Wojciech Kilar  

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Wojciech Kilar (17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer.

Selected film music

• Nikt nie woła (Nobody's calling) (1960)
• Tarpany (Wild Horses) (1962)
• Głos z tamtego świata (Voice from beyond) (1962)
• Milczenie (Silence) (1963)
• Trzy kroki po ziemi (Three steps on Earth) (1965)
• Salto (Somersault) (1965)
• Piekło i niebo (Hell and heaven) (1966)
• Bicz boży (God's whip) (1967)
• The Doll (1968 film) (Lalka) (1968)
• Sol Ziemi Czarnej (1969)
• Rejs (Cruise) (1970)
• Perla w Koronie (1971)
• Bolesław Śmiały (King Boleslaus the Bold) (1972)
• Opętanie (Obsession) (1973)
• Zazdrość i Medycyna (1973)
• Bilans Kwartalny (A Woman's Decision) (1974)
• Ziemia obiecana (Land of Promise) (1974)
• Smuga cienia (The shadow line) (1976)
• Trędowata (1976)
• Ptaki ptakom (Bords to birds) (1977)
• Barwy ochronne (Camouflage) (1977)
• Spirala (Spiral) (1978)
• Rodzina Połanieckich (TV series) (1978)
• Le Roi et l'Oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) (1980)
• From a Far Country (1981)
• Przypadek (Blind chance) (1982)
• Paradigma (1985)
• Kronika wypadków miłosnych (Chronicle of Amorous Events) (1986)
• Salsa (1988)
• Gdzieśkolwiek jest, jesliś jest (Wherever you are, if you are) (1988)
• Stan posiadania (Inventory) (1989)
• Napoléon et l'Europe (TV mini-series) (1991)
• Życie za życie (about Maximilian Kolbe) (1991)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Dotknięcie ręki (A touch of the hand) (1992)
• Death and the Maiden (1994)
• Cwał (In Full Gallop) (1995)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• Deceptive Charm (1996)
• Brat naszego Boga (Our God's brother) (1997)
• The Truman Show (1998) (parts from Requiem Father Kolbe)
• The Ninth Gate (1999)
• Pan Tadeusz (1999)
• Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
• Le Pianiste (2002)
• Zemsta (Revenge) (2002)
• We Own the Night (2007)
• Il Sole Nero (2007)

Orchestral

• Small Overture (1955), for the Youth Festival, 1955
• Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 1, 1955)
• Ode Béla Bartók in memoriam, for violin, brass, and percussion (1956)
• Riff 62 (1962)
• Generique (1963)
• Springfield Sonnet (1965)
• Krzesany, for orchestra (1974)
• Kościelec 1909, for orchestra (1976)
• Orawa, for string orchestra (1988)
• Choralvorspiel (Choral Prelude), for string orchestra, (1988)
• Requiem Father Kolbe, for symphony orchestra (1994)
• Symphony No. 3 "September Symphony" for orchestra (2003)
• Uwertura uroczysta [Solemn Overture] for orchestra (2010)

Orchestral, with instrumental and vocal soloists or accompaniment

• Symphony Concertante, for piano and orchestra (Symphony No. 2, 1956)
• Prelude and Christmas Carol, for four oboes and string orchestra (1972)
• Bogurodzica, for mixed choir and orchestra (1975)
• Siwa mgła, for baritone and orchestra (1979)
• Exodus, for mixed choir and orchestra (1981)
• Victoria, for mixed choir and orchestra (1983)
• Angelus, for symphony orchestra, soprano, and mixed choir (1984)
• Piano Concerto No.1 (1996)
• Missa Pro Pace, for orchestra, chorus, and soloists (2000)
• Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia de Motu" (Symphony of Motion), for orchestra, chorus, and soloists (2005)
• Magnificat, for orchestra, chorus, and soloists (2007)
• Symphony No. 5 "Advent Symphony", for orchestra, chorus, and soloists (2007)
• Te Deum, for orchestra, chorus, and soloists (2008)
• Veni Creator, for mixed chorus and strings (2008)
• Piano Concerto No.2 (2011)

Choral

• Lament, for mixed unaccompanied choir (2003)
• Paschalis Hymn for chorus (2008)

Chamber

• Flute Sonatina (1951)
• Woodwind Quintet (1952)
• Horn Sonata (1954)
• Training 68, for clarinet, trombone, and piano (1968)