Jakes Bejoy
Jakes Bejoy | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Erattupetta, Kerala, India |
| Genres | Film score, Sound Track, Synthpop, World Music, |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, music producer, programmer |
| Instruments | Keyboard, synthesizer, vocals |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Associated acts | Team Malayalee, Stanford Raagapella |
| Website | www |
Jakes Bejoy is an Indian film score composer, music producer, and singer. He has worked for films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.
Early life[]
Jakes Bejoy has trained in Carnatic music for over 7 years and was later introduced to gospel and western music during hbis time at Montfort School, Yercaud. He is also an Engineering Graduate from RASET.Jakes has a master's degree in Music Science and Technology from Stanford University, USA. After graduating in 2010 he was a music intern at Activision Blizzard and Namco Bandai working on some of their best titles such as the popular Guitar Hero series, Splatterhouse and Pacman. He later went on to work with the audio team at The Walt Disney Company for over 2 years collaborating on some of their best selling games such as Cars2, Brave, Tap Tap Revenge series, Tiny Death Star, Muppets to name a few.[1]
Career[]
Jakes started his career with the best selling independent music album in Kerala called Malayalee. In 2007, subsequently he started composing for over 100 short films and advertisement jingles for both International and Indian clients, before scoring for popular films like Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru, Ranam, Queen, Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil and Monsoon Mangoes to name a few.[1][2] Taxiwala starring Vijay Devarakonda was his debut in Telugu.
Discography[]
| Year | Film | Language | Songs | Background
Score |
Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Angels | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Jean Markose | Malayalam Debut |
| 2015 | Thakka Thakka | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Sanjeev | Tamil Debut |
| 2016 | Monsoon Mangoes[3] | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Abi Varghese | |
| Kavi Uddheshichathu..?[4] | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Thomas Kutty Naduvil
Liju Thomas |
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| Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Karthick Naren | ||
| 2017 | Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2 | Tamil | Yes | Yes | JPR | |
| 2018 | Queen | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Dijo Jose Antony | |
| Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil | Malayalam | Yes | No | Tinu Pappachan | ||
| Ranam | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Nirmal Sahadev | ||
| Taxiwala[5] | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Rahul Sankrityan | Telugu debut | |
| 2019 | Suttu Pidikka Utharavu | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Ramprakash Rayappa | |
| Mera Naam Shaji | Malayalam | No | Yes | Nadirshah | BGM Only | |
| Ishq | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Anuraj Manohar | ||
| Kakshi: Amminippilla | Malayalam | No | Yes | Dinjith Ayyathan | BGM only. | |
| Kalki | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Praveen Prabharam | ||
| Porinju Mariam Jose | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Joshiy | ||
| 2020 | Anveshanam | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Prasobh Vijayan | |
| Ayyappanum Koshiyum | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Sachy | ||
| Mafia: Chapter 1 | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Karthick Naren | ||
| Forensic | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Akhil Paul
Anas Khan |
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| 2 States | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Jacky S. Kumar | ||
| Adho Andha Paravai Pola | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Vinoth K. R. | ||
| Jack and Jill | Malayalam | No | Yes | Santosh Sivan | ||
| Mamakiki | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Shree Karthick
G. Radhakrishnan Sameer Bharath Ram Karthik Siva Vadivel |
Released on ZEE5 | |
| Durgamati | Hindi | No | Yes | G. Ashok | Direct OTT release on Amazon Prime | |
| 2021 | Operation Java | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Tharun Moorthy | |
| Chaavu Kaburu Challaga | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Pegallapati Koushik | ||
| Kuruthi | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Manu Warrier | ||
| Bhramam | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Ravi K. Chandran | ||
| Salute | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Rosshan Andrrews | ||
| Oke Oka Jeevitham | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Shree Karthick | ||
| Pathrosinte Padappukal | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Afzal Abdul Latheef | ||
| Pakka Commercial | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Maruthi Dasari | ||
| Puzhu | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Rathina | ||
| Alone | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Shaji Kailas | ||
| Kaduva | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Shaji Kailas | ||
| Jana Gana Mana | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Dijo Jose Antony | ||
| 2022 | Aaravam | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Nahas Hidayath | |
| Paappan | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Joshiy | ||
| CBI 5 | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | K. Madhu | ||
| Enthaada Saji | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Godfy Babu | ||
| Padmini | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Senna Hegde | ||
| Vilayaath Buddha | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Jayan Nambiar |
References[]
- ^ a b Nelluri, Maya (20 November 2018). "Interview with Jakes Bejoy about Taxiwaala". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Chowdary, Sunita (13 March 2018). "Jakes Bejoy to debut in Telugu with 'Taxiwala'". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Jakes Bejoy's magic in Monsoon Mangoes — Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Jakes Bejoy's latest songs get good response — Times of India". Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Vijay Deverakonda, GA2, UV Creations movie Worldwide Grand Release On May 18th — Idlebrain". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
External links[]
- Jakes Bejoy at IMDb
- Jakes Bejoy on Facebook
- Malayalam film score composers
- Film musicians from Kerala
- Living people
- Tamil film score composers
- People from Kottayam district
- 21st-century Indian composers
- Telugu film score composers