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    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2019 edited
    Polish (film) music has a very special place in my heart. With this Polish review odyssey I hope to cover some of things I consider to be interesting and/or the very best. Perhaps it is going to take a long time, but time will tell. I have about 120 previously written reviews that I hope to revise, as well as write reviews of new releases.

    A quick overview of the few Polish reviews I published on Maintitles.net so far:

    Zbigniew Preisner

    Anonyma - Eine Frau In Berlin
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/anony … in-berlin/

    Jeroen van Veen – Preisner: Piano Music
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/jeroe … ano-music/

    La Reina de España
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/la-reina-de-espana/

    Supertex
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/supertex/

    Daniel Bloom, featuring Leszek Możdżer Slodki Koniec Dnia - http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/slodki-koniec-dnia/

    Nicola Piovani, Wojciech Kilar and Armand Amar
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/welcome/

    My first new entry is:
    Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Quo Vadis http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/quo-vadis/
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeAug 24th 2019
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      CommentAuthorCaliburn
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2019
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2019 edited
    I don't like media-covered musical events and concerts at all. Which explains why I never go to film music events in Ghent, Krakow or any other place. Admittingly, I was present around the time of some concerts held in various cities (even Krakow), only to talk to some people in private. I have been to very few low-profile classical concerts in my lifetime. to get a taste of what it's like to hear something live with a full orchestra. Other than that, I very much prefer the intimitacy of life, chamber music.

    Once in a while, I get a chance to have few musicians practise on a piece I request, and then experience them trying to master every note of such a composition. They usually play the piece upon hearing, sometimes aided by musical sheets and we're discussing it face to face. One of the most cherished memories is the request to a female singer to emulate Elżbieta Towarnicka's singing for some of the scores of Preisner, accompanied by a one cellist, violin player and pianist, all in the surroundings of someone's living room and no other strings attached. I must admit, I have almost fallen in love with some of these (mostly) female musicians...

    I do like your reports on these Polish film music concerts and pity the fact that these concerts are usually not recorded to enjoy seperately.
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      CommentAuthorCaliburn
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2019
    So our paths have crossed. Would love to meet and nerd out over some film music, we dutchies need to get together more ;-)

    And by coincidence, I was listening to this when you said that last sentence: https://www.facebook.com/abelkorzeniows … 2471992571
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeAug 28th 2019 edited
    Thanks for that.

    Krzysztof Penderecki - Rekopis Znaleziony w Saragossie
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/rekop … aragossie/

    I just read the World Soundtrack Awards wil give him a lifetime achievement award. I doubt this its based on his actual scores, but rather a mixture of his overall outstanding classical achievements and mostly the use of pre-existing music in some popular films. Personally, I find the award rather embarassing.
  1. I love how they state that he WORKED with Friedkin, Kubrick and Scorsese biggrin
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeAug 29th 2019
    Indeed. These examples are endlessly recycled by almost all press, and even some who should know better, and fear they will use it in all obituaries that will appear some day.
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      CommentAuthorCaliburn
    • CommentTimeAug 30th 2019
    I appreciate his music, but it is not my thing.
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeSep 26th 2019
    Wojciech Kilar - Smuga Cienia (The Shadow Line):
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/smuga-cienia/
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2019
    Grzegorz Ciechowski - Wiedźmin
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/wiedzmin/
  2. While Ciechowski was indeed a singer, the songs in Wiedźmin are NOT sung by him. Most of them are performed by Zbigniew Zamachowski, the actor who plays Jaskier, the character (who is a sort-of trubadour himself) and the final song is performed by Robert Gawliński, member of another popular rock band, Wilki (The Wolves).
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeSep 30th 2019
    You´re right. Originally, I didn´t even want to spent more than a sentence on these songs, which explains my sloppiness.
  3. Zamachowski, being a very acclaimed (and fantastic) actor, is also an acclaimed singer.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 6th 2019
    Zbigniew Preisner and Dominik Wania - Twlight
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/twili … olo-piano/
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2019
    A new entry:

    Krzysztof Komeda - Nóz w Wodzie (Knife in the Water)
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/noz-w-wodzie/
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    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2019
    Thanks spambot.

    Anyways here is another entry:

    Krzysztof Komeda - Ssaki
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/ssaki/
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2019
    The final sigh of a forum is when spambots start to take over! sad
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2019
    I hope spambot likes the reviews....


    Zbigniew Preisner - Shi Gu (Lost and Love)
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/shi-gu/
  4. It's not just the spambot around here, but the fact that he makes up 25% of the active participants of the site is pretty sad.

    Good review. I checked this score out a week or so ago and thought it was nice, though not as good as I had hoped. Your review has prompted me to revisit the score. Listening to "Flashback" now.
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 17th 2019
    Thanks. Just the other day, I received a message from someone who, like me, knows most of his music by heart, and she was truly overwhelmed hearing a 15 year old composition given a new life. In general, there are so many returning elements his music, but re-using an actual melody is quite rare within his work. Even now, as I'm writing this, I feel very emotional.

    Another thing, what makes me like Flashback so much is the 'textbook' musical technique used to mark an end. I'm sure you can hear it.
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 17th 2019
    Also, a new entry:

    Jan Krenz - Kanał
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/kanal/
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2019
    Wojciech Kilar - Góry o zmierzchu
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/gory-o-zmierzchu/
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2019
    I regard Życie za życie - Maksymilian Kolbe as the best score Wojchiech Kilar has ever written, a work well deserving a prominent place in a ´Polish film music´ canon.

    Wojciech Kilar - Życie za życie - Maksymilian Kolbe
    http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/zycie … ian-kolbe/
  5. Nice review, there. I've only ever heard the piece used in Truman Show, but I think it's gorgeous. I should seek out this score.
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 23rd 2019
    Listen to Requiem Father Kolbe:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x39IFp6wIgU
  6. Thanks for the link. Hearing the theme from "Father Kolbe's Preaching" in a minor key was really interesting. This requiem is a LOT more grave and dark than the track used in the Truman Show.
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2019 edited
    I hope you like majority of the `new` music, because it is an accurate representation of the type of scores this really is.