Jan A.P. Kaczmarek passed away today at age 71 in Krakow, Poland after a long battle with multiple system atrophy (MSA). The composer wrote numerous scores for film and television since the mid 1980s and received an Academy Award for his music for Marc Forster’s 2004 drama Finding Neverland. His other scoring credits include Adrian […]
Posts Tagged ‘Jan A.P. Kaczmarek’
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (1953-2024)
Posted: May 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
0
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 25, 2022)
Posted: February 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Butter, Cyrano, Fil Eisler, Hummie Mann, I'll Find You, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Jeff Toyne, Johan Söderqvist, Johannes Ringen, Roy Mayorga, Studio 666, The Automat, The Burning Sea, The Desperate Hour
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the horror comedy Studio 666 directed by BJ McDonnell and starring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee, Whitney Cummings, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega, Leslie Grossman and Jeff Garlin. The film’s original score is composed by Roy Mayorga (best known as the drummer […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2020)
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooke Blair, Endless, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, John Swihart, Nik Freitas, Oleg Karpachev, The Bay of Silence, The Silencing, Todd Bryanton, Valley of the Gods, Will Blair
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller The Silencing directed by Robin Pront and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis and Hero Fiennes Tiffin. The film’s original music is composed by Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, The Informer, Blue Ruin, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Hold the Dark). Filmtrax has released a […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Scoring Martha Coolidge’s ‘Music, War and Love’
Posted: December 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Martha Coolidge, Music War and Love
Academy Award winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful, The Visitor, Get Low) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama Music, War and Love. The film is directed by Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Real Genius, Rambling Rose) and stars Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Connie Nielsen, Stellan Skarsgard, Stephen Dorff, Toby Sebastian, Sam Gillet, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 23, 2018)
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Bag of Marbles, Alexandre Desplat, Amine Bouhafa, Armand Amar, Back to Burgundy, Beauty and the Dogs, Chris Bacon, Christophe Minck, David Wilder Savage, Evan Lurie, Final Portrait, Gregoire Hetzel, I Kill Giants, Isle of Dogs, Ismael's Ghosts, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Laurent Perez Del Mar, Loic Dury, Lorne Balfe, Madame, Matthieu Gonet, Midnight Sun, Nathaniel Walcott, Neil Young, Pacific Rim Uprising, Paradox, Paul Apostle of Christ, Promise of the Real, Sherlock Gnomes, Unsane
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim Uprising directed by Steven S. DeKnight and starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Adria Arjona and Charlie Day. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (The […]
‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hyatt, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Paul Apostle of Christ, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama Paul, Apostle of Christ. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful, The Visitor and Get Low). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 23 and physically on April 6. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Paul, Apostle of Christ is written […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek to Score ‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’
Posted: January 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Hyatt, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Paul Apostle of Christ, Valley of the Gods
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek has been tapped to score the upcoming historical drama Paul, Apostle of Christ. The film is written and directed by Andrew Hyatt (The Last Light) and stars James Faulkner, Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez, Joanne Whalley and John Lynch. The movie tells the story of Paul, going from the most infamous persecutor of Christians to Jesus Christ’s […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek to Score ‘Später im Sommer’
Posted: August 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Feo Aladag, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Später im Sommer
Academy Award-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek revealed in a recent interview with Hitfix that he is set to score the upcoming German drama Später im Sommer. The film is written and directed by Feo Aladag (When We Leave) and centers on the friendship between a German soldier and an Afghan translator who are fighting side […]
Weekly Film Roundup (July 26, 2013)
Posted: July 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blue Jasmine, Breaking the Girls, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Marco Beltrami, Mateo Messina, Raney Shockne, The Time Being, The To Do List, The Wolverine
Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the superhero film The Wolverine directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World […]
‘Power of Story: Measure for Measure’ Sundance Panel Announced
Posted: January 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Mark Isham, Sundance Film Festival, Terence Blanchard
This year’s Sundance Film Festival will feature the composer panel Power of Story: Measure for Measure. The event will be moderated by Chris Douridas (KCRW-FM’s daily music program Morning Becomes Eclectic) and will include such participants as Academy Award-nominated composer Mark Isham who co-scored the indie drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete with […]
