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Baba Yetu
Christopher Tin (arr. Johnnie Vinson)
Subtitle: From the Video Game Civilization IV
General Info
Year: 2005 / 2019
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 2
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- F Horn
- Violin
- Viola
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- F Horn
- Cello
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Electric Bass
- Cello
Percussion I-II-III-IV
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Featured in the video game Civilization IV, this well-known theme includes a catchy African-sounding groove and infectious melody that all gamers will recognize. This careful arrangement allows bands of all sizes and instrumentations to perform it with great success.
- Program Note from publisher
Civilization IV (also known as Sid Meier's Civilization IV) is a 4x turn-based strategy computer game and the fourth installment of the Civilization series, and designed by Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and his video game development studio Firaxis Games. It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia, between October 25 and November 4, 2005.
Civilization IV follows some of the 4X model of turn-based strategy games, a genre in which players control an empire and "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate", by having the player attempt to lead a modest group of peoples from a base with initially scarce resources into a successful empire or civilization.
Baba Yetu (Swahili: "Our Father") is the theme song for the 2005 video game Civilization IV. It was composed by Christopher Tin. For its re-release in Tin's debut album Calling All Dawns, it was performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir. The song, when rereleased, became the first piece of video game music to be nominated for and to win a Grammy Award. This Grammy win was considered a significant milestone for the critical acceptance of music from video games as a legitimate art form, and following Tin's win the Recording Academy retitled their visual media categories to become more inclusive of video game soundtracks.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2005/2019)
- Sogno di Volare (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (2016/2019)
All Wind Works
- Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2005/2019)
- Baba Yetu (arr. Conaway) (2005/2020)
- Baba Yetu (arr. Wagner) (2005/2015)
- Sogno di Volare (arr. Brown) (2016/2019)
- Sogno di Volare (arr. Conaway) (2016/2019)
- To Shiver the Sky (2020/2022)
Resources
- Baba Yetu, Wikipedia. Accessed 15 July 2020
- Civilization IV, Wikipedia. Accessed 15 July 2020
- Christopher Tin website Accessed 15 July 2020
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Christopher Tin." Accessed 15 July 2020
- Perusal score