Pelfrey & Rhodes: Imperialism, intro music

"Imperialism" was a computer game, produced by Frog City Software and SSI.  The soundtrack was written by Danny Pelfrey and Rick Rhodes.  The opening music sets the theme about 19th Century empire-building in a striking and appropriate way.  

A musical poem, actually.  About the release of the Genie, with the discovery of steam power.  The empires built on that and their inevitable conflict. Valiant heroism riding a rococo filigree of strings.  And through it all, the little MIDI toiling away like a full-blown symphony orchestra.  

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