WMGSO Performs Coronation/Baba Yetu | Baba Yetu XV | Civilization IV

Coronation/Baba Yetu Civilization IV (2005) Composer: Christopher Tin Arranger: Alex Song Audio recording: Jimyo Lin Video editor: Avi Bardack Music Director: Nigel Horne Choir Director: Jacob Coppage-Gross Arranger notes: In the genre-defining Civilization series, players guide civilizations from prehistoric times to the space age, with different possible paths of development to victory. True to the series&nature as a celebration of human cultures, the music incorporates historic music from around the world as well as original compositions. Christopher Tin, who came on board as composer for Civilization IV, was nominated for and won a Grammy Award for "Baba Yetu," the main theme song - making this the first video game piece to win a Grammy. This arrangement combines "Baba Yetu," whose lyrics are a Swahili adaptation of the Lord&Prayer, with "Coronation," the music from the introductory video to the game. The rising cheer and excitement in "Coronation" gives way to the unbridled joy of "Baba Yetu," a piece pulsing with all the potential of a civilization rising from the soil and poised on the brink of the future. "Baba Yetu" features Kyle Jamolin as the tenor soloist and Tracy Flanders as the alto soloist. This performance was recorded live on November 9, 2019 as part of WMGSO&"Mountain Scaling, Dungeon Crawling" concert at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring, MD. The Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (WMGSO) is a nonprofit...