Dawn Vincent

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Dawn Vincent
BornKochi, 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 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.

Early life and education[edit]

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. He is married to Priscilla Vaddadi who is working as an animation director in Canada.

Dawn studied in Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar, Kochi. He was 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 versions of singles from various bands such as 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[edit]

Dawn initially composed music for short films. He started working in the industry by doing background score for the film, Mundrothuruth: Munroe Island, 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 filmmakers such as Rajeev Ravi, B. Ajithkumar and Pramod Thomas .[4][5][6]

Filmography[edit]

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 Malayalam Music Composer / Background score / Sound Designer Rohith V. S.[7][4]
2021 Chathur Mukham Malayalam Music composer / background score / Sound Designer Ranjeet Kamala Sankar
Salil V.
2021 Nayattu Malayalam Pre Mix Engineer Martin Prakkat
2021 Kuttavum Shikshayum Malayalam Music Composer Rajeev Ravi
2022 Appan[8] Malayalam Music Composer Maju
2022 Nna Thaan Case Kodu[9] Malayalam Music Composer Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
2022 The Teacher (2022 Indian film)[10] Malayalam Music Composer Vivek
2022 Kaapa[11] Malayalam Music Composer Shaji Kailas
2023 Higuita (film)[12] Malayalam Background Score Hemanth G Nair
2023 2018_(film) Malayalam Additional Background Score Jude Anthany Joseph
2023 How Is That For A Monday? English-Telugu Music composer Sripal Sama

Awards[edit]

Kerala State Film Awards:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "'Adventures of Omanakkuttan' second video song is here - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Dawn Vincent". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Audio Launch of 'Iblis' held". The New Indian Express.
  4. ^ a b "Secret of the sound: Robin Kunjukutty on working in Kala". The New Indian Express.
  5. ^ "Rajeev Ravi's 'Kuttavum Shikshayum' with Asif Ali is based on true story". The News Minute. 2 November 2020.
  6. ^ M, Athira (20 June 2020). "'Chaavunadappaattu', written by Anvar Ali and sung by John P Varkey, is an anthem for migrant labourers". The Hindu.
  7. ^ "Tovino Thomas starrer 'Kala' releases on OTT". The News Minute. 20 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Appan: First look poster of Sunny Wayne's next out". OnManorama.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  9. ^ "First look poster of Kunchacko Boban's Nna Thaan Case Kodu go viral! - Malayalam News". IndiaGlitz.com. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Amala Paul's 'The Teacher' trailer promises a gripping thriller". Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Kaapa Movie Review : Interesting, if predictable, gangster movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Suraj Venjaramoodu and Dhyan Sreenivasan to team up for 'Higuita'". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  13. ^ https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2023/jul/21/53rd-kerala-state-film-awards-announced-heres-the-full-list-of-winners-45841.html
  14. ^ https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2023/jul/21/kerala-state-film-awards-2023-nna-thaan-case-kodu-wins-big-45845.html

External links[edit]

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