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	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 10:42 AM
	By:	meegle (Member)

So I'm really digging his music from PENNY DREADFUL and A SINGLE MAN and W.E. and it occurs to me that he appears to remind me of when I loved more melodic thematic composers.

What do you think about his work?


	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 10:57 AM
	By:	DS (Member)

I love him, and many FSM members do. Go straight to "Escape From Tomorrow" if you haven't heard it yet - it's his most "old school" work yet, sounding like it came straight out of an early '80s fantasy movie.


	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 11:39 AM
	By:	Lokutus (Member)

Don't forget COPERNICUS' STAR, BATTLE FOR TERRA and ROMEO AND JULIET.


	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 11:58 AM
	By:	Thor (Member)

Great composer. I was fortunate to meet him in Ghent in 2012, and hope there will be future possibilities for an interview.


	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 12:08 PM
	By:	nuts_score (Member)

I don't understand the need to classify Korzeniowski or any other classically-inclined modern composer as "old school" or whatever -- instead how about we classify them as they truly are: "talented composers." To me, there is no difference between Abel Korzeniowski or Hans Zimmer, or Michael Giacchino, or Bear McCreary, or Jeff Grace, or anyone. They are all gifted artists whom we are lucky to have their music in this modern age.

I also urge you to track down his score for the Fritz Lang's Metropolis. I'm sure there is some kind of BS regarding the lack of an album release, but it really is one of my holy grails. (An intrepid fan can search on iTunes to discover some no-charge podcasts of lossy recordings of some of Korzeniowski's Metropolis: Symphony of Fear.)


	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 12:31 PM
	By:	Solium (Member)

To me, there is no difference between Abel Korzeniowski or Hans Zimmer

Oh no you didn't!


	Posted:	Jul 13, 2014 - 2:15 PM
	By:	meegle (Member)

My definition of old school composer is "Having more in common with Herrmman, Goldsmith, Williams and Horner than Zimmer, Beltrami and Jackman"....more or less.

But yes, they are ALL completely talented.


	Posted:	Jul 14, 2014 - 10:07 AM
	By:	Mathew (Member)

I also urge you to track down his score for the Fritz Lang's Metropolis. I'm sure there is some kind of BS regarding the lack of an album release, but it really is one of my holy grails. (An intrepid fan can search on iTunes to discover some no-charge podcasts of lossy recordings of some of Korzeniowski's Metropolis: Symphony of Fear.)

15 tracks of Abel's Metropolis score are up here:

http://www.abelkorzeniowski.com/metropolis


	Posted:	Jul 14, 2014 - 10:32 AM
	By:	Hurdy Gurdy (Member)

Not for me!
I bought the Single Man CD, based on all the ravings I read about it here, from my local HMV back in the day, but after playing it 2 or 3 times, ended up taking it back and swapping it for something else.
There wasn't anything in the score that stood out as particularly memorable or likeable to me.
It just didn't have that spark that I need to hear to follow up on composers.
I have sampled a few other scores by him since on youtube or spotify but we just don't hit if off I guess.
Oh well, it's not like there aren't plenty of other composers out there for me to spend my hard earned on.


	Posted:	Oct 6, 2016 - 8:34 PM
	By:	KevinSmith (Member)


	Posted:	Oct 7, 2016 - 1:41 AM
	By:	Thor (Member)

For me, Korzeniowski isn't really 'old school'. Quite the contrary, he's a fairly modern composer operating in the post-minimalist style of romanticism. I group him with composers like Dario Marianelli, Henrik Skram, Armand Amar, Johan Söderqvist etc.

One of my favourite composers working today, and I hope his METROPOLIS will get a commercial release one day.


	Posted:	Nov 19, 2016 - 4:50 PM
	By:	thestat (Member)

Korzeniowski is definitely one of the best composers working today. To me, he shows a lot of range in his compositions. Yes, he has accumulated a lot of recognition for the minimal style of A Single Man and Nocturnal Animals but we need to remember that Battle for Terra and Copernicus Star are very expansive in composition. He seems to me a lot like Desplat, a composer who can literally do anything. I do tend to gravitate towards his more minimalist style and it would be great if he could bag an Oscar for his latest.


	Posted:	Nov 19, 2016 - 5:13 PM
	By:	Sirusjr (Member)


	Posted:	Feb 21, 2018 - 9:35 AM
	By:	scottweberpdx (Member)

I love him...more and more with each new score (which there are too few of). I can understand not connecting with some composers, I can't "feel" anything for Desplat, no matter what. To each his/her own, right? Anyway...I find that his best scores are actually not the more dense/action ones (Battle for Terra, Copernicus Star), but Penny Dreadful, W.E., Romeo & Juliet and Nocturnal animals. In particular, he has a knack for building, dramatic cues (Letters, Abdication, Table for Two, Closer Than Sisters. I had my first Korzenioski score for a few years before I really "got" it and subsequently have really grown to love his work and hope for more!

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