Dawn Vincent
Dawn Vincent | |
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Born | Kochi, Kerala, India | 20 September 1990
Genres | Film score, world music, electronic |
Occupation(s) | Music Composer, arranger, mixing engineer, sound designer, Sound editor |
Instruments | Piano, 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 |
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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[]
- ^ "'Adventures of Omanakkuttan' second video song is here - Times of India".
- ^ "Dawn Vincent". IMDb.
- ^ "Audio Launch of 'Iblis' held". The New Indian Express.
- ^ https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2021/apr/02/secret-ofthe-soundrobin-kunjukutty-on-working-in-kala-2284546.html
- ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rajeev-ravis-kuttavum-shikshayum-asif-ali-based-true-story-136684
- ^ 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
- ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tovino-thomas-starrer-kala-releases-ott-149192
- ^ 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]
- Indian rock guitarists
- Living people
- People from Ernakulam district
- Malayalam film score composers
- 1990 births
- 21st-century guitarists