#Baba Yetu

[bermudarhombus2]

is this too niche

[ayotofu]

this may be my favorite performance of baba yetu....... like i miss the soloists but i love what they did instead its fun and full of energy yall should check this out

[mossnobody]

Got high listening to baba yetu on repeat while a girl was trying to sext me

[kimludcom]

Baba Yetu - Stellenbosch University Choir

[floridianfireflyfaith]

The fact that we have this video of people from all walks of life singing the most joyous and chilling version of “Our Father” I’ve ever known on NATIONAL TELEVISION just makes me so happy.

A glimpse of heaven. 💖

[ancient-rome-au]

babe, wake up! new [title theme music to Civilization by Christopher Tin] just dropped!

includes lyrics from:

The Iliad

Beowolf

Popol Vuh

The Ramayana

[touhouweed]

mechanically I adore Civ, I can spend hours upon hours playing what essentially boils down to a numbers game, but I can't help but feel uncomfortable with how Civ depicts and celebrates colonialism

[bermudarhombus2]

my brain's current 1:30am thoughts are how baba yetu is the greatest song ever composed and it truly will never be surpassed by any piece of music ever and it is the theme song for civilization 4.

if baba yetu has 1000 fans, i am one of them

if baba yetu has 1 fan, i am that fan

if baba yetu has 0 fans it is because i am dead

forever and always i will love you baba yetu by christopher tin

seeing this piece live was lifechanging

[vgtrackbracket]

Video Game Track Bracket Round 2

Herlock Sholmes - Great Detective of Foggy London Town from The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

vs.

Baba Yetu from Civilization IV

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Herlock Sholmes - Great Detective of Foggy London Town:

you’ve just been sholmed

Baba Yetu:

How many game songs can say they've won a grammy AND ALSO go on to be popular pieces for choirs to perform?

[thefloatingstone]

It's fucking embarrassing how long it took me to realise that "Baba Yetu" from the Civilizations 4 intro is the "Our Father" prayer 😭

[vivarium-waters]

A fin appears above the water...

TWs: Heavy religious things (Christianity to be exact)

This Post was made by: Mod Starfish! ★

Name(s): Knights◞ Nicholas◞ Spirit◞ Axl◞ Trinity◞ Scott

Nickname(s): Nick◞ Rin◞ Scotty◞ Logic

Title(s): The Prince of Light◞ The Believer◞ The Lost Sheep◞ The Prodigal Son

Age: Ageless◞ phys/ment 16

Gender: Nonbinary◞ Demiboy◞ Angelgender

Pronouns: They/Them◞ He/Him◞ It/Its◞ Wing/Wings◞ 🪽/🪽s◞ Hy/Hym◞ Song/Songs◞ 🎵/🎵s◞ Wri/Writes◞ Poet/Poets◞ King/Kings

Sexuality: AroAce

Source: Hetalia - Knights Templar

Role(s): Preacher

Front Triggers: Any mentions of the Bible◞ seraphims◞ whenever someone is asked to pray

Signoff(s): -🎵◞ -🪽◞ -✞

Personality: A quiet young man, he enjoys singing, dancing, and worship. He speaks in a rather formal tone, and people often think he's an airhead since he zones out quite a bit. The only time he doesn't zone out is when they're worshipping. They consider wingselves one of God's angels and thus tries hard to share the Bible. They usually are the first to volunteer to pray or do anything Bible-related. They also have four wings on their back.

Aesthetic/s: White ouji◞ Harajuku

Quote/s:

Likes: Worship◞ researching religions (esp. Christianity)◞ singing◞ dancing◞ makeup◞ flowy/formal white clothes◞ music◞ instruments (esp. piano)◞ light◞ poetry

Dislikes: Rude people◞ loud sudden unexpected noises◞ darkness◞ anyone who doesn't comply by hys moral standards.

Songs: Hell's Comin' With Me (Poor Man's Poison)◞ Kyrie (Mr. Mister)◞ Baba Yetu (Christopher Tin)◞ Soldier, Poet, King (The Oh Hellos)◞ Harpy Hare (Yaelokre)◞ Runaway (AURORA)

URLS: /sonoflight◞ /hymnsofgod◞ /theholyone◞ /houseofgod◞ /hisfollower◞ /godschosenone◞ /thelordsfavorite◞ /theangelnicholas

Banners:

Quirks: Hides their eyes, either with their hair or with a bandana. They claim this is for religion, but the real reason is unknown. They also enjoy wearing capes outside of the innerworld to emulate the feeling of wings.

Typing Example: "Salutations! I am the Knights Templar, but you may refer to me as Nicholas."

Handwriting Example:

Voice Example: Yonkagor

Faceclaim/s: @/pip0h

Other: They sort of have a god complex, also tends to refer to others as their species, often bursts into song, sometimes stops midsentence to write things down (usually for their poems), angelkin, has a british/french accent, normally only lets close friends refer to wing by nicknames/petnames.

[morkaischosen]

Like many people, I was first introduced to this because I moved in choir circles when I was at school; and on that note if you're enjoying this as a piece of choral music I'd like to recommend Calling All Dawns, the song-cycle Christopher Tin later expanded this piece into. It's twelve songs, grouped into movements for Day, Night and Dawn, taking influences from different cultures and musical traditions, and I think it's absolutely beautiful.

[jollygood21]

Baba yetu, yetu uliye

Mbinguni yetu, yetu amina!

Baba yetu, yetu uliye

Jina lako litukuzwe.

Utupe leo chakula chetu

Tunachohitaji utusamehe

Makosa yetu, hey!

Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe

Waliotukosea usitutie

Katika majaribu, lakini

Utuokoe, na yule muovu e milele!

Baba yetu, yetu uliye

Mbinguni yetu, yetu amina!

Baba yetu, yetu uliye

Jina lako litukuzwe.

Ufalme wako ufike utakalo

Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni.

(Amina)

Baba yetu, yetu uliye

Mbinguni yetu, yetu amina!

Baba yetu, yetu uliye

Jina lako litukuzwe.

Utupe leo chakula chetu

Tunachohitaji utusamehe

Makosa yetu, hey!

Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe

Waliotukosea usitutie

Katika majaribu, lakini

Utuokoe, na yule muovu e milele!

Baba yetu, yetu uliye...

Jina lako litukuzwe...

[swiftrunnerfelidae]

the biggest mistake the Civilization series ever made is that after making the absolute banger that was Baba Yetu they didn't immediately make that the theme song of the entire franchise.

[mildmayfoxe]

please can i pick your musical brain 👀 i'm losing it over the cover of 'bridge over troubled water' by jake collier/yebba/tom legend/tori kelly rn and i wondered if you knew any songs/groups/artists that are similar? i was trying to figure out what it is and was like. secular choral a cappella??? but uhhh not having a lot of luck finding things in the same vein and you came to mind as someone with musical knowledge!

ok HELLO my friend i'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long!! for those interested this is the jacob collier troubled water arrangement which similarly truly blew me away; it's an absolutely stunning piece of vocal arrangement and show of vocal talent that without exaggeration brought me to tears the second and third time i listened to it. a really spectacular arranger and musician- he's won five grammies, one of which for his lionel richie all night long arrangement which is also a lot of fun but a different vibe.

unfortunately i don't have a lot of suggestions for you! the obvious place (to me) to head is just straight to gospel choir. that's where you're going to find the most similar sweeping vocal harmonies like this, especially if you find some big groups. when i was looking around for similar pieces i found the civilization iv theme baba yetu composed by christopher tin & featuring the soweto gospel choir (which is a group i am definitely going to be listening to more of later). christopher tin also composed waloyo yamoni which also just blew me away- i cried!! soweto gospel choir is also in an arrangement of that on spotify, but the youtube link is for a live performance with a different choir- although the male soloist was really spectacular.

otherwise i feel like you could almost just start listening to OPERA if you wanted! you can also find a lot of really fun harmonizations in bluegrass and country music, though nowhere on the scale of big choral arrangements. here's flowers on the wall by the statler brothers for a country example which i enjoy, and here's nobody knows by pastor tl barrett & the youth for christ choir for a gospel song i've enjoyed recently too. since i deviated into more instrumental-heavy stuff with the christopher tin compositions just for fun here's october by eric whitacre which is just an intermediate concert band piece but it's my personal favorite i've ever played because the beauty of it all layered together is unreal. pick out the trumpet lines in there and imagine me playing that. GREAT piece imo. real sweeping triumph and melancholic wistfulness.

LASTLY here's the wikipedia pages for grammies for best arrangement, instrument and vocals and best arrangement, instrumental and a cappella which probably have lots of other interesting things to check out, both in winners and nominees! jacob collier's on both lists.

if anybody has another other suggestions please let me know!! i'm not an expert by any means and honestly my musical knowledge is only mediocre, so would be happy to hear what other people have to suggest :)

[ask-roachsanderson]

I am lightheaded every time I play it, but it's actually not the worst. The worst is Baba Yetu which is a song from Civ 4. It has no key signature, it just has accidentals throughout the piece and fucked up time signatures. It and the other really hard piece are of Wednesday.

Swarm looks scary, but it's not terrible as it turns out.

You're so much cooler than I am for being able to do that