{"id":805810,"date":"2020-03-29T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=974815"},"modified":"2020-03-29T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T15:04:03","slug":"krzysztof-penderecki-influential-polish-composer-dead-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/krzysztof-penderecki-influential-polish-composer-dead-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Krzysztof Penderecki, Influential Polish Composer, Dead at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Krzysztof Penderecki, the influential Polish composer and conductor whose work featured in The Shining<\/em> and The Exorcist<\/em>, has died at the age of 86.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ludwig van Beethoven Association, founded by Penderecki\u2019s wife, Elzbieta, confirmed to the Associated Press<\/em><\/a> that Penderecki died at his home an Luslawice, Poland following \u201ca long and serious illness.\u201d <\/span>Poland\u2019s Ministry of Culture added that Penderecki was \u201cone of the greatest Polish musicians,\u201d noting that his death was \u201ca great and irreparable loss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

An avant-garde composer who exploded onto the classical music world in the 1960s with works like Polymorphia<\/i>, St. Luke\u2019s Passion<\/i> and Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, <\/i>Penderecki is considered the godfather of the modern horror movie score: His pieces have been deployed in The Shining<\/em>, The Exorcist<\/em>, Shutter Island<\/em> and numerous David Lynch projects, including Twin Peaks: The Return<\/em>, Inland Empire<\/em> and Wild at Heart<\/em>, each utilizing Penderecki\u2019s spasmodic, shrieking strings to add surprise and dread to their respective scenes.<\/span><\/p>\n