Behind every great song that touches the hearts of millions of listeners there is a fantastically talented music director. This is the person who ensures that his vision is conveyed to the audience in the best possible way. The music director is responsible for extracting the best possible performance from any singer. Malayalam songs have been around since 1948. The industry has seen its fair share of great music directors with a dream that needs to be shared with the people. Of these, the most notable are Vidyasagar, Alphons Joseph and Bombay Ravi.
Introduced first in the Tamil film industry, Vidyasagar literally rocked the Malayalam music scene. He is a multi talented person having successfully pulled off the roles of music director as well as music composer of Malayalam songs. ‘Nee Katu’ and ‘Orey Manam’ are his famous compositions. His films seem to succeed simply because he is a part of them. He is well known for adding mellifluous classical arrangements and tones to his music.
Ravi Shankar Sharma is another veteran of the Malayalam film industry. After his stint with the Hindi film industry, he re-entered the Malayalam industry on a second lease as Bombay Ravi. He has worked with talented people like Hariharan to create the most soulful Malayalam songs that went on to win many awards.
Another talented music director is Alphons Joseph who has made a name for himself as a music director, composer as well as singer of Malayalam songs. ‘Vellithira’ in 2003 was his first movie as a composer and he was recognized by the bigwigs of the Malayalam music business as ‘a director to watch out for’. As a music director, he is ready to experiment and try innovative ideas to make his songs different and appealing.
M.S. Viswanathan, Ilaya Raja, A.R. Rahman and Hariharan are other famous names to reckon with. Western fusion with old Malayalam music style is the new face of Malayalam songs as directed by these great music directors.
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