Biography
My name is Suad Cokljat and I am 36 years old. I was born and live in Zagreb, Croatia where I own a high quality audio recording studio. I have been in the music business for the last 22 years.
Age of 14 - Started playing keyboards in a teenage rock band "Bach".
Age of 16 - Recorded my first album with "Bach".
Age of 18 - Graduated high school in mathematics/informatics.
Age of 18 - Joined band "Riva", the winner of Eurovision song contest in 1989, as a keyboardist.
Age of 20 - Built my first analog recording studio and started working full time with music composing and production.
Age of 20–24 - Produced, composed, recorded and mixed many albums for various established artists in Croatia, Slovenia as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Age of 25 - Completed the mandatory military service.
Age of 26 - Founded Indigo Audio LTD. and built a modern digital recording studio.
Age of 27–36 - Produced and composed more than 100 TV commercials and a number of short movies.
Proficiency in:Top quality composing always meeting the deadline. Various music styles include : pop, r'n'b and rock, various dance-styles, world music, ambient, film music and full symphonic orchestral arrangements.
Expertise in:Recording, mixing, sound effects and mastering. Experience with analog equipment, analog recording, digital recording and hard disk workstations.
Other skills include:Cabling, computer hardware (PC), audio software, electro-technics, soldering, repairing, modding and tweaking of various equipment.
Short term plans: Getting connected with talented composers, work with new challenges and expand my knowledge as well as acquire more quality credits.
Long term plans: Become appreciated in multimedia music industry worldwide, collaborate with young talented composers and engineers and form a respected production team, secure a good life for my family as well as future wife and kids
Credits
A selection of high profile projects is below with particularly important project as well as projects made for international customers highlighted in blue; a full list of projects is available on request.
2006
OSCAR 78 Academy awards show opening animated movie - Sound effects, editing and mixing
NBA Finals 2006 show opening animated movie - Music, sound effects
Miss universe 2006 music package - Music, mixing
2005
OSCAR 77 Academy awards show opening animated movie (proposal) - Music, sound effects, editing and mixing
Europa Press Holding short movie - Music, sound effects, editing and mixing
Vindija Milk TV commercial - Music, sound effects, editing and mixing
Toyota Yaris TV commercial (Croatia) - Music, sound effects, editing and mixing
Jan Plestenjak "Do raja" latin/pop CD album (Slovenia) - recording, mixing, mastering
Ivana Brkić "Sve je samo fol" dance CD album (Croatia) - recording, mixing, mastering
2004
MTV Films logo - Music, sound effects, editing, mixing
Flight of the Phoenix trailer (proposal) - Music
Isosport TV commercial - Music, sound effects, editing, mixing
2003
Cosmopolitan magazine (Croatia) TV commercial - Music, editing, mixing
Playboy magazine (Croatia) TV commercial - Music, editing, mixing
Raiffeisen bank (Croatia) TV commercial - Music, editing, mixing
Toyota Corolla (Croatia) TV commercial - Music, editing, mixing
Vindija Milk TV commercial - Music, sound effects, editing, mixing
Ivana Banfić "Glamour" pop/folk/dance CD album (Croatia) - recording, mixing, mastering
2002
Microsoft Windays 2002 convention opening animated movie (Croatia) - Music, sound effects, editing, mixing
Pliva Maxflu TV commercial - Music, sound effects, editing, mixing
Ivana Brkic "Uzmi sve" dance CD album (Croatia) - recording, mixing, mastering
2001
Ivana Banfić "Ona zna" pop/folk/dance CD album (Croatia) - recording, mixing, mastering
2000
Project SI science fiction series trailer (animated) - Music, sound effects, editing, mixing
Ivana Brkić "Prste k sebi" dance CD album (Croatia) - recording, mixing, mastering
1999
Dino Merlin "Sredinom" pop/folk CD album (Bosnia and Hercegovina) - recording, mixing, mastering
Ivana Banfić "Žena 90-tih" pop/dance CD album (Croatia) - recording, mixing, mastering
1998
Kultura "Ogledalo" techno-pop/rock CD album (Croatia) - music, production, recording, mixing, mastering
Vlatka Pokos "Vlatka" r'n'b'/soul CD album (Croatia) - music, production, recording, mixing, mastering
Others:
2002 - 2006 : music, sound effects and mixing of more than 50 TV commercials in various music styles.
2000 - 2006 : music, sound effects and mixing of 7 short animated movies in various music styles.
1995 - 2006 : produced, recorded and mixed more than 20 CD albums in various music styles.