In a first for video game inspired music, a song from Civilization IV has been nominated for a Grammy. The nominated song was composed by Christopher Tin for the song ‘Baba Yetu.’
Baba Yetu also features a contribution from the Soweto Gospel Choir, which I suppose effectively makes them the first gospel choir in the world to be nominated for a Grammy for their contribution in a video game song.
The song has been nominated in the “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists” category. It is up against Roger Treece’s “Baby,” Vince Mendoza’s “Based On A Thousand True Stories,” Geoffrey Keezer’s “Don’t Explain,” and Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein’s “Imagine.”
The winner will be announced at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards which are being held on 13 February 2011.
The song originally appeared in Firaxis Games 2005 game, Civilization IV. Check out the official music video below.
Discuss the Grammy nomination of the Civilization IV song Baba Yetu on the MyGaming forum.
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