SAD NEWS | 'The Pianist' Composer Wojciech Kilar Has Died – Aged 81 - image attachment

SAD NEWS | 'The Pianist' Composer Wojciech Kilar Has Died – Aged 81

By The Violin Channel

December 30, 2013

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Polish pianist and classical and film score composer Wojciech Kilar has died after a lengthy battle with cancer – aged 81.

One of Poland's most esteemed composers, his film scores include Roman Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’ and Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’.

Wojciech Kilar | Bram Stoker’s Dracula | Film Score | The Beginning | 1992

Our condolences are with his family, friends and colleagues.

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