[1] The win marks the first time in history that a Grammy has been awarded to a composition written for a video game.

[2] The album is a song cycle in three movements: day, night, and dawn, corresponding to life, death, and rebirth, respectively.

Many of the lyrics find their sources in important pieces of world literature, including excerpts of long works such as the Hebrew Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and also smaller verses such as the Lord's Prayer, Māori proverbs, and Japanese haiku.

[3] The album features a similarly diverse set of vocal traditions, including Beijing opera, Irish keening, and African choral music.

[3] The UK premiere of Kia Hora Te Marino was in Bath Abbey on 10 May 2014, at a concert in aid of the Royal British Legion.