Krzysztof Penderecki, the influential Polish composer and conductor whose music was featured in "The Shining" and "Wild at Heart," died Sunday at his home in Krakow, according to The New York Times.

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2013, file photo, Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki tells a news conference in Warsaw, Poland. Sources close to the family say that Penderecki died Sunday at the age of 86 ...

The Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki left behind a rich and complex body of work. His innovative compositions offered a new musical language with which to interrogate the past and speak to the ...

Krzysztof Penderecki, the influential Polish composer and conductor whose work featured in The Shining and The Exorcist, has died at the age of 86. The Ludwig van Beethoven Association, founded by ...

One of 20th Century’s most influential composers, Polish composer died aged 86 in Krakow after illness WARSAW Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, who blazed a trail in classical music ...

Krzysztof Penderecki, the avant garde Polish composer whose works have featured in the Hollywood films “The Exorcist” and “The Shining,” died Sunday after a “long and serious illness,” the Ludwig von ...

Krzysztof Penderecki, a Polish composer and conductor whose modernist works were on soundtracks for The Exorcist and The Shining, died Sunday at his home in Krakow. He was 86 and his death was ...

The 90th anniversary of Penderecki's birth is the perfect chance to sample the diversity of work that sprang from a composer who remained intrigued by the infinite possibilities of sound When ...

Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the world's leading composers, died Sunday at the age of 86. The Polish Ministry of Affairs announced his passing in a tweet. No cause of death was given. The Polish-born ...

Krzysztof Penderecki, the influential Polish composer and conductor whose music was featured in “The Shining” and “Wild at Heart,” died Sunday at his home in Krakow, according to The New York Times.