Ozie's History

Composer/pianist Ozie Cargile is one of eight fellows selected to participate in the prestigious 2019 Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab directed by Peter Golub in collaboration with Skywalker Sound.

Cargile collaborates with Victory Boyd, orchestrating string arrangements for her upcoming album.

Ozie drives over 2000 miles from Detroit to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of film composition.

Ozie scores “Reflection“ an animated short directed by Sydney Bergman and produced by Hannah Park. The story is about a high school girl who tries to give up what she loves so as to fit in, until her reflection comes to life to remind her of her true self. It currently has more than 13 million views on YouTube.

Cargile releases Creation of the Universe as a video presentation curated and edited by himself.

The 352-page course book is released on Amazon.com

Cargile’s work Solidarity is used to underscore the “My Life Matters” campaign by Blackout for Human Rights lead by Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler.

Cargile’s appearance and vocals featured in internationally syndicated commercial produced by HitRECord for LG’s new V10 smart phone.

The In-Between Moments Short film
Cargile appears in collaborative short film all about those beautiful, unexpected little moments that happen in-between the important stuff.

Cargile he successfully completes the Hollywood Music Workshop in Baden, Austria, where he took classes in orchestration and arranging with Conrad Pope and Nan Schwartz.

Cargile releases Quicklessons DVD’s on Amazon.

Ozie’s Quicklessons Piano Course becomes the most popular piano course on Udemy.com with more than 10,000 students enrolled around the world.

Cargile composes the score for “Open Doors“, a documentary by the Foundation for Community Inspiration and Cornerstone Schools in Detroit. The film directed by James Witcher explores the success of the Cornerstone arts program headed by Kathy Ferris, where all students at school learn to play a musical instrument.

The Emmy Award winning series featuring music composed by Ozie Cargile, premieres on Pivot cable.

Cargile’s competition entry “The Door Opens” is featured in the Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Contest. The Panel of Judges includes Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Junkie XL, Jacob Shea, Russell Emanuel and Steve Kofsky.

Cargile completes the theme for the Detroit Electric Car Company, which is later featured at the Shanghai Auto Show.

Cargile presents “Bring it Back” a dynamic music video celebrating Detroit’s Rebirth. It is presented to Dan Gilbert’s Opportunity Detroit campaign in collaboration with Cedric Berry, James Witcher, Nolan Mersier, and Jonathan Parks.

Cargile premieres an animated short featuring his music. This was done a collaborative project on HitRECord.org, based on the classic Pied Piper Story adapted by Sarah Daly (Metaphorest with a twist ending.

G-Technology™ Announces People’s Choice And Category Winners For Its 2012 ‘Driven Creativity’ Competition. Cargile’s Voyager: Post-Apocalyptic Messenger wins the Professional Music Category.

WXYZ-TV Detroit premieres the official theme of its Detroit 2020 broadcast, Turn it Around by Cedric Berry, featuring Rock Nation managed by Ozie Cargile.

The HitRECord golden-age collaboration between David Sugarman, Ozie Cargile, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the HitRECord family premieres at Sundance.

Ozie premieres animated short featuring his underscore to the voice over performed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It tells the story of two stories that fall in love and create the universe together.

Ozie Cargile accompanies Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s performance of Morgan M. Morgansen’s Date with Destiny at this star-studded event.

In 2010, Boulder Symphony Music Director Devin Hughes commissioned Ozie Cargile to compose a choral orchestral work to serve as a precursor to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Song for Humanity is premiered by the Boulder Symphony on March 12, 2011 in collaboration with the 120‐voice Boulder Chorale, conducted by Maestro Devin Hughes, to great applause.

Ozie releases “Learning Piano for Songwriters and Composers, which would later become the Quicklessons Piano Course. The course for beginner and intermediate students focus on teaching yourself to play piano by ear, in addition to reading chord charts and sheet music.

Cargile is the composer‐in‐residence for the Black Pioneers in Music Performance operatic concert series produced by Fred Peterbark. Program features Cargile’s orchestral works The Audacity of Hope and Epoch: Opening of the Heavens performed by the Lamont Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Lawrence Golan in Boulder, Colorado.