Baba Yetu (arr. Conaway)

From Wind Repertory Project
Christopher Tin

Christopher Tin (trans. Matt Conaway)


Subtitle: From the Video Game CIVILIZATION IV


General Info

Year: 2005 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.50


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Ashiko (Congas)
  • Bass Drum
  • Caxixi (Maraca)
  • Chimes
  • Marimba
  • Shakers
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

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

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • Punahou Academy (Honolulu, Hi.) Wind Ensemble (Grant King, conductor) - 6 April 2023
  • Triangle Wind Ensemble (Cary, N.C.) (Evan Feldman, conductor) - 30 May 2021
  • Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Eric Criss, conductor) - 16 April 2021


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


Resources

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