Wojciech Kilar (17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and… Read Full Bio ↴Wojciech Kilar (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 film's 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.
Wojciech Kilar was born on 17 July 1932 in Lwów (then Poland; since 1945 Lviv in UkrSSR, now Ukraine). His father was a gynecologist and his mother was a theater actress. Kilar spent most of his life from 1948 in the city of Katowice in Southern Poland, married (from April 1966 to November 2007) to Barbara Pomianowska, a pianist. Kilar was 22 years old when he met 18-year-old Barbara, his future wife.
Later in life, Kilar composed symphonic music, chamber works and works for solo instruments. January 2001 saw the world premiere of his Missa pro pace (composed for a full symphony orchestra, mixed choir and a quartet of soloists) at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The work was written to commemorate the Warsaw Philharmonic's centennial. In December 2001, it was performed again in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the presence of Pope John Paul II. His 1984 composition Angelus was used in the motion picture City of Angels; Orawa, from 1988, found its use in the Santa Clara Vanguard's 2003 production, "Pathways".
For most of his life, Kilar's output was dominated by music for film with a small but steady stream of concert works. Post 2000, he turned to "music of a singular authorship". Since his 2003 September Symphony, (Symphony No.3), a four-movement full scale symphony written for the composer's friend Antoni Wit, Kilar returned to absolute music. September Symphony was the first symphony by the composer since 1955's Symphony for Strings (along with another student symphony) and Kilar considered it his first mature symphony (composed at age 71).
From 2003, Kilar had been steadily producing large scale concert works. His Lament (2003) for unaccompanied mixed choir, his Symphony No.4 Sinfonia de Motu (Symphony of Motion) from 2005 written for large orchestra, choir and soloists, his Magnificat Mass from 2006, Symphony No.5 Advent Symphony from 2007 and another large mass, Te Deum premiered in November 2008. Kilar was quoted as saying that he believed he had discovered the philosopher's stone, and that "there was nothing more beautiful than the solitary sound or concord that lasted eternally, that this was the deepest wisdom, nothing like our tricks with sonata allegros, fugues, and harmonics." Kilar's works have been performed by several major international orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
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 film's 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.
Wojciech Kilar was born on 17 July 1932 in Lwów (then Poland; since 1945 Lviv in UkrSSR, now Ukraine). His father was a gynecologist and his mother was a theater actress. Kilar spent most of his life from 1948 in the city of Katowice in Southern Poland, married (from April 1966 to November 2007) to Barbara Pomianowska, a pianist. Kilar was 22 years old when he met 18-year-old Barbara, his future wife.
Later in life, Kilar composed symphonic music, chamber works and works for solo instruments. January 2001 saw the world premiere of his Missa pro pace (composed for a full symphony orchestra, mixed choir and a quartet of soloists) at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The work was written to commemorate the Warsaw Philharmonic's centennial. In December 2001, it was performed again in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the presence of Pope John Paul II. His 1984 composition Angelus was used in the motion picture City of Angels; Orawa, from 1988, found its use in the Santa Clara Vanguard's 2003 production, "Pathways".
For most of his life, Kilar's output was dominated by music for film with a small but steady stream of concert works. Post 2000, he turned to "music of a singular authorship". Since his 2003 September Symphony, (Symphony No.3), a four-movement full scale symphony written for the composer's friend Antoni Wit, Kilar returned to absolute music. September Symphony was the first symphony by the composer since 1955's Symphony for Strings (along with another student symphony) and Kilar considered it his first mature symphony (composed at age 71).
From 2003, Kilar had been steadily producing large scale concert works. His Lament (2003) for unaccompanied mixed choir, his Symphony No.4 Sinfonia de Motu (Symphony of Motion) from 2005 written for large orchestra, choir and soloists, his Magnificat Mass from 2006, Symphony No.5 Advent Symphony from 2007 and another large mass, Te Deum premiered in November 2008. Kilar was quoted as saying that he believed he had discovered the philosopher's stone, and that "there was nothing more beautiful than the solitary sound or concord that lasted eternally, that this was the deepest wisdom, nothing like our tricks with sonata allegros, fugues, and harmonics." Kilar's works have been performed by several major international orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
Retour à la Maison
Wojciech Kilar Lyrics
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Jean Leloup Encore un départ, d'une institution Un centre de réadaptatio…
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Angelus Zdrowaś Maryjo, łaski pełna, Pan z Tobą, błogosławionaś Ty m…
Love Song For A Vampire Come into these arms again And lay your body down The rhyt…
Soplicowo O te jeziora, co wokół rozlane. Borów i lasów i ciszy…
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vasari corridor
There shall be those who seek refuge in coin whose end is bitter cold.
There shall be those who seek refuge in pleasures of the flesh whose end is ashes.
There shall be those who seek refuge in the spirit who shall dwell
in glory immemorial.
For this day when you awaken
behold you no longer dwell among the son's of man
the land of the living
behold the heavens, the heaven of heavens
See the vast span of eternity before you, his mighty works magnificent, glorious, unending, enduring
See his hosts, minions upon minions
giving glory
offering praises
Set your gaze
Look, the sons of man upon the earth in prayer
offering sweet praise
what joy what peace bestowed upon them eternal life
from on high
what mortal can fathom
his mercy reaches from end to end,
all creation serves him
When God, in the beginning, created man,
he made him subject to his own free choice.
If you choose you can keep the commandment;
it is loyalty to do his will.
There is set before you fire and water;
to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.
Before man are life and death,
whichever he chooses shall be given him.
Immense is the wisdom of the LORD;
he is mighty in power and all-seeing.
The eyes of God see all he has made;
he understands man's every deed.
No man does he command to sin,
to none does he give strength for lies..
let the last word be , he is all in all !
Let us praise him the more, since we cannot fathom him,
for greater is he than all his works;
Awful indeed is the LORD's majesty,
and wonderful is his power.
Lift up your voices to glorify the LORD,
though he is still beyond your power to praise;
Extol him with renewed strength,
and weary not, though you cannot reach the end:
For who can see him and describe him?
Or who can praise him as he is?
Beyond these, many things lie hid;
only a few of his works we seen.
And to those who revere him he gives wisdom.
Sing Hallelujah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86tfWZWwoo
..............
Jesus O Savior
I know not if you are real
Come Come live in me ..
Save me !
Amen and Amen
Revelations 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say. "Come."
Let the hearer say, "Come."
Let the one who thirsts come forward,
and the one who wants
receive the gift of life giving water.
leonardo haks
Con esta divinidad de melodía mi corazón a la esencia de mi padre después de un día de trabajo duro y su presencia estoica .
Y por supuesto al calor y aroma de mi madre . Esta hermosa melodia me hace verlos en el cielo bajo la luz y el amor de Dios 😢🙏
Toño Navarro
R.I.P. Wojciech Kilar (17.07.1932 - 29.12.2013) LAMENTO mucho la muerte de Kilar. Adoro su musica. (este es mi tema favorito) Soy mexicano, y su musica me hizo vibrar de emociones maravillosas. Su musica siempre estara viva en el mundo. ¡¡¡¡VIVA KILAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!
amurad 11
Y QUÉ TAL EL TEMA DE THE NINTH GATE? ES IMPRESIONANTE
Mauricio Mendoza
Otro fan desde México ! Y qué me dicen de la música para Drácula y Portrait of a Lady. música de otro mundo !
Toño Navarro
Marilú Lasses Oh sí!! es impresionante, estremecedora y bellísima la música de esa película!!
Julio Sanz
hermano eres de los pocos que nos gusta esta música felicidades si sientes ese espasmo al sentir las notas y el sentimien
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jose conde
Hola, mi buen amigo, a ver si pudieras ayudarme.
Adoro la música clásica, y algunas bandas sonoras de cine me recuerdan a aquellos grandes compositores que dieron tanto a este mundo. No conocía a este autor, pero está pieza deja un poso agridulce difícil de olvidar. Es una música muy especial que no me canso de escuchar, pero no soy capaz de saber a qué film pertenece, sí es que es música de película, que creo que sí. Si conoce la obra, porque no logro dar con ella, podría decirme cuál es? Gracias desde España.
Ya que admira esta música, le hago un regalo, busque si tiene a bien seguir mi recomendación una música asiática del género new age de los años 90 titulada Hacia las nieves azules; transmite algo maravilloso dicha pieza instrumental.
Gracias otra vez.
Armando Quintanar
nunca me canso de escucharla , me facina , me relaja , es hermosa esta melodía , y me trae buenos recuerdos , la primera ves que la conosi fue en el cierre de programación del canal 22 , ase varios años
Stephanie Solano
Se desliza el corazon por las venas con semejante melodia...se abren los poros y empieza a salir cualquier sentimiento que estuviese secuestrado en mi interior....
Horizonte de Sucesos
Bonita letra...es tuya o es un poema?...saludos Stephany :)