t have any objections).

YouTube: https://youtu.be/N9tcZRScSqE

Here’s also a short test session: https://youtu.be/B5ckN-lAyDQ

And here, of course, is the link to the song (OGG format): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzEUZAYgBjf4JcIujoVpPEyj4G2gOxJm/view?usp=drive_link

(It’s 6.81 dB quieter than the first YouTube video—which matches the volume I personally like best when the music in the game is set to 100%—and the volume from the test session.)

If you're interested—software used:

  • [Steinberg] - Cubase 8.5
  • [Orchestral Tools] - Berlin Free Orchestra

“Teeming-Waltz” by Jan F. Bruns - (License: CC BY 4.0) Link: https://youtu.be/N9tcZRScSqE License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


Best regards, Jan


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kaputtnik
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Posted at: 2026-03-31, 17:57 UTC+2.0

wow, great music and fits very well to widelands, imho.

Thanks!!


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solatis

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Posted at: 2026-03-31, 18:37 UTC+2.0

kaputtnik wrote

wow, great music and fits very well to widelands, imho.

Thanks!!

Thanks! :-) That means a lot to me.


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Posted at: 2026-03-31, 21:31 UTC+2.0

a very big +1 from my side for having it.
perfectly matching the game and a very dense sound.
Many thanks


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solatis

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Posted at: 2026-03-31, 21:42 UTC+2.0

hessenfarmer wrote

a very big +1 from my side for having it.
perfectly matching the game and a very dense sound.
Many thanks

You're welcome! And i'm happy that you like it. :-)


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Posted at: 2026-04-01, 08:44 UTC+2.0

If you don't want to provide a pr to get this music inton the game i will do so the next days :)


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solatis

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Posted at: 2026-04-01, 11:11 UTC+2.0

kaputtnik wrote

If you don't want to provide a pr to get this music inton the game i will do so the next days :)

Thanks! :-) Just created a pr: https://github.com/widelands/widelands/pull/6998


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SirVer

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Posted at: 2026-04-01, 12:34 UTC+2.0

Solatis back in action! Welcome back, we missed you and your music.


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solatis

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SirVer wrote

Solatis back in action! Welcome back, we missed you and your music.

Thanks! :-)


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Posted at: 2026-04-01, 12:52 UTC+2.0

Welcome back and thank you for this superb music movement :)


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