Dawn Vincent

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Dawn Vincent
Born(1990-09-20)20 September 1990
Kochi, Kerala, India
GenresFilm score, world music, electronic
Occupation(s)Music Composer, arranger, mixing engineer, sound designer, Sound editor
InstrumentsPiano, keyboard, synthesizer, Seaboard, Bass guitar

Dawn Vincent[1][2][3] is an Indian music composer, mixing engineer, and sound designer. He is a graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He is also an accomplished pianist certified from Trinity College London. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He is known for films such as Kammatipaadam, Adventures of Omanakuttan, , Eeda, Iblis (film) and Kala (2021 film).

Early life and education[]

Dawn was born in Kochi, Kerala, to Vincent John and Sheena Nancy. He has a younger brother, Navin Vincent, who is a structural engineer and also an 8th grade solo guitarist certified from Trinity College London, London. Dawn studied in Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar, Kochi. He was very active as a keyboard player and bass guitarist during his school life. He was part of a rock band and their genre of music included singles from various bands like Metallica, Dream Theatre, Slipknot, Green Day, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. They also performed their own compositions and bagged prizes in many interschool competitions from 2004 to 2008.

He graduated from Karunya University, Coimbatore in 2012 with an undergraduate Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Media Technology. He then joined Film and Television Institute of India, Pune to pursue his Post Graduation Course in Sound Recording and Sound Design. As a student he was selected to do an on-location sound recording for a project in Internationale Filmschule Köln, Germany.

Musical career[]

Dawn initially composed music for short films. He started working in the industry by doing background score for the Film Mundrothuruth in 2016 directed by Manu along with his batchmates from the Film and Television Institute Of India, Ashok and Subramanian. He made his breakthrough in the film Adventures of Omanakuttan as a music composer and sound designer, associating with his classmates Rohith V S (director) and Akhil George (cinematographer). He was later associated with Collective Phase One, which is a group of artists & filmmakers such as Rajeev Ravi, B. Ajithkumar, Madhu Neelakandan, Pramod Thomas & Kamal K M. He did the music arrangement and mixing for the songs from the Film Kammatipaadam, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Vinayakan and directed by Rajeev Ravi. [4][5][6]

Filmography[]

Year Title Language Credit Director
2016 Mundrothuruth: Munroe Island Malayalam Background score Manu
2016 Kammatipaadam Malayalam Music arranger / music mixing engineer/ background score Rajeev Ravi
2016 Kismath Malayalam Music mixing engineer / pre-mixing engineer Shanavas K Bavakutty
2016 Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Malayalam Music editor / pre-mixing engineer Dr. Biju
2017 Samarpanam Malayalam Background score K. Gopinathan
2017 Adventures of Omanakuttan Malayalam Music composer / sound designer Rohith V. S.
2017 Tharangam Malayalam Sound designer Dominic Arun
2017 Sound of Silence Malayalam Assistant mixing engineer Dr. Biju
2018 Eeda Malayalam Background score B. Ajithkumar
2018 Iblis Malayalam Music composer / director of audiography Rohith V. S.
2019 Run Kalyani Malayalam Sound designer Geetha J
2019 Thottappan Malayalam Sound editor Shanavas K. Bavakutty
2019 Virus Malayalam Sound editor Aashiq Abu
2019 Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 Malayalam Additional background score / sync sound recording Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
2020 Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte Malayalam Background score Shambhu Purushothaman
2020 Trance Malayalam Music engineer (title track) Anwar Rasheed
2021 Kala (2021 film) Malayalam Music Composer / Background score / Sound Designer Rohith V. S.[7][8]
2021 Chathur Mukham Malayalam Music composer / background score / Sound Designer Ranjeet Kamala Sankar
Salil V.
2021 Kuttavum Shikshayum (2021 film) Malayalam Music Composer Rajeev Ravi

References[]

  1. ^ "'Adventures of Omanakkuttan' second video song is here - Times of India".
  2. ^ "Dawn Vincent". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Audio Launch of 'Iblis' held". The New Indian Express.
  4. ^ https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2021/apr/02/secret-ofthe-soundrobin-kunjukutty-on-working-in-kala-2284546.html
  5. ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rajeev-ravis-kuttavum-shikshayum-asif-ali-based-true-story-136684
  6. ^ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/chaavunadappaattu-written-by-anvar-ali-and-sung-by-john-p-varkey-is-an-anthem-for-migrant-labourers/article31877201.ece
  7. ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tovino-thomas-starrer-kala-releases-ott-149192
  8. ^ https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2021/apr/02/secret-ofthe-soundrobin-kunjukutty-on-working-in-kala-2284546.html

External links[]

  • IMDb - Dawn Vincent [1]
  • Adventures of Omanakkuttan second video song is here [2]
  • https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5929488/#composer
  • Malayalam Sangeetham info [3]
  • Mammootty releases audio of Iblis starring Asif Ali-Madonna Sebastian [4]
  • ഇവനൊരു 'ഇബ്‌ലീസാ'ണെന്ന് മമ്മുട്ടി... [5]
  • Iblis is going to be very fresh and entertaining: Madonna Sebastian [6]
  • [7]
  • The Story Behind Kala’s Soundscape:[8]
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