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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.

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.

References

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

External links

• Official website

• Russian male composers
• Belgian composers
• Belgian male musicians
• 1962 births
• 2015 deaths
• Belgian people of Russian descent
• Moscow Conservatory alumni