Step-by-step guide on how extract music from the Old World game.

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1. Download ww2ogg.

2. Download ReVorb.

3. Copy all *.wem files and SoundbanksInfo.xml from [PATH_TO_INSTALLED_GAME]\OldWorld_Data\StreamingAssets\Audio\GeneratedSoundBanks\Windows\ into any other directory elsewhere, it will be our [WORKING_FOLDER].

4. Extract ww2ogg and revorb to this working folder.

5. Create new file BatchConverter.bat in working folder with code:

   ​@echo off
   ​
   ​for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /s/b/a-d "*.wem"') do (ww2ogg.exe --pcb packed_codebooks_aoTuV_603.bin "%%f")
   ​for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /s/b/a-d "*.ogg"') do (revorb.exe "%%f")
   

6. Create new file BatchRenamer.ps1 in working folder with code:

   ​[xml]$xmlContent = Get-Content -Path "SoundbanksInfo.xml"
   ​foreach ($file in $xmlContent.SoundBanksInfo.StreamedFiles.File) {
   ​	$fileId = $file.Id
   ​	$shortName = $file.ShortName
   ​	$shortName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($shortName)
   ​	$shortName = $shortName -replace '[^\w\s]', ''
   ​	$oggFileName = $fileId + ".ogg"
   ​	if (Test-Path $oggFileName) {
   ​		Rename-Item -Path $oggFileName -NewName "$shortName.ogg"
   ​	} else {
   ​		Write-Host "File $oggFileName not found."
   ​	}
   ​}
   

7. Run BatchConverter.bat, it will convert WEM files to playable OGG files. But they still has meaningless numeric names.

8. Now run BatchRenamer.ps1 via PowerShell:

   ​powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "BatchRenamer.ps1"
   

9. That is, now you have named files. Naming is not well enough, but track title is always there, sometimes even artist name too.

Bug

The game contains a bug, at least in the version I've been working with. Specifically, the playlist includes two tracks by Charbel Rouhana, "Samai Rast" and "Rewind", which are not playing in the game. Furthermore, the relative files don't exist in the game assets folder, and they are not mentioned in the SoundBanks XML either. So, I just downloaded that tracks from the Internet.

Other songs

After renaming, 47 files remain unaffected. For instance, "1052467844" (Gracie and Rachel - Let It Out) is one of them. This song sound out of place in the historical game setting. Some tracks are too chaotic for practical use. 24 of them are full duplcates. Some remains have different arrange or length. It's possible that these are drafts, mistakes (for example, Gracie and Rachel have a song named "Let" included in the game's playlist; perhaps the editor confused them), or rejected songs that were removed from the database but not from the game folder. Do what you want with them.

Here's the list of all named tracks I've got out of there this way:

These 12 tracks are presented on the original soundtrack album, and you can buy them in stores:

Track	Artist	Title	Time
1	Christopher Tin feat. Abeer Nehme	رفعتُ عينيّ (I Lift My Eyes)	5:54
2	Christopher Tin	The Augur Speaks (Rome)	5:16
3	Christopher Tin	War Elephant (Carthage)	5:11
4	Christopher Tin	Festival of Dionysus (Greece)	5:19
5	Christopher Tin	The Gardens (Babylon)	5:20
6	Christopher Tin	Zealot King (Assyria)	5:09
7	Christopher Tin	Persepolis (Persia)	5:14
8	Christopher Tin	Trade Routes (Egypt)	5:12
9	Christopher Tin	I: Tahmilah	5:34
10	Christopher Tin feat. Meena Shamaly	II: Mawwal	4:39
11	Christopher Tin feat. Meena Shamaly	III: Tarab	4:45
12	Christopher Tin feat. Layal Watfeh	IV: Tarab	3:18

Other tracks from the game:

Track	Artist	Title	Time
1	St. Nectarios of Aegina	Agni Parthene	3:47
2	Archmandrite Panteleimon Farah	Second Part of Agni Parthene	5:26
3	Father Peter Hanna	Agni Parthene In Arabic	2:04
4	Muhammad Abdul Karim	Ajam On Buzuk	4:02
5	Cappella Romana	Alleluiarion for Christmas Day	5:59
6	Daniel Gazarian	Anoush Garun (Sweet Spring)	2:54
7	Cappella Romana	Antiphon 7 Verses	3:21
8	Shoghaken Folk Ensemble	Aparani Par	3:15
9	Haissmavourk Choir	Aravot Lousaber (Ascending Light)	3:21
10	Khachatur Nercesian	Armenian Dance	4:16
11	Shoghaken Folk Ensemble	Artsakhi Par	2:40
12	Cathedral	Ascent	5:30
13	Shoghaken Folk Ensemble	Ashkharumes Akh Chim Kashil (I Will not Be Sad In This World As Long As I Have You)	4:53
14	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Atmadja Duma Strachilu	4:04
15	Einojuhani Rautavaara	Ave Maria (Gratia Plena)	4:42
16	Chad Lawson	Beauty Mark	2:51
17	Songs of Water	Belly of the Whale	3:44
18	Nour Eddine	Boudali (Spirit Name)	4:59
19	Slow Meadow	Clouds, Not Clocks	4:20
20	Dexter Britain	Creating Life	3:32
21	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas; Aaron Cain; Mark Powell	Cum Autem Venissent	1:24
22	Alistair Sung	D.S.	3:05
23	Alistair Sung	Dark Travels	2:34
24	Eric Kinny	Daydream In D for Cello	3:44
25	Chris Coleman	Deeper	2:29
26	Chris Coleman	Deeper (Extended Version)	3:28
27	Steven Gutheinz	Directions	4:04
28	Chris Coleman	Don't Go	2:54
29	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Dragana I Slavei	3:13
30	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Ei Mori Roujke	1:56
31	Tobias Jäckle, Leyla Johnson	El Helwa Di	5:11
32	Dexter Britain	Elegy	3:59
33	Hossam Ramzy	Elhawzi (Egypt)	4:19
34	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Erghen Diado	2:54
35	Shoghaken Folk Ensemble	Erva Yes - I Am Burned By Love	3:15
36	Henryk Górecki	Euntes Ibant Et Flebant, Op. 32	8:50
37	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	"Evening Hymn (""Phos Hilaron"")"	2:52
38	Chad Lawson	Falling Ocean	5:33
39	Shawn Williams feat. Philip Daniel	For Her (Solo Strings)	7:24
40	Kyle McEvoy with Peter Cavallo	For Katherine	4:00
41	Umm Kulthum	Foug El Nakhel	5:40
42	Aj Hochhalter	The Fragile Part	2:38
43	Philip Glass	Glassworks - Opening	6:07
44	Max LL	Golestan	3:52
45	Father Aghabios Abou Saadah	Great Compline	5:13
46	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	Hierarchical Entrance Rite for a Byzantine Divine Liturgy: Kontakion of the Mother of God (Mode Plagal 4)	4:05
47	Elie Apoyan	Hijaz Taqsim 1	1:54
48	Elie Apoyan	Hijaz Taqsim 2	0:49
49	Father Noula Malek	Ihmadou Al Rabba - Psalm 117	6:55
50	Future of Forestry	In the End	5:03
51	Topu	Iris	2:57
52	Nazem al-Ghazal	Kaddouka Al Mayyas / Hali Hal	5:36
53	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Kalimankou Denkou	5:11
54	Umm Kulthum	Kam Boethna Maa El Naseem	6:09
55	Harutiun Harutiunian	Katot (Longing)	2:29
56	Tobias Jäckle	King of Kings	5:06
57	Cappella Romana	Kontakion of the Cross	2:10
58	Nour Eddine	La Illah Illa Allah	5:44
59	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	Lamentatio Sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ Constantinopolitanæ	4:43
60	Gracie & Rachel	Let	3:35
61	Cappella Romana	Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence	8:35
62	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	Lift Up Your Gates - Greek	4:30
63	Kingpinguin	Little	3:12
64	Henryk Górecki	Lobgesang, Op. 76	9:25
65	Vassilis Hadjinicolaou	Lord I Call (Tone 6)	2:42
66	Eric Whitacre	"Lux aurumque(""Light of Gold"")"	3:17
67	Nour Eddine	Mawal Gnawi	2:34
68	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Messetschinko Lio Greilivko	2:34
69	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Mir Stanke Le	3:17
70	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 1	2:58
71	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 3	2:32
72	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 4	2:27
73	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 5	3:55
74	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 6	4:27
75	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 7	3:08
76	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 9	3:41
77	Henryk Górecki	Miserere - Movement 11	2:27
78	Einojuhani Rautavaara	Missa a Cappella - Benedictus	4:01
79	Einojuhani Rautavaara	Missa a Cappella - Credo	6:09
80	Einojuhani Rautavaara	Missa a Cappella - Gloria	4:19
81	Einojuhani Rautavaara	Missa a Cappella - Sanctus	4:41
82	The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares)	Mome Malenko	3:30
83	Future of Forestry	My Harp	2:16
84	Alistair Sung	New Beginnings	2:55
85	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas; Photini Downie Robinson; Kerry McCarthy	O Dulcissime	1:42
86	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	O Great Pascha	1:29
87	Audrey Assad	O Happy Fault	2:20
88	Capella Romana	Of Your Mystical Supper	4:45
89	Kavkasia Trio	Orovela	5:04
90	Seraphim Bit-Kharibi	Our Father	2:20
91	Komitas Vardapet	Ov Zarmanali (What a Miracle)	2:40
92	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	The Paradise In Eden	3:01
93	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas; Spyridon Antonopoulos; John Michael Boyer	Passion Sticheron - Gazes and Traditional	3:01
94	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Pilentze Pee	2:26
95	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Polegnala E Todora	3:38
96	Steven Gutheinz	Pool	4:14
97	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Pritouritze Planinata	2:50
98	Seraphim Bit-Kharibi	Psalm 16	5:07
99	Seraphim Bit-Kharibi	Psalm 50	5:02
100	Father Seraphim Bit-Kharibi	Psalm 50 In Aramaic (Have Mercy On Me O God)	3:51
101	Seraphim Bit-Kharibi	Psalm 53	4:17
102	Ahmed Mukhtar	Raqsat albedoi - IRAQ	5:27
103	Maqams of Syria Musicians	Rasd (Syria)	3:34
104	Charbel Rouhana	Rewind	4:35
105	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	Rulers of the Peoples - They Laid a Lawless Charge - Let Us Bring Our Senses	4:46
106	Charbel Rouhana	Samai Rast	3:49
107	Nour Eddine	Sandia	6:25
108	Blake Ewing	Sandstone	2:02
109	Alistair Sung	Searching The Unknown	2:21
110	Max LL	Secrets of Silk	2:34
111	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas; Spyridon Antonopoulos; Aaron Cain; Mark Powell	Sepulto Domino	2:46
112	Cappella Romana	Sequence	5:38
113	Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian	Sev Orer (Dark Days)	3:27
114	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Shope Shope	3:10
115	Arakel Siunetsi	Sirt Im Sasani - My Heart Is Trembling	4:38
116	The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares)	Sluntse	4:47
117	Steven Gutheinz	Sometimes	2:20
118	Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian	Sparmasetta	2:11
119	The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices	Stanka	4:22
120	Bulgarian State Television Female Choir (Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares)	Strati Na Angelaki Doumasche	2:40
121	Cathedral	Summer	6:01
122	Salma Al Assal	Tabat - Ya Habibi: Tabat (A Song of Praise)	6:54
123	Sabah Fakhry	Taqsim 2	1:04
124	Bedrudin Halibie	Taqsim On Ney	5:29
125	Bedrudin Halibie	Taqsim On Violin	2:33
126	Henryk Górecki	Three Pieces In Old Style: Movement I	2:58
127	Henryk Górecki	Three Pieces In Old Style: Movement III	4:50
128	Bradford Nyght	Torrid (Piano and Pads Only)	2:45
129	Chad Lawson	Touch	2:49
130	Nour Eddine	Toura Toura	4:21
131	Seraphim Bit-Kharibi	Tri-Personal Nature of God	3:29
132	Tobias Jäckle	Two Rivers	5:14
133	Sufi Music Ensemble	Ud Improvisation In Makam Hicaz	3:28
134	Komitas Vardapet	Unabi - Marali - Shushiki (Melody of Dances)	3:48
135	Shawn Williams feat. Philip Daniel	Unearthed (Solo Strings)	3:52
136	Tolo	Union	4:50
137	Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas	Vasilissa Ergo Gaude	3:11
138	Arnold Schoenberg	Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)	4:40
139	Cappella Romana	Vespers Antiphon	5:12
140	Philip Glass	Violin Concerto I	6:51
141	Philip Glass	Violin Concerto II	8:32
142	Philip Glass	Violin Concerto III	9:28
143	Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian	Voch Me Dzaleeg (There Is No Flower)	3:10
144	Timbre	Vows On the Hillside	4:43
145	Alistair Sung	Wading	3:02
146	Cappella Romana	When the Glorious Disciples	4:32
147	Cappella Romana	The Wise Thief	2:44
148	Elie Apoyan	Ya Karawan	2:01
149	Salma Al Assal	Ya Khalil (Name of the Beloved)	3:12
150	Hovhan Mandakouni	Yekyalks (We Are Gathered)	3:50
151	Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian	Yeraz	3:07
152	Cappella Romana	Your Bridal Chamber	4:34
153	Kino	Yule	2:18
154	The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares)	Zableyalo Agne	5:22