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Wojciech Kilar

Composer
16 July 1932 to 29 December 2013

A Polish composer who received a BAFTA nomination for his work on Roman Polanski’s The Pianist (2002), Kilar’s career spanned more than 50 years over which time he amassed over 150 credits. He primarily worked in his native Poland, but came to prominence internationally after scoring Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) for Francis Ford Coppola.

- Read Wojciech Kilar's Guardian obituary here