(Krzysztof Komeda - Soundtrack for a Life)
Germany, 2009, DigiBeta, col., b-w, 52’, Polish - German o.v.
Screenplay: Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy.
Photography: Hans Rombach. Editing: Eva Will.
Music: Andreas & Matthias Hornschuh.
Sound: Mateusz Adamczyk.
Cast: Zofia Komeda, Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski. Production: Benedikt Pictures, Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop.
World Sales: C Major Entertainment.
A jazz pianist and film composer, Krzysztof Komeda wrote his own chapter in the history of soundtracks with compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary’s Baby from Roman Polanski. “Komeda was the soundtrack-composer par excellence”, says Roman Polanski, “Without his music my films would be worthless.” It is actually due to Polanski himself that Komeda turns towards film and film music since he followed Polanski’s request to do the music for his early short films, not knowing that a new part of his life is waiting for him. Soon he is a sought after film composer and writes music for the films of Jerzy Skolimowski, Andrzej Wajda and Henning Carlsen.
