Polish film score composer (born 1955)
Michał Lorenc
Lorenc in 2012
Born (1955-10-05 ) 5 October 1955 (age 68)
Warsaw , PolandGenres
Film scores Occupation(s) Composer Years active 1979-present
Musical artist
Michał Lorenc (Polish :
[ˈmixaw ˈlɔrɛnt͡s] ; born 5 October 1955 in
Warsaw ) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work on films
Little Rose (2010),
Bastard (1997),
Blood and Wine (1996),
Psy (1992) and
300 Miles to Heaven (1989). He is currently considered one of the most important contemporary Polish
film score
composers .
Career
He was born on 5 October 1955 in
Warsaw . In 1973, he joined the
folk rock
band Wolna grupa Bukowina founded by
Wojciech Belon and remained one of its members for four years. In the 1970s, he collaborated with
Marcin Wolski on
Polish Radio Programme 3 and frequently appeared on
Maciej Zembaty 's radio show Zgryz . Between 1979-1981, he was one of the members of Teatr panoramiczny together with Jacek Kleyff and Michał Tarkowski.
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Since his debut in 1979, Lorenc has composed music for more than 150
feature films ,
documentaries , TV series and theatre performances. He has won five Golden Lions at the
Gdynia Film Festival and
Polish Film Festival Award for best movie score.
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[3] The films and
TV series in which his film scores appear include
Sekal Has to Die ,
Little Rose ,
300 Miles to Heaven ,
A Prominent Patient ,
Ojciec Mateusz ,
Bastard ,
Fotoamator ,
Four Nights with Anna ,
Kołysanka ,
Exit in Red , Kanalia , Sauna , Kroll , Deborah , Przedwiośnie , Żurek , Glina , Złoto dezerterów , Amok and Nic .
In 1996, he wrote the score for
Bob Rafelson 's film
Blood and Wine starring
Jack Nicholson ,
Jennifer Lopez and
Michael Caine . It was selected by
20th Century Fox
film studio for an
Academy Award nomination.
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In 2016, to celebrate the 1050 anniversary of the
Baptism of Poland as well as the opening of the
Temple of Divine Providence in
Warsaw , an album entitled Przymierze containing Lorenc's music works was released. The same year, he received Poland's highest official distinction - the
Order of the White Eagle . He is a member of the
European Film Academy , the
Polish Film Academy and the Czech Film Academy.
Works
Psy 3. W imię zasad (2020)
Masaryk (2017)
A Prominent Patient (2016)
Smoleńsk (2016)
Historia Roja, czyli w ziemi lepiej słychać (2016)
Strażacy ("Firefighters") (2015)
Komisarz Alex (2011-2012)
W imieniu diabła ("In the Name of Devil") (2011)
Jan Paweł II. Szukałem Was... (2011)
Śluby panieńskie (2010)
Syndrom (2010)
Czarny czwartek ("Black Thursday") (2010)
Little Rose (2010)
Kołysanka (2010)
La Prima notte della luna (2010)
Wyłączność (2009)
Mniejsze zło ("The Lesser Evil") (2009)
Spokój w duszy (2009)
Wino truskawkowe ("Strawberry Wine") (2008)
Gry wojenne ("War Games") (TV series, 2008)
Ojciec Mateusz (2008-2016)
Four Nights with Anna (2008)
O rodzicach i dzieciach ("Of Parents and Children") (2008)
Wszystko będzie dobrze ("Everything Will Be Alright") (2007)
Statyści ("Extras") (2006)
Fale ("The Waves") (2005)
Solidarność, Solidarność... (2005)
Oficer (TV series, 2005)
Glina ("The Cop") (TV series, 2004-2008)
Piekło, niebo ("The Hell, the Heaven")(2004)
Są takie świeżuteńkie dziewczynki (2004)
Symetria ("The Symmetry") (2003)
Żurek (2003)
Babie lato ("Indian Summer") (2002)
Dziewczyna z plakatu ("The Poster Girl") (2001)
Listy miłosne ("Love Letters") (2001)
Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi ("Where the
Eskimo Live") (2001)
The Spring to Come (2000)
Żółty szalik ("A Yellow Scarf") (2000)
Daleko od okna ("Far From the Window") (2000)
Przeprowadzki (TV series, 2000)
Cisza i ciemność ("Silence and Darkness") (2000)
Słoneczna włócznia ("The Solar Spear") (2000)
Jak narkotyk ("Like a Drug") (1999)
Wszystkie pieniądze świata ("All the Money in the World) (1999)
Zakochani (1999)
Franciszkański spontan (1998)
Złoto dezerterów ("The Deserters' Gold") (1998)
Amok (1998)
Nic ("Nothing") (1998)
Sekal Has to Die (1997)
Bastard (1997)
Bride of War (1996)
Przystań ("The Harbour") (1997)
Fotoamator (1996)
Blood and Wine (1996)
Exit in Red (1996)
Poznań 56 (1996)
Deborah (1995)
Pokuszenie ("Temptation") (1995)
Prowokator (1995)
Podróż na wschód ("Journey to the East") (1994)
Psy II: Ostatnia krew (1994)
Ptaszka (1994)
Wyliczanka ("The Counting Rhyme") (1994)
Embrion ("Embryo") (1993)
Lazarus (1993)
Lepiej być piękną i bogatą (1993)
A Magzat (1993)
Skutki noszenia kapelusza w maju (1993)
Wow (1993)
Łowca. Ostatnie starcie (1993)
Pamiętnik znaleziony w garbie (1992)
Psy (1992)
Sauna (1992)
Ferdydurke (1991)
Dziecko szczęścia (1991)
Halo, jestem tutaj! (1991)
Koniec gry ("Game Over") (1991)
Kroll (1991)
Kapitan Conrad (TV series, 1991)
Historia niemoralna ("An Immoral Story") (1990)
Kanalia (1990)
Kapitan Konrad (1990)
Pension sonnenschein (1990)
Superwizja (1990)
Zakład (1990)
300 Miles to Heaven (1989)
Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach (1989)
Paziowie (TV series, 1989)
Zakole (1988)
Łuk Erosa ("Eros' Bow") (1987)
A żyć trzeba dalej (1986)
Kalejdoskop (1986)
Magma (1986)
Żuraw i czapla ("Crane and Heron") (1985)
Latawiec ("A Kite") (1982)
Przyjaciele ("Friends") (TV series, 1979)
Selected awards and honours
Quotes
"Film is the only inspiration and ultimate goal for me. I do not compose any other music. It turned out that my gift for composing is limited to the cinema. I don't know what kind of feelings I should evoke in audiences in concert halls." (Michał Lorenc)
"You don't compose music for a film but for SOMEBODY. The same film, if made by a different man, would have a completely different music." (Michał Lorenc)
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Trivia
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