Oliver Wallner is a composer, producer and sound designer in the media field.
Since 1998 he has provided music and sound design for a large number of projects, with film and interactive media as his main focus.
Since 2005 he is also working as an in-house composer and sound designer for one of Europe's leading companies in the gaming industry.
2010 he joined the team at Audiovibes Studios, Vienna.
Oliver works in all musical genres but specializes in cinematic, symphonic soundtracks and modern score.
» OLIVER ATTENDS THE ASCAP TELEVISION & FILM SCORING WORKSHOP IN LOS ANGELES
Oliver is proud to announce that he has been selected as one of the 12 participants in this year's ASCAP Television & Film Scoring Workshop!
Each year the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) selects 12 composers to attend this prestigious workshop in Los Angeles.
The multifaceted curriculum offers a one-of-a-kind experience for aspiring composers to receive hands-on training, real-world knowledge and advice from professionals
at the highest levels of the film and television music industry. The selected participants have the opportunity to record their original composition with an "A list" of
Hollywood professionals, including a 60-piece orchestra of LA's finest on a major studio film scoring stage, a legendary scoring mixer, professional music editors,
copyists and composers acting as coaches and mentors. http://www.ascap.com/about/workshops.html#film
17/06/2010
» FILM MUSIC SYMPOSIUM VIENNA
Oliver will lecture at this year's Film Music Symposium Vienna (http://www.fimuvienna.com).
The symposium will be held on September 14 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Amongst others, there will be workshops with Howard Shore, Rick Porras, Klaus Badelt,
Christian Kolonovits and Wolfgang Schlögl. The symposium accompanies »Hollywood in Vienna«, a symphonic gala concert celebrating classic and current masterpieces of film music
in the prestigious Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna Concert Hall): http://www.hollywoodinvienna.com
02/06/2010
» RTL WINTER SPORTS 2011
Together with the Audiovibes team, Oliver recently finished the music production for "RTL Winter Sports 2011", developed by 49Games (http://www.49games.de).
The game will be released and available on the market later this year.
17/05/2010
» OLIVER JOINS AUDIOVIBES STUDIOS
Oliver teamed up with Vienna based production company Audiovibes Studios (http://www.audiovibes-studios.com).
The company offers high-quality music and professional sound design for movies, trailers, video games, commercials and other types of multimedia productions.
The Audiovibes team now consists of CEO/lead composer Frank Herrlinger and composers Gösta Bergfeld, Dietmar Hess and Oliver Wallner.
13/04/2010
» OLIVER SCORES A SERIES OF MULTIMEDIA COMMERCIALS FOR MOVIEMEDIA
Oliver Wallner and the Proud Music Library (http://www.proudmusiclibrary.com/) have agreed upon a future collaboration.
The Proud Music Library is a worldwide provider of Royalty Free Music and Production Music with a background of more than 200 affiliated composers and music producers. Oliver's music will be available there shortly.
15/02/2010
» DREAM FORGE ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES "DOOM RAILS"
Oliver produced the soundtrack for the latest game release by Dream Forge Entertainment.
Doom Rails is a new fast-paced 3D Multi-player Vehicle Shooter Game where players battle against each other in selectable carts on twisted, run-down amusement park rides.
Fans of battle-driving games such as Twisted Metal, Carmageddon, and Interstate '82 will enjoy playing Doom Rails. The game is available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/41400/
04/09/2009
Oliver has been hired to compose the soundtrack for the upcoming game release by Dream Forge Entertainment (www.dreamforgeentertainment.com). The game is scheduled for release in July 2009.
03/04/2009
» "THE SOPRANO" - NEW SAMPLE LIBRARY DEMO FOR BELA D MEDIA
Oliver has completed another demo piece for Bela D Media's "Vocal Tools" series. "Lead Into Forbidden Woods" features the brand new Soprano library as well as The Tenor. More Vocal Tools libraries will be released later this year. As always, the demo is available in the showreel section.
19/02/2009
» ORCHESTRAL RECORDINGS IN PRAGUE COMPLETED
Four pieces (about ten minutes of music) have been recorded during a three hour recording session at Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum in Prague. The session went smoothly - the musicians of the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague were top notch and conductor Adam Klemens directed them skillfully. The material will be mixed later this year by scoring mixer John Rodd (www.johnrodd.com) in Hollywood. Some previews (rough mixes) are already available in the showreel section.
27/01/2009
» ORCHESTRAL SESSION SCHEDULED FOR END OF JANUARY
Oliver is going to record some of his pieces with the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague. The recording session is scheduled for January 25, 2009. The orchestra will be conducted by Adam Klemens. The musicians have been contracted via Petr Pycha of MUSA Ltd. (www.musa.cz)
12/10/2008
» SAMPLE LIBRARY DEMO FOR BELA D MEDIA COMPLETED
Oliver has completed work on "The Crossing", a demo piece for the sample library "The Tenor" by Bela D Media. The track is available in the showreel section or at www.beladmedia.com
08/08/2008
» NEW YORK ORCHESTRATION WORKSHOP WITH SCOTT SMALLEY
Oliver spent two weeks in New York, attending Scott Smalley's famous "Artistic Orchestration" workshop. Scott offered deep insight into some of Hollywood's trademark orchestral techniques.
25/05/2008
» MMORPG SOUNDTRACK FOR VIZUAL F/X STUDIOS
Since February 2008 Oliver is working on the score for a major release by Vizual F/X Studios, Ruston, LA. The score features large orchestra as well as various ethnic instruments and vocals. Some of the cues are available in the showreel section.
19/04/2008
