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Wojciech Kilar

1932 - 2013

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Wojciech Kilar (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈkʲilar]; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992, which received the ASCAP Award and the nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Music. In 2003, he won the César Award for Best Film Music written for The Pianist, for which he also received a BAFTA nomination. In 2012, he became the recipient of Poland's highest distinction, the Order of the White Eagle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wojciech Kilar is the 365th most popular composer, the 184th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 197th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Wojciech Kilar ranks 365 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Werner Henze, Bernardo Pasquini, Leonardo Leo, Frank Martin, Louis Marchand, and Franco Alfano. After him are Johan Svendsen, Hans Leo Hassler, Antoine Busnois, Mykola Lysenko, Alfredo Casella, and Jean-François Le Sueur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Wojciech Kilar ranks 100. Before him are Delphine Seyrig, Petula Clark, Joseph Zen, Nikolai Kardashev, Emmanuelle Arsan, and Pier Angeli. After him are Nagisa Oshima, José Saraiva Martins, Antonio Tejero, Joe Zawinul, Naina Yeltsina, and Eleanor F. Helin. Among people deceased in 2013, Wojciech Kilar ranks 68. Before him are Manfred Rommel, Ronald Dworkin, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Pierre Mauroy, Kenneth Waltz, and Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland. After him are Patrice Chéreau, Nagisa Oshima, Sławomir Mrożek, Ed Lauter, Rossana Podestà, and Roger Ebert.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Wojciech Kilar ranks 184 out of 1,365. Before him are Richard von Mises (1883), Otto Preminger (1905), David Bronstein (1924), Efim Bogoljubov (1889), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), and Yevhen Konovalets (1891). After him are Zinaida Serebriakova (1884), Catherine Dolgorukov (1847), Louis B. Mayer (1884), Valentina Matviyenko (1949), Vassily Ivanchuk (1969), and Waldemar Haffkine (1860).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Wojciech Kilar ranks 8. Before him are Stefania Turkewich (1898), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Reinhold Glière (1874), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), and Dimitri Tiomkin (1894). After him are Mykola Lysenko (1842), Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), Igor Markevitch (1912), Franz Doppler (1821), Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877), and Myroslav Skoryk (1938).

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