Borislav Slavov (born 1973) is a Bulgarian composer. He has composed for a number of video games, including for

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's ''

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'' series and

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' '' Divinity: Original Sin II'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Slavov was born in 1973 in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

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. In 2002, he completed a master's degree in computer science and began working for a software company, but eventually switched fields to music. Slavov has stated that his experience in IT helped him in his later career as a video game composer, but not being classically trained was challenging and meant he had to catch up.

Works

Slavov composed the soundtrack for ''

'', for which he won the award for best music from the British Academy Games Award. He has also composed for ''

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'', '' Crysis 3'', '' Ryse: Son of Rome'', '' Warface'' and '' Divinity: Original Sin II''. '' Knights of Honor'' was the first commercial title he composed for.

Awards

References

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