The Witcher: Season 3 - Vol. 1

Milan Records announces the June 29, 2023 release of The Witcher: Season 3 – Vol. 1 (Soundtrack From The Netflix Original Series) by composer Joseph Trapanese. Available to preorder now, the album features both an original score as well as original vocal tracks written by Trapanese for the highly anticipated third season of Netflix’s epic fantasy series.

Soundtrack From The Netflix Original Series | Vol. 1
By Joseph Trapanese

Milan Records announces the June 29, 2023 release of The Witcher: Season 3 – Vol. 1 (Soundtrack From The Netflix Original Series) by composer Joseph Trapanese. Available to preorder now, the album features both an original score as well as original vocal tracks written by Trapanese for the highly anticipated third season of Netflix’s epic fantasy series.

Trapanese returns to the series after scoring the show’s second season, this time enlisting the help of Polish folk metal band Percival Schuttenbach, who contribute their expertise in historical Slavic music to deliver an authentic soundscape for the world of The Witcher.

Making its debut today alongside album preorder is one of these many instrumental collaborations entitled “A Time Of Contempt” – listen here. The Vol. 1 soundtrack is the first of an eventual two albums of music to be released from the third season and arrives alongside the series’ Vol. 1 debut on Netflix next Thursday, June 29.

In addition to the original score tracks, The Witcher: Season 3 – Vol. 1 also features two new vocal songs performed by the series’ actors, including “Extraordinary Things” featuring actor Joey Batey as the show’s fan-favorite bard, Jaskier. Having performed season one’s viral hit “Toss A Coin to Your Witcher” and its follow-up “Burn Butcher Burn,” Batey continues to be a mainstay across the series’ music, yet again contributing his vocals to “The Ride of the Witcher,” an anthemic collaboration between Batey, Trapanese, and Percival Schuttenbach as well as the first introduction to the music of the new season.

'I am excited to share another sneak peak with the fans into our work on Season 3 of Netflix's 'The Witcher.”
The new season's storyline explores Geralt's mythology more deeply and boldy than ever before, and demands an equally compelling and grand score. I couldn't be more thrilled by Percival Schuttenbach's incredible performances on 'Time of Contempt' and throughout our new soundtrack.' - Trapanese

About The Witcher Season 3

As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, determined to protect his newly reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it.
Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where she hopes to discover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery.
They must fight back, put everything on the line — or risk losing each other forever. 

About Joseph Trapanese

Joseph Trapanese began his film scoring career as the key collaborator on some of the most memorable scores of recent cinema history – as arranger and orchestrator for Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy, co-composer, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor for M83’s Oblivion, and co-composer and co-producer with Mike Shinoda for The Raid series.

Known for integrating his extensive classical training with his skill producing electronic music, he has crafted uniquely hybrid and inventive scores for a number of films including director Joseph Kosinski’s 2022 sci-fi thriller Spiderhead, Nicolas Cage’s genre-bending 2021 Sundance selection Prisoners of the Ghostland, Disney’s 2019 live-action remake Lady and the Tramp, Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista’s buddy cop action-comedy Stuber, Mads Mikkelson’s 2018 Cannes selection Arctic, Universal’s landmark rap biopic Straight Outta Compton, and the second and third installments of the Divergent series, Insurgent and Allegiant.
In addition, he has leant his innovative sound to Netflix’s The Witcher (for which he also writes original songs, including the viral hit “Burn, Butcher, Burn”), the critically acclaimed original series Shadow and Bone, and interactive projects for Disney Interactive, EA, Lucasfilm, and Ubisoft.

He has continued to work as a collaborator on projects including The Greatest Showman (song producer and score co-composer), as well as album projects and live events with Aloe Blacc, Amon Tobin, Dierks Bentley, Dr. Dre, The Glitch Mob, Haim, Halsey, Janelle Monae, Kelly Clarkson, Kendrick Lamar, Moby, S. Carey, Sohn, Zedd, and many more.

As a conductor, Joseph has appeared with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, AUKSO Poland, and numerous festival and studio orchestras.

( - Sony Music Masterworks - White Bear PR - )

More info at: Official Web Site Netflix