Arrol Corelli
Arrol Corelli | |
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| Birth name | S. Arul Murugan |
| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Origin | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Genres | Film Score |
| Occupation(s) | Film music composer, music director |
| Years active | 2014 - present |
S. Arul Murugan, better known professionally as Arrol Corelli (born 3 October 1985) is an Indian music composer. He made his debut in the Tamil film Pisaasu (2014) directed by Mysskin and produced by director Bala's B Studios.[1][2]
Early life and Career
Arul Murugan was born and brought up in Maraimalainagar near Chennai in a middle-class family. He started learning Indian Classical Violin at the age 5 under Shri. Ravi Kumar and later on under Kumari A. Kanyakumari. At a very young age, he started performing in various music concerts across south India and has also won several prizes in the competitions held at The Music Academy, Narada Gana Sabha, Mylapore Fine Arts etc. He started learning Western Classical Piano at the age of 10 from Trinity College of Music, London. He did his schooling at Shri Anand Jain Vidhyala, Tambaram and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in the year 2008.
He approached film director Mysskin who hired him to score the music for Pisaasu produced by director Bala. As Arul is not an uncommon name, Mysskin also suggested the stage name Arrol Corelli, after the Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli, who was also a violinist.
Corelli wrote the background music for Pisaasu; in the film he also played the violin in the song "Nathi pogum koozhangal payanam".[3] [4] [5] Corelli was nominated in the Best Background Score category at the 2015 Vijay Awards for Pisaasu.
Corelli subsequently received an offer to work with director Pandiraj's Pasanga 2 - Haiku produced by actor Suriya's 2D Entertainment. The soundtrack features four songs and a theme music, the lyrics for which were written by Na. Muthukumar, Madhan Karky and Yugabharathi.[6][7]
Filmography
Released soundtracks
| Year | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Pisaasu • | Pisachi (2015) | Rakshasi (One Song only) | ||
| 2015 | Pasanga 2 • | Memu (2016) | |||
| 2016 | Savarakathi • | ||||
| 2016 | Thiraikku Varaatha Kathai | Girls | Background score only | ||
| 2017 | Inayathalam • | ||||
| 2017 | Thupparivaalan • | ||||
| 2018 | Annanukku Jai • | ||||
| 2019 | Igloo • | ||||
| 2019 | Champion • | ||||
| 2020 | Lock Up • |
Upcoming projects
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ranger | Filming |
| 2020 | Siragu | Filming |
| 2020 | Anbulla Ghilli | Filming |
Television
| Year | Series | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Auto Shankar | Webseries |
- The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
- The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
- • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages
- ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions
References
- ^ Bwoods Trailers&Events (18 December 2014). "Arrol Corelli - "Working with Mysskin is a life changing experience" - BW" – via YouTube.
- ^ "'Pissasu' is getting ready to scare".
- ^ "Pisasu review. Pisasu Tamil movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com".
- ^ "Pisaasu (aka) Pisasu review". behindwoods.com.
- ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha. "'Pisasu' ('Pisaasu') Movie Review Round-up: A Different Horror Film".
- ^ "Pasanga-2 (aka) Haiku songs review". Behindwoods.
- ^ "Pasanga- Audio review!".
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