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.

Most Famous Work

Average

3

Theatre Macabre

(1971) Original Music Composer

Average

8

The Truman Show

(1998) Original Music Composer

Average

8

The Pianist

(2002) Original Music Composer

Average

7

Bram Stoker's Dracula

(1992) Orchestrator

Average

8

Ziemia obiecana

(1978) Music

Average

6

The Ninth Gate

(1999) Original Music Composer

Average

7

We Own the Night

(2007) Original Music Composer

Average

5

Fantôme avec chauffeur

(1996) Original Music Composer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2003	Himself	Paul Grimault, image par image 2003-11-25 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Original Music Composer	Foreign Body 2014-10-17 Movie
2009	Music	Poste restante 2009-05-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Revisited 2009-04-01 Movie
	Music	Welcome 2009-03-11 Movie
2008	Original Music Composer	And a Warm Heart 2008-09-26 Movie
2007	Original Music Composer	We Own the Night 2007-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Black Sun 2007-06-15 Movie
2005	Original Music Composer	Persona non grata 2005-04-01 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	The Revenge 2002-10-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Pianist 2002-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Supplement 2002-04-01 Movie
2001	Original Music Composer	Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure 2001-01-26 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease 2000-09-08 Movie
1999	Original Music Composer	Pan Tadeusz 1999-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ninth Gate 1999-08-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Week in the Life of a Man 1999-06-26 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	The Truman Show 1998-06-04 Movie
	Music	Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law 1998-04-28 Movie
	Music	Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line 1998-04-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Weekend Stories: The Last Circle 1998-03-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm 1998-03-24 Movie
	Music	Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm 1998-03-24 Movie
1997	Music	Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings 1997-09-19 Movie
	Music	Our God's Brother 1997-06-08 Movie
	Music	Weekend Stories: Little Faith 1997-03-24 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	The Portrait of a Lady 1996-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	At Full Gallop 1996-04-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fantôme avec chauffeur 1996-03-20 Movie
	Music	Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business 1996-03-19 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	Faustina 1995-03-22 Movie
1994	Music	Death as a Slice of Bread 1994-05-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death as a Slice of Bread 1994-05-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death and the Maiden 1994-05-04 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	A King for Burning 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Orchestrator	Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Silent Touch 1992-09-30 Movie
	Music	Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel 1992-08-20 Movie
1991	Music	Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe 1991-04-01 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	Korczak 1990-05-06 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Inventory 1989-10-23 Movie
1988	Music	Turning Table 1988-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wherever You Are... 1988-09-11 Movie
	Music	Salsa 1988-07-09 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	Blind Chance 1987-01-10 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	Chronicle of Amorous Accidents 1986-11-24 Movie
1985	Music	Power Of Evil 1985-08-01 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	A Year of the Quiet Sun 1984-09-09 Movie
1983	Music	Credo... 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Music	Imperative 1982-04-01 Movie
	Music	Versuchung 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	Music	From a Far Country 1981-09-15 Movie
1980	Music	The Contract 1980-11-17 Movie
	Music	The Constant Factor 1980-06-04 Movie
	Music	The Beads of One Rosary 1980-03-24 Movie
	Music	The King and the Mockingbird 1980-03-19 Movie
1979	Original Music Composer	Ways in the Night 1979-09-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	From a Night Porter's Point of View 1979-06-01 Movie
	Music	Rodzina Połanieckich 1979-03-04 Movie
	Music	Rodzina Połanieckich 1979-03-04 TV Show
	Music	David 1979-02-27 Movie
1978	Music	The Spiral 1978-09-21 Movie
	Music	Ziemia obiecana 1978-05-21 TV Show
1977	Original Music Composer	Camouflage 1977-01-28 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	The Leper 1976-11-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Shadow-Line 1976-09-06 Movie
1975	Original Music Composer	The Catamount Killing 1975-11-12 Movie
	Music	Znikąd donikąd 1975-08-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Promised Land 1975-02-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Woman's Decision 1975-01-21 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	Hipoteza 1973-10-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Illumination 1973-09-29 Movie
	Music	Jealousy and Medicine 1973-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hubal 1973-09-03 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Pearl in the Crown 1972-01-27 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Theatre Macabre 1971-10-01 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Family Life 1971-09-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ring of Queen Ann 1971-04-02 Movie
	Music	Przystań 1971-01-29 Movie
	Music	Gwiazda Wytrwałości 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	The Cruise 1970-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lokis, a Manuscript of Professor Wittembach 1970-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mountains at Dusk 1970-04-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Taste of the Black Earth 1970-03-06 Movie
1969	Original Music Composer	Only the Dead Can Answer 1969-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Structure of Crystal 1969-10-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Criminal Who Stole a Crime 1969-10-07 Movie
	Music	Loneliness of the Couple 1969-02-07 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	The Doll 1968-12-12 Movie
	Music	Ostatni po Bogu 1968-10-12 Movie
1967	Music	Stajnia na Salvatorze 1967-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Folks 1967-09-15 Movie
	Music	The Killer Leaves a Trace 1967-08-18 Movie
	Music	Bicz Boży 1967-07-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Westerplatte Resists 1967-07-01 Movie
	Music Director	Full Ahead 1967-04-14 Movie
	Music	Skinny and Others 1967-02-24 Movie
	Music	Return to Earth 1967-02-03 Movie
	Sound	The Vampire 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Music	Bumerang 1966-11-08 Movie
	Music	Maria and Napoleon 1966-10-04 Movie
	Music	Katastrofa 1966-02-22 Movie
	Music	Tomorrow Mexico 1966-02-11 Movie
1965	Music	Trzy kroki po ziemi 1965-09-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Salto 1965-06-10 Movie
	Music	Obok prawdy 1965-03-19 Movie
	Music	Późne popołudnie 1965-02-18 Movie
1964	Original Music Composer	Echo 1964-09-25 Movie
	Music	Giuseppe in Warsaw 1964-08-07 Movie
	Music	Ciemnogród 1964-01-01 Movie
1963	Music	Mansarda 1963-09-27 Movie
	Music	Far Is the Road 1963-06-10 Movie
	Music	Kryptonim Nektar 1963-01-01 Movie
1962	Original Music Composer	Spotkanie w 'Bajce' 1962-12-19 Movie
	Music	The Voice from Beyond 1962-10-17 Movie
	Music	Wild Horses 1962-02-14 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	Silent Traces 1961-09-19 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	Nobody's Calling 1960-10-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Moonwalkers 1960-01-18 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv