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Zbigniew Preisner
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Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself about music by listening and transcribing parts from records.
Preisner is best known for his work on Kieślowski’s movies. Some of these movies make reference to and contain music by a fictitious eighteenth-century Dutch composer, Van den Budenmayer. In actuality, all music credited to Budenmayer within the context of the films is composed by Preisner. Similarly, in Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue the “Song For The Unification of Europe”, written by Preisner, is supposed to be composed by one of the characters in the film.
After working with fellow Pole Agnieszka Holland on Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue, Preisner was hired by producer Francis Ford Coppola to write the score for The Secret Garden, directed by Holland.
Although Preisner is most closely associated with Kieślowski, he has written for other directors, winning a César in 1996 for his work on Jean Becker’s Elisa. He has won a number of other awards, including another César in 1994 for Three Colors: Red, and the Silver Bear from the 1997 Berlin Film Festival 1997 for The Island on Bird Street.
In 1998, Requiem for My Friend, Preisner’s first large scale work not written for film, premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but after Kieślowski’s death, it instead became a sort of memorial to him.
He composed the theme music for the People’s Century, a monumental twenty-six part documentary made jointly in 1994 by the BBC television network in Great Britain and the PBS television network in the United States.
Preisner is best known for his work on Kieślowski’s movies. Some of these movies make reference to and contain music by a fictitious eighteenth-century Dutch composer, Van den Budenmayer. In actuality, all music credited to Budenmayer within the context of the films is composed by Preisner. Similarly, in Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue the “Song For The Unification of Europe”, written by Preisner, is supposed to be composed by one of the characters in the film.
After working with fellow Pole Agnieszka Holland on Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue, Preisner was hired by producer Francis Ford Coppola to write the score for The Secret Garden, directed by Holland.
Although Preisner is most closely associated with Kieślowski, he has written for other directors, winning a César in 1996 for his work on Jean Becker’s Elisa. He has won a number of other awards, including another César in 1994 for Three Colors: Red, and the Silver Bear from the 1997 Berlin Film Festival 1997 for The Island on Bird Street.
In 1998, Requiem for My Friend, Preisner’s first large scale work not written for film, premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but after Kieślowski’s death, it instead became a sort of memorial to him.
He composed the theme music for the People’s Century, a monumental twenty-six part documentary made jointly in 1994 by the BBC television network in Great Britain and the PBS television network in the United States.
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Zbigniew Preisner - Silence, Night & Dreams
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Zbigniew Preisner - Les Marionettes
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Zbigniew Preisner - Van den Budenmayer Concerto en Mi Mineur
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Preisner Van Den Budenmayer Concerto en mi mineur
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Tarkovsky86 wrote:
A Genius.
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bbolzmann wrote:
I heard the music before I've seen the movie and always wondered if there's anything that could possibly match such wonderful music and got surprised, it's a really nice sequence, still, mostly I just listen to it, whistle and hum it
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Chromanin wrote:
The album "10 easy pieces for piano" is very beautiful to me.
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miss_red_line wrote:
Uwielbiam Pana muzykę.
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Hklti36Fljf wrote:
Awesome music
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zapaliczka wrote:
Uwielbiam ! Nigdzie nie moge znalezc sciezki do "The Island on Bird Street " ..!!! Podwojne zycie Weroniki zabija poprostu - ze tak sie delikatnie wyraze. Swietna muzyka, bardzo bym chciala na zywo posluchac, ale to chyba nie-moz-li-we. Zdrowka zycze
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October88 wrote:
great composer
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masakra1 wrote:
lovelove
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Blackberry-bush wrote:
Najlepszy z najlepszych!!!!
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moreaupat wrote:
I got 6.40mn of the WONDERFUL music from Bez Konca (No End/ Sans fin), ripped from the DVD, It's never been edited. Contact me if interested.
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pimmka wrote:
New pic! Wreszcie ;-)
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thelonging wrote:
If you enjoy the music of Preisner, please try 'The Longing' by Felixdroid at http://www.last.fm/music/Felixdroid/The+Longing
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moreaupat wrote:
No, I dont think it's ever been edited. I've ripped some part of it from the DVD, i guess it's the only solution to hear this wonderful music...
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coquinamarble wrote:
Has the opening theme from No End/Bez Konca been issued on CD at all? I'd love to have it.
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Else_something wrote:
He is a master, my master of music.. i will glorify his works to the end of my life. I'll raise a monument, sit there and listen, listen this amazing sounds of Requiem for my friends ^^
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panSmith wrote:
:-)
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sQuEeZeWaX wrote:
forever beautiful music..i miss Kieslowski :(
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Dances4joy wrote:
I have the Requiem for my Friend album...and the Lacrimosa track is just wonderful! I want to hear more ,more ,more !
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to savaskiemas: You're Kidding Me, Right?;) I can give you more examples, for what we the Polish People done for the rest of the world--Kieslowski, Polanski, Wajda, Lorenc, Kaczmarek...and many more..:)
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Chiaroscurist wrote:
Van den Budenmayer!!!
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