Again in August, CD Projekt Pink correctly revealed new Witcher 3 enlargement Songs of the Previous throughout Gamescom’s Opening Evening Stay present. While I acquired to expertise a hands-off demo of the brand new content material (which I cherished), nobody within the public has but had likelihood to get their arms on the title. So, it looks as if CD Projekt Pink is doing the following smartest thing and get our, erm, ears on it as an alternative.
Milan data has in the present day releaseed what it’s calling The witcher 3: Wild hunt – Songs of the Previous (OST Gamescom 2026 EP). The discharge is a five-track EP that includes music by Magda Urbańska, Marcin Przybyłowicz and Daniel Elms. Obtainable in all places now, the EP consists of music featured within the upcoming third enlargement from the role-playing sport that we acquired a small style of final month. I believe the music units the tone properly for the decepticly bucolic atmosphere of Letten; treating us to folksy light-heartedness with an underbelly of malice and thriller.
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“Creating music for Songs of the Previous was extremely thrilling for me, however I additionally felt an enormous sense of duty,” notes Magda Urbańska in a press launch. “I vividly bear in mind the primary time I heard the music from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — it shook me to the core. That music was extraordinary then, and it stays extraordinary to this present day.
“I’ve labored with classical music for many of my life, however folks requires a totally totally different sensibility — it has its personal tone and kind, whereas additionally providing huge artistic freedom. However our roots, our Slavic heritage, are one thing greater than that — one thing that runs deep inside us, one thing that grows out of who we’re. I hope we have managed to protect The Witcher DNA in these items.”
Elsewhere within the press launch, the upcoming tracks from the sport are described as “mixing evocative orchestral writing with conventional folks influences, highly effective vocal performances, and regional instrumentation impressed by the world’s numerous cultures” – and you’ll definitely hear that within the 5 tracks launched in the present day.
Here is a fast monitor itemizing:
- Return to the Path – Magda Urbańska
- Awoken – Magda Urbańska
- Into Darkness – Daniel Elms
- What’s Performed – Marcin Przybyłowicz
- Belleteyn Evening – Magda Urbańska
Songs of the Previous’s Gamescom reveal informed us fairly just a few issues about this large enlargement – dropping over a decade after the unique sport got here out – confirming the brand new playable location as Letten, confirming a brand new romance, noting the story has been within the works for years, and telling us that the entire venture got here collectively after a sequence of glad accidents.