Wojciech Kilar
Biography
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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Movies (49)
The Nature of Beauty
Music (Sound)
2025
Dracula
Music (Sound)
2022
Foreign Body
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2014
Wojciech Kilar. Credo
as Self
2013
Krzysztof Zanussi about his collaboration with Wojciech Kilar
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Poste restante
Music (Sound)
2009
Revisited
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2009
Welcome
Music (Sound)
2009
And a Warm Heart
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2008
We Own the Night
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Music (Sound)
2007
Black Sun
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
Persona non grata
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2005
Paul Grimault, image par image
as Self
2003
The Revenge
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
The Pianist
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
The Supplement
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
I Remember
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2001
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2000
The Last Days
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1999
The Ninth Gate
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1999
A Week in the Life of a Man
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1999
The Truman Show
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Music (Sound)
1998
Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line
Music (Sound)
1998
Weekend Stories: The Last Circle
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm
Music (Sound)
1998
Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings
Music (Sound)
1997
Our God's Brother
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1997
Weekend Stories: Little Faith
Music (Sound)
1997
The Portrait of a Lady
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
At Full Gallop
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
Ghost with Driver
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business
Music (Sound)
1996
Faustina
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1995
Legenda Tatr
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1995
Death as a Slice of Bread
Music (Sound)
1994
Death and the Maiden
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1994
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Orchestrator (Sound)
1992
The Silent Touch
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1992
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
Music (Sound)
1992
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Music (Sound)
1991
Napoleon
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1991
Obrazy i dźwięki. O muzyce Wojciecha Kilara
1991
Korczak
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1990
Inventory
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1989
Turning Table
Musical (Writing)
1988
Wherever You Are...
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1988
