[Thor Joachim Haga]

Good entries so far!

I think I’ve made it clear how much I love Preisner. Currently 5th place in my top 10 film composers list. Have 24 of his albums currently, with VALLEY OF SHADOWS being the favourite.

Korzeniowski was hot some 10-15 years ago, when post-minimalist romanticism was all the rage. Worth checking out are EARLY WORKS, METROPOLIS, PU-239, A SINGLE MAN, COPERNICUS STAR, W.E., ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW and ROMEO AND JULIET. Haven’t been that thrilled with his work in the last 10 years or so.

I had trouble getting into Kaczmarek for a while, but have since embraced several of his scores, including BLISS, UNFAITHFUL, FINDING NEVERLAND, GUERRA E PACE and LEONIE.

Maciek Dobrowolski was a young composer I hung out with at the Krakow film music festival several years ago. His CLOCKWISE is excellent, but haven’t kept up to date on his work since.

Let’s not forget Michal Lorenc, especially BANDYTA and BLOOD & WINE (with Jack Nicholson!).

Obviously Kilar, with DRACULA, KÖNIG DER LETZEN TAGE, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY and THE NINTH GATE being favourites, but those are all his most famous. Would love to check out some of his lesser known stuff. I remember some of them being played at one of the Krakow festivals I attended, where he was also in attendance.

I know that Penderecki wrote a few scores for Polish films, but I’ve never heard any of them — only the million times his concert music has been used in films. What about Gorecki and Lutoslawski? Did they write any film scores?