Kirill Pokrovsky

Russian musician and composer (1965-2015)

Kirill Pokrovsky Покровский Кирилл Владимирович
Born	(1962-03-25)25 March 1962 Moscow, Russia
Died	1 June 2015(2015-06-01) (aged 53) Ghent, Belgium
Genres	Classical, world, new-age
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, performer

Website	kirillpokrovsky.de

Musical artist

Kirill Vladimirovich Pokrovsky (Kирилл Владимирович Покровский; 25 March 1962 – 1 June 2015) was a Russian composer and musician.

Kirill Pokrovsky learned to play and compose music from a young age, before receiving classical training at Moscow Conservatory. Between 1985 and 1989, Pokrovsky played as a keyboardist for Soviet heavy metal music bands Aria and Master. Later he moved to Belgium and wrote his first solo album called BRUGGE.^[1]

Pokrovsky had a successful career as a video game score composer. He wrote the soundtrack for the Divinity series of video games produced by Larian Studios, up until Divinity: Original Sin, which he had finished work on prior to his death.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Greening, Chris (4 June 2015). "Divinity series composer and heavy metal pioneer Kirill Pokrovsky passes away". VGMO. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^ Hillier, Brenna (3 June 2015). "Divinity: Original Sin composer Kirill Pokrovsky has passed away". VG247. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ Chalk, Andy (2 June 2015). "Divinity composer Kirill Pokrovsky has died". PC Gamer. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

External links

Official website

Larian Studios

Games

Divinity	Divine Divinity (2002) Beyond Divinity (2004) Divinity II (2009) Divinity: Dragon Commander (2013) Divinity: Original Sin (2014) Divinity: Original Sin II (2017)
Other	Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)