Released 2002 Movie The Pianist Genre Soundtrack | Release date 26 November 2002 Label Sony Classical Records | |
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Recorded John Timperley (sound engineer) Similar Schindler's List, The Piano: Music From The Motio, Forrest Gump, The Very Best of Chopin, The Godfather | ||
The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack, on the Sony Classical label, of the 2002 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film The Pianist starring Adrien Brody (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Władysław Szpilman" in this film), Thomas Kretschmann and Frank Finlay. The Chopin pieces were played by Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak and the original score piece was composed by Wojciech Kilar. The music in the actual movie also includes pieces by Beethoven and Bach.
Contents
In 2003, the music won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film, and was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (but lost to the music of The Hours).
Track listing
- "Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (1830)" - Frédéric Chopin, Score at IMSLP (4:12)
- "Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1" - Frédéric Chopin (4:31)
- "Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1" - Frédéric Chopin (5:57)
- "Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38" - Frédéric Chopin (7:41)
- "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23" - Frédéric Chopin (9:01)
- "Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2" - Frédéric Chopin (5:13)
- "Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4" - Frédéric Chopin (2:34)
- "Andante spianato in G Major" - Frédéric Chopin (4:28)
- "Grande Polonaise brillante in E-flat major" - Frédéric Chopin (9:31)
- "Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940" - Wojciech Kilar (1:52)
- "Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4" - Frédéric Chopin (3:42)
Songs
1Nocturne in C-sharp minor (1830)Janusz Olejniczak4:10
2Nocturne in E minor - op 72 no 1Janusz Olejniczak4:29
3Nocturne in C minor - Op 48 No 1Janusz Olejniczak5:56