Simon K. King

Simon K King
Background information
Birth name K.S.Simon
Also known as Simon K.King ,Simon
Born 2nd February 1986
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres Film score, jazz, blues
Occupation(s) Music Composer, Performer, Record Producer, Music Director, arranger, Singer, song writer
Instruments Synthesizer, Piano, keyboard, Guitar
Years active 2013–present

Simon K.King is an Indian film composer who predominantly composes music for Tamil films. He made his debut with Sasi's Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (2013).

Career

Simon started his music career as a keyboard programmer while he was pursuing his graduation in engineering. He then continued to work on developing his interests in composing and arranging music. From there he started composing jingles where he has notably worked on more than 300 jingles for various brands. Simultaneously he worked as a freelance Music Producer for many Music directors in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam film industries.[1]

Simon made his debut in the Bharath starrer, Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu(2013) directed by Sasi. The song “Elavu”, that Simon had composed for the same film was critically acclaimed and was well received on social media. Simon's music for his second film Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani, also a Bharath starter, won a lot of positive response and was widely appreciated. A review stated "Simon continues to show promise after Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu!." [2] and "A good different genre catchy album from music director Simon after 555.".[3] The music was also greatly appreciated by veteran Director K. Balachander, as he stated "I myself felt like dancing to those tunes.".[4]

Music Director

Year Film name Language Notes
2013 Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu Tamil
2014 Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani Tamil
2017 Sathya Tamil

Singer

Year Film name Language Song Music Director
2013 Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu Tamil Elavu Simon
2014 Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani Tamil Madurai Trichy Kumaringo Simon
2014 Jump Jilani Telugu Jumpu Jilani Vijay Ebenezer

References

  1. ↑ Interview with Simon, music director of Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu(555) | Musicperk – Trending news, analysis, reviews, ratings and exclusive content for music. Musicperk. Retrieved on 12 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (Music review), Tamil – Simon by Milliblog!. Itwofs.com (4 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-11-12.
  3. ↑ Screen Studios Reviews: Ainthaam Thalaimurai Sithavaidhiya Sigamani Music Review. Annamalaipalaniappan.blogspot.in (8 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-11-12.
  4. ↑ Young Music director makes KB feel like dancing – Tamil Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (4 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-11-12.
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