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Wojciech Kilar
Composer, Additional Credits
Born July 17, 1932Died December 29, 2013 (81 years)
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Wojciech Kilar (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕex ˈkilar]; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. His film scores have won many honors including the best score award for the music to Ziemia obiecana / The Promised Land in 1975, followed by the Prix Louis Delluc in 1980 for the music to Le Roi et l'Oiseau / The King and the Mockingbird, and an award at the Cork International Film Festival for the music to From A Far Country (1981) about the life of Pope John Paul II.
One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1993 which received the ASCAP Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers in Los Angeles, nominated also for the Saturn Award for Best Music in a science fiction, fantasy, or horror film in San Francisco in 1993. In 2003, he won the César Award for Best Film Music written for The Pianist, at France's 28th César Awards Ceremony in 2003, for which he also received a BAFTA nomination. The Pianist (soundtrack) featured his "Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940" with the other 10 tracks being works by Frédéric Chopin. The music in the movie includes pieces by Beethoven and Bach.
The vast majority of Wojciech Kilar's work remains undiscovered by the music public at large, despite having written music for well over 100 films, including: Bram Stoker's Dracula, Death and the Maiden, The Portrait of a Lady, The Ninth Gate, Pan Tadeusz, The Pianist, Zemsta, and We Own the Night.
Wojciech Kilar (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕex ˈkilar]; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. His film scores have won many honors including the best score award for the music to Ziemia obiecana / The Promised Land in 1975, followed by the Prix Louis Delluc in 1980 for the music to Le Roi et l'Oiseau / The King and the Mockingbird, and an award at the Cork International Film Festival for the music to From A Far Country (1981) about the life of Pope John Paul II.
One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1993 which received the ASCAP Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers in Los Angeles, nominated also for the Saturn Award for Best Music in a science fiction, fantasy, or horror film in San Francisco in 1993. In 2003, he won the César Award for Best Film Music written for The Pianist, at France's 28th César Awards Ceremony in 2003, for which he also received a BAFTA nomination. The Pianist (soundtrack) featured his "Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940" with the other 10 tracks being works by Frédéric Chopin. The music in the movie includes pieces by Beethoven and Bach.
The vast majority of Wojciech Kilar's work remains undiscovered by the music public at large, despite having written music for well over 100 films, including: Bram Stoker's Dracula, Death and the Maiden, The Portrait of a Lady, The Ninth Gate, Pan Tadeusz, The Pianist, Zemsta, and We Own the Night.
Wojciech Kilar Filmography
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| 1978 | Ziemia obiecana (TV Series) |
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| 2003 | Paul Grimault, image par image · as Self |
| 2014 | Foreign Body · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Revisited · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | And a Warm Heart · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | We Own the Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Black Sun · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Persona non grata · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | The Revenge · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | The Pianist · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | The Supplement · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | The Truman Show · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Our God's Brother · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Cwal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Fantôme avec chauffeur · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Death and the Maiden · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | A King for Burning (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula · as Orchestrator |
| 1992 | The Touch · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Korczak · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Stan posiadania · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Turning Table · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Turning Table · as Musical |
| 1988 | Wherever You Are... · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Blind Chance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Chronicle of Amorous Accidents · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | A Year of the Quiet Sun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | From a Night Porter's Point of View · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Rodzina Polanieckich (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Camouflage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Leper · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Shadow Line · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | The Third Frontier (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1975 | The Promised Land · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | A Woman's Decision · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | The Catamount Killing · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Illumination · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Hubal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Perla w koronie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Theatre Macabre (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Family Life (1971) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Pierscien ksieznej Anny · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Cruise · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Salt of the Black Earth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Tylko umarly odpowie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Przygody Pana Michała (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1969 | The Structure of Crystal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Zbrodniarz, który ukradl zbrodnie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Lalka · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Our Folks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Westerplatte Resists · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Bicz bozy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Cala naprzód · as Music Director |
| 1967 | Chudy i inni · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Salto · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Wyspa zloczynców · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Echo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Spotkanie w 'Bajce' · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Nikt nie wola · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Moonwalkers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Television Theater (TV Series) · as Composer |