He won a Grammy Award for Civilization IV

Sid Meier's popular turn-based strategy video game series won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.

The industry’s most acclaimed music awards gala has now been held for the 53rd time, however, Civilization IV is the first video game to win a Grammy Award. The menu music for the game was made with the help of Baba Yetu and Soweto Gospel Choir. Our Readers who have not yet heard Christopher Tin’s masterpiece here can now make up for this shortcoming.