Finding a good and educated composer is harder than you think. Kirill was a professional who had studied composition in the Moscow Conservatory. His tracks are always put together very well in a technical sense. Very good voice-leading, orchestration, logical usage of material etc. He was one of the best in the video game industry and I'm not saying that lightly. It's not technically true that composition for a video game or film is part of the overall process, trust me, I'm a composer (currently studying in the conservatory) as well. John Williams has said that he doesn't even look at the script when he's composing for a film and that tells you something. Music, in its very core, is illusion and sleight-of-hand. That means you CAN patch the music in after the game is completed. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on the concept, ideas and technical skills of the composer. I do hope they find a worthy successor to Kirill.
