Wojciech Kilar
Sound
Born 1932-07-17
Died 2013-12-29
Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland
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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.
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The Pianist
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Ninth Gate
We Own the Night
The Portrait of a Lady
Death and the Maiden
Theatre Macabre
Napoleon
Rodzina Połanieckich
Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure
Blind Chance
Salsa
The King and the Mockingbird
The Promised Land
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
A King for Burning
The Constant Factor
The Revenge
Ziemia obiecana
Wolves' Echoes
Wyspa złoczyńców
Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings
The Last Days
A Year of the Quiet Sun
Possession
The Structure of Crystal
Persona non grata
Glass Ball
Chronicle of Amorous Accidents
From a Far Country
Rola
Martwa fala
Rodzina Milcarków
Welcome
Wherever You Are...
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Korczak
I Remember
Dracula
Giuseppe in Warsaw
Wielka miłość Balzaka
Our God's Brother
Ciemnogród
Maria and Napoleon
Faustina
Salto
The Killer Leaves a Trace
The Doll
Turning Table
Obok prawdy
Inventory
Foreign Body
The Silent Touch
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Revisited
Family Life
Hubal
The Vampire
David
Acting
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