{"id":8104,"date":"2015-05-29T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=8104"},"modified":"2015-07-09T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T12:55:22","slug":"elliot-goldenthal-receives-first-wojciech-kilar-award-at-kfmf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=8104","title":{"rendered":"KFMF: Elliot Goldenthal receives first Wojciech Kilar Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ray Bennett<\/p>\n

KRAKOW \u2013 Wojciech Kilar advised artists to fight the sin of pride, Elliot Goldenthal said as he received the first Kilar Award at the Krakow Film Music Festival on Thursday: \u201cYou are looking at a sinner tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning American composer said it was \u201cinspirational and humbling\u201d to receive the award named for the great Polish composer who scored films such as Roman Polanski’s \u201cThe Pianist\u201d (2002), Francis Ford Coppola’s \u201cBram Stoker\u2019s Dracula\u201d (1992) and Jane Campion’s \u201cPortrait of a Lady\u201d (1996).<\/p>\n

Goldenthal\u2019s movie credits include \u201cTitus\u201d (1999), \u201cFrida\u201d (2002), \u201cAcross the Universe\u201d (2007), \u201cThe Tempest\u201d (2010) and \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d (2015) directed by his partner Julie Taymor, who also was at the concert. Other titles he has scored include Neil Jordan\u2019s \u201cInterview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles\u201d (1994) and Michael Collins (1996), for which he received Oscar nominations, plus \u201cAlien 3\u201d (1992), \u201cBatman Forever\u201d (1995), \u201cHeat\u201d (1995), \u201cA Time to Kill\u201d (1996), \u201cThe Butcher Boy\u201d (1997), \u201cBatman & Robin\u201d (1997), \u201cFinal Fantasy: the Spirits Within\u201d (2001) and \u201cPublic Enemies\u201d (2009).<\/p>\n

\"Elliot<\/a>The Kilar Award was presented to Goldenthal at the Polish Music Gala: Scoring4Wajda at the ICE Krakow Congress Centre, which featured four pieces Kilar wrote for films directed by Andrzej Wadja, who was present at the event.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker, whose 1983 film \u201cDanton\u201d won the Bafta Film Award as best foreign language film and who received an honourary Academy Award in 2000, was one of the judges for the Kilar award along with Polish filmmakers Roman Polanski and Krzysztof Zanussi, and composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who was among the guests in the audience.<\/p>\n

Goldenthal said he was proud and humbled to be in the same room with Penderecki, who scored Wajda\u2019s celebrated 2007 film \u201cKatyn\u201d and whose music can be heard on the soundtracks of Stanley Kubrick\u2019s \u201cThe Shining\u201d (1990), David Lynch\u2019s \u201cInland Empire\u201d (2006) and Alfonso Cuaron\u2019s \u201cChildren of Men\u201d (2006).<\/p>\n

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Liebreich, which performed an evening of music from Wadja fims, also played Goldenthal\u2019s thrilling \u201cLouis\u2019 Revenge\u201d from Neil Jordan\u2019s \u201cInterview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles\u201d (1994).<\/p>\n

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The Wojciech Kilar Award is sponsored by the Presidents of Krakow and Katowice and will be granted alternately in Krakow and Katowice. Organiser said it is granted for lifetime achievement to composers of film music who \u201cremain faithful to the traditional art of composing, write scores that in isolation from the image do not lose clarity, and efficiently use the language of music, producing rich and distinct colors, shades and textures in their work\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Expert Council of the Wojciech Kilar Award includes many key figures in the Polish film music community including Polish Music Publishing Editor in Chief Daniel Cichy, who said, \u201cIn his work, Elliot Goldenthal combines respect for tradition, humility in relation to the composer\u2019s craft, and remarkable ability to connect with orchestras and to fully feel and understand the medium of film.\u201d<\/p>\n

The award also is intended to raise the international profile of the man for whom it is named. When it was announced, organisers said, \u201cWith the award\u2019s establishment, the name and accomplishments of Wojciech Kilar, one of the most recognizable Polish composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, will gain a new international dimension.”<\/p>\n

Photo of Elliot Goldenthal:\u00a0@Tomasz Cichocki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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