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The entire Witcher 3 soundtrack is a masterpiece

The composer of this piece, Marcin Przybyłowicz, is Polish. The game is also developed by a Polish studio and is based on The Witcher series of books by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. So it makes sense that the music would evoke a sound fitting of that cultural space

Everything about this game gives me chills. What a masterpiece

We Poles are very proud of all Wicher books, games and ost. Happy to hear so many people around the world appreciate them aswell :) .

Not exactly the main theme, this song was used for the main trailer of the game. This is my favourite game of the past 10 years. This game does ambient music really really well. People love just listening to “the fields of are skellig” to calm down. But a ton of music has the same kind of vocals in it that are repeated over and over, and it’s a bit of a meme now. Whenever this game is mentioned someone will say “LELELELELELELE” or “banana tiger” and it’s funny to me every time.

The soundtrack to this game is absolutely outstanding.

A lot of the witcher soundtrack is based on songs from a Slavic Folk band called Percival, hence the instrumentation and style you hear

This wasn't the main theme but I'm still glad you covered it. The actual main menu theme is called "Geralt of Rivia". Depending on the additional content you have for the game, the main menu theme can also be "Hearts of Stone" or "Blood and Wine", which are alternate versions of the original

Interesting fact about OSTs: Video game music is often composed with a specific goal in mind: that it’s (infinitely) replayable. Some games take up or over 100 hours to play. You cannot compose music for every moment in that. This means that music tracks often get replayed within a game. Composers must be taking this into account when they design the music. Ideally it’s neither forgettable nor intrusive. Would love to hear if you recognise this when listening to the music, based on your expertise. Anyway, thanks a lot for doing these videos. I really enjoy hearing your perspective.

2 seconds in and the music already gives me goosebumps. Damn what a game. I will never forget that experience.

I had one of my strongest musical moments playing this game. In the story you shipwreck on this sort of Nordic archipelago and an OST piece called "fields of ard skellig" starts to play while you look around this new world. The song itself is very different to the previous music being much more serene and calming. I recommend you listen to it, it is really a nice calming for piece of music.

The Witcher 3 has a lot of great Slavic inspired music to check out e.g a track called The Fields of Ard Skellig. If you’d like to hear another main theme, then I highly recommend the main theme of Xenoblade Chronicles. It has such a fantastic use of strings, it really moves you.

They did a live concert in 2016 of the witcher 3 OST and I encourage everyone to watch it. It's fantastic

The string instrument in that theme is "Saz" traditional long-necked folk instrument known well not only in Slavic folk music. The band that play this song is Percival (only 5 people) but have amazing power :)

About some of the things you've been wondering about: Soundtrack was made in collaboration with Polish band Percival Schuttenbach (fun fact: the band was named after dwarf from one of the Witcher books long before the first Witcher game was released). They're using such instruments as long-necked lute, Byzantine lyra, bodhrán and davul, so these are probably what we hear in this OST. Books with source material were highly influenced by Arthurian legends with some Slavic themes. Game developers reversed proportions, so the games in series are highly influenced by Slavic myths - and that's most likely why Percival were chosen to co-wrote this soundtrack, since they're known for being highly inspired by the Slavic folk music. They even released three different albums dedicated specifically to the Eastern, Western and South Slavic music. Some tracks from the OST are even simply instrumental versions of their previous work. During the vocals there is exactly one sentence with words, in the beginning: it's "słyszę tętnią [kopyta] koni", which is in Polish and means "I hear the beat of the horses' [hooves]" (I write it like this because it misses the word "hooves"). These are basically few words taken from another Percival's song (and that's most likely why they left out "hooves"), which was also adaptation of Polish poem "Upalne południe" ("Hot noon"). I guess that "hearing horses' hooves" was left in soundtrack because it quite well resonates with events happening during intro when this track is played Thanks for reacting!

The ambient music that plays in the background while exploring is worth checking out as well. Especially the Skellige stuff is beautiful.

The Witcher Games are based on Poland if I remember correctly. (If that is wrong please leave a reply) If correct your assessment of an Eastern European theme is spot on.

That's some Slavic folklore for you 😊 Same game, other two themes that are great are "steel for humans" that actually includes a folk song from Bulgaria. Sounds AWESOME! And another one, "silver for monsters"... Also great...

I like how he listens to the piece then talks about it instead of other musicians who pause every 10 seconds.

As a gamer I love the way games introduce me to new music. For example; I'm a huge Black Angels fan thanks to GTA V. As for The Witcher; they introduced me to the wonderful works of Thomas Bergersen. Just one example of how enriching video games can be.

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I love this song but it isn't the main theme, I'd say it's the track *Geralt of Rivia.* Also *Silver for Monsters* is a must listen and one of the best songs in the game. Thanks for the reaction!

I want to say something about this soundtrack because Witcher 3 is my favourite single player game and it is also made by my countrymen from Poland. So the Music itself is made by Percival Shuttenbach a Polish folk-metal band. This particular track is not any language, it has some Polish words at the begining but rest is just singing, there are some tracks of soundtrack with words like "The Song of the Sword Dancer" where there is Belarussian text or "Steel for Humans" (which is their song Oy Lazare) with Bulgarian words also "You're Immortal" from Heart of Stone expansion have Polish words. I strongly recommend you checking out more Witcher OST like these mentioned above, or others like "Hunt or be Hunted" "Silver for Monsters" and "Kaer Morhen" soundtrack. And also a game with very very good soundtrack is World of Warcraft, you can check out this one too.

The Witcher soundtrack gives me the warmest and most beautiful feeling of nostalgia. Truly my favorite game of all time

Oh God, thank you for this reaction! The music from The Witcher are one of the best, and this one in particular is the very first song that you hear when you're starting a new game, is breathtaking, and your comentary is top notch; I'm learning a lot from you. From The Witcher 3 I'll suggest the "Gaunter O'Dimm" OST. I'm so happy that I discovered your channel. Keep on!

Yay, a new video game ost video! Can you make a channel only for video game OST’s? That’s all I’m here for.

Great video. I watched a behind the scenes video for the game which showed the creation of the music (you can probably find it on KZfaq) and they brought in traditional Slavic musicians like you alluded to.

Yeah, that's not the main theme. It's the backing track for a trailer/opening cinematic of the game(which is why there are some pauses and other weird pacing that doesn't make much sense without the visuals). Still a good piece, but definitely not intended for a disconnected listen.

Thank you for the reaction. The music in this game is really unique and deep. If you have 4-5 minutes take a listen to another track from the game which is my favorite “The Fields of Ard Skellige”

Loving your videos on video game ost. As an artist I've found video games to be the complete package of all mediums of art and great games really get me moving. I'm happy to see you listen to great stuff you'd likely never experience otherwise.

I know you’ve done Ezio’s Family, I’d love to hear you react to the main themes from one of the latest games (Valhalla, Odyssey or Origins), and how it’s evolved over the years to fit the game series ❤

The Trail is the first track of the OST, and as it was said, was used for the main trailer. The game is so good and so immersive, in part, thanks to the ost, which is great. The Trail is a powerful song, but there is so much more in the OST that is difficult to choose a track. Even a track which doens't appear in the OST, White Orchard, is something impressive. Nice you're getting into this rabbit hole! Still here! Awwright!

Ahhh my favourite game!! Thank you 😭 it's so great to hear an in depth analysis of the Witcher music ❤️ my favourite songs from the Witcher are fanfares and flowers, the slopes of the blessure, mystery man, a gifted man brings gifts galore, silver for monsters, on thin ice 😊

The entire Witcher 3 soundtrack is incredible, one of my favourite soundtracks and it's absolute beautiful when playing the game.

This is so dope. I love what you do and the insight you bring. Very cool

I dont know why i have your video in my recomandations, but thx! You just put words on my feelings when i'm listening this theme.

im glad i stumbled across this channel, keep doing what youre doing man

I get chills everytime I heard this song. Just gives me so much nostalgia for when the trailer came out. Little did I know it would go down as my favorite game ever

Ori and the will of the wisps has a fantastic soundtrack you should react to

Love it when the music in a game feels like an essential character to me. Great review!

Great choice buddy! Continue this series, a lot are gems in video-games songs.

Suggestions: take your pick. :D Hades Soundtrack - Darren Korb - Supergiant Games: 1. "In the Blood" - (Finale / Orchestral - *Chef' Kiss*) 2. "The Unseen Ones" - ( basically one long metal solo.) 3. "Scourge of the Furies" - (Note: slow at beginning --> must see transition at 4:15...) Love your stuff man, keep up the good work!

I've enjoyed many of these reactions. Thank you for making them!

Thank you so much for the videos you're making

I love your rhythm interpretation. Even when the songs are slow or only have a few instruments somehow they still give you the feeling of power

I hope you could do the Kaer Morhen theme. I know it is fairly simplistic, but it is my favorite Witcher related track and always brings a huge amount of nostalgia.

I can't tell you how moving this entire game and OST has been to me over the past decade and more. I still listen to bits of the Witcher 3 OST every single day... it's how I found you! haha.

JUST STARTED playing this game this fall! Been listening the soundtrack 25/7. Amazing

almost every track of this OST is worth a listen, especially those of the "Blood and wine" Extension !

Fields of Ard Skellig is a great one, if you havent already checked it out I highly recommend

Darren Korb with his work for bastion or hades is a big recommend. I listen to that music all the time.

I love how often you dare to say "I don't know". That tells me that you really know what you know.

Hey I heard you have multiple channels, if this is the content we're talking about I'm jumping in headfirst. Liked and subbed Geebz, thanks for taking the time with this one, it's a beautiful piece.

Humans can make such lovely things. Music that can make so many people feel, farms that feed many people, art that can make the mind race. Just to name a few.

Haha, yeah I can imagine you are getting assaulted with requests since you started reacting to videogame OSTs. The well of really affecting videogame soundtracks is endless so don't expect them to let up any time soon. Even with me unleashing a few of my own in a previous video I have to restrain myself from dropping even more on you here.

Yout background changed and its great. Nice video, I love the witcher series and this song is like a trip back to the hours and hours playing the game =)

You are very chill, I appreciate your work!

For me, this OST always gives me some goosebumps at the start and evokes the image of a sword fight in the back and forth with something like a 'lady in the forest' cheering on the side.

You should listen to more of it. There are so many good tracks with a range of emotions to be had when listening.

I like your reaction, interesting to see how person can feel the music so deep. That's cool

The way this man goes into "the zone" as soon as the music starts playing. Check out his face and more specifically eyes. A true connoisseur of the art of sound.

Percival is just awesome, when working with Przybyłowicz they were told "do whatever you do normally". So they did, and Przybyłowicz made it into, this for example.

One of the few themes that almost fully express all of the emotions packed within the game in a single bit. Very powerful that one.

This makes me so happy that he enjoys this specific content. It was probably foreign to him at first but he welcomed it and loved it

Love the vids so far, seems like most videos you listen to the music on camera and give your immediate thoughts, ever thought of a second part of the video where maybe you review it again and give some more collected thoughts?

Would love to see you react to the entire album. It's a master piece.

Thank you for talking about the music from this game! It was enlightening and really cool to know (if only a little bit) more about what makes the soundtrack tick! I would recommend two pieces of music after this: 1.) Steel for Humans (especially one with lyrics), a piece of the Witcher 3 OST that plays when the main character fights against human enemies 2.) A video on youtube called: "Oj Lazare (bolgár népdal / Bulgarian folk song) - Falkafolk együttes". You weren't wrong to notice the music seemed to have a vaguely middle-eastern vibe to it at times. Though the soundtrack was performed by a Polish band, Percival, some of the soundtrack was inspired by Bulgarian and other southern Slavic musical aesthetics. The old Bulgarian folk song "Oj Lazare", a song sung for the traditional Lazaruvane procession, was adapted into an epic combat song. Anyways, I wish you the best!

If memory serves, this is also the track that plays when Geralt has his final duel with Eredin

I love you man! This feeling when person love what he doing!

This is awesome! More video game music reviews brother!

Has anyone requested any of the Studio Ghibli soundtracks yet? Joe Hisaishi is a genius.

This game has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, might be my slavic origin having a bias, but it just hits different. I'd also highly suggest 'Steel for humans' 'song of the sword-dancer' and 'fields of ard skellig', take your pick or do all of em, but they're great pieces to listen to

Interesting take on the game. Love to hear what you think of the Gaunter O'Dimm theme and O'Dimm children's song from Witcher 3. I've always found it rather haunting in both good and bad ways.

this is the type of music that get's me tears in my eyes, i love it

music starts and instant goosebumps

Nice video. I’m really enjoying your content.

This game and musics are masterpiece.

Great video for a great game soundtrack :) This "space" you're talking about is very important in the oppening cinematic of this game, "the trail" is a very fitting name for this song because the cinematic show mainly 3 characters, the first one is travelling on horseback, running away for something and finding herself in the middle of a battlefield, and the two other characters are on her trail, roaming the aftermath of the said battlefield to find clue on where to go to find the first character, and our viewpoint switch between these two scenes, so that's why there is this back and forth from nervous to a bit more calm, in one case there is the danger of the battlefield, and in the other it's the fear of maybe finding the corpse of the one they're after You should watch this oppening cinematic, it would make more sense than my poor attempt at an explanation :p

Great video would love more videos on some of the other Witcher 3 OST songs lots of different instruments and styles of songs would be interesting to hear more especially with your expertise! :D

Im so glad I stumbled into your vids. These guys also did the Cyberpunk 2077 sound tracks too.

Thank you KZfaq for this recommendation!!!!

Some of my favorite OST's from the game are "The Fields of Ard Skellig", "Whispers of Oxenfurt", "Spikeroog", "City of Intrigues", "Seeking Resonace" and "Geralt of Rivia". I remember with the first mention back in the day when just doing whatever on the computer I found a 15 min extended version of it on YT, downloaded it and put it on repeat. So soothing, a Zen-like feel to it.

The Soundtrack is sooo good. The orchestra even went on tour

Some of the mournful pieces from Witcher 3 can bring you to tears, they have the quality of a lilting, hauntingly beautiful lament.

The Company who made the "The Whitcher" games are from poland and the games based on the books from a writer from poland. For the musik, they used medievil instruments.

Video game OSTs are so fantastic. It really is one of the things that takes a game from good to great. Having to balance the music in a way that is meant to keep you hooked on a game and give you ambiance during exploration but not distract from the story or gameplay really lends to some hidden gems across game history. Even looking back at the early "8 bit" era where they had to make music that was limited by the power of the game console and the sound card they could put in them is pretty fascinating. Some of the early Legend of Zelda or Metroid music might make for a ride of a reaction. Thanks for the videos as always! 🤘

This was an interesting video. Thank you!

Such a wholesome and mature channel. As a 44 year old gamer I need more of this. Btw, I'm going to start over The Witcher 3 when the PS5 upgrade is out next week. 😁 Can't wait!

Great video, cant wait to see more Witcher reactions

You mentioned hearing an Eastern European influence in the music. The game developer studio (CDPR) is Polish, and the Witcher games are actually based on a series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Like many fantasy authors, Sapkowski takes a ton of inspiration from various mythologies and legends, but most of the Witcher world is inspired by Slavic folklore. I would highly recommend the Witcher books to anyone with a taste for fantasy and/or romantic fiction in general. If I recall correctly, I read an interview where Sapkowski mentioned that he had always enjoyed fantasy stories, but that the genre wasn’t largely respected in the USSR as it was in the west. He said it was widely considered to be droll nonsense only suitable for young children. So he essentially set out to write mature, thoughtful, complex novels to prove that fantasy should be taken seriously as art. They really are incredible books, and they inspired some of the best video games ever too. Just don’t watch the Netflix show; the characters are all bland, one dimensional shadows of their original selves, and the plot line is a confusing approximation at best. I legitimately feel sorry for Henry Cavill because I know he was a big fan of the series before being cast as the protagonist, Geralt.

Loving the impressions and your thoughts! Please do at some point God of War 2018 main theme or memory of mother; Journey - Apotheosis or I was Born for This; Made in Abyss - pretty much any song from season 1 and 2

Really makes me want to play or just watch someone play this amazing game. And the books are amazing too.

Damn shoulda done/watched the "Night to Remember" launch trailer for Witcher 3. The music in that short piece gives you a great sample of the amazing soundscapes of that incredible RPG.

I ❤️TW3! This piece is from the prologue which kind of sets the scene for the game. Gives me chills. I haven't played the two previous games, but I hope to, when I have the resources.

Oh wow, there's a friggin sitar in there?! ....huh, wow....I never realized they used it in their music! Cheers to that. I need to give this game another try. Maybe 5th times a charm xD haha

"that's a blahblahophone" killed me :D ROTFL

The Song of The Sword Dancer is my favorite from the OST. A perfect theme for whenever combat starts 🔥

Ser, your reaction can be described the same way the game can be described... Epic.

Nealy all the music in the Witcher 3 is based around the dance you perform with enemies, and I think your analysis confirms this is present in the music as well.