Mickey J Meyer

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Mickey J Meyer
Background information
Origin Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations Film composer, music director, singer
Instruments Vocals (playback singing), keyboard, violin, piano
Years active 2005 – present

Mickey J Meyer is an Indian music composer and singer. He composes soundtracks for Telugu Cinema primarily and is based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

His music is noted for being a harmonious blend of traditional Indian music and Western instrumentation. He won 2 Filmfare Awards South and 2 Nandi Awards for the Best music Direction in Telugu Happy Days and Kotha Bangaru Lokam.

Early life and education

Mickey J Meyer was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India. He attended St.Marys college in Himayatnagar, Hyderabad. He started learning violin and piano in his childhood. He is also trained in Carnatic music. After his fifth standard, he got into the prestigious Trinity College of Music, London. He graduated from the eight-year music course in 2002.

Career

Mickey has stated that he became addicted to music because of A. R. Rahman who he hails as an inspiration and his most favorite musician and whose music he grew up listening to mostly.[1][2] He decided to become a music director after graduating from Trinity College. He approached Tammareddy Bharadwaja who gave him his first break in the form of Pothe Poni(2005). This was succeeded by 10th Class (2006) and Notebook (2007). Thereafter, he was signed by Sekhar Kammula for the film Happy Days, which received widespread acclaim and was considered one of the best albums of the year.[3][4] He received the best music director award at the three major Telugu film award ceremonies (Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards and CineMAA Awards) for the film. It was also the first film for which he composed the film score too.

The success of Happy Days led to remakes of the film in Kannada and Tamil and Mickey was retained as the music director for both movies(Jolly Days and Inidhu Inidhu respectively)[5] marking his entry into other Indian film industries. Following this breakthrough album, he composed the score and songs for the Telugu films Hare Ram and Kotha Bangaru Lokam which slowly established him in the Telugu film industry and he second time received the best music director award Kotha Bangaru Lokam at the two major Telugu film award ceremonies (Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards) won consecutively. He then delivered two musical entertainers Leader and Maro Charitra. He was one of the four music directors for Anaganaga O Dheerudu, composing the song 'Chandamamala'. He composed the title song for the Maa TV serial Yuva.

Discography

Year Film Language Notes
2005 Pothe Poni Telugu
2006 10th Class Telugu
2006 Notebook Telugu
2007 Happy Days Telugu Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director
Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Music Director
2008 Hare Ram Telugu
2008 Kotha Bangaru Lokam Telugu Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director
2009 Ganesh Telugu
2009 Inidhu Inidhu Tamil Remake of Happy Days
2009 Jolly days Kannada Remake of Happy Days
2009 Cheluvina Chilipili Kannada Remake of Kotha Bangaru Lokam[6]
2010 Maro Charitra Telugu
2010 Leader Telugu Nominated, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu)
2011 Anaganaga O Dheerudu Telugu Only one song "Chandamamala"
2012 Life is Beautiful Telugu Nominated, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu)
2012 Routine love story Telugu
2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Telugu
2013 Kerintha Telugu
2013 Areyrey Telugu
2013 Chandamama Kathalu Telugu
  • The films are listed in order of the music release, regardless of the film release.

Awards

  • 2007: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) - Happy Days
  • 2007: Nandi Award for Best Music Director - Happy Days
  • 2007: CineMAA Award for Best Music Director - Happy Days
  • 2008: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • 2008: Nandi Award for Best Music Director - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • 2009: Big 92.7 Award for Best Love Song - Leader (Aunana Kadana)

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Mickey J Meyer". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  2. ↑ "'I want to compose a song with A R Rahman singing it'". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  3. ↑ "Symphonic 'Happy Days' tops Telugu music charts". nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  4. ↑ "Telugu movie review - 'Happy Days'". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  5. ↑ "Mickey's on a song". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  6. ↑ http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2009/cheluvina-chilipili-remake-270709.html

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