(Zdeněk Liška (1922 - 1983) was a Czech composer; he produced a large of number film scores across a prolific career that
started in the 1950s. He was revelatory in his contribution to the
development of electronic music. His music in this field is noticeable and dramatic, based on a unique
musical feeling achieved through using quite unusual instrumental
combinations and various electronic and electroacoustic techniques.
Liška worked notably with animator Jan Švankmajer, scoring several of his earlier short films: Punch and Judy (1966), Et Cetera (1966), Historia Naturae (Suita) (1967), The Flat (1968), Don Juan (1969), The Ossuary (1970), Jabberwocky (1971), and Leonardo's Diary (1972), and later The Castle of Otranto (1979). Liška's music for Švankmajer's Historia Naturae (Suita), The Flat, and The Ossuary was also featured in the 1984 short film by American animators the Brothers Quay entitled The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer.
He also created a great number of iconic scores for important live-action films of the Czech New Wave including The Shop on Main Street, Marketa Lazarová, The Valley of the Bees, Fruit of Paradise, The Cremator and Ikarie XB-1).
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