Christopher Tin

Christopher Tin was born on May 21st, 1976 in Redwood City, CA to immigrant parents from Hong Kong. He is a two-time Grammy-winning composer, best known for his song 'Baba Yetu' from the video game Civilization IV, which was the first piece of music from a video game ever to win a Grammy award. He received his undergraduate education at Stanford University and Oxford University, studying Music Composition, Conducting, and English Literature. After winning a Fulbright Scholarship, he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in London. There, he earned an MMus with Distinction, graduating with the highest marks in his class, and winning the Horovitz Composition Prize. He is also a Sundance Institute fellow. Aside from his film and video game scores, his concert music has been performed live by many orchestras around the world, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Philharmonia, Metropole Orchestra, in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and Disney Concert Hall. He is signed to Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, and his sheet music is distributed by Alfred Publishing and Schott/EAM. He is also an in-demand collaborator, working with artists across a wide-range of musical genres, including Lang Lang, Alan Menken, BT, Ne-Yo, and Trevor Horn.