Baba Yetu

Baba Yetu is a musical work by the composer Christopher Tin . He composed it in 2005 when computer game designer Soren Johnson asked himto writea theme song for the computer game Sid Meier's Civilization IV . Tin and Johnson knew each other from college, they were roommates at Stanford University . The piece was recorded with the singing of Ron Ragin and the student choir Stanford Talisman, who want to convey cross-cultural stories through their music. For release on Tin's debut album Calling All Dawns it wassungby Ron Ragin and the Soweto Gospel Choir .

In 2007 Baba Yetu was published by Alfred Music Publishing , and in 2011 it was rearranged by Tin for a four-part SATB a cappella choir with optional percussion accompaniment.

Awards

On December 5, 2010 it became public that Baba Yetu was nominated for the 53rd Grammy Awards in the category "Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocal Accompaniment" . This was the first time that a piece of music was nominated for a Grammy Award that was composed for a computer game. On February 13, 2011, the song was announced as the winner of its category, making it the first soundtrack of a computer game to win a Grammy Award. At the 10th Independent Music Awards (IMAs) , Baba Yetu was also the winner in the categories “Song Used in Film / TV / Multimedia” and “World Beat Song” . The song also won two prizes at the Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) Awards in 2006.

Baba Yetu has performed in a variety of locations and events around the world, including the Royal Festival Hall , Kennedy Center , Hollywood Bowl , Dubai Fountain, and the New Year's Concert for the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly . Numerous choirs around the world have added Baba Yetu to their repertoire.

In 2016, Christopher Tin received a Guinness Book of Records entry for the first video game theme song to win a Grammy.

song lyrics

Baba Yetu's text is Our Father in the Swahili language .

Swahili	German
"Baba Yetu"
Baba yetu, yetu uliye Mbinguni yetu, yetu amina! Baba yetu, yetu uliye M jina lako e litukuzwe. Utupe leo chakula chetu tunachohitaji Utusamehe makosa yetu, hey! Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe waliotukosea Usitutie katika majaribu, lakini Utuokoe, na yule, muovu e milele! Ufalme wako ufike utakalo Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni. (Amina)	Our father who are in heaven. Amen! Our Father, hallowed be your name. Give us today our daily bread, forgive us our debts, hey! As we also forgive our debtors. Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil! Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Amen)

Web links

• Christopher Tin - Baba Yetu (Official Music Video) - Christopher Tin (tinworks) YouTube video uploaded on October 29, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Looking Back ... Civilization IV . In: Computer and Video Games . July 6, 2006. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved on December 31, 2012.
2. ^ Max Nichols: Video Games Live . September 1, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
3. ↑ Talisman featured on Civilization 4 . Stanford talisman. March 11, 2005. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 3, 2012. 
4. ↑ Baba Yetu . Alfred Music. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
5. ^ Baba Yetu - SATB . Alfred Music. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
6. ^ Mark Langshaw: 'Civ IV' theme nominated for Grammy . In: Digital Spy , December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2012. 
7. ↑ Tom Senior: Civilization 4 wins grammy for Baba Yetu six years after release . In: PC Gamer . February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved on December 31.
8. ↑ Christopher Tin . The Independent Music Awards. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
9. ↑ Christopher Tin: Composer . Tin Works. October 10, 2012. Accessed on December 31, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ^ Viva Vox Choir (Belgrade) - New Year's Concert of the 67th Session of the General Assembly . UN Web TV. January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
11. ↑ Sofia Rocher: Composer of first videogame theme to win a Grammy honored at New York City concert on guinnessworldrecords.com, accessed on May 2, 2017
12. ↑ Calling All Dawns . Christopher Tin. 2009. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 13, 2012.