CD Projekt Red and Milan Records have unveiled a musical first look at the upcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past, releasing a five-track EP on all major streaming services this week. The Original Soundtrack Gamescom 2026 EP delivers the very compositions that debuted during the studio’s Gamescom showcase earlier this year, offering fans their first sustained taste of the new region that awaits Geralt of Rivia. The release arrives as a companion piece to the freshly launched The Witcher 3 Remastered, which CD Projekt Red has simultaneously made available as a free upgrade for existing owners while bundling both prior expansions at no additional cost.
The timing could not be more deliberate. As players rediscover the decade-old role-playing game through the remaster’s plethora of updates and fixes, the studio is quietly building momentum for the next chapter in the franchise’s post-base-game story. Songs of the Past marks a significant moment for the Witcher series, as it will be the first expansion to launch after the original game’s 2015 release and the first to be developed with external help.
A Soundtrack That Shook a Composer
The newly released EP features five original tracks, each carrying its own emotional weight and regional character. The tracklist opens with Return to the Path and Awoken, both composed by Magda Urbańska, followed by Daniel Elms’s Into Darkness, Marcin Przybyłowicz’s What’s Done, and a closing track titled Belleteyn Night, also by Urbańska. The lineup reflects a deliberate blend of fresh talent and franchise legacy.
Urbańska and Elms are newcomers to the Witcher franchise, while Przybyłowicz brings decades of history to the project as the lead composer for The Witcher 3 and its acclaimed Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions. For Urbańska, the opportunity carried both thrill and pressure.
Creating music for Songs of the Past was incredibly exciting for me, but I also felt a huge sense of responsibility. I vividly remember the first time I heard the music from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — it shook me to the core. That music was extraordinary then, and it remains extraordinary to this day.
Magda Urbańska, composer
The composer’s words underscore the towering legacy she and her collaborators are stepping into. The Witcher 3’s score, shaped largely by Przybyłowicz, became one of the most beloved in gaming, and the return of even a single track from his hand on this EP signals that the studio intends to preserve the series’ musical identity even as it introduces new voices.
An Entirely New Land for Geralt
Songs of the Past will place Geralt in the land of Letten, an idyllic region hiding a sinister secret at its core. Like Blood and Wine, the expansion will unfold across an entirely new area complete with its own story, monsters, and quests, and will run roughly the same length as the 2016 expansions. Geralt, having supposedly settled into retirement, is drawn back into action by the mysteries that await in this seemingly peaceful land.
Perhaps the most notable development behind the scenes is that Songs of the Past is not being developed exclusively by CD Projekt Red. Development is being carried out in partnership with Fool’s Theory, a studio assembled from a number of veterans who previously worked on The Witcher 3. Fool’s Theory is also the team responsible for the upcoming Witcher 1 remake, making this collaboration a natural extension of the studio’s deep ties to the franchise’s earliest entries.
Looking Ahead
Songs of the Past is scheduled to launch in 2027, though CD Projekt Red has not yet set a hard release date. The studio appears to be taking its time, allowing the collaboration with Fool’s Theory to mature without the constraints of a fixed deadline. For now, fans can revisit the world through the newly released soundtrack while the remaster continues to draw new players into Geralt’s world. As the expansion’s identity takes shape through its music, story, and setting, the Witcher community is left to anticipate what sinister secrets Letten holds and how the next generation of composers will honor the series’ legendary score.
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