Eastern European New Waves

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Eastern European New Waves · Around 1960 young directors in Poland and Czechoslovakia made films that broke away from socialist realism. In Poland jazz played a large role, partly because it was regarded as Western and free. The pianist Krzysztof Komeda wrote the music for Roman Polański's Nóż w wodzie (1962) with a small jazz group. He followed Polański to Hollywood for Rosemary's Baby (1968), with a lullaby that Mia Farrow sings herself. In Czechoslovakia, Zdeněk Liška wrote idiosyncratic scores, such as for Marketa Lazarová (1967), with choirs and archaic, almost medieval sounds. Typical features are small line-ups, improvisation and a dark, ironic tone.

Listening

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  Knife in the Water · Krzysztof Komeda, 1962
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  Main Title · Krzysztof Komeda, 1968
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  Marketa Lazarová: Únos · Baborák Ensemble, Martinů Voices & Lukáš Vasilek (Zdeněk Liška), 1967

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map

See also

• Baborák Ensemble, Martinů Voices & Lukáš Vasilek (Zdeněk Liška)
• Nouvelle vague
• Jazz in film