Composers
Tymoteusz Witczak
Is a Polish composer and music producer, known his dark and spacious
scores for film and theatre. His film scores include the dark comedy “A Night at the Kindergarten” (Netflix Original) and the FIPRESCI Prize-nominated thriller "Wall." He is the composer for the football series "1992 - Top Game" (Viaplay) by Maciej Bielawski. The documentary films he composed for have been recognised at prestigious festivals: "Best Documentary from Central and Eastern Europe" Award at Ji.hlava IDFF 2023 for "Distances" by Matej Bobrik; documentary "Little Poland" was an official selection of the Warsaw Film Festival; and “When Will This Wind Stop" by Aniela Gabryel received the IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary. Tymoteusz composed music for short films such as Mateusz Pacewicz’s "Stymulanty I Emaptogeny” Paulina Skibińska's "Monika W" and Emilia Zielonka's "Reflection".
Tymoteusz often incorporates elements of horror and experimental music, creating intense and suspenseful compositions. Simultaneously, he contrasts them with spacious, dreamy textures and delicate, emotional melodies. Tymoteusz has written music for several theatre plays, collaborating with noted Polish directors such as Piotr Ratajczak on "Limba" (Teatr Układ Formalny), Jan Husakowski on "Kim jest Pan Szmidt" (Teatr Wybrzeże), Grzegorz Grecas on "Zaginiony Świat" (Teatr Maska), Marta Strecker on “Spólnota (TUF),” Katarzyna Dudzic on "Cicho - Tuxo" (WTW), Agnieszka Nasierowska on “Momo” (Teatr Modrzejewskiej), and Jarosław Tumidajski on "Siedem minut po północy" (AST).
Tymoteusz is also active as a music producer both for film song projects and commercial artist releases. His collaborations include avant pop artists Karolina Micuła's "Piękny Koniec Świata." and Projekt MANIA's upcoming album release. Tymoteusz's commercial work includes the sound logo for Polish Radio #2, winning their 80th anniversary national competition; since 2018, it can be heard daily as the intro sound to the "Fantazja Polska" broadcast. He also composed the theme for the podcast "Polska w Grze."
As a young boy, Tymoteusz's first musical creativity involved plucking and scraping the strings of an old piano at his parents' house. He went on to earn an M.A. in Composition at the Academy of Music in Wrocław and co-hosted over 100 episodes of experimental music show "Panorama Dźwięku" on Academic Radio Luz during his studies. He then interned at Ballroom Studios in Dresden, where he assisted in recording and producing top German recording artists, and worked as a freelance sound technician.
When he's not creating darkly expressive music in his studio in Wrocław, Tymoteusz frequently attends screenings of genre cinema and arthouse films. He loves speciality coffee, yoga, and indie video games.