Ramachandra Borcar

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Ramachandra Borcar
Also known as	Ramasutra, DJ Ram
Born	Montreal, Canada
Occupations	Musician, composer

Ramachandra Borcar is a Montreal-born musician and composer of mixed Indian and Danish background. He is also known under the monikers Ramasutra and DJ Ram.

His extensive musical career includes work as a film composer, performer, studio producer and founder of both Semprini Records and Signed By Force record labels. After studying classical composition, orchestration and electro-acoustic music at McGill University, he went on to create scores for film, television, documentaries, commercials and the theatre.

Career

Under the name Ramasutra, he released his self-produced debut album The East Infection^[1] in 1999 for which he won a Félix Award in 2000 (amongst three nominations including "Best Arranger"), two Mimi Awards for "Album of the Year" and "Best Live Show", and a Juno Award nomination for "Best Alternative Album". He followed it up with El Pipo Del Taxi^[2] in 2003 that won him a Mimi award for "Best Producer".^[3]

Under his full name and on his own label, Semprini Records, he released the score for the award winning^[4] documentary by Joseph Hillel and Patrick Demers entitled Regular or Super (2004),^[5] as "Steel and Glass".^[6]

Borcar's career as a film composer includes numerous features, shorts and documentaries including Soft Shell Man ("Un crabe dans la tete") (2001) - for which he won a Jutra Award in 2002, Camping Sauvage (2004), Familia (2005), Bombay Calling (2005),^[7] Karsh Is History (2009) - for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2010 ^[8] and Patrick Demers' critically acclaimed debut Jaloux (2011)^[9] for which he earned a Genie Award nomination^[10] in 2012 for "Best Original Score". He also composed the opening theme music for Nicolas Roeg's Puffball (2008). His television work includes the ten part series Web Dreams, themes for Tout le monde en parle, Casting, Women Warriors, Comme Par Magie - for which he was nominated for a Prix Gémaux award in 2010 ^[11] and commercials for Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Cadbury.

In 2011, Borcar composed film scores for Goon, directed by Michael Dowse and starring Liev Schreiber, Marc-André Grondin, Jay Baruchel, Seann William Scott and Alison Pill;^[12] the Belgian-Quebec co-production Un nuage dans un verre d'eau directed by Srinath Samarasinghe and starring Anamaria Marinca,^[13] and "The American Tiger" - a David Suzuki The Nature of Things documentary. He also scored the music for the NFB's animated short Paula, by Dominic-Étienne Simard, which won "Best Animated Short" at the Canadian Screen Awards^[14] and earned Borcar the "Award for Music in Film" at the Animatòr Film Festival.^[15]

In 2012, Borcar composed the original music for the trailer of Martin Villeneuve's science fiction film Mars et Avril; wrote the music for the NFB's ambitious interactive site Here At Home' ; completed the full score for orchestra for Manon Briand's feature-film Liverpool and wrote the original score for Yan Lanouette Turgeon's debut feature film Roche Papier Ciseaux starring Roy Dupuis, released in February 2013.

In 2013, Borcar wrote the original music for Nickelodeon's TV feature Nicky Deuce - considered a "Sopranos Reunion" and starring James Gandolfini, Tony Sirico, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Curatola, Rita Moreno and Steve Schirripa (writer and director). He also completed the full score for orchestra of Stefan Miljevic's Amsterdam; the full score for Jean-Sebastien Lord's L'Ange Gardien, starring Guy Nadon, and the original music for Bruce La Bruce's Gerontophilia.

Borcar's production work includes not only his personal albums and soundtracks but other artists as well. In 2005 he produced debut albums for the Brazilian funk band Gaia, the indo-jazz outfit Catherine Potter's Duniya Project,^[16] Bulgarian gypsy band Kaba Horo^[17] and the Montreal tex-mex electro duo Call Me Poupee and Voivod.

Awards & Nominations

2014 Canadian Screen Awards nomination for "Best Original Score" (Roche Papier Ciseaux)
2013 Animatòr Festival "Award for Music in Film" (Paula)
2012 Genie Award nomination for "Best Original Score" (Jaloux)
2010 Gemini Award nomination for "Best Original Score" (Karsh Is History)
2010 Prix Gémaux nomination for "Best Original Theme" (Comme Par Magie)
2007 Juno Award for Kaba Horo "Best World Music Album" (Album Production)
2005 Grafica Prize for "Best CD Artwork" (Steel And Glass)
2003 Grafica Prize for "Best CD Artwork" (El Pipo Del Taxi)
2003 Mimi Award for "Best Producer" (El Pipo Del Taxi)
2002 Jutras Award for "Best Original Film Score" (J'ai Un Crabe Dans La Tete)
2001 Mimi Award for "Best Live Show"
2000 Juno Award nomination for "Best Alternative Album" (The East Infection)
2000 Felix Award (amongst three nominations) for "Best Urban Album" (The East Infection)
2000 Mimi Award for "Best Album" (The East Infection)

Discography

Performer, composer & arranger

Artist	Title	Year	Label
Ramasutra	The East Infection	1999	Tox
Ramasutra	El Pipo Del Taxi EP	2003	Semprini Records
Ramachandra Borcar	Camping Sauvage (Original Soundtrack)	2004	Canusa
Ramachandra Borcar	Steel And Glass (Original Soundtrack)	2005	Semprini Records
Ramachandra Borcar	Jaloux (Original Soundtrack)	2011	Semprini Records
Ramachandra Borcar	Roche Papier Ciseaux (Original Soundtrack)	2013	Semprini Records

Producer

Artist	Title	Contribution	Year	Label
Catherine Potter	Duniya Project	Producer	2005	SHADAJ
Gaïa	Gaïa	Producer	2005	JAJOU PRODUCTIONS
Lubo Alexandrov	Kaba Horo	Producer	2005	ENJA
Call Me Poupée	Western Shanghai	Producer	2006	Semprini Records

References

External links

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Persondata
Name	Borcar, Ramachandra
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian composer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Montreal, Canada
Date of death
Place of death

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