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Wojciech Kilar
Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wojciech Kilar (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕex ˈkilar]; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. His film scores…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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2025
The Nature of Beauty
Movie Music
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2022
Dracula
Movie Music
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2014
Foreign Body
Movie Original Music Composer
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2013
Wojciech Kilar. Credo
Movie Self
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2012
Krzysztof Zanussi about his collaboration with Wojciech Kilar
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Poste restante
Movie Music
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2009
Revisited
Movie Original Music Composer
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2009
Welcome
Movie Music
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2008
And a Warm Heart
Movie Original Music Composer
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2007
We Own the Night
Movie Original Music Composer
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2007
Black Sun
Movie Original Music Composer
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2005
Persona non grata
Movie Original Music Composer
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2003
Paul Grimault, image par image
Movie Self
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2002
The Revenge
Movie Original Music Composer
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2002
The Pianist
Movie Original Music Composer
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2002
The Supplement
Movie Original Music Composer
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2002
I Remember
Movie Original Music Composer
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2001
Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure
Movie Original Music Composer
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2000
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Movie Original Music Composer
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1999
The Last Days
Movie Original Music Composer
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1999
The Ninth Gate
Movie Original Music Composer
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1999
A Week in the Life of a Man
Movie Original Music Composer
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1998
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Movie Music
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1998
Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line
Movie Music
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1998
Weekend Stories: The Last Circle
Movie Original Music Composer
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1998
Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm
Movie Music
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1997
Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings
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1997
Our God's Brother
Movie Original Music Composer
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1997
Weekend Stories: Little Faith
Movie Music
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1996
The Portrait of a Lady
Movie Original Music Composer
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1996
At Full Gallop
Movie Original Music Composer
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1996
Ghost with Driver
Movie Original Music Composer
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1996
Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business
Movie Music
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1995
Faustina
Movie Original Music Composer
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1995
Legenda Tatr
Movie Original Music Composer
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1994
Death as a Slice of Bread
Movie Music
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1994
Death and the Maiden
Movie Original Music Composer
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1993
A King for Burning
TV show Original Music Composer
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1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
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