BARTEK GLINIAK
Composer | Film · Television · Concert Stage

 

From the electronic studios of Warsaw to the Sundance Grand Jury Prize,

and now a samurai epic.

 

Bartek Gliniak writes music that gets inside a character’s head. Born in Poland and based in Los Angeles since 2015, he has scored more than 50 films across Europe and the U.S. He moves freely between full orchestra, electronics and world instruments. Movie Music UK wrote that his work “deserves wider recognition.” The industry is catching up.

 

 

NOW

• Lone Samurai (dir. Josh C. Waller, Well Go USA). A Japanese-language survival epic set in the 13th century, starring Shogen and Yayan Ruhian. The 30-track score album is out on Lakeshore Records. Submitted for consideration for the 69th Annual GRAMMY® Awards, Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

• Redemption. A 1980s mob thriller starring Billy Zane, Robert Davi, Frank Stallone and Jon Lovitz.

 

 

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

• Nanny (dir. Nikyatu Jusu), starring Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan. Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2022, the first horror film ever to win it. Now in the Criterion Collection.

• Black Reel Awards 2023 (“The Bolts”): Outstanding Score nominee for Nanny (with Tanerélle), alongside Terence Blanchard (The Woman King), Michael Abels (Nope), Common (Alice) and Craig DeLeon (End of the Road)

• My Nikifor. Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary and Gold Hugo in Chicago

• 5× Eagle (Orły) nominee, Polish Film Awards, Best Film Music

• Double Platinum for Seven Songs of Mary. Gold Record for Calvarian Oratorio

• Symphony of Mercy (2025): 21 songs in 16 languages, premiered in 2025

• Music adaptation and recording supervision on Andrzej Wajda’s Oscar-nominated Katyn

• Member of the European Film Academy since 2006

 

ROOTS
Bartek graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków. In 1994 he won an award at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition and made his debut at Warsaw Autumn. Since 1996 he has worked with the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio, one of Europe’s oldest electronic music studios. His concert works have been heard in Zurich, Paris and Lviv.

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▶ Listen to Lone Samurai → https://orcd.co/lonesamurai

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