Wojciech Kilar

Wojciech Kilar was a Polish classical and film composer. His film scores have won many honors including the best score award for the music to Ziemia obiecana (The Promised Land) in 1974, followed by the Prix Louis Delluc in 1980 for the music to Le Roi et l’Oiseau/ The King and the Mockingbird.

One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1992 which received the ASCAP Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers in Los Angeles. For the same score, he was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Music in a science fiction, fantasy, or horror film. In 2003, he won the Cesar Award for Best Film Music written for The Pianist, at France’s 28th Cesar Awards Ceremony in 2003, for which he also received BAFTA nomination.

Kilar’s works have also been performed by several major international orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.