Jan Valta

Warhorse Studios

Jan Valta (1977) is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and violinist. He graduated from Conservatory in Teplice and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He is best known for soundtracks to Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025). These games were made by Warhorse Studios led by creative director Daniel Vávra, and up to this date they sold over 10M copies world-wide. Music from both games have also been performed in numerous concerts. Based on these performances, Jan won two OSA Awards (OSA is Czech Author’s Rights Society) in 2024: for most successful classical work and most successful classical composer. Besides for his co-operation with Warhorse Studios, Jan also scored i.e. the film Zbojník (Outlaw, 2023), two TV series, orchestrated scores for many projects (films, music libraries projects etc.) and created around 1000 arrangements of various genres and line-ups. As a violinist, during his studies Jan became a member of the Czech Philharmonic for two seasons. Since 1998 he’s a member of the Herold Quartet, a classical ensemble which toured about 20 countries. Jan is currently working on another unannounced project developed by Warhorse Studios.