Dawn Vincent | |
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Born | Kochi, Kerala, India |
Genres | Film score, world music, electronic |
Occupation(s) | Music Composer, arranger, mixing engineer, sound designer, Sound editor |
Instruments | Piano, 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.
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.
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]
Year | Title | Credit | Director | Notes |
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2016 | Mundrothuruth: Munroe Island | Background score | Manu | |
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 | |
2017 | Samarpanam | Background score | K. Gopinathan | |
2017 | Adventures of Omanakuttan | Music composer / sound designer | Rohith V. S. | |
2017 | Tharangam | Sound designer | Dominic 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. | |
2019 | Run Kalyani | Sound designer | Geetha J | |
2019 | Thottappan | Sound editor | Shanavas 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 score | Shambhu Purushothaman | |
2020 | Trance | Music engineer (title track) | Anwar Rasheed | |
2021 | Kala | Music Composer / Background score / Sound Designer | Rohith V. S. | [7] [4] |
2021 | Chathur Mukham | Music composer / background score / Sound Designer | Ranjeet Kamala Sankar Salil V. | |
2021 | Nayattu | Pre Mix Engineer | Martin Prakkat | |
2021 | Kuttavum Shikshayum | Music Composer | Rajeev Ravi | |
2022 | Appan | Music Composer | Maju | [8] |
2022 | Nna Thaan Case Kodu | Music Composer | Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval | [9] |
2022 | The Teacher | Music Composer | Vivek | [10] |
2022 | Kaapa | Music Composer | Shaji Kailas | [11] |
2023 | Higuita | Background Score | Hemanth G Nair | [12] |
2023 | 2018 | Additional Background Score | Jude Anthany Joseph | |
2023 | How Is That For A Monday? | Music composer | Sripal Sama | English Telugu |
2024 | Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hrudayahariyaya Pranayakadha | Music Composer | Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval | [13] |
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