Atilla Özdemiroğlu

Atilla Özdemiroğlu, aka Attila Özdemiroğlu, (born January 5, 1943 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish composer and arranger. He is best known for his award winning film scores in the 1970s and 1980s.

Özdemiroğlu got interested in playing music already in his early years. At his age of eight, he took private lessons on violin. Learning to play many music instruments such as flute, vibraphone, double bass and trombone, he participated at music events during his high school and university years. In 1966, he moved to Istanbul and joined the music band Durul Gence 5. Later, Özdemiroğlu played in several other music groups and also for Turkish pop stars like Ajda Pekkan, Nilüfer, Kayahan and Sezen Aksu. One of his compositions, Pet'r Oil, was selected for Turkey's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980. Özdemiroğlu was awarded five times for his film scores at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival[1] and twice at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival.[2]

Atilla Özdemiroğlu married four times so far. He made his first marriage with Ayla at his age of 19. From this marriage that lasted eleven years, he has a daughter, Yaprak Özdemiroğlu, who became a film actress, and a son, Sarp Özdemiroğlu, whom is also a composer and arranger. His marriage with Füsun Önal, a renowned pop singer, ended after only 1.5 years. He married then ballerina Lale Mansur, now film actress. After six years with her, he became an item with Müjde Ar, a famous film actress, which lasted 15 years. Since 1995, He is married to Hepgül Hepbir. Atilla Özdemiroğlu and his 31 years younger wife have together twin daughters, Lara and Lidya.[3]

Filmography (film score)

Turkey's selection for Eurovision Song Contest

References

  1. ^ Türklider (Turkish)
  2. ^ Golden Boll Film Festival (Turkish)
  3. ^ Newspaper Hürriyet (Turkish)
  4. ^ Sinema
  5. ^ New York Times
  6. ^ Turkish Eurovision Club website (Turkish)
Awards
Preceded by
Yılmaz Duru		 Golden Orange Award
for Best Music Score
with Şanar Yurdatapan
1975
for Arkadaş		 Succeeded by
Melih Kibar
Preceded by
Tarık Öcal		 Golden Orange Award
for Best Music Score
1986
for Kurbağalar and Züğürt Ağa
1987
for Muhsin Bey
1988
for Gece Yolculuğu and Kaçamak		 Succeeded by
Selim Atakan
Preceded by
Selim Atakan		 Golden Orange Award
for Best Music Score
1990
for Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni		 Succeeded by
Cahit Berkay
Preceded by
Can Hakgüder		 Golden Boll Award
for Best Music Score
1997
for Akrebin Yolculuğu		 Succeeded by
not held
Preceded by
not held		 Golden Boll Award
for Best Music Score
2005
for Eğreti Gelin		 Succeeded by
Taner Onat
Serkan Sönmezocak

Nedim Otyam (1965) · Nedim Otyam (1966) · Yılmaz Duru (1974) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu-Şanar Yurdatapan (1975) · Melih Kibar (1976) · Cahit Berkay (1978) · Arif Erkin (1979) · Zülfü Livaneli (1980) · Nedim Otyam (1981) · Cahit Berkay (1982) · Yeni Türkü Topluluğu (1983) · Yalçın Tura (1984) · Tarık Öcal (1985) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1986) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1987) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1988) · Selim Atakan (1989) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1990) · Cahit Berkay (1991) · Münir Nurettin Beken (1992) · Can Hakgüder (1993) · Serdar Kalafatoğlu (1994) · Mazlum Çimen (1995) · Yalçın Tura (1996) · Pivio-Aldo D. Scaltzi (1997) · Uğur Dikmen (1998) · Tamer Çıray (1999) · Cahit Berkay (2000) · Kardeş Türküler (2001) · Mazlum Çimen (2002) · Timur Selçuk (2003) · Erkan Oğur (2004) · Tamer Çıray (2005) · Gökçe Akçelik (2006) · Zülfü Livaneli (2007) · Mazlum Çimen (2008) · Mehmet Erdem-Özgür Akgül (2009) · Mircan (2010)} · Frank Schreiber-Hemin Derya (2011)
Nedim Otyam (1969) · Arif Erkin (1970) · Metin Bükey (1971) · Cahit Oben (1973) · Vladimir Cosma (1993) · Timur Selçuk (1994) · Mazlum Çimen (1995) · Can Hakgüder (1996) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1997) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (2005) · Taner Onat – Serkan Sönmezocak (2006) · Rahman Altın (2007) · Mazlum Çimen (2008) · Nail Yurtsever (2009)