Selim Gülgören was born on November 20, 1985 in Istanbul. He started playing the organ at the age of six and started his professional career in the early 2000s. In the same period, the artist started working with commercial and cinema music, and gained acting experience in various films during this period. Although arranging was his main area of expertise, he made a big splash with his first solo album titled "İstanbul Bana Dar" in 2008 and gained recognition in a short time.
Gülgören, who was invited to compose the music for the TV series "Baba Ocağı" broadcast on Star TV in 2008-2009, later received an offer for the lead role and appeared on the screens with Burak Özçivit; The series lasted for two seasons. He accelerated his music career with the single "Cennet" in 2011, "Aşkın Tarifi", "Tarihe Gömdüm" in 2012 and the album "Biraz Fark" in 2013. “I Gömdüm in History” was chosen as the most listened to moving song of 2012 and was included in many compilations.
He released the album "From the Days of Love" in 2014; The song "Lovers City" from the album was listened to millions of times and became the dance music of married couples. In 2015, he starred in the movie "Bol Şans" with Burçin Abdullah, and in the same year, his single "Zaafımsın" climbed to the top of the charts.
In 2017, he starred in the movie "Undiscovered Children", released the single "Kıyamet" and composed the music for films such as "Bana Bir Soygun Yaz 2", "A Day from the Future", "Parole".
In 2019, he released "Has Your Rose Faded?" with lyrics, music and arrangement by himself. He released his song and founded the company "Selim Gülgören Music Production". In 2020, he reached a wide audience on television and radio with his single "Sokak Kedisi", and in the same year, he opened his YouTube channel and shared acoustic versions of his popular songs.
In November 2020, “Has Your Rose Faded?” released the Arabic-Turkish version of his song; The video clip was prepared in the style of a short film and entered the lists in Arab countries.
He continued his education by graduating from Marmara University Tourism and Travel Management and Anadolu University Open Education Faculty Business Administration departments. He reinforced his musical knowledge by studying Turkish Classical Music at Boğaziçi Music School, Composition at Üsküdar Music Society, and cinema and visual music at European Trio Music School.
Productions in which he took part
- Baba Ocağı (2008) — Murat
- Heartbeat (2017)
- Undiscovered Children (2019)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
