Stately, period-appropriate orchestral arrangements that make clicking on maps feel like commanding actual empires. Europa Universalis IV on PC dropped in 2013 and its soundtrack immediately became the gold standard for grand strategy music.
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"Battle Of Lepanto" surges with military brass and tension, perfect for those moments your fleet clashes in the Mediterranean. "The Age Of Discovery" has that wide-open optimism of sending explorers into fog of war. "Main Theme" alone is enough to make you boot the game up at midnight saying "just one more year."
Tracks like "Night Time" and "The Sound Of Summer" give you breathing room between wars. Quiet, contemplative stuff that fits the slower diplomatic phases. For anyone who has ever lost a weekend to a Byzantium run and needs the soundtrack to match.