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I'm sure you probably already know this but for people who don't follow music as much, Baba Yetu, was the first song from a video game to win a Grammy. It was o

I'm sure you probably already know this but for people who don't follow music as much, Baba Yetu, was the first song from a video game to win a Grammy. It was originally sung by a Stanford a cappella group ( http://www.stanfordtalisman.com/ http://www.stanfordtalisman.com/ ). The composer, Christopher Tin, recently just released a new album called "To Shiver the Sky" ( https://christophertin.com/albums/toshiverthesky.html https://christophertin.com/albums/toshiverthesky.html ). Check it out if you liked the music from Civ 4 as much as we did!

29athrowaway 6y ago
Baba Yetu is a great song and is now a phenomenon beyond Civ. Unfortunately it was no longer used in the expansions (Warlords, Beyond the Sword).
- gota 6y ago
  In one of thr updates for Beyond the Sword they introduced an option to choose the menu. So you can have both the additional features and Baba Yetu! (While you're at it make sure you disable the enhanced espionage mechanics, for better gameplay. But that may be just opinion!)
  - 29athrowaway 6y ago
    Espionage and random events can be rather annoying.
    - gota 6y ago
      Right? Nothing better than having a lategame make it or break it wonder sabotaged 1 turn away from completion by cave people that you smashed to bits two and a half thousand years ago because they have been accumulating espionage points against you since the dawn of history /rant In all fairness I feel like there is a core of a very interesting mechanic there. It just doesn't gel with the fun stuff that is the rest of thr game. And don't get me started on spawning a Great Spy instead of a Great Engineer or Scientist...
      - jdkee 6y ago
        "Nothing better than having a lategame make it or break it wonder sabotaged 1 turn away from completion by cave people that you smashed to bits two and a half thousand years ago because they have been accumulating espionage points against you since the dawn of history" This quote won't age well.
        gota 6y ago
        I don't get your comment Is Civilization IV going to change? I'll welcome any update that fixes this
- Sophistifunk 6y ago
  In Civ Rev it's playing in some of the villages, which is a nice throwback.
CocaKoala 6y ago
Christopher Tin also did the soundtrack for Offworld Trading Company, an economic RTS. The soundtrack is, if you haven't heard it, utterly amazing. I highly recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giqNtBAukbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giqNtBAukbg edit: I'll also note that "economic RTS" doesn't quite do justice to Offworld Trading Company - it's a real time strategy game, but the only warfare and combat is economic. You place structures which mine resources: water, iron, carbon, and so on. These resources can be purchased and sold on the open market, or you can refine them into more advanced resources (which requires having the structure to refine them) and sell the advanced resources for a larger profit. But of course, the price of resources will constantly fluctuate based on supply and demand. Do you need to sell glass to make a profit, or can you just sell silicon to the person who wants to make glass? If your opponent has gone all in on producing steel, why not just buy all the iron on the market, corner the supply, and sell it back when the price goes up?
nine_zeros 6y ago
Baba yetu live is so so so so so good!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noneMROp_E8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noneMROp_E8 And so close to the original. As an appreciator of good composition, the goosebumps with this had me sold and feel lucky to be alive!
haberman 6y ago
I did not know, thanks for sharing!
Thorrez 6y ago
The first and (so far) only to win a Grammy. It was also the first (but not the only) to be nominated for a Grammy.

29athrowaway 6y ago

Baba Yetu is a great song and is now a phenomenon beyond Civ. Unfortunately it was no longer used in the expansions (Warlords, Beyond the Sword).

gota 6y ago
In one of thr updates for Beyond the Sword they introduced an option to choose the menu. So you can have both the additional features and Baba Yetu! (While you're at it make sure you disable the enhanced espionage mechanics, for better gameplay. But that may be just opinion!)
- 29athrowaway 6y ago
  Espionage and random events can be rather annoying.
  - gota 6y ago
    Right? Nothing better than having a lategame make it or break it wonder sabotaged 1 turn away from completion by cave people that you smashed to bits two and a half thousand years ago because they have been accumulating espionage points against you since the dawn of history /rant In all fairness I feel like there is a core of a very interesting mechanic there. It just doesn't gel with the fun stuff that is the rest of thr game. And don't get me started on spawning a Great Spy instead of a Great Engineer or Scientist...
    - jdkee 6y ago
      "Nothing better than having a lategame make it or break it wonder sabotaged 1 turn away from completion by cave people that you smashed to bits two and a half thousand years ago because they have been accumulating espionage points against you since the dawn of history" This quote won't age well.
      - gota 6y ago
        I don't get your comment Is Civilization IV going to change? I'll welcome any update that fixes this
Sophistifunk 6y ago
In Civ Rev it's playing in some of the villages, which is a nice throwback.

CocaKoala 6y ago

Christopher Tin also did the soundtrack for Offworld Trading Company, an economic RTS. The soundtrack is, if you haven't heard it, utterly amazing. I highly recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giqNtBAukbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giqNtBAukbg edit: I'll also note that "economic RTS" doesn't quite do justice to Offworld Trading Company - it's a real time strategy game, but the only warfare and combat is economic. You place structures which mine resources: water, iron, carbon, and so on. These resources can be purchased and sold on the open market, or you can refine them into more advanced resources (which requires having the structure to refine them) and sell the advanced resources for a larger profit. But of course, the price of resources will constantly fluctuate based on supply and demand. Do you need to sell glass to make a profit, or can you just sell silicon to the person who wants to make glass? If your opponent has gone all in on producing steel, why not just buy all the iron on the market, corner the supply, and sell it back when the price goes up?

nine_zeros 6y ago

Baba yetu live is so so so so so good!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noneMROp_E8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noneMROp_E8 And so close to the original. As an appreciator of good composition, the goosebumps with this had me sold and feel lucky to be alive!

haberman 6y ago

I did not know, thanks for sharing!

Thorrez 6y ago

The first and (so far) only to win a Grammy. It was also the first (but not the only) to be nominated for a Grammy.