Christopher Tin

[Biodome 714]

Christopher Tin, an American composer, who gained fame through his choral piece Baba Yetu for the video game Civilization IV, is now launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund his upcoming album, To Shiver the Sky. It will feature a song cycle based on his most recent piece, Sogno di Volare, written for Civilization VI. The campaign features some pretty nice rewards, ranging from basic things, like downloads of his albums, to signed copies of CDs, a signed study score for the new album, a hand-written page of the orchestral arrangement of Baba Yetu, and even personalized and unique short themes written for the backers by the composer himself! On the high-tier rewards, you also get tickets to performances, rehearsals and world premieres of his music, as well as masterclasses with the composer.

For those who haven't heard of Christopher Tin, I'd describe his music as having a style of grandness and majesty. He really enjoys writing in dozens of different languages, featuring ethnic music from all over the world, put in a modern, Western-style, orchestral context. Some of his critics describe his songs as unnecessarily pompous, although his fans often cite that as one of the attractive points.

 

Here's his Kickstarter announcement: