---
name: "Oleg Yanchenko"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oleg-yanchenko"
fi1m_id: "oleg-yanchenko"
imdb_id: "nm0945897"
tmdb_id: 929399
wikidata_id: "Q346329"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 June 1939"
died: "12 January 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:20:20.254145+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Oleg Yanchenko

## Identity

Oleg Yanchenko

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oleg-yanchenko
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oleg-yanchenko
- **IMDb ID:** nm0945897
- **TMDB ID:** 929399
- **Wikidata ID:** Q346329
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945897/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929399

Composer. Born 18 June 1939 in Moscow, Russia. Died 12 January 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 June 1939, Moscow, Russia
- **Died:** 12 January 2002
- **Also known as:** O. Yanchenko, О. Янченко
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945897/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929399

## Biography

Oleg Yanchenko was a Russian composer and organist. He composed the original score for Elem Klimov’s film *Come and See* (1985), on which he is also credited as conductor.

He trained at the Moscow Conservatory in piano, organ and composition. Yanchenko wrote music for around 27 feature films and television productions, including *People on the Swamp* (1982). He received the USSR State Prize in 1984 for the latter and the All-Union Film Festival prize for best film music in 1986 for *Come and See*. His concert works include six symphonies and several operas and ballets. He was named People’s Artist of the Russian Federation in 1997.

*Sources: ru.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, mosconsv.ru.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Come and See* (1985), Fi1m 92, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/come-and-see.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Land of Mournful Songs* (1998), Music
- *Comedy of Lysistrata* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *The Ascent of Fujiyama* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Our Armoured Train* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Privates* (1988), Music
- *Polesia Chronicle* (1988), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sign of Disaster* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Come and See* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/come-and-see.md)
- *Bread* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Nikita* (1984), Music
- *Danger Warning* (1983), Music
- *Подых навальніцы* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The Sails of My Childhood* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *People at the Marshes* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Starting Point* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *On Your Mark!* (1979), Music
- *Sunday Night* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Who Am I?* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Time of Her Sons* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Biographical Fact* (1976), Music
- *Handful of Sand* (1975), Music
- *Woman from the Killed Village* (1975), Music
- *Mute Scream* (1975), Music
- *Little Hippo* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Red Agate* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Undiscovered Islands* (1974), Music
- *The Bread Smells of Gunpowder* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Fear of Misery - No Happiness* (1973), as violinist · Original Music Composer
- *Tartak* (1973), Music
- *Жизнь и смерть дворянина Чертопханова* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Beloved* (1965), as эпизод

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- People's Artist of the Russian Federation 1997: People's Artist of the Russian Federation (won)
- USSR State Prize 1984: USSR State Prize (won), for *Lyudi na bolote*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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