Oral history with Fahir Arakoğlu

Composer Fahir Atakoğlu discusses the role of music in Turkish television dramas and its contribution to the global appeal of musalsalat.

Representation
Influence
Narrative
Participation
Interview
Spring 2023
Speaker

Fahir Atakoğlu

ABOUT

Composer Fahir Atakoğlu talks about how he started in music and in television composition. Here he discusses working with directors, how his music has been used, music and emotion, and his work on The Magnificent Century (2011–2014).

Fahir Atakoğlu is an international, award-winning composer and pianist, well known for his film and television scores, as well as jazz and large symphonic works, and compositions for theater and dance.  He is the composer of The Magnificent Century (2011–2014) and Hatem Ali’s series Omar (2012) amongst many others.

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The World is Watching Musalsalat