Baba Yetu - Peter Hollens & Malukah

Peter Hollens and Malukah performing the Grammy Award Winning song Baba Yetu for Civilization IV by Christopher Tin. It won "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)" category in 2010, becoming the first (and as of this writing, the only) song written for a video game to be nominated and win a Grammy.

The soundtrack to Journey by Austin Wintory would get nominated in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category in 2012/2013, but lost the prize.
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ChaosEnginesays...

Just to be devils advocate... I didn't enjoy that at all.

Boring, middle of the road, trendy, and saccharine.
For christ's sake, it's the "Our Father" translated into Swahili, purely for the sake of having some kind of "magical africa" nonsense that belongs in the Lion King.

Sorry, but it's just awful.

articiansays...

I feel like this is one of the most moving songs humanity has ever produced. I recoiled when I discovered it was some christian nonsense, but with some healthy introspection I couldn't bring myself to hate it just for that (even though I really, really want to!).
If it's good, then it's good.

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