The Lyre Ensemble and their work with ancient texts and instruments is how I first found out about Andy Lowings and his reconstructions of ancient lyres, including the striking Gold Lyre of Ur which Andy performs on both the Civ VI and Civ VII soundtracks.

It was an honor to work alongside hundreds of world-class musicians from around the world to bring this music to life and I believe we have created something truly unique and special.

Full album details & more:
www.geoffknorr.com/fyc

To my Recording Academy friends, with first round voting underway I would be thrilled to have you consider the soundtrack for Sid Meier's Civilization VII in multiple categories.

The @civilization.2k.com VII soundtrack has been longlisted for the World Soundtrack Awards – Games Music Award 2025!

What does this mean? This is a publicly chosen award, so please vote and share with others to vote too!

Here are the details on how to vote:

The musicians and recording crew.

I had the privilege of collaborating with Egyptian-born performer, educator, and speaker Karim Nagi for the music of Ancient Egypt in Civ VII. This print hanging in his studio, along with similar wall paintings of musicians from Ancient Egypt were a guiding light for the theme.

I don't sell many of these, but it's always quite a sight when I do - score books including all of the industrial era themes and expansion cinematics in Civ VI!

The music of #CivilizationVII was featured on ABC radio's Game Show, hosted by Meena Shamaly @musophrenic.bsky.social. Check it out here:
shorturl.at/sF3av