Where did the Witcher 3's music come from?

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I don't own the Witcher, but my room mate does, and while sitting here checking the forums, he's been playing it on the TV behind me, and I quickly found myself way more distracted with a familiar melody coming from his game...it was bothering the hell out of me until it hit me.

I don't know the name of the track in The Witcher 3, go ahead, call me a lazy OP....I could care less, tbh - but I did notice none of the artists affiliated with the HOMM4 OST were affiliated with The Witcher 3's OST.

So I could jump to conclusions and say they stole it, but that seems rather ignorant. I'm wondering if this melody is part of an arrangement that is part of public domain, and if it is, what is the original arrangement?

EDIT:
fixed the song posted. Thanks to Eden for correcting me on that.

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That song isn't in the Witcher 3 as far as I can tell.

Do you mean this one

(edit: i may have l;inked the wrong one i posted it after listening to this thinking it was the same but it sounds different, heres the full sound track)

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Quite possibly. Thanks for correcting that for me.

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It (the version that the witcher used at least) is in the public domain (yay public domain), its an old Scottish gàidhlig song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_a%27_Bh%C3%A0ta

edit: the song is, but not there rendition.
For those who do not wish to click

Fear a' Bhàta (translated The boatman) is a Scots Gaelic song from the late 19th century, written by Sìne NicFhionnlaigh (Jean Finlayson) of Tong who was courting a young fisherman from Uig, Dòmhnall MacRath. The song captures the emotions that she endured during their courtship. The part of the story that is rarely told is that they were married not long after she composed the song.

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