Ozan Çolakoğlu


Ozan Çolakoğlu is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with various Turkish pop idols and his multiple film scores. He co-founded the production company Sarı Ev, but left it in 2010 to work for dB Müzik.

Life and career

Ozan Çolakoğlu was born in Adana, Turkey in 1972. He attended the Berklee College of Music and his career started with Tarkan's first album called Yine Sensiz. Besides working continuously with the Turkish pop idol, he also contributed to the albums of such notable artists like Nil Karaibrahimgil, Murat Boz or the well known all-female Turkish rock band, Pin-up. In the music world he is also known for his remixes under the name Ozinga.
He arranged "Every Way That I Can", the song Sertab Erener won the Eurovision contest with. Years later, he would go on to arrange another Eurovision hit "Düm Tek Tek", written by his friend Sinan Akçıl.
Ozan Çolakoğlu is also credited for co-writing several of Tarkan's songs, including the second version of "Şımarık".
Apart from Tarkan, he worked for Nilüfer, Bendeniz, Deniz Seki, Nil Karaibrahimgil, Ümit Sayın, Pınar Aylin, Gökçe, Yaşar, Çelik Erişçi, Özgün, Kızlar, Tan Taşçi, Sibel Can, Gülşen.
His works include the scores of such popular movies like G.O.R.A., Sınav or Organize İşler.

Discography

;Studio albums

Albums

Singles

Remixes

Film scores