Musical Evolution in the Civilization VI Soundtrack

In this video, I take a deep dive into Civilization VI's evolving soundtrack. The music in the game changes as you move through different technological eras, growing in scope and complexity as your civilization grows the same way.

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[KingdaToro]

This deserves a part 2. The new civs added in the expansions have some incredible music, with Scotland and Australia being real standouts.

[mikeandrews]

Interesting element at time 11:32. The first 5 letters on the top of the score spell out Civ VI

[TripleTSingt]

Ah, the good old "shitton of reverb".


Great for making me love sparce melodies since Blade Runner.

[mediocremarty]

Our people are buying your bluejeans and deconstructing your synthesizer evocations of modern pop music.

[GameScoreFanfare]

I love Civ. I have over 1000 clocked on the series. But I've always struggled with the mid-late game because I have not a lot of incentive to see the game through. Until Civ VI and its evolving music. Brazil aren't even that great of a civ but I will play them purely for that Industrial theme. 😍

Thanks for making this video. I've always wanted to do it but never knew how, so it's a weight off my shoulders. 😉

[emmbeesea]

Christopher Tin knows how to make songs that help define video game music as a genre. Both Sogno di Volare and Coronation+Baba Yetu are incredible works.

[keybladesrus]

I've never played Civilization, but this is great. I love that Scarborough Fair is used. The way the music evolves over the different ages reminds me of how the music grows as you build that town in Breath of the Wild. I really love this kind of thing.

[francisco]

As a Brazilian i feel so happy when my country is represented with some real Brazilian music

[danielmendoza]

FINALLY SOMEBODY GETS ME
I've been raving about this soundtrack since they first showed it off. I'm in love with America's theme and even showed it to my music theory class because I love it to bits. Great video!

[Ghiaman]

I totally needed this video. Civ VI is the game that kinda started my thinking about game music with the evolution of the tunes.
And yes, you're right, Brejeiro does get stuck in your head immediately, it's why I love playing Brazil. However, Waltzing Matilda for Australia is pretty catchy, too.

[felixmarques]

Honestly, I think the Age of Information part could be way more interesting than just adding some Hans Zimmer percussion to it. The Atomic Age could also do with some jazzy weirdness, tbh.

[opalen]

I've actually played one of these Civilization pieces for orchestra! We played the Seikilos Epitaph, Greece's music. Really cool! I very much appreciate this video, since I played Civ 6 I always found this musical progression through the ages to be very well made.

[cicerosflambe]

Damn, you did such a great job that I kinda wish you did a analysis on EVERY CIV's theme!

[lucashoffmannn]

Brazil's theme in Civ 6 makes me proud of being a Brazilian

[TrAnMu]

I’m glad you gave Brazil’s theme a spotlight in this. That arrangement progression is my favorite in the whole OST.

[grantgarnsey]

Civilization VI's music is so insanely amazing, I literally cry everytime I hear America, Scotland, and Georgia's Atomic Era arrangements. Seriously, watching this video just emphasizes how much Civilization VI has made my life better, even if I don't have the time to play it anymore.

[Bankai]

Showing us how the score evolves from the Stone Age to the Atomic Age? I sure hope this video’s popularity “blows up” because this video “rocks!”

[PiercingSight]

I was privileged to be able to sing Baba Yetu with Alex Boyé, and as a composer, I must say that Christopher Tin has a truly amazing talent for bringing out the most beautiful aspects of almost any type of cultural music. The other composers involved are quite talented, but I think Christopher Tin deserves particular mention.

[dylantt]

I had no clue this music existed before this video, and I greatly appreciate you making me aware of it. As someone who's still trying to learn theory, the information you provide about percussion, chord progressions, and (using) intervals in your videos is all invaluable to me. I've gotten to the point where I understand chords and chord names, but the things I just listed are still fairly foreign to me and your videos have started to help me understand them. Thank you for making these videos, and please continue to do so!

[yungplum]

Sogno di Volare changed my fucking life.