{"id":1186,"date":"2006-08-06T11:16:40","date_gmt":"2006-08-06T14:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2006-08-06T19:05:54","modified_gmt":"2006-08-06T22:05:54","slug":"civilization-part-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Civilization, Part 11."},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span>fter many \"Talisman<\/a> moons of playing Civ 4 (all posts on xsamplex<\/a>), I finally found out who sings that brilliant opening tune: It’s the Talisman a cappella<\/a>, a group of a cappella1<\/sup> singers and students operating from Stansford University. The song itself (‘Babu Yetu”) was arranged and composed by Christopher Tin<\/a> and if you don’t own Civ 4 yourself, you can listen to the tune right from Tin’s site<\/a> (It’s a slightly different arrangement from the game, though2<\/sup>). From the site itself, the following comment:\n<\/p>\n

The lyrics are a Swahili adaptation of the Lord’s prayer: “Our Father, who art in heaven…” This version is the original ‘Composer’s Mix’, as remastered by award-winning engineer Casey Stone. It’s available as a free download: our only request is that you email Chris if you like the song, and want to hear more like it in upcoming album projects\n<\/p>\n

Hell, yeah<\/em>. Actually, I dare to say that that song makes<\/em> the game.\n<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> A cappella<\/a>: music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.
2<\/sup> Notice that 2 K Games<\/a> uses a complete different arrangement of the very same song. (Add.: portion is part of the game’s introduction).<\/small>\n<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> I just found out that even in the latest version of WP there’s no way to edit or change attachments<\/em>. I guess, I have to dive into SQL to correct the typo in that attachment linked in this posting. Or I should rectify this by writing a small plug-in. Oh: and for some freaking scary reason I tend to write attachment as attachement<\/em>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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