Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is my orchestral arrangement cover for Battle Hymn of The Republic, which is also the leader music for Abe Lincoln in Civilization 1. So you can also say it's also a cover for Abe Lincoln's Civ1 theme music.
Civilization is my favorite strategy game series (in the little I have left to play)), and Civ1 was the first real strategy game I ever played as a kid. I used to love the sound of Abe's theme on on my SoundBlaster (and earlier even on PC Speakers) so much that I sometimes spared the Americans in the game just so I could talk to Abe once in a while and hear it :)
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AFAIK the original composer of Civ1's arrangement for BHoTR is Dr. Jeff Briggs.
The DAW I use is Reaper. I've used an assortment of brass instruments (trumpets, trombones, tuba), violins, cellos and percussion instruments, to give it a more epic movie / orchestra feeling.
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This is my orchestral arrangement cover for Battle Hymn of The Republic, which is also the leader music for Abe Lincoln in Civilization 1. So you can also say it's also a cover for Abe Lincoln's Civ1 theme music.
Civilization is my favorite strategy game series (in the little I have left to play)), and Civ1 was the first real strategy game I ever played as a kid. I used to love the sound of Abe's theme on on my SoundBlaster (and earlier even on PC Speakers) so much that I sometimes spared the Americans in the game just so I could talk to Abe once in a while and hear it :)
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AFAIK the original composer of Civ1's arrangement for BHoTR is Dr. Jeff Briggs.
The DAW I use is Reaper. I've used an assortment of brass instruments (trumpets, trombones, tuba), violins, cellos and percussion instruments, to give it a more epic movie / orchestra feeling.
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You can also follow me on Twitter
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Want more like these? Let me know in the comments which retro PC video game covers you'd like to hear, and I just may make it happen.
![Gangstas Paradise Cover [String Orchestra] (Violin/Viola/Cello/Bass)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b9b7V6n9Mmo/mqdefault.jpg "Gangstas Paradise Cover [String Orchestra] (Violin/Viola/Cello/Bass)
A cover for the 1995 hit Gangstas Paradise by Coolio, performed by a string ensemble.
The DAW I used for recording this orchestral cover is Reaper. Violins, violas, cellos and bass strings are the instruments that are included in this version, accompanied by drums and snares.
Credits:
Originally performed by: Coolio (featuring L.V.)
This cover version was arranged and recorded by Idan Schneider (@cartoonartist)
This is a fan-made re-orchestrated version. Copyrights to the original music/songs belong to their respective authors/owners. All rights reserved.")
![Inspector Gadget Theme Song - String Octet Cover [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eSiC8sMcxas/mqdefault.jpg "Inspector Gadget Theme Song - String Octet Cover [HQ]
I was feeling nostalgia for Inspector Gadget (1983 TV animated series) so I made a re-orcehstrated cover of the Inspector Gadget intro theme song using string instruments.
The music in this cover was the theme song of the show, played in the intro (the outro version had a slightly different beginning and ending). I chose to do this cover using tried sticking to the original spirit of the tune, while giving it my own touch.
The lyrics are whats going in my head whenever I hear this song :)
The DAW I used for this MIDI remake is Reaper. As I made a cover for a String octet, I used only string instruments such as violins and cellos. The rich sound comes from using Spitfire Audios Alternative Solo Strings library, which I recently bought and extremely love.
Credits:
Original composer: Haim Saban & Suki Levy
Reorchestrated and arranged by: Idan Schneider (@cartoonartist)
Image licensed via iStock (Getty images)
Inspector Gadget © character names and images are registered trademarks. This video in no way intends to infringe upon the copyright of the aforementioned company(s) directly involved in the production.
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Da da da da dum da da da da da :)")
![Baldurs Gate - Gorions Battle - Orchestral Cover [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hQZzN0KOfJc/mqdefault.jpg "Baldurs Gate - Gorions Battle - Orchestral Cover [HQ]
I was feeling nostalgia for Baldurs Gate 1, so I made an orchestral cover of one of my favorite battle themes from the game, Gorions Battle. Tried to stay as close as possible to the spirit of the original while giving it my own touch.
I used to play Baldurs Gate in the late 90s, early 2000s. I loved the peculiar characters and party interactions, especially with Minsc, Montaron & Xzar, and Khalid & Jaheira. Even today I consider Baldurs Gate as the most enjoying and entertaining fantasy role-playing video game Ive ever played.
I created this re-orchestrated instrumental cover purely as fan art. The original composer of this tune (and many more tunes that appeared in the various Baldurs Gate games) is Michael Hoenig.
The DAW I use is Reaper. Ive used an assortment of brass instruments (trumpets, trombones, tuba), violins, cellos and percussion instruments, to give it a more epic movie / orchestra feeling.
Credits:
Original composer: Michael Hoenig.
Cover: cartoonartist
Violin image by Pexels from Pixabay.
https://pixabay.com/users/Pexels-2286921/
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![Commander Hayes Theme Music [New HQ Remastered Cover] from Star Control 2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hfo6Y7jYVU4/mqdefault.jpg "Commander Hayes Theme Music [New HQ Remastered Cover] from Star Control 2
I was feeling nostalgia for Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters (1992 video game), so I made a high quality cover version of Starbase Commander - the theme music of Commander Hayes. The music is played whenever the players Precursor starship docks in the starbase near Earth.
This song was originally published as a 4-track MOD track named star contol2,tune4. 4 tracks means that at most 4 instruments, or samples could have been played at once. These were 8 bit samples and therefore of lower quality, but still I used to love playing this song (and other MOD tracks) on my Sound Blaster using my MOD player (and later, s3m player).
The DAW I used for this MIDI remake is Reaper. I used mostly retro instruments in order to stick to the original spirit of the tune, while giving it my own personal touch.
Credits:
Original composer: Riku Nuottajärvi
Arranged and recorded: Idan Schneider (@cartoonartist)
This is a fan-made cover mix version. Copyrights to the original music/songs belong to their respective authors/owners. All rights reserved.
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Want more like these? Let me know in the comments which movie / TV / video game covers youd like to hear, and I just may make it happen.
Attention unidentified space vessel!")
