| The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Wojciech Kilar |
| Cover: | The Pianist cd.jpg |
| Released: | 2002 |
| Recorded: | John Timperley (sound engineer) |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Label: | Sony |
The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack, on the Sony Classical label, of the 2002 film The Pianist starring Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, and Frank Finlay. The Frédéric 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 Ludwig van Beethoven, Chopin, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
In 2003, the music won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film,[1] and was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music (but lost to the music of The Hours).[2]