Krzysztof Penderecki, the avant-garde Polish composer whose works were featured in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, died on March 29, 2020 after a long illness. He was 86 years old.



This clip shows Penderecki conducting a performance of his piece, “Polymorphia,” which was used both alone as well as layered with other Penderecki compositions to create some of the most memorable soundscapes in The Shining.