Farzin Gharahgozloo

Farzin Gharahgozloo (born 1980 In Tehran, Iran) is a Persian musician and composer. As a young child, he began to play and learn piano and music theory at the age of 6 and continued it in the "Tehran center for preservation and dissemination of music." Initially, he turned to electronic music and compose his first album "ULTRAMUNDANE" in 1994, this way follows with composing “POSITRON” album in 1995 and “EMPYREAL” album in 1996 and “QUANTUM” album in 1997 (those years in Iran, the requirements for the release of those albums were not provided and they did not get the release permit from the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance).

He composed his first theater music for “death & metaphor” theater, directed by Reza Keshavarz in 1997. He completed his music education in Sweden at "Royal College of Music in Stockholm" and returned to Iran.

In the field of film music, Gharahgozloo works with legend director Masoud Kimiyaee in “The Boss” (Raees) (2006) & “Trial in the Street” (2008) movies. His music for the (2015) “Buried Alive” movie directed by Ali Jenab won best score “Golden Jasmine” in the third Jasmine Film Festival. Also, his music for the (2019) “Darkhungah” movie directed by Siavash Asadi was nominated for the best score in the twentieth Hafez Film Festival.

Gharahgozloo is a member of the Persian cinema composers association and has worked on more than 30 films and series. He works with many directors such as: Masoud Kimiaee, Hosein Seheilyzadeh, Behrang Toufighy, Siavash Asadi and also composed and arranged songs for many singers such as: Aref, Reza Sadeghi, Mani Rahnama, Reza Yazdani, Ruzbeh Nematollahi, Mohamadreza Alimardani, Gholam Koveytipour and some of his songs, such as “Eshgh” (singer Aref) - “Kucheh Melli” and “Peykan” (singer Reza Yazdani) - “Payize Deltangi” (singer ruzbeh nematollahi) - “Yaran Che Gharibaneh” (singer Koveytipour) become so popular and notable.

One of Farzins successful cooperations was in “The trace of my fingers” & "Kissing the butterfly’s wings” albums with violin master Ali Jafari Pouyan” which was a collection of Iranian cinema pieces. The album “Khamoosh” (singer Gholam Koveytipour) was one of the most different styles of Persian religious music albums published, which was very successful in Iran & Arabic countries. His last soundtrack composed in 2021 named “Instinct” directed by Siavash Asadi will be shown at 2022 international film festivals. Albums of his selected film music are forthcoming.