Ronald Sölkner
Ronald Sölkner (born December 28, 1979 in Bad Aussee ) is an Austrian composer , producer and game developer .
Career
In 2000 Sölkner founded the recording studio and the production company "Xtension Productions" together with Jürgen Leitner in Bad Mitterndorf, where he mainly dealt with the production and composition of pop music . There he produced and composed, among other things, the official Christmas song for Coca-Cola "A beautiful time" for the artist Tamee Harrison . "A beautiful time" became the most successful national Christmas carol ever composed by an Austrian .
In 2008 he sold his shares in "Xtension Productions" and worked mainly with Swedish and US producers and songwriters. During this time, productions such as "Not gonna be dancing" and "You're killing me" (from the Swedish independent film "Jag saknar dig") with Alexander Bard's pop group "Gravitonas" and "Anonymous" with Cornelia Mooswalder , the winner of the ORF casting show Heroes of Tomorrow .
In 2011 Sölkner founded the " BitsAlive " development studio which develops games for smartphones. On December 1st, 2015 BitsAlive published the official game for the 2016 FIS Ski Flying World Championship.
Discography (excerpt)
| year | title | Interpreter | Music / lyrics | production | Label |
| 2004 | Higher and higher | Tamee Harrison | Ronald Soelkner, Tamee Harrison | Ronald Soelkner | Warner |
| 2004 | A beautiful time | Tamee Harrison | Ronald Soelkner, Tamee Harrison | Ronald Soelkner | Warner |
| 2009 | Look at me | Andrina | Ronald Soelkner, Christian Fast, Andreas Öhrn, Henrik Smith, Filip Lampell | Michael Kull | Zoom! |
| 2010 | You're killing me | Gravitonas | Ronald Soelkner, Andreas Öhrn | Ronald Soelkner | SoFo Records |
| 2010 | Anonymous | Jennifer Meade | Ronald Soelkner, Charlie Mason, Måns Ek | Ronald Soelkner | SamJam Music |
| 2011 | Not gonna be dancing | Gravitonas | Ronald Soelkner, Andreas Öhrn, Henrik Smith, Henrik Wikström, Alexander Bard | Ronald Soelkner, Andreas Öhrn, Henrik Smith | SoFo Records |
| 2011 | Anonymous | Cornelia Mooswalder | Ronald Soelkner, Charlie Mason, Måns Ek | Echo pilot | Columbia, Sony Music |
| 2012 | Confident | Jennifer Meade | Ronald Soelkner, Charlie Mason, Måns Ek | Ronald Soelkner | SamJam Music |
| 2012 | Fly with me | Jennifer Meade | Ronald Soelkner, Andreas Öhrn, Henrik Smith | Ronald Soelkner | SamJam Music |
| 2013 | Steps to love | Calico | Ronald Soelkner, Charlie Mason, Daniel Nitt , Cootie, miwa | Johnny H. Kitagawa | J-One |
| 2014 | Don't tell us how to love | Anne Steele | Ronald Soelkner, Charlie Mason, Manuel Brunnsteiner, Erik James | Erik James | Steele |
Computer games
| year | title | developer | Publisher | platform |
| 2011 | Brodlzottn | BitsAlive | BitsAlive | Apple iOS |
| 2012 | Paper pinball | BitsAlive | BitsAlive | Apple iOS , Android |
| 2015 | Kulm Ski Flying World Championships 2016 | BitsAlive | BitsAlive | Apple iOS , Android |
Web links
- Ronald Sölkner on SoundCloud.com
- Ronald Sölkner on austriancharts.at
- Ronald Sölkner at Music Austria - music information center Austria
- Ronald Sölkner on discogs.com
- Ronald Sölkner on SRA, Archive of Austrian Popular Music
- Ronald Sölkner BitsAlive, official website
- Ronald Sölkner on metacritic.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ TAMEE HARRISON - A BEAUTIFUL TIME . hitparade.ch.
- ^ BIO, Official Tamee Harrison . tamee.com.
- ↑ Gravitonas - The Fanworks EP . Discogs.com.
- ↑ Jag saknar dig (2011) . Svenska Filmdatabas (Swedish).
- ↑ Cornelia Mooswalder - Star On The Horizon . Discogs.com.
- ↑ BitsAlive Developer & Publisher . IndieDB.com.
- ↑ The Kulm is ready for the Ski Flying World Championships! . ÖSV.
- ↑ Loveville Jennifer Meade . qobuz.com.
- ↑ Loveville Jennifer Meade . qobuz.com.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sölkner, Ronald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, producer and game developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Aussee |