Marcus 390 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Saddened by the news of Kilar's passing. A truly wonderful composer; may he rest while his works keep living restlessly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Great shame. He composed the best score for a Dracula film (along with James Bernard). I said "the best", but I didn't say "my favourite"... The Bernard i find mediocre and Kilar too is no match for the Williams version, in this case. It was a "new" sound for Hollywood movies in 1992, that much i'll admit. In the film it works wonders but I have to say on CD I prefer most other Kilar scores I've heard. The Ninth Gate for example, roughly fitting the genre and overall mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 He did a wonderfully ethereal motto piece for that movie. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 The Ninth Gate is a well-rounded score that balances the dark and the ethereal. The superior to Dracula in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,842 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I have said this again:Kilar's Dracula is the FIRST soundtrack album I ever listened to ( when I was 12-13).Until then I didn't know that the music of films is released isolated in albums and I saw written on the film's poster in the newspaper :"the music of the film is released by this company etc.", so I got it without having seen yet the film (since I was intrigued by the trailers and publicity over it). (actually I went to my local record shop and they copied the LP to an audio cassette for me since I didn't have a record player, or a cd player)I was instantly hooked with this sublime music, and after that I started collecting soundtracks so it's especially sad to hear this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 He did a wonderfully ethereal motto piece for that movie. Curiously that theme doesn't appear in the movie proper at all. But it is a chilling yet alluring piece that works as a brilliant bookend on the album.By the way how widely Kilar's film output is available even in his home country? Is he a regular on CD shelves in stores or are his albums a rarity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Concerning the Ninth Gate, I've always thought Corso's theme was a curious pastiche of Bernstein's theme from Ghostbusters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 If one assumes Kilar was aware of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Temp track, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Might do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Who knows, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 God only knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 One year later. http://youtu.be/oDcxDNHFslwI also wrote an article about him almost a year ago. (Sorry about shameless self-promotion again but most of what's in it consists of his own quotes so it's worth checking out).Karol Incanus and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Damn. I forgot he died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Here's the superficial Williams-connection, Kilar's EXODUS, a concert piece that became the trailer music for SCHINDLER'S LIST....and then became Williams' own Schindler's Workforce.Hush Marian! We do not speak of such things here. Embarrassing. Better just sweep such things under the rug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 8,019 Posted December 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2018 5 years today. He was a quintessentially Polish composer. His music really captures what this country is about. No one else could quite evoke its soul with as much ease and elegance. Karol SteveMc, Romão and Yavar Moradi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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