MARCIN KUCZEWSKI
Film, tv and theatre music composer
Film and television music composer.
Songwriter, orchestrator and music producer.
He studied in the piano class of Prof. Teresa Manasterska at the
Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (UMFC).
Additionally he was a student in the class of piano improvisation of Prof. Szabolcs Esztenyi.
Finalist of the International Film Music Competition Transatlantyk 2015
(jury panel: Oscar winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and
Oscar nominated composer John Debney).
Third Award Winner in Transatlantyk Film Music Competition in 2016
(jury panel: Golden Globe Winner Daniel Pemberton and Roque Banos).
Double finalist in the 2014 UK Songwriting Contest and
multiple finalist (2014, 2020) in the prestigious
International Songwriting Competition.
In 2010 he composed music for Polish-Czech movie Hel directed by
Kinga Dębska.
He has scored many documentary films, among them award winning
The Girl from a Reading Primer directed by Edyta Wróblewska,
German-Polish coproduction Tschuess DDR and Early Apex co-produced by Canal Plus.
His works include music for over 100 short animated films produced by Hallmark UK, ANIMOON, Nordic Games, ELM Productions,
Polish Television Channels (TVP1, TVP 4K, TVP ABC) and many others.
In 2012 he became the lead composer for Na dobre i na złe tv series, scoring over 200 episodes of this most popular Polish weekly tv drama.
He has scored many short feature films, including Cisza by Iwona Bielecka, MOR by Nikita Tanadzhy and Mother directed by Yuri Leuta -
Best Score in Long Short Story 2022 Film Festival.
For the last few years he has been working closely with music theatres
(such as Warsaw Rampa Musical Theatre and Mazowiecki Teatr Muzyczny)
as an arranger and composer.
He has written original scores for numerous musicals and theatrical productions, including The Stranger, Never Ending Story, White Swans,
In the Shadow, Oliver Twist and C.A.S.T.I.N.G.
He is an experienced arranger, pianist and orchestrator,
who has collaborated with live ensembles, choirs specializing in both classical and gospel music, as well as symphonic orchestras such as the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, L'Autunno Symphonic Orchestra, and Poland's oldest symphonic orchestra - the Namysłowiacy Symphony Orchestra.
His arrangement and orchestration featured on Joanna Jakubas' international debut album was played and recorded by the prestigious
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO).
Musical director of tv talent shows: Must Be The Music 10 and SuperKid Poland (Polsat TV).
His compositions have been used in advertising campaigns for Nestle Lion, DPD, and Isover, among other well-known companies.