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The haunting and highly-acclaimed opening theme to the 2004 computer game Civilization IV, the lyrics to Baba Yetu are in fact a modified version of the Lord’s Prayer (“Our Father, who art in Heaven…”) sung in Swahili. This was likely a nod to the series-first introduction of Religion as a playable element in the game.

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A soundtrack from Civilization IV.

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Charonicus wrote:
28 days ago

I set my BTS screen back to vanilla so I could listen to this while setting games up. ^^

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ghchoir1 wrote:
December 2008

AND IF YOUWANT TO TALK ABOUT HAUNTING.. evo walk will make you cry when you realize that this young man was only 17 when he wrote evo walk,. the first time he played it at the concert in his 12th grade year 1999, when it was over no one could even clap cuz it justtakes your breath away.yay EDDIE!

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ghchoir1 wrote:
December 2008

no wonder eddie had them sing this song, its almost as glorious as his piece he wrote at 17 called evo walk.none other than EDDIE COVARRUBIAS!!!!!

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ghchoir1 wrote:
December 2008

reminds me of my favorite composer and piano player in this whole universe, at he age of 27.. the one and only ..EDDIE COVARRUBIAS, of whom i would walk 50 miles to see anywhere he may be playing at the moment cuz he is pure music thru and thru!!

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Phelpsphan wrote:
November 2008

Teh most inspirational song!!!! It roks!!!

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Lionsprey wrote:
November 2008

best menu music ever!

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eryn_sim wrote:
September 2008

Same here ^^ One of the greatest game songs!

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Mithris wrote:
September 2008

This song still gives shivers every time I hear it. Remarkable.

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pez0 wrote:
September 2008

oh the real version is in your "sid meier's civilization iv\Assets\Sounds\Soundtrack"

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The_Skald wrote:
August 2008

It's hauntingly beautiful.

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SoulSkorpion wrote:
August 2008

"Haunting"? It's not haunting - it's beautiful

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pez0 wrote:
August 2008

available from http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ4/music/BabaYetu.mp3

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KPATKOCTb wrote:
July 2008

Baba yetu, yetu uliye | Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina! | Baba yetu, yetu, uliye | Jina lako litukuzwe. | (there is no newline, so i used "|" character instead)

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magicalsushi wrote:
May 2008

Does it remind anyone else of British Airways adverts?

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hidekis wrote:
November 2007

Civilization IVのテーマ音楽

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cuuurl wrote:
November 2007

Baba yetu yetu

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