Wojciech Kilar

Born: 1932-07-17 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland

Died: 2013-12-29

Known For: Sound

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.

Filmography

2025

The Nature of Beauty ... (Music)

2022

Dracula ... (Music)

2014

Foreign Body ... (Original Music Composer)

2013

Wojciech Kilar. Credo as Self

2012

Krzysztof Zanussi about his collaboration with Wojciech Kilar as Self (archive footage)

2009

Welcome ... (Music)
Revisited ... (Original Music Composer)
Poste restante ... (Music)

2008

And a Warm Heart ... (Original Music Composer)

2007

We Own the Night ... (Original Music Composer)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' ... (Music)
Black Sun ... (Original Music Composer)

2005

Persona non grata ... (Original Music Composer)

2003

Paul Grimault, image par image as Self

2002

The Pianist ... (Original Music Composer)
The Revenge ... (Original Music Composer)
The Supplement ... (Original Music Composer)
I Remember ... (Original Music Composer)

2001

Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure ... (Original Music Composer)

2000

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease ... (Original Music Composer)

1999

The Ninth Gate ... (Original Music Composer)
The Last Days ... (Original Music Composer)
A Week in the Life of a Man ... (Original Music Composer)

1998

Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm ... (Music)
Weekend Stories: The Last Circle ... (Original Music Composer)
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law ... (Music)
Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line ... (Music)

1997

Our God's Brother ... (Original Music Composer)
Weekend Stories: Little Faith ... (Music)
Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings ... (Music)

1996

The Portrait of a Lady ... (Original Music Composer)
Ghost with Driver ... (Original Music Composer)
Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business ... (Music)
At Full Gallop ... (Original Music Composer)

1995

Legenda Tatr ... (Original Music Composer)
Faustina ... (Original Music Composer)

1994

Death and the Maiden ... (Original Music Composer)
Death as a Slice of Bread ... (Music)

1993

A King for Burning ... (Original Music Composer)

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula ... (Orchestrator)
The Silent Touch ... (Original Music Composer)
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel ... (Music)

1991

Napoleon ... (Original Music Composer)
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe ... (Music)
Obrazy i dźwięki. O muzyce Wojciecha Kilara

1990

Korczak ... (Original Music Composer)

1989

Inventory ... (Original Music Composer)

1988

Salsa ... (Music)
Wherever You Are... ... (Original Music Composer)
Turning Table ... (Musical)

1987

Blind Chance ... (Original Music Composer)

1986

Chronicle of Amorous Accidents ... (Original Music Composer)

1985

Power Of Evil ... (Music)

1984

A Year of the Quiet Sun ... (Original Music Composer)

1983

Credo... ... (Music)

1982

The Contract ... (Music)
Imperative ... (Music)
Versuchung ... (Music)

1981

Gwiazda Wytrwałości ... (Music)
From a Far Country ... (Music)

1980

The King and the Mockingbird ... (Music)
The Beads of One Rosary ... (Music)
The Constant Factor ... (Music)

1979

David ... (Music)
Rodzina Połanieckich ... (Original Music Composer)
From a Night Porter's Point of View ... (Original Music Composer)
Ways in the Night ... (Original Music Composer)
Krzesany ... (Original Music Composer)

1978

Ziemia obiecana ... (Music)
The Spiral ... (Music)

1977

Camouflage ... (Original Music Composer)
Anatomiestunde ... (Music)

1976

The Shadow-Line ... (Original Music Composer)
The Leper ... (Original Music Composer)

1975

The Promised Land ... (Original Music Composer)
The Catamount Killing ... (Original Music Composer)
A Woman's Decision ... (Original Music Composer)
Znikąd donikąd ... (Music)

1974

The Wicket Gate ... (Music)

1973

Hubal ... (Original Music Composer)
Illumination ... (Original Music Composer)
Possession ... (Original Music Composer)
Wielka miłość Balzaka ... (Music)
Hipoteza ... (Original Music Composer)
Jealousy and Medicine ... (Music)

1972

Pearl in the Crown ... (Original Music Composer)
Bolesław Śmiały ... (Music)
Glass Ball ... (Music)
Brylanty pani Zuzy ... (Music)

1971

Theatre Macabre ... (Original Music Composer)
Rola ... (Music)
The Ring of Queen Ann ... (Original Music Composer)
Family Life ... (Original Music Composer)
Przystań ... (Music)
Martwa fala ... (Music)
Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters ... (Music)

1970

The Cruise ... (Original Music Composer)
The Taste of the Black Earth ... (Original Music Composer)
Romantyczni ... (Music)
Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach ... (Original Music Composer)
Mountains at Dusk ... (Original Music Composer)

1969

The Neighbours ... (Music)
The Structure of Crystal ... (Original Music Composer)
Człowiek z M-3 ... (Music)
The Pier ... (Music)
The Criminal Who Stole a Crime ... (Original Music Composer)
Only the Dead Can Answer ... (Original Music Composer)
Loneliness of the Couple ... (Music)
The Red and the Gold ... (Music)

1968

The Doll ... (Original Music Composer)
The Vampire ... (Music)
Ostatni po Bogu ... (Music)
Tabliczka marzenia ... (Music)
Wolves' Echoes ... (Music)

1967

Full Ahead ... (Music Director)
Westerplatte Resists ... (Original Music Composer)
Our Folks ... (Original Music Composer)
The Killer Leaves a Trace ... (Music)
Return to Earth ... (Music)
Stajnia na Salvatorze ... (Music)
Bicz Boży ... (Original Music Composer)
Skinny and Others ... (Original Music Composer)

1966

Maria and Napoleon ... (Music)
The Catastrophe ... (Music)
Hell and Heaven ... (Music)
Tomorrow Mexico ... (Music)
Ktokolwiek wie... ... (Music)
Bumerang ... (Music)

1965

Trzy kroki po ziemi ... (Music)
Salto ... (Original Music Composer)
Late Afternoon ... (Music)
Obok prawdy ... (Music)
Wyspa złoczyńców ... (Original Music Composer)

1964

Pięciu ... (Music)
Giuseppe in Warsaw ... (Music)
Ciemnogród ... (Music)
Echo ... (Original Music Composer)

1963

Mansarda ... (Music)
Far Is the Road ... (Music)
Silence ... (Music)
Kryptonim Nektar ... (Music)
Czerwone berety ... (Music)

1962

Wild Horses ... (Music)
Rodzina Milcarków ... (Music)
The Voice from Beyond ... (Music)
Spotkanie w 'Bajce' ... (Original Music Composer)
I ty zostaniesz Indianinem ... (Music)

1961

Silent Traces ... (Original Music Composer)

1960

Nobody's Calling ... (Original Music Composer)
The Moonwalkers ... (Original Music Composer)

1958

Narciarze ... (Original Music Composer)