Łukasz Targosz

Łukasz Targosz (; born 20 February 1977) is a Polish film composer, and music and film producer. A graduate from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Jazz and Pop Music Department) in 2002.

He started his career as a session musician.
After writing music for a movie entitled ''The Crown Witness'', he gained recognition.
He received two awards for his film music: in 2010 during Roma Fiction Fest for the best music written for a TV series ''Marked'' and during Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood (Winter 2015) for music composed for ''The Last Waltz''. Radiostation RMF Classic as well as its listeners awarded Łukasz Targosz with MocArty for The Best Film Music of 2014 written to a TV series ''The Pack'' produced by HBO Poland.

He can boast of over 40 soundtracks for various cinematic projects – to begin with art house, through mainstream movies and animation, to end with new generation historic movies such as ''Stones for the Rampart'' by Robert Gliński, long-awaited screen version of a classical Polish novel by Aleksander Kamiński. A romantic comedy entitled '' Letters to St. Nicolas'' achieved box-office success in Poland while the soundtrack quickly reached gold record status; ''Love and Dance'' is the first Polish dance movie which was watched by a record-breaking number of viewers; ''Insiders'' – a thriller TV series was reviewed as one of the best Polish TV series; ''Marked'' was nominated during such festivals as RoseD'or, Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Roma Fiction Fest; the animation entitled ''The Game'', which he also co-produced, was awarded during numerous international festivals, e.g. Boston International Film Festival, Mexico International Film Festival, On Location: Memphis International Film and Music Fest, Canada International Film Festival, Indie Fest. What is more, ''The Game'' was the only Polish animation which stood a chance to win an Oscar for the year 2012.www.stopklatka.pl
/ref> He was also a co-producer of ''Floating Skyscrapers'' by Tomasz Wasilewski, one of top award-winning Polish movies in 2013 (International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, T-Mobile New Horizons, Gdynia Film Festival).

He cooperated with various well-known artists, among them: Jennifer Batten (together they performed solos for Michael Jackson's ''Dirty Diana'', which was used in the movie entitled ''Love and Dance''), Renata Przemyk, Grzegorz Turnau, Janusz Radek, Robert Janowski, Doda, Afromental band.

He is a co-owner of the Music Production Studio SPOT which was found in 1999.

Discography

Music composed to:

Films

* 2022 – ''Broad Peak''
* 2020 – '' All My Friends Are Dead''
* 2019 – '' The Coldest Game''
* 2016 – '' Planet Single''
* 2014 – ''Służby specjalne''
* 2014 – ''Kamienie na szaniec'' aka ''Stones for the Rampart''
* 2012 – ''Hans Kloss. Stawka większa niż śmierć''
* 2011 – '' Letters to St. Nicolas''
* 2011 – ''Los numeros''
* 2010 – ''Skrzydlate świnie'' aka ''Flying Pigs''
* 2009 – ''Kochaj i tańcz'' aka ''Love and Dance''
* 2008 – ''Kierowca'' aka ''Limousine''
* 2007 – ''Świadek koronny'' aka ''The Crown Witness''
* 2006 – ''Być kwiatem''

Short movie

* 2014 – ''Mocna kawa wcale nie jest taka zła'' aka ''Strong Coffee Isn't That Bad''
* 2014 – ''Ostatni walc'' aka ''The Last Waltz''
* 2013 – ''Mały palec'' aka ''Pinky''
* 2011 – ''Mika''

TV series

* 2023 – ''Infamy''
* 2020 – '' The Woods''
* 2015 – 2016 - ''Pakt'' aka ''The Pact''
* 2015 – ''Służby specjalne''
* 2014 – ''Wataha'' aka ''The Pack''
* 2012 – 2014 – '' The Doctors''
* 2012 – 2014 – ''Friends''
* 2012 – 2014 – '' True Law''
* 2011 – ''Układ Warszawski'' aka ''Warsaw Pact''
* 2011 – ''Wszyscy kochają Romana'' (Polish TV series based on an American sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'')
* 2011 – ''Instynkt'' aka ''Instinct''
* 2010 – 2011 – ''Usta usta'' (Polish TV series based on the British series ''Cold Feet'')
* 2010 – 2011 – ''Klub szalonych dziewic'' (Polish TV series based on ''Rozengeur & Wodka Lime'')
* 2010 – 2011 – '' Prosto w serce'' (Polish TV series based on an Argentinian soap opera ''Sos mi vida'')
* 2009 – ''Naznaczony'' aka ''Marked''
* 2008 – 2009 – ''39 i pół''
* 2008 – 2009 – '' BrzydUla'' (Polish TV series based on a Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'')
* 2007 – ''Odwróceni'' aka ''Insiders''
* 2006 – 2007 – ''Hela w opałach'' (Polish TV series based on an American sitcom ''Grace Under Fire'')
* 2005 – 2009 – ''Niania'' (Polish TV series based on an American sitcom ''The Nanny'')

Animation

* 2014 – 2015 – ''Mrówka szuka męża'' aka ''Ant is getting married''
* 2014 – 2015 – ''Proszę mnie przytulić'' aka ''Hug me please''
* 2014 – 2015 – ''Basia''
* 2014 – 2015 – ''Latający Miś i spółka'' aka ''The Flying Bear and The Gang''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Myszy strajkują'' aka ''Mice on Strike''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Bear Me''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Head's Life''
* 2012 – 2014 – ''Agi Bagi''
* 2012 – 2014 – ''Fennec''
* 2011 – ''The Game''

Co-producer

* 2014 – 2015 – ''Mrówka szuka męża'' aka ''Ant is getting married''
* 2014 – 2015 – ''Proszę mnie przytulić'' aka ''Hug me please''
* 2014 – 2015 – ''Basia''
* 2014 – 2015 – ''Latający Miś i spółka'' aka ''The Flying Bear and The Gang''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Myszy strajkują'' aka ''Mice on Strike''
* 2013 – ''Płynące wieżowce'' aka ''Floating Skyscrapers''
* 2013 – ''Mały palec''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Myszy strajkują'' aka ''Mice on Strike''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Bear Me''
* 2013 – 2014 – ''Head's Life''
* 2012 – 2014 – ''Agi Bagi''
* 2012 – 2014 – ''Fennec''
* 2011 – ''The Game''

References

External links

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Muzyczne Studio Produkcyjne SPOT

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1977 births
Living people
Musicians from Kraków
Polish composers
Polish film score composers
Polish male film score composers