Michał Lorenc

Michał Lorenc (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) and 300 Miles to Heaven (1989). He is currently considered one of the most important contemporary Polish film score composers.

Michał Lorenc
Lorenc in 2012
Lorenc in 2012
Background information
Born (1955-10-05) 5 October 1955
Warsaw, Poland
GenresFilm scores
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active1979-present

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.[1]

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.[2][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.[4]

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
  • 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)[5]

Trivia

See also

References
  1. "Michał Lorenc". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  2. "Michał Lorenc - Nagrody - Filmweb" (in Polish). Filmweb.pl. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. "Michal Lorenc - Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  4. "Michał Lorenc". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  5. "Michał Lorenc". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  6. "Wokół meczu z Motorem Lubawa". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  7. "Michal Lorenc - Biography". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  8. "Jarosław Kaczynski: Mam poparcie milionów Polaków". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
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