Dawn Vincent

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Dawn Vincent
Born Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres Film 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.

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Early life and education

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

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

YearTitleCreditDirectorNotes
2016Mundrothuruth: Munroe IslandBackground scoreManu
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
2017SamarpanamBackground score K. Gopinathan
2017 Adventures of Omanakuttan Music composer / sound designerRohith V. S.
2017 Tharangam Sound designerDominic 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.
2019Run KalyaniSound designerGeetha J
2019 Thottappan Sound editorShanavas 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 scoreShambhu Purushothaman
2020 Trance Music engineer (title track) Anwar Rasheed
2021 Kala Music Composer / Background score / Sound DesignerRohith V. S. [7] [4]
2021 Chathur Mukham Music composer / background score / Sound DesignerRanjeet Kamala Sankar
Salil V.
2021 Nayattu Pre Mix Engineer Martin Prakkat
2021 Kuttavum Shikshayum Music Composer Rajeev Ravi
2022 Appan Music ComposerMaju [8]
2022 Nna Thaan Case Kodu Music Composer Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval [9]
2022 The Teacher Music ComposerVivek [10]
2022 Kaapa Music Composer Shaji Kailas [11]
2023 Higuita Background ScoreHemanth G Nair [12]
2023 2018 Additional Background Score Jude Anthany Joseph
2023 How Is That For A Monday? Music composerSripal Sama English
Telugu
2024 Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hrudayahariyaya Pranayakadha Music Composer Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval [13]

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

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