Biography
Music written for picture, and sound built to carry it.
music composer / sound designer
Ognjan Milošević writes music and designs sound for picture. Over more than two decades he has scored well past thirteen hundred television intros and promos, seven hundred commercials, four hundred episodes of drama and animation, and thirty short and feature films, for broadcasters, agencies and brands across Europe and the Gulf.
In 2005 he took first prize for music and sound design at the Volkswagen Score Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, before a jury of Mike Figgis, Walter Salles, Antonio Pinto, Bernd Wefelmeyer and Martin Todsharow. The same year brought the national award for best radio drama, for "The Purple Cow", which he directed, recorded, scored and designed himself.
Films he has worked on have played at Cannes, Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca and Montreal. "Run Rabbit, Run", on which he was sound designer, took first prize in the Cinéfondation selection at Cannes, screened at Tate Modern and the Centre Pompidou, and is held in the film collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Dragan Wende — West Berlin" won best documentary at Trieste and at Max Ophüls; "Soulfood Serbia" took first prize in Warsaw, Karlovy Vary and Los Angeles.
Alongside composing he has run the entire sound department on five television series, supervising production and post-production as well as writing the score. He works from his own studio in Belgrade, equipped for composition, recording, sound design and mixing in both stereo and 5.1 surround.
- 1300+
- TV intros & promos
- 700+
- TV commercials
- 30+
- Short & feature films
- 400+
- Series episodes
- 100+
- Animated film episodes
- 25+
- Years in the studio
Selected awards
- 2024–25
18 international awards and 5 nominations
"New Idea"
Animated short directed by Marko Bosanac, on which Ognjan Milošević was supervising sound designer and music supervisor. Winner at Munich Film Awards, London Global Film Awards, Rome International Short Festival, Festival of Cinema NYC, Vancouver International Movie Awards and others; nominated at Catalina and Sapporo.
- 2005
First prize — Best music and sound design, VW Score Competition
Berlin International Film Festival
Jury: Mike Figgis, Walter Salles, Antonio Pinto, Bernd Wefelmeyer and Martin Todsharow.
- 2005
Best radio drama — national award, Radio Television of Serbia
"The Purple Cow"
Directed, recorded, composed and sound designed by Ognjan Milošević.
- 2003
First prize for short film — Cinéfondation selection
"Run Rabbit, Run" · Cannes Film Festival
Sound designer, sound editor and recordist. The film screened at Tate Modern in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and is part of the MoMA film collection in New York.
Awards & festivals
- 2013Best Documentary — Trieste Film Festival"Dragan Wende — West Berlin"
- 2013Golden Palm — Mexico International Film Festival"Dragan Wende — West Berlin"
- 2013Best Documentary — Max Ophüls Film Festival"Dragan Wende — West Berlin"
- 2012First prize, best tourist film — FilmAT International Film Festival, WarsawSelected from 182 films."Soulfood Serbia"
- 2012First prize, best publicity film — Tourfilm International Film Festival, Karlovy VarySelected from 656 films from 136 countries."Soulfood Serbia"
- 2012Silver Screen Award — U.S. International Film & Video Festival, Los Angeles"Soulfood Serbia"
- 2012Best film up to 7 minutes — Zagreb Tour Film Festival"Soulfood Serbia"
- 2011The Golden Plaque of Belgrade — 58th Documentary and Short Film FestivalAlso an official selection at HOT Docs, Canadian International Documentary Festival."YUGO — a short autobiography"
- —Audience Award — Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival"Tarot Serbia"
- —Best student award — EFG BankFor final-year students with a GPA above 9.5 / 10
Education
- University of Arts, Faculty of Dramatic Arts — BelgradeMA, Sound Design · GPA 9.7 / 10
- School for Music Recording & Production, studio "Music Factory" — BelgradeMusic recording & production
- Music school "Dr. Vojislav Vučković" — NišPiano
- High school "Stevan Sremac" — NišMathematics & science
- Berlinale Talent Campus2004, 2005, 2006
- Red Bull Music Academy — Seattle2005
Studio & skills
Studio
- Music production, recording, sound design and mixing
- Stereo and 5.1 surround
- Extensive licensed instrument and sound effect libraries
- Field recording
Software
- Nuendo / Cubase · Pro Tools · Logic
- Active beta tester for Steinberg
- Final Cut Pro · Premiere · After Effects · Photoshop
- VST, AAX and RTAS instruments and processing
Craft
- Orchestration and orchestral score writing
- Film language and the film-making process
- Complete TV production and broadcast workflow
- Object-oriented programming and game development
