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Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Composer · Died May 21, 2024, aged 71 · Konin, Polish People's Republic [now Poland]

Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek was a Polish composer. He wrote scores for more than 70 feature films and documentaries, including Finding Neverland, for which he won an Oscar and a National Board of Review Award. Other notable scores were for Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Unfaithful, Evening, The Visitor, and Washington Square.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 29, 1953
Died
May 21, 2024 (aged 71)
From
Konin, Polish People's Republic [now Poland]
Works as
Composer
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 65 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 26% in 30 days

What are Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 13th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Bonds
23%
Self
15%
Survival
15%
Society
14%
Power
4%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 13 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 16 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 19 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 24 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 4 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 20

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 22 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Melancholic
24
Hopeful
13
Contemplative
8
Dread
8
Other
28

How their films linger

Bittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet21
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

65 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page.

  • Legend of the Happy Worker(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Death of Zygielbojm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer · Music Producer · Orchestrator

  • Butterfly's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer · Music Producer

  • Magnesium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer · Music Producer · Orchestrator

  • Valley of the Gods(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Nieletni inżynierowie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • I'll Find You(2019)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Paul, Apostle of Christ(2018)

    Composer · Music Producer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Tales of Mexico(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Interlude: City of a Dead Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • A Classy Broad(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dancing Before the Enemy: How a Teenage Boy Fooled the Nazis and Lived(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Inbetween Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • 1939 Battle of Westerplatte(2013)

    Composer · Music Producer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Joanna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer · Music Producer

  • The Time Being(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Leonie(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Get Low(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Officer's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer · Producer

  • Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Hachi: A Dog's Tale(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler(2009)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • City Island(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Horsemen(2009)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Passchendaele(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Karamazov Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • The Visitor(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Hania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Evening(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Who Never Lived (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Finding Neverland(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Soldier's Girl(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Unfaithful(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Shot in the Heart(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Edges of the Lord(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Quo vadis(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • A Mother's Fight for Justice(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Lost Souls(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Third Miracle(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Aimee & Jaguar(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Washington Square(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Bliss(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dead Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Felony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Total Eclipse(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Gospel According to Harry(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Empty Cradle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Three of Hearts(1993)

    as Priest

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • White Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Doppelganger(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Do domu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Pale Blood(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • On Death Row (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • And at the Gates of Dawn You Shine... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Jeździec na ogniu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Disaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Bohun and Kmicic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Jan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Marta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Michał (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Edward and Stefan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1984 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Unfaithful (2002)

$119M worldwide

Highest rated

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Unfaithful (2002)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 63: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleProducing1 of 63: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleMusic62 of 63: 54 only music, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew7 of 63: 0 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

63 titles, 8 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1980s9 · crew1990s15 · 1 acting · 14 crew2000s20 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · composer

A Classy Broad (2016)

98th percentile spread · 48% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

Midcredits 98th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 64/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles7–94 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles16–71 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles9–73 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles8–55 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles40–74 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jan A.P. Kaczmarek work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Agnieszka Holland shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers