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Hello;

Artist: Oganalp Canatan
Site(s): www.oganalp.com
E-mail: oganalp(at)oganalp.com


Greetings;

I am a professional performing artist and a composer with a passion for computer games. I am willing to work on computer games music soundtracks. I have experience on various styles as well as the business on production / performing / management level. As I am willing to expand my CV, I am working for feasible prices and contract terms. Here are my experiences, previous works and traits. You can find samples at the links I have provided above. Thank you for your time.


Projects I Have Worked On;

    * Maegi Debut Album (composer, arranger, performer, mixing engineer) MCD(2012)
    This project features guest appearances of Zak Stevens (Savatage, CiiC, Trans Siberian
    Orchestra), Jerry Outlaw (Jon Oliva's Pain) and several more artists.

    * R.A.T.S. (composer, arranger, engineer) PC (2012)

    * Freelancer Continuum (Composer, arranger, recording engineer, mixing engineer)(2011)PC

    * Dreamtone / Maxi Single - Bir Varmis, Bir Yokmus(Composer, arranger, singer, recording engineer, mixing engineer)(2011)

    * Adder / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2011)iPhone

    * Chester's Revenge / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2011)iPhone/PC

    * Eternal Crisis / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010)PC

    * Eternity / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010)PC

    * Poemoutron / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010)XBOX Live Arcade

    * Eden's Rise / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010)C/Animation Movie

    * Battle for Earth / Sountrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010)Wii

    * Frostfire / Level Track (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * Fear of the Dark / Sountrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * Illarion / Sountrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * Uncyclist / In Game Music track (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * Discovery Freelancer Mod 4.86 / Sountrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * Future Online browser based MMORPG main theme (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * DeadBird Crysis Mod Soundtrack / Sountrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer, performer)(2010) PC

    * Casus Belli Crysis Mod Soundtrack / Title track (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * To Hell With Johnny Arcade Game (PC) / Sountrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010) PC

    * Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland - Reversing Time - 2008 (Music Album - AFM Records) / Worldwide released Music album also featuring important guest names (Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian, Tom Englund of Evergrey, Mike Baker - Gary Wehrkamp of Shadow Gallery) and a symphony orchestra (Composer, arranger, performer, orchestral arrangements)

    * Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland - Ophidia - 2010 (Music Album - AFM Records)/ Worldwide released symphonic metal album also featuring guest names (Jon Oliva of Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatage, JOP, Edu Falaschi of Angra, Urban Breed of Tad Morose, Pyramaze, Bloodbound) (Composer, arranger, performer, orchestral arrangements, mixing assistant)

    * Dreamtone - Sojourn - 2006 (Music Album - EMI Turkey)/Worldwide released metal album. (Composer, performer, orchestral arrangements, conceptual writing)

    * Dreamtone - Snowfall - 2007 (Single CD - Ghostwall Records)/Worldwide released metal cd. (Composer, performer)

    * Dreamtone - Unforeseen Reflections - 2004 (Music Album - Self). (Composer, performer, orchestral arrangements)

    * Dreamtone - Pandemonium - 2002 (Single CD - Self). (Performer)


Key Assets

    * I am ok with tight deadlines (unless they are impossible to meet) and I also know what a SKU, NDA, Change Order, Rework, Licence, Royalty etc means. I am fairly new to soundtrack business, not new to the music business itself.

    * I can compose in any genre you want.

    * Since I am a performing artist myself, I understand how live sessions work and can overcome any difficulties present.

    * My prices are usually cheap.

    * I am a game addict since the age of 6 (now I am almost 28) with a game archive of over 2000 titles (present and ancient ones) so, I know and understand the gaming needs and atmosphere as a gamer.

    * I have essential VST libraries as well as a decent rig at home to record stuff. I also have access to one of Istanbul's biggest recording studios, Garage (a division of Yamaha Music Academy). Equipment list is as follows (home studio – pro studio has 6 drum sets, three 20 people sized record rooms, Avalon rigs, Neumann sets etc, etc);

    * I am playing guitars since the age of 5, singing professionally for 6 years now with extensive education from state theatre and opera instructors, have education over composition and arrangement. Basicly, I understand the concepts of almost any musical instrument or very fluent in learning their capabilities and options.

    * I composed music featuring important names from metal / general music scene like Jon Oliva (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatage), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Edu Falaschi (Angra), Tom Englund (Evergrey), Mike Baker – Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery, Ayreon), Urban Breed (Tad Morose) and more.

    * I own a record label in my hometown and I also worked as a reviewer and senior editor of a music magazine for 8 years (2000-2008, Zor Music Magazine).

If you want to learn more about my projects as well as discussing any cooperation possibilities, please do not hesitate to e-mail me or visiting one of the website links I supported for reviewing purposes.

Thank you for reading thus far.

Oganalp Canatan

PS: Contact information and sample links are at the top of this post.

PS: I have a similar post in Audio section that I have posted some time ago but this is an updated and purely business oriented one.

I need a composer for my Crusader series. If you can do .wav music for me, that would be seriously awesome! I need some epic adventure music for 5 games. Nothing much, just SNES-style music, and only 3 tracks per game (excpet you'll have to do 3 for the 3rd iteration because it's huge)over , I don't know 1 1/2 months...You in? Because that would be pretty freaking awesome.  :)

Hello,

Thank you for your message. I am interested in the project as Crusader was an all time favorite series of mine (sadly, my Crusader boxes were stolen some time ago).

Can you please e-mail me your project details, budget, durations of tracks (rough estimations), size concerns etc to my e-mail and so we can continue the dialogue over email.

My address is [email protected]

Thanks

PS: 1.5 months is a fairly good time for a project, it is very much doable :)

Nice site :) your music style sounds definite...

Thank you for your nice comment :)

Those Ophidia tracks sound great, dude! :) :handthumbsupR: I have a friend who'd probably like that album. How are you planning to sell it once it's released?

Hello Craig, thank you for your kind words.

Ophidia and the previous Neverland album, Reversing Time are licensed to AFM Records so basicly, they are handling the sales.

However, Neverland website has some links to e-shops and cd-shops who are selling the albums. Like iTunes, eshare etc.

The link is www.neverlandofficial.com if your friend is interested in.


And thank you for reminding me to put a link to my website as well :)


EDIT: Sample tracker from the newest CD, Ophidia, is now online at www.oganalp.com which also features Jon Oliva (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatage), Edu Falaschi (Angra) and Urban Breed (Tad Morose, Pyramaze), for those who are into metal music :).

Sorry for the double post but as this is very cheering news for me, I wanted to add this here.

My band, Neverland's music video is now available for viewing over the band's website and Youtube and other community pages.

The big part is, Headbangers Ball of MTV, Greek branch (and probably some other European ones later this month) will have its TV premiere on 16th of March.

For those who are into power prog metal -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWWiwBNcIfU

Hello,

Wanted to inform that I have completed the Uncyclist music (another project posted to TIG forums here) and now, counting down for the worldwise release of Ophidia album, which is in 8 days!

In case anyone's curious (I'm the user who posted the ad), my experience of working with Oganalp was very good, as was the resulting music. Highly recommended!

Cool, can the music be heard somewhere, or are we still awaiting the release of the game? :)

 :beer:

It'll be a few weeks yet, sorry!

Our new album, Ophidia, with my band Neverland, is being released today in 25+ countries around the world! :D

www.neverlandofficial.com has some review excerpts and links for those who are interested in :)

Here is an update of review excerpts of Ophidia, my band's latest release where I was one of the main composers, near to being the singer and mixing assistant.

"Ophidia, Neverland's latest is a super album!" - 9/10 - (DPRP Recommended CD) - DPRP.net

"A Strong work from this relatively unknown Greek-Turkish band. We, as proggies, should necessarily try!" - 8,8/10 - MetalFactory.ch

"The first big surprise of the Metal year 2010!" - 4/5 - Ready2Rock Magazine

"For the lovers of this genre, it is almost a mandatory item that can fight this year's more recognized brands!" - 85/100 - Rockarea.eu

"Fans of the first album can buy the album for sure and readers, who like Blind Guardian, Angra, Rhapsody and Shadow Gallery, will surely find some interesting elements too." - 81/100 - Powerofmetal.dk

"Passionate Melodic-/Power-Metal-Fans with a preference for full-bodied vocals and strong material should absolutely check Neverland. The band deserves your attention!" - 8/10 - Metal.de

"Ophidia is a godsend for fans of powerful, yet melodic metal!" - 12/15 - Twilight-Magazin.de

"Visions of a enthusiastic band playing their music with a banging audience get inside my head!" - 8,2/10 - FuryRocks.com

"Neverland, with "Ophidia", have created a witty and fast paced progressive metal album, which fires after the fourth pass yet." - 8/10 - MetalMinder.de

"Compositionally, I like the CD very well, as no song sounds like the other...An interesting album with good songs varied." - MetalSwitzerland.ch

"Neverland, with "Ophidia" I believe, have made more than just a step in the right direction. Ophidia has become a thoroughly enjoyable, slightly progressive metal album." - Rockingboy.de

"A unique band with a large variety of sounds, even if there are some reminiscences, they do their own thing." - 8/10 - Ice-Vajal.com

"Neverland show with their second album, "Ophidia" that one can very well deliver a unified, coherent work in progressive power metal, without having to restrict its music."  - Musikreviews.de

"An album full of technical right and to dream and beautiful melodies." - Squealer-Rocks.de

"Ophidia is a beautifully made album, which one should definitely listen to!" - Stormbringer.at

“... a bombastic roller coaster ride...” - Classic Rock Magazine

"Ophidia' is an album that would sit comfortably in the record collection of any symphonic, progressive, battle or just plain traditional heavy metal fan out there." - UberRock.co.uk

"The production is well managed and the songs sound very pleasing from the speakers." -  EvilRocksHard.de

"Overall, the band has done a good job and the listener is pleasantly surprised." -  Whiskey-Soda.de

Hey all;

Sorry for the silent period. I am working on a new soundtrack atm, will announce the details in about 20 days or so, when NDA ends.

There is a chance that you may see some of my stuff at this year's E3!

After June 15, I am able to work on some additional music soundtracks if you need. You can find me at www.oganalp.com!




Previous post was;


Hello;

You can now listen to another theme of Illarion at www.oganalp.com, called Illarion Knights. Hope you enjoy.

E3 exposure eh? Sounds awesome dude! Seems things are still going great for ya! Any more information on this E3 business then? Pretty awesome to hear that!

Will be able to tell more stuff when I am allowed. I guess devs are ok with announcements after mid-june. Though I will be outside of country for about a week for some tour biz. When I am back, I guess I can give out more info.

Thanks for the interest!

Well, since I will be on the road for a gig and some promotions, I won't be around till Mid June and I decided to update the website with another song from Neverland before I go.

You can listen to it at www.oganalp.com

It is called "Silence the Wolves" - a heavy piece - and it has been performed by Urban breed, one of my all time favorite singers.

Enjoy!

Hi People;

I am back from the tour and uploaded another track from the Illarion OST. Its a forest background theme and you can listen to it at www.oganalp.com

Enjoy!

Greetings;

Battle for Earth Main Theme is now online at www.oganalp.com, I hope you like it. Its the main theme from a Wii game that I was working on back in June.

Also, I have updated the CV in my first post.

My band, Neverland, will be on TV as guests on 00.00, GMT+2 - Wednesday at Beyaz TV (TR). Even though the program is in Turkish, we will perform several songs, if you want to check it out, you can find the Live Stream at http://www.beyaztv.com.tr.

Neverland will be the live guests of Son Durak show, hosted by Can Ozgun and Tamer Adanali @ TRT Radio on 15th of July, Thursday at 20.00 (GMT+2.00).

You can listen to the show at FM 105.6 or over the net, from www.trt.net.tr . The show will also accept phone calls and emails. +90 312 444 24 06, [email protected]

I got a mail several days ago, from a VERY talented development team, working on a sci-fi movie, being based on a game engine. Well, you can call it a c-movie, anyway.

The project itself is very appealing as it being a sci-fi project and the team being very talented but what was more important that, the income, if the team can create any, will be donated to cancer foundations. I will try to update this project with as much info as possible and update www.oganalp.com frequently.

What I am humbly asking is, please don't stay silent when it is released and perhaps we may be able to help a few people out there with this disease.

Thank you.

Well, I was silent for over a month now. Sorry, holiday stuff and so =)

Anyway, I am back on track and I have updated www.oganalp.com with two new tracks from two diferrent projects.

I have also updated the Project pages with some new info and stuff.


Enjoy!!

More will come.

Oganalp
www.oganalp.com

Added Eden's Rise project to the CV list. Its an sci-fi animation like movie made with Crytek2 Engine. (Machinima?)

This is a CV update

Poemoutron - Video Game (Xbox 360 Live Arcade)

You can find a sample track at www.oganalp.com

Enjoy =)

Hello people, just came back from the tour with the band and now I am back on normal working schedule if you are in need of music.

I will upload a new track tomorrow as a "tour gift" for you people.

Take care!

oganalp

www.oganalp.com

TO HELL WITH JOHNNY RELEASED FOR PC!

It was a very much fun to work project and now you can enjoy it as well! "To Hell With Johnny" has been released and you can find it at www.michi.nu. Its a fun platformer =)

Just want to say Oganalp was very quick (even though I didn't ask him to be) and professional .. delivered a track in no time, and it's quite a good one too. Highly recommended.

I am glad that you enjoyed my services =).

This is a CV update.

    * Eternity / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2010)PC

Also updated the first post. I will update the CV with one more project later this week.

Updated www.oganalp.com with a new track. Enjoy!

This is a CV update

* Eternal Crisis / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer) (2010) PC
www.eternalcrisis.net

You can also check a sample track at www.oganalp.com

Enjoy.

This is an info update regarding payments.

Finally, I can now accept PayPal. Many people were asking me over PM's and e-mails. I hope it helps now.


I will try to update my website with some new tracks if I can get permission from the devs. Also, I believe I will come up with a new 2011 design for your eye pleasure =).

Take care.

www.oganalp.com

Greetings everyone!

You can listen to a new track from Eternal Crisis at www.oganalp.com . It is a battle theme. Enjoy!

Oganalp


www.oganalp.com

I wish everyone a happy new year!

I am trying to get a dev to accept posting a track at the website from a new project as a New Year gift. Don't forget to check www.oganalp.com =)

This is a CV update:

    * Bottoms Up / Soundtrack (Composer, arranger, recording engineer)(2011)iPhone/PC

Sorry for the delay, a new sample track is now online at www.oganalp.com

enjoy!

This is an information update.

The project formerly announced as "Bottom's Up" has been renamed to "Chester's Revenge". Announcing just to prevent any future confusion

Hello friends.

I have submitted all my work for Chester's Revenge project and now I am relatively free and open for new projects. Just wanted to let you know.

I am still working on Eternal Crisis and Illarion soundtracks as well as demo recordings for my upcoming album, as well as my band, Dreamtone's new album. But besides those, I have some free room for work.

Just wanted to let you dev people know, if you want to work with me.

You can check my reel at www.oganalp.com near to work info and updates.

There is a new design for www.oganalp.com now, where you can have a better control over mp3 player as well as blog links and all.

Also added a new track from Illarion OST. A Tavern theme.

Enjoy!

www.oganalp.com

Greetings all;

I now have an Audiojungle profile where you can find tracks that I have composed but have not been used on any project to get for your needs. Please note that these tracks that I am uploading (and will upload in the future) are EXCLUSIVE to Audiojungle.

This means, you can go and listen to them and if you like, use them over your projects. They are open to purchase for everyone (and for exclusive purchase for one buyer only) with reasonably good prices.

http://audiojungle.net/user/oganalp/portfolio

Also, I will announce a new game soundtrack project soon at www.oganalp.com , keep an eye for updates =)

Hello all. I was being silent for a while, working on some big projects that I cannot yell out loud yet =)

Anyway, this is a CV update;

* Adder / Soundtrack (Composer, Recorder, Producer) IPhone 2011

Will add more news and updates soon.

Figured that I didn't upload any new tracks to the website and added a new theme from Illarion to www.oganalp.com

Enjoy!

I decided to upload a track from one of my early 2010 projects since I kinda love the tune. I hope you like it.

www.oganalp.com

I am so terribly sorry for not updating this topic for a while. I am working on my band's new production as the engineer and it takes some time.

I will be able to post a music video as well as the final production sometime in October, after the album comes from mastering.

So, this is a new CV update without a sample, my apologies

Dreamtone - New Maxi Single (Title TBA)
Credits: Composer, Singer, Orchestration, Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer

Cheers.

Oh and I am available for soundtrack works again.

Wow, life going fast.


2 more stuff to announce

Freelancer Continuum mod for Microsoft's Freelancer (composer - engineer as usual)

Another one as well, though this one is under NDA. Good company, big stuff =).

Back in the game. Updates and samples coming soon at www.oganalp.com

Hello Everyone!

The developers just informed me that one of the titles that I have worked on - Chester's Revenge - is now available on Windows Mobile.

Here is the link

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/d1013781-8665-4b75-813b-fb4d7f6ec08d

It has been sometime since I've uploaded a new track to the website.

This one is fresh from the Freelancer Continuum project.

http://soundcloud.com/oganalp/the-dark

You can also visit www.oganalp.com for additional updates and samples.

Enjoy!

This is a different post.

I have started writing a column at www.gamergaia.com and would like to share it with you. I would be happy to see you there and read your thoughts on the matters I write about.


The Grumpy Og - DRM - It Is A Fantasy (26.10.11)

www.gamergaia.com/columns/the-grumpy-og/2076-drm-it-is-a-fantasy.html


I will try to point out things that disturb me in the gaming business each week. Everyone is invited to comment and discuss!

Here is a new update.

I have completed the work on Dreamtone's new maxi single and there is now a track available at www.oganalp.com for listening.

Enjoy!

Oganalp
www.oganalp.com

Hello!

A new track from R.A.T.S. game is now online at www.oganalp.com and you can listen to it from the site's player =).

Enjoy!

Oganalp
www.oganalp.com

Greetings everyone!

I am happy to announce that I have inked an endorsement deal with Steinberg, the creators of programs like Cubase, Nuendo and such.

Steinberg, through my Maegi project, will be helping me to create better stuff.

You can check Maegi at www.themaegi.com and www.facebook.com/maegimusic

Maegi, a power metal project, features important singers and artists like Zak Stevens (Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Circle II Circle), Jerry Outlaw (Jon Oliva's Pain) and several more, TBA in the upcoming weeks.

Cheers!