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Outstanding composition by Christopher Tin for Civilization IV. This music can actually make you feel like you are witnessing the true dawn of first civilizations. He made it with all kind of modern instruments,and yet he made it sound like we are 5000 years in past. And that feeling is not easy to provide. On this clip, orchestra plays music from intro and then main game theme "Baba Yetu". In Swahili the title means "Our Father" , and the song lyrics is the Lord's Prayer rendition (also in Swahili). This clip is from Video Games Live (television special, concert on PBS.)
Video Games Live tour is a brilliant creation of Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, VGM veteran composers. The concert started on July 6, 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl, and that year there were two more concerts. Today Video Games Live have more then 70 shows a year.
Here's something interesting: Song "Baba Yetu" won a Grammy Award in 2010, but the game was launched in 2005 (wtf?!) and 2010 was released next Civilization V. Do you see a band get Grammy for an album that was released 5 years ago? Why admit something that five years ago did not? So what's that all about? In my opinion, Grammy awards are false measure of "music industry", a fraud. They ignore the music from video games for twenty years, and promote something that has nothing to do with music, and now this? I think that it's because of the success of Video Games Live. They saw that VG music has audience, smelled the money and now they suddenly like music from 2005. Or maybe the decision of who gets the prize was so difficult that it lasted five years. :)
Of course I do think that it deserves every award, but I do not think that Grammy can be called award. It seems to me more as a warning, that the leeches got an eye on the only thing that music fans have today.
Just for the record: i know that Christopher Tin released in 2009 album Calling All Dawns which includes Baba Yetu. Question still stands: why he didn't get award first time when it was published? Pay attention: this is the first VG music that has ever won a Grammy. I think that Grammy doesn't give VG industry equal chance as it gives to other Industries. Well, at least so far this is the case.
Just for the record: i know that Christopher Tin released in 2009 album Calling All Dawns which includes Baba Yetu. Question still stands: why he didn't get award first time when it was published? Pay attention: this is the first VG music that has ever won a Grammy. I think that Grammy doesn't give VG industry equal chance as it gives to other Industries. Well, at least so far this is the case.
Developer: Firaxis Games, Publishers: 2K Games & Aspyr, clip uploaded by channel PBS
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In my mind, to ignore the music from video games for long period and promote something that has nothing to do with music is a bad idea. Video games and music are the two inextricable components in multimedia world. This brings profit and popularity for games and companies .
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