Boosey & Hawkes, a music publishing company, has interviewed our favourite composer, to talk about his work for Civ7.They ask him about details for Live Gloriously, the change from 20 years ago with Baba Yetu to now, and his future plans.An excerpt: Ironically the Civilization team gave me way more creative freedom in the past than on this… Read More »
We got a range of interesting news again! First, another video about the partnership between the Shawnee and Firaxis has been posted.Various members of the tribe talk in the video about the importance of the Shawnee language, and Firaxis talks about how this knowledge and culture was used for Civ7. Discuss this video with us here. Second, Gamespot… Read More »
Obviously it is a busy day today, therefore the next news item! The official trailer for Civ7 has been released, check it out and discuss it here. PCGamer has also released a short (15 min) background video on the various decision in Civ7. You can watch it and discuss it with us here. Christopher Tin has also commented… Read More »
Polygon has today posted an article about our most beloved composer, titled “How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy“.In the interview, the journalist is asking Christopher Tin about how he was inspired by Civ4’s opening menu, that orchestrating music for video games was still somthing rather new back in the day,… Read More »
The official Civilization Twitter account has published the 4th video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 4. In this video they highlight the new 3D graphics, great people, the religion system, and the song we all love so much that it got a Grammy, Baba Yetu. Join us for the discussion here.
The four-hundred-and-nineteenth episode of PolyCast, “News, News, and More News“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 06m34s | Leader Pass Developer Livestream– 25m48s | Civilization VI Added to Game Pass– 30m16s | April Fools from… Read More »
A few days ago we reported about a version of Baba Yetu by the National Theater of Korea (link). They have in the meantime released a concert with many of the Civ6 songs! The concert contains the title song “Sogno Di Volare”, and 19 civ themes. Watch it, it is amazing, and join us for the discussion here.
The Civilization Twitter account has highlighted a performance of Baba Yetu by the National Theater of Korea! “Baba Yetu, the Grammy Award-winning theme song written for Civilization IV, comes to life through FLASIC Game Symphony Orchestra & Choir, in the first concert ever dedicated to Civ in Korea!” If you want to discuss this performance with us, then… Read More »