Clinton Cerejo

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Clinton Cerejo
Clinton Cerejo performing with his band, live at the Festival of Arunachal Pradesh (March 2018)
Clinton Cerejo performing with his band, live at the Festival of Arunachal Pradesh (March 2018)
Background information
BornMumbai,
Maharashtra,
India
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, record producer, music director, arranger, Vocal arranger
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.clintoncerejo.com

Clinton Cerejo is an Indian music producer, film composer and singer.

Life[]

Clinton Cerejo was born into an academically inclined family with no known musical background. His father was an engineer at L&T and mother is a French professor. His elder brother is a software professional and his younger sister is an editor for medical journals in the United States.

He completed his graduation in Commerce from Poddar College in Mumbai and was on his way to pursue a degree in M.B.A before his friends convinced him of his musical talent.

Clinton Cerejo
Spouse(s)Dominique Cerejo
Children2

During his younger days, he was influenced by great producers such as Quincy Jones, Trevor Horn, Arif Mardin, Stevie Wonder, Babyface, Hugh Padgham, Peter Gabriel, Roland Orzabal, and Roy Thomas Baker.

Clinton married Dominique Cerejo, who was his college friend and is now an established singer.

Career[]

During his time at college, he would often have jam sessions with his friend Siddharth Haldipur (of music director duo Sangeet-Siddharth fame). It was on one such session that Amar Haldipur (Siddharth's father), who is a famous arranger and violinist, noticed Clinton and took a liking to his voice. Amar introduced Clinton to Anand Modak, the music director of a Marathi film Mukta and soon he was performing his first song in a recording studio. It was an English song for a Marathi film, picturised on an African-American.

After a series of sporadic recordings, he started lending his voice to many advertisement jingles. During this period he worked with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Lezz Lewis, Ranjit Barot & Louis Banks. Some of his contemporaries at that time were KK and Kunal Ganjawala, who went on to become playback singers. Clinton and Kunal sang a lot of jingles together.

Realizing that his voice was not versatile enough to be a successful jingle singer, he started looking at other areas of interest.

A. R. Rahman, while working in an adjoining studio, happened to overhear one of Clinton's vocal arrangements for a song and when they met a month later, offered Clinton the opportunity to work with him. Soon his work was noticed by many and other projects followed.

Eventually Clinton went on to work with many leading Indian music composers performing various roles in the music department. Later on he composed various songs which were featured in Coke studio. One of the famous songs is "Madari", sung by Vishal Dadlani and Sonu Kakkar.

Discography[]

As composer[]

Films[]

Year Album Language Notes
2011 Pyaar Ka Punchnama Hindi Composed songs in collaboration with Hitesh Sonik
2012 Kahaani Hindi Background score only.
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu Hindi Background score only.
2015 Tevar Hindi Background score only.
2016 Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh Hindi Original songs & Background score.
Te3n Hindi
Jugni Hindi
2019 Badla Hindi Original songs & Background score.
2019 Section 375 Hindi Background Score only.
2020 Yaara Hindi Released on ZEE5, background score
2021 Chehre Hindi Background score only.
2021 Ezra Hindi Original songs & Background score.

Non-film work[]

Year Album Notes
2005 Jawani Diwani  (Hindi) Clinton composed the title track for this album which was sung by Bobby Moon
2012 "Madari-Coke studio" Composed the song
2013 Reunion Song Composer for Google India Google Search Advertisement
2016 Jammin Inquilab Mera Khwab by Sanam and Clinton Cerejo
Ishq Abhi Bhi By Clinton Cerejo And Sanah Moidutty
Tonight We Dance by Clinton Cerejo & RaagaTrippin
2018 Jammin Season 2 Kya Karoon? And Mehram by Clinton Cerejo and Prakriti Kakar
Naina Thug lenge By Clinton Cerejo And Salman Ali
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga and Safar by Clinton Cerejo & Gajendra Verma

As music producer (For other composers)[]

Year Album Album Artist
2006 Omkara Vishal Bhardwaj
2007 Come One Come All The Fine (band)
2009 Kaminey Vishal Bhardwaj
2010 Ishqiya Vishal Bhardwaj
2011 7 Khoon Maaf Vishal Bhardwaj
2012

Singer[]

Year Songs Album Language Composer
1999 "Thirupachi" Taj Mahal Tamil A. R. Rahman
2000 "Smayiyai" Kandukondain Kandukondain Tamil A. R. Rahman
2000 "Endendrum Punnagai"
"Pachchai Nirame"
"Maangalyam"
Alaipayuthey Tamil A. R. Rahman
2001 "Anandam" 12B Tamil Harris Jayaraj
2001 "One 2 Ka 4" One 2 Ka 4 Hindi A. R. Rahman
2002 "Sportive Boys" Vasu Telugu Harris Jayaraj
2002 "Saturday Sunday Holiday" King Tamil Dhina
2003 "Homework" Darna Mana Hai Hindi Salim-Sulaiman
2003 "Secret of Success"
"Please Sir"
Boys Tamil A. R. Rahman
2003 "Ghor Andhere" Bhoot Hindi Salim-Sulaiman
2003 "Nayudori Pilla" Naaga Telugu Vidyasagar & Deva
2004 "Thathai Thathai" Manmadhan Tamil Yuvan Shankar Raja
2005 "Pushing It Hard" Kanda Naal Mudhal Tamil Yuvan Shankar Raja
2005 "I'm in Love"
"I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You"
Neal 'n' Nikki Hindi Salim-Sulaiman
2006 "Beedi" Omkara Hindi Vishal Bhardwaj
2006 "Ivan Kattil" Kalvanin Kadhali Tamil Yuvan Shankar Raja
2006 "Chal Chal Re" Happy Telugu Yuvan Shankar Raja
2007 "Sunday Theme" Sunday Hindi Amar Mohile
2007 "Do U Wanna Partner" Partner Hindi Sajid–Wajid
2008 "Oh Shanthi" Vaaranam Aayiram Tamil Harris Jayaraj
2008 "Dil Ka Rishta" Yuvvraaj Hindi A. R. Rahman
2009 "Kyun" All the Best: Fun Begins Hindi Pritam
2009 "Kya Karoon" Wake Up Sid! Hindi Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2009 "Eppadio Matikittaen" Siva Manasula Sakthi Tamil Yuvan Shankar Raja
2009 "Rangula lokam" Ride Telugu Hemachandra
2009 "Aazma – Luck Is The Key" Luck Hindi Salim-Sulaiman
2009 "Egire Egire" Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam Telugu Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2010 "Penne Pogathey"
"Thada Thada Endru"
Kanimozhi Tamil Satish Chakravarthy
2010 "Hejjegondu Hejje" Prithvi Kannada Manikanth Kadri
2010 "Hey Ya!"
"Hey Ya! (Remix)"
Karthik Calling Karthik Hindi Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2010 "Dil To Bachcha Hai (Remix)" Ishqiya Hindi Vishal Bhardwaj
2011 "Love Ante Caring" Oosaravelli Telugu Devi Sri Prasad
2011 "Baanware" Pyar Ka Punchnama Hindi Clinton Cerejo, Hitesh Sonik
2011 "O' Mama" (Rap Vocals)
"Doosri Darling"
7 Khoon Maaf Hindi Vishal Bhardwaj
2011 "Oru Devadai" Veppam Tamil Joshua Sridhar
2012 "Arzoo" Blood Money Hindi Sangeet Haldipur, Siddharth Haldipur
2012 "Kho jaane do" Vicky Donor Hindi
2012 "Phoolon Jaisi" Ekk Deewana Tha Hindi A R Rahman
2013 "Shanthi Om Shanthi" Run Raja Run Telugu M. Ghibran
2013 "Baat Kya Hai" One By Two Hindi Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2013 "Chillena" Raja Rani Tamil G.V Prakash
2013 "Kaali Kaali"
"Yaaram"
Ek Thi Daayan Hindi Vishal Bhardwaj
2015 "Emaindi Vela" Jil Telugu M. Ghibran
2016 "Haq Hai"
"Kyun Re"
Te3n Hindi Clinton Cerejo
2016 "Anandoloke" Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh Hindi Clinton Cerejo
2017 "Kaadhal Kaadhal" Kaadhali Telugu Prasan Praveen Shyam
2017 "Iss Tarah" Meri Pyaari Bindu Hindi Sachin-Jigar

Awards and nominations[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Mirchi Music Awards
2010 Best Programmer & Arranger of the Year "Dil To Bachcha Hai" from Ishqiya Nominated [1]
2012 Background Score of the Year Kahaani Won [2]
2017 Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) "Julia" from Rangoon [3]
Filmfare Awards
2020 Best Background Score Badla Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ "Nominees - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2010". 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Winners - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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