Gia Kancheli

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Gia Kancheli

Sound August 10, 1935

Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR

Giya Kancheli was a Georgian composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Known for orchestra, chamber, and film score music. Some of the famous films that feature his score incl…

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Kin-dza-dza!

Kin-dza-dza!

7.7 1986 Movie
Mimino

Mimino

7.6 1977 Movie
Ku! Kin-dza-dza

Ku! Kin-dza-dza

5.0 2013 Movie
Hostages

Hostages

6.1 2017 Movie
Oh, Woe Is Me

Oh, Woe Is Me

6.3 1993 Movie
Don't Grieve!

Don't Grieve!

6.2 1968 Movie
The Passport

The Passport

6.1 1990 Movie
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho

5.2 1988 TV Show
The Quickie

The Quickie

4.7 2001 Movie
Bear's Kiss

Bear's Kiss

5.0 2002 Movie
The Eccentrics

The Eccentrics

7.3 1974 Movie
Tears Were Falling

Tears Were Falling

6.3 1983 Movie

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Giya Kancheli was a Georgian composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Known for orchestra, chamber, and film score music. Some of the famous films that feature his score include Kin-dza-dza! and Mimino.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Felicità

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2024
    Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2023
    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    Movie Music

  4. 2019
    Golden Thread

    Movie Music

  5. 2019
    Bacha

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2017
    He Said «Mommy»

    Movie

  7. 2017
    Hostages

    Movie Music

  8. 2015
    Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик

    Movie Self

  9. 2014
    Sleepless in New York

    Movie Music

  10. 2013
    Ku! Kin-dza-dza

    Movie Music

  11. 2013
    Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili

    Movie Music

  12. 2010
    Sounds Under the Sun

    Movie Music

  13. 2007
    Полное дыхание

    Movie Music

  14. 2005
    Untitled

    Movie Music

  15. 2004
    National Bomb

    Movie Music

  16. 2004
    Untitled

    Movie Music

More credits
  1. 2002
    Bear's Kiss

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2001
    The Quickie

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2000
    Fortune

    Movie Music

  4. 1995
    Heads and Tails

    Movie Music

  5. 1994
    Black Clown

    Movie Music

  6. 1993
    Oh, Woe Is Me

    Movie Music

  7. 1992
    You Burn with Mad Passion for Me

    Movie Music

  8. 1991
    The Wilderness

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1990
    Oh, This Terrible TV

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1990
    The Passport

    Movie Music

  11. 1990
    Unidentified Face

    Movie Music

  12. 1989
    The Brest Peace

    Movie Music

  13. 1988
    Life of Don Quichote and Sancho

    TV show Music

  14. 1988
    That Was Last Summer

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1987
    End of the World with Symposium to Follow

    TV show Original Music Composer

  16. 1986
    Kin-dza-dza!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1986
    Full Circle

    Movie Music

  18. 1985
    Day of Wrath

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1984
    Ratili

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1983
    Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable Story

    Movie Music

  21. 1983
    A Day Longer Than Night

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1983
    Tears Were Falling

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1981
    O My Homeland!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1980
    Stray Bullet

    Movie Music