Łukasz Targosz

Łukasz Targosz (; born 20 February 1977) is a Polish film composer, and music and film producer. A graduate from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Jazz and Pop Music Department) in 2002.

He started his career as a session musician. After writing music for a movie entitled The Crown Witness, he gained recognition. He received two awards for his film music: in 2010 during Roma Fiction Fest for the best music written for a TV series Marked and during Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood (Winter 2015) for music composed for The Last Waltz. Radiostation RMF Classic as well as its listeners awarded Łukasz Targosz with MocArty for The Best Film Music of 2014 written to a TV series The Pack produced by HBO Poland.

He can boast of over 40 soundtracks for various cinematic projects – to begin with art house, through mainstream movies and animation, to end with new generation historic movies such as Stones for the Rampart by Robert Gliński, long-awaited screen version of a classical Polish novel by Aleksander Kamiński. A romantic comedy entitled Letters to St. Nicolas achieved box-office success in Poland while the soundtrack quickly reached gold record status; Love and Dance is the first Polish dance movie which was watched by a record-breaking number of viewers; Insiders – a thriller TV series was reviewed as one of the best Polish TV series; Marked was nominated during such festivals as RoseD'or, Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Roma Fiction Fest; the animation entitled The Game, which he also co-produced, was awarded during numerous international festivals, e.g. Boston International Film Festival, Mexico International Film Festival, On Location: Memphis International Film and Music Fest, Canada International Film Festival, Indie Fest. What is more, The Game was the only Polish animation which stood a chance to win an Oscar for the year 2012. He was also a co-producer of Floating Skyscrapers by Tomasz Wasilewski, one of top award-winning Polish movies in 2013 (International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, T-Mobile New Horizons, Gdynia Film Festival).

He cooperated with various well-known artists, among them: Jennifer Batten (together they performed solos for Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana, which was used in the movie entitled Love and Dance), Renata Przemyk, Grzegorz Turnau, Janusz Radek, Robert Janowski, Doda, Afromental band.

He is a co-owner of the Music Production Studio SPOT which was found in 1999.

Discography Music composed to:

Films 2022 – Broad Peak 2020 – All My Friends Are Dead 2019 – The Coldest Game 2016 – Planet Single 2014 – Służby specjalne 2014 – Kamienie na szaniec aka Stones for the Rampart 2012 – Hans Kloss. Stawka większa niż śmierć 2011 – Letters to St. Nicolas 2011 – Los numeros 2010 – Skrzydlate świnie aka Flying Pigs 2009 – Kochaj i tańcz aka Love and Dance 2008 – Kierowca aka Limousine 2007 – Świadek koronny aka The Crown Witness 2006 – Być kwiatem

Short movie 2014 – Mocna kawa wcale nie jest taka zła aka Strong Coffee Isn't That Bad 2014 – Ostatni walc aka The Last Waltz 2013 – Mały palec aka Pinky 2011 – Mika

TV series 2026 – Proud 2023 – Infamy 2020 – The Woods 2015 – 2016 - Pakt aka The Pact 2015 – Służby specjalne 2014 – Wataha aka The Pack 2012 – 2014 – The Doctors 2012 – 2014 – Friends 2012 – 2014 – True Law 2011 – Układ Warszawski aka Warsaw Pact 2011 – Wszyscy kochają Romana (Polish TV series based on an American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond) 2011 – Instynkt aka Instinct 2010 – 2011 – Usta usta (Polish TV series based on the British series Cold Feet) 2010 – 2011 – Klub szalonych dziewic (Polish TV series based on Rozengeur & Wodka Lime) 2010 – 2011 – Prosto w serce (Polish TV series based on an Argentinian soap opera Sos mi vida) 2009 – Naznaczony aka Marked 2008 – 2009 – 39 i pół 2008 – 2009 – BrzydUla (Polish TV series based on a Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea) 2007 – Odwróceni aka Insiders 2006 – 2007 – Hela w opałach (Polish TV series based on an American sitcom Grace Under Fire) 2005 – 2009 – Niania (Polish TV series based on an American sitcom The Nanny)

Animation 2014 – 2015 – Mrówka szuka męża aka Ant is getting married 2014 – 2015 – Proszę mnie przytulić aka Hug me please 2014 – 2015 – Basia 2014 – 2015 – Latający Miś i spółka aka The Flying Bear and The Gang 2013 – 2014 – Myszy strajkują aka Mice on Strike 2013 – 2014 – Bear Me 2013 – 2014 – Head's Life 2012 – 2014 – Agi Bagi 2012 – 2014 – Fennec 2011 – The Game

Co-producer 2014 – 2015 – Mrówka szuka męża aka Ant is getting married 2014 – 2015 – Proszę mnie przytulić aka Hug me please 2014 – 2015 – Basia 2014 – 2015 – Latający Miś i spółka aka The Flying Bear and The Gang 2013 – 2014 – Myszy strajkują aka Mice on Strike 2013 – Płynące wieżowce aka Floating Skyscrapers 2013 – Mały palec 2013 – 2014 – Myszy strajkują aka Mice on Strike 2013 – 2014 – Bear Me 2013 – 2014 – Head's Life 2012 – 2014 – Agi Bagi 2012 – 2014 – Fennec 2011 – The Game