The Witcher 3 Took My Breath Away.

[@jonneyg22]

There is so much missing from this video. So many breathtaking songs from the Witcher 3. Definitely need a part 2 with Kaer Morhen, the fields of ard skellige, cloak and dagger, Pricilla’s song 🥹. Edit : I forgot to add Spikeroog 😬

[@barnuner]

Fields of ard skellige is such a special song. Truly beautiful.

[@wimvangelder]

Spikeroog is missing too sadly

[@jonneyg22]

@ going to edit my comment to add that too. .. so many amazing songs

[@umairasif15]

Witcher 3 has the best music I have ever heard in a video game.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

The Wolven Storm is so beautiful too, and Geralt of Rivia is straight up Polish Avengers theme which sounds so awesome.

[@WhiteWolf1708]

I can't believe they didn't suggest the best song from the series Pam pam param pam pam param its such a moving and inspirational piece

[@Just2Ddude]

I know exactly what song you mean. Its that legendary haha!

[@Aaron-ui9tj]

At least they got "Banana Tiger".

[@евгенийнаседкин-м7ж]

"Youre immortal" yes?

[@евгенийнаседкин-м7ж]

"Youre immortal" yes?

[@FanEAW]

it is, everytime i hear it i take a 1 hour meditation break. my current campaing is at 200 hours. still havent gone to novigrad or skellige. help.

[@kneuper3081]

Witcher 3 has one of the best music in Gaming history. Also both DLC's

[@_MrToast_]

The Blood and Wine soundtrack is just magical.

[@ITAmich]

Fun fact: most members of the folk band Percival who performed the OST and played all of the historical instruments were self-taught and couldn't read sheet music (only one finished music school) so they basically told them "Ok then, we'd like a song roughly like this, go nuts" and they did. If you'd like to know more, there is a developer diary about that here on YT, the title is: "Creating The Sound - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Official Developer Diary"

[@KeytarArgonian]

Even funner fact: The group Percival are named after the character Percival Schuttenbach, the gnome from the Witcher books, who then went on to play music in the Witcher games.

[@rrolf71]

@@KeytarArgonian Actually, "Percival" was originally just a side project created by musicians of the folk-metal band Percival Schuttenbach...

[@owlnemo]

The scene that goes with "The wolf and the swallow" is an emotional rollercoaster. It's the mark of a great song that you can feel it without having played the game.

[@Polinka198]

The Wolf is the White Wolf - Geralt and the Swallow is Zirael - Ciri. And the song plays when Geralt finally finds Ciri

[@videogamemovies7398]

@@Polinka198 ...when Geralt finds Ciri and believes her to be dead.

[@kamilkrupinski1793]

Only psychopats don`t cry in the moment Ciri wakes up.

[@tseeker5578]

That song and scene marked me for life.I will always tear up when I see or just hear it.

[@Sacrificial_Spaghetti]

No fields of Ard Skellig? You'll have to do yourself a huge favor and listen to that sometime.

[@AlatarIstari]

And 'Flowers and fanfares'.

[@mamuf]

I loved simply roaming through Skellige just because this played in the background. Amazing!

[@heron619]

This needs a part 2 and maybe even a part 3 ASAP! So many great pieces missing like Lullaby of Woe, Fields of Ard Skellig, Gaunter O'Dimm's Theme, Priscilla's Song, Kaer Morhen, Farewell Old Friend, Family Matters. Mind you majority of these pieces are around 2 minutes long so don't be too intimitaded by the amount of tracks everyone is recommending :D

[@rafazatylny3222]

Oh yes, Silver for Monsters, also known as Lelelele song.

[@heron619]

Oh yes, Steel for Humans, also known as Banana Tiger song.

[@ryanrob-m2z]

Seeing lelelele gives me flashbacks to asmongolds transmog competitions, when that song would come on chat would go wild haha

[@heron619]

@@ryanrob-m2z Ah a fellow Roach I see

[@ryanrob-m2z]

@heron619 lelelelelelelelelele

[@ShlaQNormandy]

@@heron619 What have you done... I can't unhear it now

[@maxbuchanan8869]

Alot of Slavic influence in the music for these games I believe since they are polish and Slavic mythology heavy. Very unique style which is why everyone can identify the songs immediately

[@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457]

I also like 'The Fields of Ard Skellig', 'Gaunter O'Dimm's theme', and 'Tretogor Gate' (and of course Priscilla's song and 'Lullaby of Woe'). Such an amazing game.

[@abstractnonsense3253]

Ah, yes, Tretogor Gate. Fantastic one.

[@remyrimmm3123]

The end of Gaunter’s theme is One of the most dramatic, intense and captivating pieces I’ve ever heard

[@Quadro2K1]

Shame, it's not in Spotify

[@alextrill1746]

Don't worry, she'll probably come upon The Fields of Ard Skellig in other games. That stock theme is so good many superb games used it.

[@antonkazda]

Its polish folk music and the band is called Percival. They were hired for Witcher 3 project and it just feels real.

[@Cnith]

My 2 cents: Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le Le My other sents: Love this game and its soundtrack. I sometimes play it instead of the music in WoW, when I grind things that take a long time, to make it less boring. Great reaction!

[@matthieuzglurg6015]

"Wine Wars" is from the Blood & Wine DLC which takes place in Toussaint, a part of the world that is heavily inspired from southern France and Northern Italy. That's why you hear some arcordéon in it. The softer woman voice is also a theme across the whole B&W soundtrack (compared to the very raw voice in the main game's soundtrack). the "wine wars" is a quest where two vineyards are in competition with each other and you are hire as a witcher to get each vineyard rid of the monsters that cause them trouble

[@nezfromhki]

The Wolf and the Swallow is definitely one that always gets me misty eyed. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game next year (crazy it's been that long), the studio is doing a musical tour with an orchestra playing songs from the soundtrack and I so hope they're going to do one in Helsinki where I live. I would pay anything to get a ticket and cry my eyes out when hearing the music in person.

[@voxstelarum]

Fyi, the ost is made by a folk band called Percival. They have performed the songs live and they sound as magnificent as in here

[@dnlkr]

I'm not saying you're wrong, but to add more context, a lot of the songs are rewritten songs from their older albums like Oj Dido from 2008, such as Sargon which is the base for Silver for Monsters. Many of them are Witcher original though.

[@markkettlewell7441]

I think the stringed instrument I the basolia.

[@voxstelarum]

@@dnlkr didn't know that. Will check their old songs then, thanks 🙏

[@DOGosaurus_rex]

silver for monsters steel for humans and banana for the tiger (🎶Banana tiger 🍌🐯🎶)

[@lurkingdrake4193]

Silver for monsters, Steel for Humans is literal. Witchers carry 2 swords as monsters are weak to silver.

[@alarathael9631]

*some monsters are weak to silver, others are weak to steel o/

[@dud5606]

Both are for monsters, only that the steel sword also comes in handy when defending yourself against bandits.

[@unlimited971]

Meat for who?

[@dnlkr]

@@alarathael9631 Most magical creatures/monsters are weak to silver, in the games literally all of them. In the book the silver sword, since it's a silvered sword that can chip quite easily, is reserved for the more troublesome creatures like high vampires because silver is corrosive to "magically-attuned" creatures. For game purposes Silver just bypasses the defenses Monster-class enemies have vs Steel, and this includes all "Monster" type enemies, from drowners to the Wild Hunt. Just because you can also kill monsters with steel doesn't mean they aren't weaker to silver.

[@cbearer5850]

You should do a follow up video. There's more than just combat or tense music in The Witcher 3. It has lovely songs all around.

[@israelamericano-sanchez3130]

I spent a long time hunting down what that stringed instrument is. The one that sounds muted but like a very old violin. It is called a Rebec, an ancestor to the violin.

[@sw-gs]

Language they sing in proto-Slavic that was used in mid 900's (10th century) on lands of Russia, Lithuenia and Poland.

[@MadMinstrel]

There is not a single language that is proto-Slavic. It's just a haphazard collection of what we know about the languages in the area where writing in something other than latin was very, very uncommon.

[@Turalcar]

@@MadMinstrel Greek was more common. And it's not haphazard

[@23s_15]

On Rus' lands not russian (with a soft "s" sound). Modern russian teritories have taken that name only in 1721. Especially if you talk in context of Rzeczpospolita you definitely mean Rus' lands not Grand Duchy of Moscow or later Tsardom of Moscow.

[@sw-gs]

@@23s_15 I meant original Kievan Russia arround 9th century.

[@Turalcar]

@@23s_15 I think they meant modern borders

[@siliqua4584]

Thanks to this comment section, I’ve got acquainted with “banana tiger” 🤣 I have never heard it like that, and now I won’t be able to unhear it. I’ve used to hear it like “balala tayda”

[@Blue_Lunacy]

Steel for Humans is apparently a remix version of a song that the band "Percival" had in their album, which was a traditional Bulgarian wedding song. And I agreed with most comments. There are many songs that wasn't covered here. Oh... And in case anyone might have missed it, there is a 1.28 hour of the soundtrack concert with full orchestral and Percival band with an opera singer. Search for 'Video Game Show - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Concert 1080p'

[@klaudiaamarcinek]

I am so freaking proud that Polish music can be so surprising to people! In my opinion the best of this music and voices is that live they sound exactly the same, with the same power, incredible! And also: you should listen to the full version of Ladies of the woods, you will be really shocked then :D

[@dariuszdarekdabrowski]

The amazing voices of Katarzyna Boromirska and Joanna Lacher from Percival create an amazing atmosphere in these songs. It's a shame that Joanna doesn't work with him anymore, but this new girl is also good

[@Boreasnorm6391]

Skellige, and the boss music for Detlaff are some of my favorite pieces of all time. Never mind video games. This music is truly special.

[@NickT9330]

I cried listening to the last song. We need a part 2, please.

[@Torrin516]

Priscilla's song from The Witcher 3 OST is one of my favorites. I'm 1000% positive it will be right up your alley

[@jackbeckett2838]

If you like the voice of Joanna - the lady you mentioned having the grit in her voice, definitely check out the band behind the sound, Percival. Their original sound is the backbone to the Witcher soundtrack, which includes many of their songs (Silver for Monsters is one). Songs like Pasla (the live versions are better) really showcase her vocal ability. Katarzyna has an incredible voice too and can get into that distorted territory.

[@Leishtek]

Legendary calibur music. Whenever anyone discusses what the greatest videogame soundtrack of all time is, Witcher III has to be a part of the conversation. I've been blown away by it for 9 years now.

[@Mrfailstandstil]

yoooo may 19-th 2025 will be 10 years already, i remember coming from work and playing tw3 till 2 am haha

[@justinsanderson3630]

As much as I love this soundtrack you haven't even scratched the surface of the best tracts... I'd say you should do a part 2 of the witcher 3

[@kneuper3081]

Ladies of the Wood --> best Sidequest I've ever played in a Game

[@janeq1618]

Play Witcher 3 for: gorgeous visuals, soundtrack that goes hard, challenging combat that perfectly suits the music, a story that will make you Feel Things, multiple possible endings depending on your choices, and coincidentally there's smut. Like, a generous helping of it.

[@hoang2312]

My last two brain cells during exam: BANANA TIGER & LELELELELE

[@Skarbona15]

Emily... "The Fields of Ard Skellig".... please, just that song. You will not regret this decision. BTW... I like your content.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

I love Skellige's theme

[@b-KvazaR]

"You're Immortal" and "The Night of Long Fangs" are also pretty good

[@Drazden8]

The wolf and the swallow. That scene never fails to tear me up.

[@kamilidziak9229]

the band is called Percival and they apparently hand made some of instruments they use to sound true slavic, worth to see the live concert of theirs for the game may I say

[@almas4663]

We need more! Particularly Bloody Baron's theme, Velen's theme, and Gaunter O'Dimm's Theme (Including "A Gifted Man Brings Gifts Galore")

[@carloscanas4215]

8:10 BANANA TIGER, BANANA TIGER 😂

[@unkn0wngu4rd1an]

F U.... I can't unhear that now XD X(

[@loslibrosdecarangi]

You need to do a part 2 with Kaer Morhen, Ard Skellige, and Pricilla's song, please we beg you!

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

Knowing the context behind "The Wolf and the Swallow" makes it hit even harder

[@montytheblueblur]

Heck yeah! Emily listening to Witcher 3 OST! What a sweet surprise! 😄 Basically Witcher 3's soundtrack sounds so tribal because it is made in the Slavic culture by a polish compositor Marcin Przybyłowicz and polish folk-metal band Percival Schuttenbach. They really outdone themselves with this one and it shows! Glad you enjoyed it! Greetings from Poland 🙌 Definitely recommend making a part two and checking out other tracks as people name out here in the comments! For one I want to recommend is "The Slopes of The Blessure" from Blood and Wine DLC! It's absolutely one of my favourites

[@Gamejone_123]

Joanna Lacher is the female lead vocalist, she's into that Eastern European mystique/vikings style of music, very underappreciated talent.

[@igorbueno5729]

The Witcher 3 is definitely an all-time masterpiece of the gaming industry.

[@RikkiTikkiTavi290]

Needs a Part 2 video, so much good music in Witcher 3.

[@gideonevans9717]

You NEED TO do a part two!! This is one of my most favorite games ever and there is still sooo much you need to listen to!!!

[@vigilante6611]

8:03 BANANA TIGER

[@tiffk5768]

Would love to see your reaction to “the beast of beauclair” and “you’re immortal?” From the game! A few more epic/up beat themes.

[@SyntheticParanoia]

Steal for humans is in-game soundtrack for combat, but the lyrics are actually for a wedding song Source: I am Bulgarian, who was surprised to actually understand the song's lyrics. It suddenly occurred while I was fighting a vampire in the game. 😅

[@curtisbrack3398]

Awesome. I've never seen anyone do reactions to the Witcher's fantastic music. You definitely need to do another round. There's so much more good stuff in the soundtrack.

[@mamuf]

The soundtrack for The Witcher 3 is one of the best things I've ever heard. It's a masterpiece. Marcin Przybyłowicz and the band Percival did such an amazing job! I have to listen to the whole thing again some day (including the OST for the two expansions).

[@Spellbreaker3]

One of my favourites from The Witcher 3 is The Mandragora from Blood and Wine. It has a notable use of the Hurdy Gurdy, an instrument I was introduced to through this game.

[@DavidsPSVitaAccount]

This game has such an incredible soundtrack that it'd be criminal not to recommend you listen to every song, but if you do a part 2 (please) you should listen to "Kaer Morhen", "Fields of Ard Skellige", "You're... Immortal?", "The Slopes of the Blessure".

[@Synthia17]

Crazy that after all those years and multiple playthroughs I still get goosebumps immediately with the first few notes of a witcher 3 track. Oh and I forgot, if you like these, I suggest watching the witcher3 concert :) Also edit: Funny you noticed the vibe change in Wine Wars, since that's a dlc track and it's a huge difference of setting than the main game!

[@fuzekle]

Part 2 please! :D The banks of sansreteur, the fields of ard skellige, lullaby of woe, the slopes of the blessure - these are amazing and longer

[@fuzekle]

Slopes of the blessure and fields of ard skellige is a MUST! to listen to

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

The thing that sound for you like gituar could be Saz or something similiar to rebec, called Gęśle. Flute is probably sopilka. If you like this shreeking voice check "pani pania zabiła - percival shutenbach". I'm not sure if this is the same vocalist but vibe is very similiar. But its from times before percival went full folk. Last song is extremely tearbending if you have context.

[@numbos8]

The Slopes Of The Blessure, The Musty Scent of Fresh Pâté, On the Champs-Désolés, Fanfares And Flowers, The Banks Of The Sansretour, Blood And Wine. I recommend these songs from the Blood And Wine DLC for The Witcher 3.

[@J_B1987]

First, The Wolf and The Swallow.. God, that ending 🥲 To answer your question: Witchers carry 2 swords.. A steel one for humans, a silver one for monsters.. Yes, it is related.

[@Kondiqq]

By the lore, both swords are for monsters. Silver sword is for monsters that came to the world when the conjunction of spheres happened, the steel one is for monsters (and animals) who originally lived in the world. And you need to use your precious silver sword for humans too, steel will do. It sounds nice as titles of the songs, so they used that.

[@senhorbidu16]

Is missing the best one: The Wolven Storm (Priscilla's song)

[@liamfoleysound]

If you do a part 2, Fields of Ard Skellig should be included, it’s originally a Scots Gaelic song called Fear a Bhata and has such a beautiful melody

[@Civil_Disguise]

Love the instruments in this soundtrack. I know they use a tagelharpa for many of the songs and I'm all for it.

[@hjorturerlend]

The music for TW3 was done by the neo-folk band Percival. Band name is a Witcher reference. Most of the combat music is made up of redone Percival tracks. The instruments you are thinking of are the Turkish saz/baglama and Greek lyra.

[@Andrewexploded]

The Fields of Arg Skellige not being on the track list is more shocking than any twist M. Night Shyamalan has done in years.

[@b-KvazaR]

"On the Champs-Désolés" is a gem

[@timwhitman3207]

This is an amazing game, you need to do a part 2 with all the songs people have listed here in the comments!! Please!

[@MezaN69]

Polish writer, slavic / Polish musical instruments. The more slavic themed are performed by a band named Percival Schuttenbach.

[@George_Reyes]

You should listen to The Fields of Ard Skellig! It’s a completely different feeling from all the tense combat music.

[@Demonolog-83]

This is the power of Slavic folklore. Especially now when the countries of old Europe are forgetting about their beautiful culture.

[@onederwize8202]

🎶Another round for everyone🎶

[@Rofyle-e4v]

The game and lore is based on 14th century Slavic folklore. The vocals are in Polish.

[@vincent4805]

First BG3, and then Witcher 3! What a treat. I'd suggest you also listen to Fields of Ard Skellige, and Wolven Storm (Priscilla's song) from Witcher 3. The latter is not included in OST but it's an in-game musical performance (watch the clip) To complete the wonder OST for 'three-quels', may I suggest Heroes of Might and Magic 3 soundtrack?

[@mindadarksight2676]

If you haven’t already I Highly recommend Playtime with Percy‘s OST its amazing and the developers worked so hard

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

Fun Fact: the band that composed this does a lot of Metal these days. It is Percival Schuttenbach.

[@kakutoja7060]

I love Slavic music! It always makes me want to move my body sooooo much!

[@jeroenvanos9653]

In my opinion the Witcher and the NieR franchises have the best game music of all. If you haven't checked out NieR: Replicant and NieR: Automata music, I highly recommend them!

[@999maza]

Subbed for a part 2, tons of comments here with great recommendations!

[@astrojeet]

Now you have to listen to the Thronebreaker OST. It is arguably better than the Witcher 3.

[@N5FX]

Do a part 2 please 😊

[@implicitmintjulep]

Yup gonna need a part 2 for this...

[@markkettlewell7441]

The music is superlative. You should watch the videos of the performers. Traditional Polish instruments paired with an amazing orchestral backing 😅

[@EasyGameEh]

15:47 in game it's 10 times that

[@timwhitman3207]

Silver swords are used for monsters: "Silver for Monsters" Steel Swords are used for humans and mortals: "Steel for Humans"

[@aasimarGER]

Lady of the Woods, check out the cover videos from Dyrante you can see what instruments are used... the strange sound is a Hurdy Gurdy

[@fiechu]

You shoud listen gaunter o'dim theme and "you are imortal" both are from heart of Stone (idk English name) and its my favourite part of the wither 3

[@BartłomiejMAZUR-y3l]

See how the soundtrack was created: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF7NoJqQnNyZaa8

[@mamuf]

Totally recommend everyone who loves The Witcher 3 soundtrack to watch this one!

[@adershwarrier]

We need part 2 for this

[@Haazheelt]

My prefered ones are Aen Seidhe and Velen. Beautiful musics too.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

Been trying to find time to play this, there's so much to do and I've barely scratched the surface even at 15+ hours.

[@Cnith]

Yeah if you do the two DLCs as well it will take some 150-200 hours I reckon.

[@ssjbargainsale]

With modding and stuff, I've put more than 1k hours into the witcher 3. Not scratching the surface at 15h is an understatement.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

@@ssjbargainsale I'm sure it's more like 40+ hours, even then it's still the same statement. I've actually beaten like 8 other games since starting The Witcher 3. I haven't gotten back to it because well, I have a lot of games. As with Skyrim, this is a game that takes months. I'll get to it, I just kinda need to check off priorities first.

[@fuzekle]

@@DarkKnightBatman420 40+hrs is Blood and Wine DLC alone. it all depends on how many side quests youre doing though.

[@MisjonenKomi]

Odd selection, but I guess it's a multi-parter, or more on her patreon ^^

[@Khaos87NG]

The Witcher 3, Bloodborne and God of War are for me personally top 3 OST’s of all time

[@markkettlewell7441]

I wouldn’t refer to the music as tribal, since it can evoke negative connotations. Instead I would refer to it as traditional Slavic folk music.

[@lorgrenbenirus]

Just to add, not "tribal" but "folk". Eastern Europe wasn't the land of savages, main "model" were villages where village elder was the central figure, authority over everything. Then there were towns and cities. And yes, "The Wolf and The Swallow" is indeed a sad theme, but it has it's moment. If you plan to play the game then you will see, if not then just search the net for "Witcher 3 Geralt finds Ciri" or similar keywords and check the video clip from that moment, it'll explain everything.

[@Pichuuh]

Please make a part 2! There are so many others

[@JS-vj1il]

There have to be seperate videos for the DLC music.

[@LourdessApekatt]

You're immortal, Possession of Jarl Udalryk and Hail to Caranthir would be cool to see a reaction to!

[@AtamanBG]

Most of the songs were composed by the Percival Schuttenbach band. If you want to check what instruments they play, you may be interested in this live concert: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6TdoKSFoaZ5maM

[@jankowalski6338]

Just 'Percival'

[@fnubbl7792]

Don't mind me, just a casual request coming here: I would REALLY like you to check out the Terraria Calamity Mod OST. Why the random Mod and not the Vanilla soundtrack? Well, while Vanilla is amazing as well, here's the deal. Basically, the madman DM Dokuro decided to casually compose a one or two symphonic masterpieces for this Mod, which is, remind you, merely a fan project. No, he didn't really get paid for it, he did it because he wanted to. The community for some reason reacted with a whole lot of toxic backlash or rushing him to do more, which eventually lead him to quick. Now though, it's even more popular than the Vanilla OST, and for good reason. So here are my requests: 1. Tale of a Cruel World 2. Raw, Unfiltered Calamity 3. The Devourer of Gods nonstop mix (A combined piece of three individual tracks) 4. Roar of the Jungle Dragon 5. Stained, Brutal Calamity Most of them are really long, but that's either because they loop once and basically play twice, which is the case for 1, 2 and 4, or, as I said, they're coming near symphonic masterpieces, both in sound and length.

[@younlongou4071]

Fields of ard skellige wasn’t in this video?

[@TheJohmac]

I think this is the first time I've seen someone react to a soundtrack from a game, and I can't imagine a better soundtrack. But to me it's like smelling pie without tasting it, or seeing the back of mount Rushmore. A great experience to be sure, but a bit of a diservice to yourself.

[@TheJohmac]

At least check out the cinematic trailers.