Sad news coming out of Hollywood today, as it has been announced that Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has passed away at the age of 86.
Penderecki has been a staple of some of the industry’s most well known and well-regarded movies including the likes of The Shining, The Exorcist and Wild at Heart, as well as many others.
“After a long and serious illness, Krzysztof Penderecki – one of the greatest Polish musicians, a world authority in the field of classical music died.”
Penderecki was born in Dębica, Poland in 1933 and studied at the Academy of Music in Krakow, becoming one of Poland’s most well-known composers.