Tin talked about his efforts to make it as a composer in a 2004 profile that appeared in Stanford magazine.
CHRISTOPHER TIN, BA ’98, MA ’99, won two Grammys Sunday night. His composition “Baba Yetu” won for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. The song features the Soweto Gospel Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. However, its biggest claim to fame is that the song is the opening music for the video game Civilization IV, making it the first piece of music composed for a video game that has ever won a Grammy. Tin’s debut album, Calling All Dawns, also won a Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album. Watch a pre-award interview on YouTube.
