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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

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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

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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

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Year Title Credit Director Notes
2016 Mundrothuruth: Munroe Island Background score Manu
2016 Kammatipaadam Music arranger / music mixing engineer/ background score Rajeev Ravi
2016 Kismath Music mixing engineer / pre-mixing engineer Shanavas K Bavakutty
2016 Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Music editor / pre-mixing engineer Dr. Biju
2017 Samarpanam Background score K. Gopinathan
2017 Adventures of Omanakuttan Music composer / sound designer Rohith V. S.
2017 Tharangam Sound designer Dominic Arun
2017 Sound of Silence Assistant mixing engineer Dr. Biju
2018 Eeda Background score B. Ajithkumar
2018 Iblis Music composer / director of audiography Rohith V. S.
2019 Run Kalyani Sound designer Geetha J
2019 Thottappan Sound editor Shanavas K. Bavakutty
2019 Virus Sound editor Aashiq Abu
2019 Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 Additional background score / sync sound recording Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
2020 Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte Background score Shambhu Purushothaman
2020 Trance Music engineer (title track) Anwar Rasheed
2021 Kala Music Composer / Background score / Sound Designer Rohith V. S. [7][4]
2021 Chathur Mukham Music composer / background score / Sound Designer Ranjeet Kamala Sankar
Salil V.
2021 Nayattu Pre Mix Engineer Martin Prakkat
2021 Kuttavum Shikshayum Music Composer Rajeev Ravi
2022 Appan Music Composer Maju [8]
2022 Nna Thaan Case Kodu Music Composer Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval [9]
2022 The Teacher Music Composer Vivek [10]
2022 Kaapa Music Composer Shaji Kailas [11]
2023 Higuita Background Score Hemanth G Nair [12]
2023 2018 Additional Background Score Jude Anthany Joseph
2023 How Is That For A Monday? Music composer Sripal Sama English
Telugu
2024 Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hrudayahariyaya Pranayakadha Music Composer Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval [13]

Awards

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Kerala State Film Awards:

References

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  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. ^ Features, C. E. (11 May 2024). "Premalola song from Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hrudayahariyaya Pranayakadha out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  14. ^ Madhu, Vignesh (21 July 2023). "53rd Kerala State Film Awards announced; Here's the full list of winners". Cinema Express.
  15. ^ Features, C. E. (21 July 2023). "Kerala State Film Awards 2023: Nna Thaan Case Kodu wins big". Cinema Express.
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