MIDI Scroll: Sogno di Volare (Civilization VI Main Menu)

Back in 2016, I wrote the theme song for the video game Civilization VI: "Sogno di Volare". Today I'm sharing the MIDI Scroll from the original Logic session...
Thanks for tuning in! (more videos like this one coming soon)
#midiscroll #civ6
SHEET MUSIC:
North America: Boosey & Hawkes ([e-mail])
Rest of World: Boosey & Hawkes ([e-mail])
Vocal Score US Rental: Hal Leonard (www.halleonard.com/product/vi...)
FLACs and MP3s:
Gumroad: gum.co/CivVI
iTunes: apple.co/2eLu2Z4
Amazon: amzn.to/2eoGzgR
I've made a new (slightly re-arranged) version of this song specifically for the Royal Opera Chorus which we recently recorded at Abbey Road Studios. This new track will be the opening movement of my upcoming Oratorio 'To Shiver the Sky'!
More info at christophertin.com/albums/tos....
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“Sogno di Volare” ("The Dream of Flight")
Composed by Christopher Tin
Lyrics by Leonardo da Vinci, adapted by Chiara Cortez
Performed by Angel City Chorale, Cappella SF and the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra
Mixed by Jason Schweitzer
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Skywalker Sound, The Bridge and MRTV Studio M1
Recording Engineers: Andrew Dudman, Leslie Ann Jones, Milton Gutierrez and Giorgi Hristovski
Angel City Chorale
Music Director: Sue Fink
Cappella SF
Music Director: Ragnar Bohlin
Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra
Conductor: Oleg Kondratenko
Copyright © Tin Works, 2016
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[@muzero2642]

Civ VII: Christopher Tin as Great Musician

[@budakbaongsiah]

If Geoff Knorr is also a Great Musician.

[@TheNewGeneration-wh4kr]

Virgil Karlsson yes please

[@incognitotomato9061]

Baba Yetu and Sogno di Volare

[@tuatarian6591]

I've modden him, Micheal Curran, and Geoff Knorr as musicians into both V and VI

[@theinternetpolice2078]

Iirc, great people can't be alive irl

[@Scondoro]

Sometimes I will open Civ 6, sit in the main menu for 3 minutes and 41 seconds, and then close it fully satisfied with my experience.

[@webbowser8834]

I used to do the exact same thing with CIV 4 back when I was in High School. I've always liked video game music, but I think it was somewhere between CIV 4 and Super Smash Bros Brawl that I really started getting into it.

[@PaulusHutagalung]

i just bought this game, and i did exactly like that before and after playing i thought only i did that 😱

[@tomjackal5708]

@@webbowser8834 Audi Famam Illius is so good

[@ReallyJustAnotherDay]

Best thing about the game

[@TierZoo]

A Masterpiece

[@tristanfour6233]

What in the hell are you doing here? Lol.

[@Albert-yu1cg]

A true mystery!

[@dbneptune]

Truly!

[@robertschmidt4239]

This is the most random thing I have ever seen

[@Skyfox94]

I will never not like this track. Definitely my favorite piece. Some people may prefer Baba Yetu but for me this is your best piece so far.

[@NotMeButAnother]

I think Baba Yetu is more immediately lovable, but the more I listened to Sogno di Volare the more I started to prefer it and it eventually outgrew Baba Yetu for me.

[@losbartos5946]

Today i've played this song for my wife. Suddenly she said she got her hair standing straight on the back of her neck.... A few hours later i've tried it again and at 1.37 in it it happened again... She even told me this never happened with any song before... This is the exact moment this song is making me emotional :) People who listen to conventional music always say that the true great composers have gone.... I tell to them, they went to produce music for movies and especially videogames like Civilization. The next artform in human history will be known as Games. Thank you Christopher... please continue :)

[@jameswalsh5683]

no way is Civ6 4 years old... jesus!

[@budakbaongsiah]

Civ 5 is going to be 10 years old in September this year, too.

[@Scarletraven87]

It looks still new because it didn't had many DLCs

[@MrDaanjanssen]

Once you haven taken flight...

[@tankadar]

bruh and im still here playing Civ5 lmao

[@ripper3020]

chris is an amazing composer, an amazing human being, an amazing everything!

[@VeyahThePlayah]

Was actually singing this in my shower 30 minutes ago, and then I see this pop up on my feed what are the odds. To actually visualize the song and see how many layers it has, it makes me appreciate this beautiful song even more. 4 years, and it still hasn't lost its glory. Thank you Mr. Tin!

[@fateoffate]

I was listening to the other Sogno di Volare video. Suddenly this shows up. I love this.

[@drakewheeler8698]

I would like you to dive into the music theory aspect of some of your works. Particularly I was skimming over your work in Baba Yetu, and the constant tonicization in it is marvelous. I would love to hear your individual thoughts and analysis on your pieces. Thank you for this amazing work!

[@christophertin]

Ah, I love talking music theory! Sure, will get this in motion.

[@SylvainReveillere]

Epic! I love this song and often play it on my MP3 player or computer. Add good headphones or speaker and you are in heaven. ;) Baba Yetu is my other favorite, also from Civ and from the same composer. I seriously hope he'll compose the music for Civ VII when it gets mate. :D

[@orbemsolis]

Opened up youtube looking for music and saw this, posted 20 minutes ago.

[@sucersdungeon]

Wow amazing!!! Thank you Christopher. I especially love what you do with the choir.

[@adrianv.v.4445]

This is a glorious masterpiece that shall be remembered forever. I really want my choir to sing this, though I don't know if it'll be too complicated for us :) Keep up the amazing work!

[@youichiminagawa2554]

Booked my parents for the May 30 premiere concert of *To Shiver The Sky* and they're super thrilled! I'd have loved to come but I live 8000+ miles away. (T_T) So I just asked them to buy me a CD and get it autographed. Haha Looking forward to listening to the entire album!! :)

[@christophertin]

Look forward to meeting them!

[@OnlyHerculean]

Guess which game I am going to play now 😂

[@Omnissiah_]

a game

[@shawnfreeman3932]

Tin your work is incredible and has brought such life to the series, thank you

[@bilcal]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to the next album. Such eminently singable music! Keep up the excellent work! All the best!

[@youpeopleareallinsane]

Every single time I launch this game I listen to this song all the way through.

[@PsyckoSama]

Thank you, Christopher. Nice to have a new look at one of my all time favorite songs. Can't wait to hear the new version of it.

[@marcustraore545]

Great as always. No doubt, it's a masterpiece. It's good to hear from you Tin. Thanks for sharing it with us. Greatly appreciated.

[@kh91132]

omg the chill i get everytime i heard it thank you so much

[@DustinKrizan]

Christopher, absolutely amazing! You've been a HUGE inspiration in my music, and I commend you highly for this.

[@jmlee737]

Nicely done! It’s good to see this beutiful music still get it’s worth

[@abion224]

Even though your concert got pushed back to august, it's still completely full! I would be absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to hear this Live. I pray there ends up being openings or another concert.

[@johnfitzmaurice1028]

This was my most listened to song on my spotify wrapped over the past year.

[@mmdbyani1696]

this song is the most epic song ever, makes me feel like everything is possible if we try hard enough and gives me goosebumps every time.

[@foulkesyboyz]

What a masterpiece! I can't wait for the day I get an opportunity to watch you perform in the UK

[@vunu.]

this is so cool! thanks for the upload!

[@rainbowenlil]

Love it😍

[@keonnoh9409]

Thank you Christopher for allowing a great music experience!

[@Asteroid147]

Seeing this helps discover more details in the piece, awesome :)

[@oslik9696]

I love it!

[@gygsbill3808]

Absolutely phenomenal. No questions asked.

[@webbowser8834]

Heh, this brings back memories from my old GSO days. Glad to see you being so open with your work.

[@crafe2305]

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

[@martapowaka5804]

Amazing harmony *.*

[@gavin4513]

Amazing stuff

[@nil2k]

I would *LOVE* the opportunity to use this and Baba Yetu in a midi visualizer I am writing... This is by far my favorite video game music ever. You're definitely pulling the strings I used to think only John Williams or Howard Shore knew how to pull in me.

[@JourneyPT]

Marvelous!

[@joeltrekwars2162]

Oh nice! Didn't think you'd release this.

[@snarf1504]

I love these type of piano roll screencast videos

[@glaucialimma]

Maravilhoso!!!!!!❤❤❤

[@nikkozippo]

I can't wait for the album!

[@duVillage]

I am hyped for the new album!

[@eagles051387]

one of my favorite tracks i wish i had the time to focus on composing music like this

[@florenthuchet409]

Masterpiece

[@nicolasgraham8868]

beautiful :)

[@zhangplatix1557]

Wow this is brilliant

[@samuelssm]

a masterpiece of music, sogno di volare I heard a thousand times and I will hear a thousand more

[@captainmcduckyYT]

This is so incredible...you’re my favorite composer Chris. Love from India 🇮🇳

[@laboratory4226]

This masterpiece is marevlous, and will always play somewere in my head ! This the national anthem of humanity !

[@vgchoo]

Is there a link where i can just get the instrumental? Or a link where to purchase it? The orchestral instrumental

[@woojaekim8133]

Gosh I was trying to mock this up with Logic haha one of my favorite master piece!!

[@japhethverdida2276]

This song gave me hope amid this pandemic. Stay strong great peoples of the world!

[@user-nn9qg7or2y]

GLORIA!!!

[@19ChrisRedfield83]

EUREKA!: A great musician is born Greetings from Italy :)

[@justinm4497]

True Beauty....

[@yuchimu]

Thank you for your music, this is brilliant! Could you please tell, why you didn't prefer to use changing time sugnatures? For me first vocal pharse for example was easier to perceive if it will be like 4, 2, 4, 6 beats per measure.

[@Peanutcat]

Nice

[@GP03Dendribum]

This is definitively a masterpiece.

[@eagle56786]

I love this!! Wanna use logic as a compositional aid now, lol

[@budakbaongsiah]

Fuck yeah, this is the composer himself releasing a midi scroll to the public.

Mr Tim, you always amazes me! Too bad I could not afford those LPs.. One of those things that we can never get again.

[@user-pl8vj9jg9e]

Wow, what a faithful recreation of midi of famous CIV6 song. Where did you get the files? Wait...... oh.... opps... This song is never gets tired btw.

[@ariesnightmareanime4594]

Less than year ago I started to read the faraway paladin novel series. In the end of the first novel there was writer´s after notes. Thanks to his recommendations I found these beautiful songs. I can´t read volume two without listening to this. I hope some of you will try to read it. It deserve way more love than it has received.

[@christiehopkins]

Just awesome. Thank you.

[@LOCKi]

This is phenomenal that you’re sharing something like this! Is the official track midi, live orchestra, or a hybrid of both? I love your work!

[@christophertin]

The official track is live with a few samples for sweetening (mostly perc).

[@LOCKi]

@@christophertin It must've been amazing to hear your own work performed by an orchestra after hearing it in a DAW. I use East West until I have that opportunity! Thanks for your quick response!

[@IVZVU]

I would love to visit a Concert but you have to come to Germany first. I heard the Elbphilarmonie in Hamburg is a great Concert Hall that everyone should visit at least once :) And I am still a proud Owner of a signed Copy of Calling all Dawns.

[@christophertin]

It's an amazing concert hall!

[@XsaaGods]

So weird, I listened to this song yesterday.

[@CraftedEmpires]

I couldn't ask for a better birthday gift 😊

[@lax116]

Soy tu fan lalalalalalalaaaa :D

[@t.e.m.p.l.a.r5317]

This song is like my breakfast for every morning.

[@knowglobemore]

You should really extend this masterpiece to a whole Orchestra.

[@Saviliana]

Why do I play this with stellaris? Now I could not stop send out scientific vessals.

[@Jutka1977]

I love it and will do it in my music school with the choir! I am desperately searching for an instrumental version to use as karaoke. Can someone help? :)

[@derekuhm]

Composed by Christopher Tin Lyrics by Leonardo da Vinci

[@davyt0247]

One of my favorite video game pieces, Baba Yetu being #1 I'm not the only hoping Sid and Firaxis gets Christopher to compose the music for Civilization VII, right? Edit: I don't know of anyone who hearts comments as much as you Mr. Tin, I wish more people would do that.

[@adrianv.v.4445]

I see that you read all comments and I would like to ask you: would it be fine if I arranged this for, let's say SSTAB + Piano + Violin or a Woodwind quintet for personal use?

[@christophertin]

You’ll have to talk to Boosey and Hawkes about that!

[@Rybo-Senpai]

Whether it be Baba Yetu or Sogno Di Volare. You can't deny the mind they came from is one of the modern greats in my opinion

[@hakonandreasolaussen1949]

Coincidence that this is released just as a new dlc looms on the horizon?

[@webbowser8834]

I think NOT!

[@roadhouse7597]

MIDI video posted by Christopher Tin himself just yesterday? Uh, what?

[@ehwhoamieh1406]

Do you know Italian? If not, how on earth did you manage to compose the lyrics that sounds so good with the music?

[@christophertin]

I have Italian friends who help me!

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

😍👍

[@homemadestudios8064]

Could you please tell me what vst's you used in this version? 🙏🏻

[@christophertin]

This is a live orchestra actually!

[@bludrugo29]

I didnt know this was sung in Italian. And I'm from Italy, LOL. Great piece of art, though

[@Newnawn]

Wow, is the entire song used in the game made in logic, or was it recorded with a live orchestra afterwards? Either way, I genuinely can't tell the difference.

[@christophertin]

No, it was recorded live with a real orchestra and choir.

[@B5G2K]

First classical track i bought.

[@Sealimperialpictures]

Now since Christopher has made themes for the Religious and Science victories, when is he going to make one for Domination, and of course, E C O N O M I C?

[@christophertin]

I have a whole score dedicated to Economic... Offworld Trading Company!

[@pdorfigliodikmer1098]

I have 600 hours on Civ6, all of them are in the main menu

[@tomasborralho]

Is this VSTs?? Or a real recording?

[@christophertin]

Real recording.

[@tomasborralho]

@@christophertin thanks! Sorry to insist but, some fast legatos sound somewhat VST. Is every element of this videos audio a real recording?

[@BenjaminNaman]

This is the fastest way to make me want an epic chior vst. Any suggestions? 🤣

[@M1GarandMan3005]

Dude, you should do a collaboration with Greg Edmonson!!!

[@christophertin]

I love Greg! He's a buddy!

[@M1GarandMan3005]

@@christophertin That is AWESOME!!!!! I'm ecstatic to know that you two know each other!!!!!!!

[@fuzzypickles8692]

When Civilization VII is released, you better either compose the music for that game, or be a great person...

[@AncientArchangel000]

yes666 777!!!

[@jesusduron1511]

I actually don't like this I love it, is a masterpiece

[@user-cu9ww9tj4i]

현명함과 똑똑함도 확실치는 않아요.

[@ukyoi]

Wow! I thought it was played by real instruments.

[@christophertin]

It is! This is just a MIDI representation.

[@user-cu9ww9tj4i]

음악이 그 음악이 아니라 외계인들이 시공간에서 일어나는 움직임을 들을 수 있냐고?물어보는듯.

[@dimitriydzyuba218]

Who needs sheet music?!

[@christophertin]

I do!

[@dimitriydzyuba218]

@@christophertin me too, actually 😅