Santhosh Narayanan

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Santhosh Narayanan
Background information
Born (1983-05-15) 15 May 1983 (age 40)
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres
  • Film score
  • Jazz
  • Indian folk
  • Hip hop
  • Rock
  • Electronic
Occupations
  • Composer
  • music producer
  • arranger
  • singer
  • music director
Instrumentsvocals, piano,flute, keyboard
Years active2012–present

Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian film composer and musician who has worked predominately worked in Tamil cinema, while also having some Telugu and Malayalam films to his credit.

Early life

Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at

recording engineer, arranger and programmer, before beginning to produce independent music and compose for films.[1] He composed the music including two original songs for the Telugu short film Advaitham,[2][3] He was also part of the contemporary folk music band "La Pongal" in which he performed in a few live shows in 2009.[1]

Through Maniratnam, Santhosh also got to work on a couple of Rahman soundtracks starting with Guru.[4]

Career

2012–2013: Debut success

He made his debut as an independent music director in the 2012 Tamil film

Pizza 2: The Villa, a sequel to Pizza, and Billa Ranga, his first Telugu and only full-fledged Telugu project until 2023's Dasara
.

2014–2015

Santhosh Narayanan worked exclusively on Tamil films. He had four soundtracks released that year, the first being the album to the romantic drama

Lucia, for which he had composed the score, was his final 2014 release. The album was also lauded by critics.[37] Behindwoods named him the "most promising among the younger composers".[38]

In 2015, he worked on

Pradeep Kumar.[43]

2016

The year 2016 was one of the most packed years for Santhosh Narayanan. Six releases during the year including music compositions for

Iruthi Suttru, Manithan, Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum, Iraivi, Kabali, Kaashmora, Kodi
.

In 2017, he composed for the

Kasada Thapara, Jeeva starrer Gypsy and Penguin
.

2021

He was involved with

Salute, before being replaced by Jakes Bejoy.[44] He also composed the soundtrack and film's score for Sarpatta Parambarai
; It marked the composer's fifth consecutive film with Pa. Ranjith, since his and the director's debut film Attakathi (2012). According to Santhosh, he said that "the film is influenced by the aspects of Madras, as it is mostly about the descriptive and realistic portrayal of North Chennai, while the boxing culture during the 1970s also serve as the subplot". He worked with
Project K in Telugu (also in Hindi) and Pathonpatham Noottandu and Anweshippin Kandethum
in Malayalam.

Discography

Original scores as solo composer

Year Tamil Language Notes
2012 Attakathi Tamil Debut
Uyir Mozhi Tamil Film unreleased
Pizza Tamil
2013 Soodhu Kavvum Tamil Vijay Award for Best Background Score
Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Music Director
Nominated—South Indian International Movie Award for Best Music Director
Pizza 2: The Villa
 Tamil
2014 Cuckoo Tamil Mirchi Award For Best Album of the Year
Billa Ranga Telugu Debut in Telugu cinema
Jigarthanda Tamil Vijay Award for Best Background Score
Madras Tamil
2015 Enakkul Oruvan Tamil
36 Vayathinile
 Tamil
2016
Saala Khadoos
 Tamil
Hindi 		Background score composed by Sanjay Wandrekar and Atul Raninga
Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum Tamil
Manithan Tamil
Iraivi Tamil
Kabali Tamil
Kodi Tamil
Kaashmora Tamil
2017 Bairavaa Tamil
Meyaadha Maan Tamil
Server Sundaram
 Tamil Unreleased film
2018 Kaala Tamil
Mercury
 Tamil Only one song and background score
Pariyerum Perumal Tamil
Vada Chennai Tamil 25th Film
2019
A1
 Tamil
Otha Seruppu Size 7
 Tamil One song only
2020
Gypsy
 Tamil
Penguin Tamil
2021 Parris Jeyaraj Tamil
Karnan Tamil
Jagame Thanthiram
 Tamil
Vellai Yaanai Tamil
Sarpatta Parambarai Tamil
Navarasa
 Tamil
Kasada Thapara
 Tamil Guest composer for "Vaazhvome"
2022 Mahaan Tamil
Kadaisi Vivasayi Tamil
Gulu Gulu Tamil
Buffoon Tamil
Anel Meley Pani Thuli Tamil
Naai Sekar Returns Tamil
Pathonpatham Noottandu Malayalam Background score only
2023 Dasara Telugu [45][46]
Chithha Tamil Guest composer; 1 song only
Jigarthanda DoubleX Tamil
2024 Saindhav Telugu
Yatra 2 Telugu
Anweshippin Kandethum Malayalam [47][48]
Kalki 2898 AD Telugu
Hindi
Vaazhai Tamil
TBA Andhagan Tamil

Remakes featuring existing/reused music

Year Tamil Language Notes
2017 Guru Telugu Remake of Iruthi Suttru and Saala Khadoos
2018
Dhwaja
 Kannada Remake of Kodi; Reused tunes from the Tamil original

Television/Web Series

Year Series Language Notes
2010 Adwaitham Telugu Early short film released on YouTube (Before Feature debut)
2022 Faadu Hindi Released on SonyLIV.
2023 The Night Manager Hindi Released on Disney+ Hotstar. Title song only[citation needed]
2022 Pettaikaali Tamil Released on Aha. 8 Episodes

Additional themes only

Year Film Language Notes
2009 Nenu Meeku Telusa? Telugu Additional background score Only
2013 Lucia Kannada Additional Background Score Only. Santhosh opted out after composing two themes.

As a playback singer

Year Film Songs Language Composer
2014 Kappal "Kaali Pasanga" Tamil Natarajan Sankaran
Jigarthanda "Baby", "Dhesayum Ezhundhaney" Santhosh Narayanan
2015 Enakkul Oruvan "Endi Ippadi"
36 Vayathinile
 "Naalu Kazhudha"
2016 Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum "Ka Ka Ka Po", "Bongu Kichan"
Remo "Daavuya" Anirudh Ravichander
Iraivi "Kaadhal Kappal" Santhosh Narayanan
Kaashmora "Dhikku Dhikku sir"
2017
Server Sundaram
 "Bro"
Meyaadha Maan "Address song"
Vizhithiru "Pon Vidhi" Sathyan Mahalingam
2018 Pariyerum Perumal "Karuppi", "Naan Yaar" Santhosh Narayanan
2019
A1
 "Chittukku"
2020 Gypsy "Very Very Bad","Desanthiri"
Jagame Thandhiram "Rakita Rakita Rakita", "Aala Ola", "Naan Thaan Da Mass", "Bujji"
2021 Master "Polakattum Para Para" Anirudh Ravichander
Parris Jeyaraj "Bacha Bachikey" Santhosh Narayanan
Karnan "Kandaa Vara Sollunga", "Uttradheenga Yeppov"
Sarpatta Parambarai "Neeye Oli" (Film version)
Mahaan "Naan Naan" "Soorayattam", "Evanda Enakku Custody"
Kasada Thapara
 "Vaazhvome"
Kadaisi Vivasayi "Enniko Er Pudichane", "Bambara Boomi"
2022 Anbarivu "Ready Steady Go" Hiphop Tamizha
Buffoon "Madichu Vecha Vethala" Santhosh Narayanan
Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kadhal "Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kadhal" Anirudh Ravichander
Gulu Gulu "Maatna Gaali", "Inner Peace", "Amma Nah Nah" Santhosh Narayanan
Thiruchitrambalam "Thenmozhi" Anirudh Ravichander
2023 Dasara "Ori Vaari" Telugu Santhosh Narayanan
"Dhoom Dhaam Dhosthu", "Theekari" Tamil
Chithha "Unakku Thaan"
Jigarthanda DoubleX "Maamadura"
"Kora Meesam" Telugu
"Theekuchi" Tamil
"Oyyaram" Tamil

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