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The Wolf I will follow into the storm, to find your heart it’s passion displaced

THE WITCHER COMPOSERS

We have a great privilege and honor to share with you three exceptional game collections prepared by the composers behind The Witcher series. Each one of them has a different musical background, represents a different style, and uses a diverse instrument cast. At the same time, there is something they have in common – the language of perfect harmony and balance in music.

Remember the silky sounds of The Wolf and the Swallow by Mikołaj Stroiński or sublime The Fields Of Ard Skellig by Marcin Przybyłowicz? You can hear both tracks in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. What about the mysterious Dusk of the Northern Kingdom by Adam Skorupa? That's from the Witcher: Enhanced Edition.

Check out some of their credits (not only for The Witcher games) in these three collections:

- Collection by Adam Skorupa vel Scorpik
- Collection by Mikołaj Stroiński
- Collection by Marcin Przybyłowicz

Adam Skorupa
One of the most recognizable and awarded Polish composers and sound effect designers. He started composing in 1990 and was an active demoscene contributor, known as Scorpik. In 1997 Adam founded Aural Planet - one of the first Polish electronic music bands focusing on ambient/trance. In 2007 was awarded by IGN for best original video game music to the first part of The Witcher trilogy. He specializes in the comprehensive development of music and sound effects for video games, advertisement spots, and films.

Mikołaj Stroiński
Born in Nairobi, lived in Warsaw (where he grew up), Katowice (where he graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music), Boston (where he graduated from the Berklee College of Music) and, ultimately, he made Los Angeles his home where he writes and produces music in his own studio. He very much appreciates productions in which music can add a deeper layer to the content. For music helps express emotions that cannot be conveyed through video or dialogue. It contributes to making images and their underlying content multi-dimensional where music can take the audience on an intriguing journey.

Marcin Przybyłowicz
Marcin Przybyłowicz is a Polish composer, best known for his work in video games - his game credits include The Witcher saga (with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as music director), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (as a sound designer), Hard West, and many more.
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misteryo: I own 90% of all three recommendation collections.

I think I finally found the people who share my gaming tastes.
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BeatriceElysia: Witcher devs & employers?
Seems that way!
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BeatriceElysia: Are good games crippled by bad music or are bad games improved by good music?

Sounds like a good funny question.
Both. But in the case of bad music you can simply turn it off in most cases. In case of bad game on the other hand... well if the soundtrack is separate... ;-)



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misteryo: I own 90% of all three recommendation collections.

I think I finally found the people who share my gaming tastes.
Same here :-)
At first glance, I thought GOG was offering a special music bundle! LOL! I do own some of the games on that list and the music is quite epic. Sometimes I purchase game soundtracks for games I have no interest in playing or buying, just because the music is that good. ;) Oh, well, no bundle here... :( But great write-up about the composers! I love it when talented people are featured like this. Would love to see this type of thing showcased again in future sales, like with other people working behind the gaming scene (artists, programmers, sound engineers, testers, designers, etc.).
Out of all the composers, I nearly have the same amount of games on Marcin Przybyłowicz's list!

...Neat!
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GOG.com: The Wolf I will follow into the storm, to find your heart it’s passion displaced

THE WITCHER COMPOSERS

We have a great privilege and honor to share with you three exceptional game collections prepared by the composers behind The Witcher series. Each one of them has a different musical background, represents a different style, and uses a diverse instrument cast. At the same time, there is something they have in common – the language of perfect harmony and balance in music.

Remember the silky sounds of The Wolf and the Swallow by Mikołaj Stroiński or sublime The Fields Of Ard Skellig by Marcin Przybyłowicz? You can hear both tracks in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. What about the mysterious Dusk of the Northern Kingdom by Adam Skorupa? That's from the Witcher: Enhanced Edition.

Check out some of their credits (not only for The Witcher games) in these three collections:

- Collection by Adam Skorupa vel Scorpik
- Collection by Mikołaj Stroiński
- Collection by Marcin Przybyłowicz

Adam Skorupa
One of the most recognizable and awarded Polish composers and sound effect designers. He started composing in 1990 and was an active demoscene contributor, known as Scorpik. In 1997 Adam founded Aural Planet - one of the first Polish electronic music bands focusing on ambient/trance. In 2007 was awarded by IGN for best original video game music to the first part of The Witcher trilogy. He specializes in the comprehensive development of music and sound effects for video games, advertisement spots, and films.

Mikołaj Stroiński
Born in Nairobi, lived in Warsaw (where he grew up), Katowice (where he graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music), Boston (where he graduated from the Berklee College of Music) and, ultimately, he made Los Angeles his home where he writes and produces music in his own studio. He very much appreciates productions in which music can add a deeper layer to the content. For music helps express emotions that cannot be conveyed through video or dialogue. It contributes to making images and their underlying content multi-dimensional where music can take the audience on an intriguing journey.

Marcin Przybyłowicz
Marcin Przybyłowicz is a Polish composer, best known for his work in video games - his game credits include The Witcher saga (with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as music director), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (as a sound designer), Hard West, and many more.
Some of the best music ever created.
what a great acknowledgement for these artists who make games so much better. music is often remembered long after the actual gameplay and what brings the most nostalgic feelies when people recall their favorite games.


thanks for your creativity and vision
This is a great idea and I hope you follow up with similar features on various game-development roles. However, I would have appreciated a more in-depth article, perhaps adding mini-interviews and small blurbs where the composers give us their main takeaway from their work on each individual soundtrack.

That said, anything that gives exposure to the under-appreciated Seven: the Days Long Gone (Seven: Enhanced Edition) is fine by me!

Also, this reminds me that you really should bring back Gog-mixes.
Thank you for working on music for the Witcher games - you work is amazing! My most favorite soundtrack is from the Witcher 1.
Post edited June 14, 2019 by shmerl