Mikolai Stroinski

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Mikolai Stroinski
Born Nairobi, Kenya
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Occupation(s)Composer
Years active2009–present

Mikolai Stroinski is a Polish film, television, and video game music composer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Life and career

Mikolai was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and grew up in Warsaw, Poland. [5] He is a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. [6] He is known for scoring the video games The Vanishing of Ethan Carter , The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Metamorphosis . [7] [8]

Selected works

Video games

YearGameDeveloper
2014 MouseCraft Crunching Koalas
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter The Astronauts
The Witcher Adventure Game CD Projekt Red, Can Explode Games
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red
2017 Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 CI Games
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game CD Projekt Red
2018 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales CD Projekt Red
KurskJujubee
Attack of the EarthlingsTeam Junkfish
Detached: Non-VR EditionAnshar Studios
2019Bee SimulatorVarsav Game Studios
2019 Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts CI Games
2020 Metamorphosis Ovid Works
2021 Chernobylite The Farm 51
Age of Empires IV Relic Entertainment, World's Edge
2022 Diablo Immortal Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase
2024Nobody Wants to DieCritical Hit Games
2025Assassin's Creed Jade Ubisoft

Television

  • Breakthrough with Tony Robbins (2010)
  • Baby Boomer Bunnies (2011)
  • Paradoks (2012)
  • Without Secrets (2012–2013)
  • Zbrodnia (2014–2015)
  • Kaprys losu (2016)
  • The Liberator (2020)
  • Capelli Code (2021)
  • Queen (2022)

Film

  • Hired Gun (2009)
  • Modjeska-Woman Triumphant (2009)
  • Wonderful Summer (2010)
  • Marchewkowe pole (2016)
  • Over the Limit (2017)
  • Dangerous Words from the Fearless (2017)
  • Diplodocus (2024)
  • The Boy at the Edge of the World (2025)

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2015Nominated Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score - Video Game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter [9]
Nominated The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WonNAVGTR AwardsOriginal Dramatic Score, Franchise [10]
2020NominatedMusic + Sound AwardsBest Original Composition in GamingBee Simulator [11]
Nominated Game Audio Network Guild Awards Best Music for a Casual / Social Game [12]
WonBest Music for an Indie Game [13]
2021Nominated Metamorphosis [14]
NominatedMusic of the Year
Won Society of Composers & Lyricists Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media [15]

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