In 1998, "Requiem for My Friend", Preisner's first large scale work not written for film, premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but it became a memorial to Kieślowski after the director's death. The "Lacrimosa" from this Requiem appears in Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life". The "Dies Irae" from this Requiem appears in the film "La Grande Bellezza", directed by Paolo Sorrentino and in the second season of the television series "The Crown".