The Civ VII main theme reveal is coming... tune in next week to The Game Awards (Thursday Dec 12)!

[Jeppetto]

It's a fine tune and fitting to the game. It is not as good as Sogno Di Volare, which you could loop for hours and never grow bored of, but it will do.

I think it is less about what it objectively "is" and more about what one subjectively "finds it to be in their opinion", as an important caveat, as great deal of people complained precisely that Songo di Volare is easy to grow tired of.

 

[evonannoredars]

Man got absolute chills when they started quoting from the Popol Vuh, love that we've got a mix of languages this time

 

[Naokaukodem]

Sorry Christopher Tin but the vibes in Baba Yetu were the tribal ones. Grandiloquent pieces such as this one, which is the same than Civ6, will just make me disable the music in the multiplayer lobby and eventually re-activate it in game. (eventually)

What a headache !

 

[Mr Jon of Cheam]

I feel a bit sorry for Christopher Tin, he set the bar so high with Baba Yetu and Sogno di Volare that he will never escape the comparison.

It's another triumph for me. A lovely piece of music that wonderfully evokes the scale and scope of Civilization. I don't know if it's my personal favourite but that doesn't really matter, it's still a wonderful piece.

 

[stealth_nsk]

I feel a bit sorry for Christopher Tin, he set the bar so high with Baba Yetu and Sogno di Volare that he will never escape the comparison.

It's another triumph for me. A lovely piece of music that wonderfully evokes the scale and scope of Civilization. I don't know if it's my personal favourite but that doesn't really matter, it's still a wonderful piece.

I'd say Baba Yetu is the high bar. Sogno di Volare never reached that level to me.

 

[Mr Jon of Cheam]

I'd say Baba Yetu is the high bar. Sogno di Volare never reached that level to me.

They're very different but equally effective imo. I prefer Baba, but I like both.

 

[Uberfrog]

I feel a bit sorry for Christopher Tin, he set the bar so high with Baba Yetu and Sogno di Volare that he will never escape the comparison.

8 years ago people felt that his Civ 6 theme would never hit the same bar as Baba Yetu did… I’m sure he’s used to it.

 

[Nikolai II]

I feel a bit sorry for Christopher Tin, he set the bar so high with Baba Yetu and Sogno di Volare that he will never escape the comparison.

It's another triumph for me. A lovely piece of music that wonderfully evokes the scale and scope of Civilization. I don't know if it's my personal favourite but that doesn't really matter, it's still a wonderful piece.

Tin's best is definitely Baba Yetu and whatever the Old World was called.

 

[Evolena]

I'm not sure yet how I feel about the music, but I absolutely love the building lyrics, and that they all have the same theme across ages and civilizations.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Baba Yetu was lightning in a bottle, and I don't expect that he'll ever hit that height again. Every composer will have a greatest hit among their other great hits, their Fifth Symphony or Hotel California.

But this strikes the notes that it needs to. Altogether Civ-y.

 

[Daigotsu Max]

The mix of languages quoting from the classics is genius, and so appropriate for the game. Absolutely love it.

(Also as someone who only started playing with Civ 5 Baba Yetu is like the ghost of Civs past I can never get rid of)

 

[pokiehl]

(Also as someone who only started playing with Civ 5 Baba Yetu is like the ghost of Civs past I can never get rid of)

Baba Yetu is a good song but is massively overrated by this fan base. Both Terra Nova and Sogno di Volare are better to me.

I never understood the hype for Baba Yetu. It’s like a meme reinforcing itself. One of those pieces of “conventional internet wisdom” that you’re never sure how it even came to be.

 

[thecrazyscot]

You know, they're all pretty good, but the only Civ soundtrack that's in my regular listening rotation right now is Beyond Earth's. So there. The Seeding is just amazing.

 

[thecrazyscot]

Having it in different languages feels thematic for Civ7. It's less abrasive than "Sogno di Volare," but still too bombastic for my tastes.

I always took you for someone who relaxed with a warm glass of milk and some John Philip Sousa marches...

 

[Solver]

I never understood the hype for Baba Yetu. It’s like a meme reinforcing itself. One of those pieces of “conventional internet wisdom” that you’re never sure how it even came to be.

I'll just say that our internal reactions when the song first appeared in Civ4 were also very positive, and that was a fair bit before the public heard it. Some people definitely prefer other themes but I can attest to Baba Yetu causing quite a few "this is really special" reactions already before release.

 

[OzzyKP]

I like the mix of languages and texts, but overall the song is boring and forgettable.

 

[pokiehl]

I'll just say that our internal reactions when the song first appeared in Civ4 were also very positive, and that was a fair bit before the public heard it. Some people definitely prefer other themes but I can attest to Baba Yetu causing quite a few "this is really special" reactions already before release.

It’s a great song by a talented composer, but I just don’t think it’s the second coming is all.

 

[Evie]

They're all very, very good musically but Baba Yetu's musical journey through the ages set it apart,

It captures the essence of Civ - the growth from the early ages of mankind all the way to more recent times - via its use of instruments (and voices), growing from human voice alone through percussion into full orchestra. None of the other themes, to me, have that same sense, and for that, while they all remain good, Baba Yetu is by far the one that fits Civilization best.

(This one's mix of multiple language and culture does make it a better fit than Sogno di Volare, though).

 

[Daigotsu Max]

Baba Yetu is a good song but is massively overrated by this fan base. Both Terra Nova and Sogno di Volare are better to me.

I never understood the hype for Baba Yetu. It’s like a meme reinforcing itself. One of those pieces of “conventional internet wisdom” that you’re never sure how it even came to be.

So much this. It just feels like part of Civ lore, like Nuclear Ghandi.

You know, they're all pretty good, but the only Civ soundtrack that's in my regular listening rotation right now is Beyond Earth's. So there. The Seeding is just amazing.

Oh absolutely. BE is underrated in many ways, and the soundtrack is a big one (my secret hope for a CIV 7 BE DLC that adds a fourth age to the game remains faint but it's there).

 

[queenpea]

One of Baba Yetu's strengths are the quiet, delicate moments, and its sense of yearning. At times you hear individual voices, while in other moments the choir dominates. I listened to BY last night after the VII theme reveal, and I woke up this morning humming the melody. There is something sticky about it.

By contrast, in the new theme "Live Gloriously", the timpani drums are banging on at 00:01. While listening to it, I am having a hard time imagining anything other than a Conquest victory. The song is epic, bellicose, and heroic. It would fit in very well in a Howard Shore epic score -- very LOTR: ROTK, in my opinion. It's very grand, very glorious, and I don't mean to be insulting to Tin or any of the contributors. However, the song mainly inspires in me the desire to burn cities to the ground.