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

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. Between 1985 and 1989, Pokrovsky played as a keyboardist for Soviet

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. 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

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, up until '' Divinity: Original Sin'', which he had finished work on prior to his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pokrovsky, Kirill Russian male composers Belgian composers Belgian male musicians 1962 births 2015 deaths Belgian people of Russian descent Moscow Conservatory alumni