Somebody needs to explain why this song is so painfully familiar to me.

Like…I’ve never played any of the Civ games, and the only other song I’m familiar with by this composer is his “Baba Yetu” for Civ IV, but that doesn’t sound anything like this.

It is seriously freaking me out. Why do I feel like I’ve heard this song many, many times before? I’m usually really good at remembering when I’ve heard a song, but I’m having hella troubles with this one.

There are aspects of it that are familiar to other pieces of music I know, yes. 1:54 to 1:56-ish sounds very much like part of “The Launch” from Apollo 13 (especially with the chimes). 2:13 to 2:16 is like part of that fanfare thing they play for the Olympics (edit: which is literally called “Olympic Fanfare,” sorry, John Williams).

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I DON’T KNOW.

It’s a fantastic song, though. Fantastic. I can’t get it out of my head.

Edit: apparently “Baba Yetu” was the first music made for a video game to win a Grammy. I think this song is way better, though.

Edit 2: Here’s a live version. Live versions are always better.