Polygon has today posted an article about our most beloved composer, titled “How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy“.In the interview, the journalist is asking Christopher Tin about how he was inspired by Civ4’s opening menu, that orchestrating music for video games was still somthing rather new back in the day,… Read More »
The official Civilization Twitter account has published the 4th video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 4. In this video they highlight the new 3D graphics, great people, the religion system, and the song we all love so much that it got a Grammy, Baba Yetu. Join us for the discussion here.
The four-hundred-and-nineteenth episode of PolyCast, “News, News, and More News“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 06m34s | Leader Pass Developer Livestream– 25m48s | Civilization VI Added to Game Pass– 30m16s | April Fools from… Read More »
A few days ago we reported about a version of Baba Yetu by the National Theater of Korea (link). They have in the meantime released a concert with many of the Civ6 songs! The concert contains the title song “Sogno Di Volare”, and 19 civ themes. Watch it, it is amazing, and join us for the discussion here.
The Civilization Twitter account has highlighted a performance of Baba Yetu by the National Theater of Korea! “Baba Yetu, the Grammy Award-winning theme song written for Civilization IV, comes to life through FLASIC Game Symphony Orchestra & Choir, in the first concert ever dedicated to Civ in Korea!” If you want to discuss this performance with us, then… Read More »
Meena Shamaly, host of the “Game Show” on ABC, and who also sings in the game score of “Old World“, has interviewed Christopher Tin. They talk about his career, how he got to compose Baba Yetu, how the grammy gave him many more options, like going into opera, and why he liks choires.An excerpt from the description: Along… Read More »
Techspot has published an interview with Christopher Tin about his work, how he got to designing the music of Civ4, and how this has kick-started his career. In the interview he mentions that Civ was his dream job, with the right combination of elements which interest him, and that there is probably no other game he’d have liked… Read More »
The ClassicFM Hall Of Fame is a yearly public poll for the best classical music, and the Top 300 are played every Easter. Since 2013 also video game music has been included.This year, also our favourite composer had his entries nominated and voted in. Both his video game scores for Civ4 and Civ6 were included as a composite,… Read More »