Krzysztof Komeda

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Krzysztof Komeda was a Polish jazz pianist and film composer best known internationally for his haunting scores for Roman Polanski’s films, including the soundtrack to "Rosemary’s Baby."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
film composer
human
jazz pianist
musician
activeYearsEnd 1969
activeYearsStart 1950s
alsoKnownAs Krzysztof Komeda-Trzciński NERFINISHED
burialPlace Poznań NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath head injury
citizenship Poland NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Roman Polański NERFINISHED
Tomasz Stańko NERFINISHED
Zbigniew Namysłowski NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Poland NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1931-04-27
dateOfDeath 1969-04-23
familyName Trzciński NERFINISHED
fullName Krzysztof Trzciński NERFINISHED
genre film score
jazz
givenName Krzysztof NERFINISHED
influenced European jazz
instrument piano
knownFor collaboration with Roman Polański
haunting film scores
movement Polish jazz
nationality Polish
notableWork album "Astigmatic" NERFINISHED
score for "Cul-de-sac"
score for "Knife in the Water"
score for "The Fearless Vampire Killers"
soundtrack for "Rosemary’s Baby" NERFINISHED
occupation composer
film composer
pianist
placeOfBirth Poznań NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Warsaw NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Poland NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
stageName Krzysztof Komeda NERFINISHED
style lyrical modern jazz
wroteMusicForFilm "Cul-de-sac" NERFINISHED
"Knife in the Water" NERFINISHED
"Le départ" NERFINISHED
"Rosemary’s Baby" NERFINISHED
"The Dependent" NERFINISHED
"The Fearless Vampire Killers" NERFINISHED

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Knife in the Water composer Krzysztof Komeda
Rosemary's Baby musicBy Krzysztof Komeda
The Fearless Vampire Killers musicBy Krzysztof Komeda