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His composition Rakkama Kaiya Thattu from the movie Thalapathi was amongst the songs listed in a BBC World Top Ten music poll. Ilaiyaraja has also written song lyrics in both the Tamil and Hindi languages. He has composed several devotional songs inspired by the Hindu mystic Ramana Maharishi. He is the inventor of a raga called Panchamukhi, considered by some Carnatic purists as faux and by the general crowd as an achievement. He has worked with eminent Carnatic musicians like Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna and T.V. This album was praised by one of the doyens of Carnatic music, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, for its the appropriate selection and employment of complex ragas and sahityams. Ilaiyaraja has also composed a set of classical Carnatic pieces which were performed by the electric mandolin player U. The second, Nothing But Wind, suggests in its title that music is but a natural phenomenon akin to the wind, and the album's music takes this conceptual approach.
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The first, How To Name It?, is dedicated to the Carnatic master Tyagaraja and to Johann Sebastian Bach. Ilaiyaraja is equally famed for his evocative background music for films.īesides scoring music for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and other Indian-language films, Ilaiyaraja has composed two fusion music albums, blending Western classical music with Carnatic ragas. His songs, many of which demand considerable vocal virtuosity, have found expressive platform amongst some of India's respected vocalists and playback singers, such as K.J. The popular appeal of Ilaiyaraja's music also lies in his flair for catchy melodies. Ilaiyaraja is renowned for his orchestration technique, characterised by an effective synthesis of Western and Indian instruments and musical modes. His earliest work for the movie Annakkili earned him recognition for its successful fusion of Tamil folk music and popular Tamil film music. His career in music composition was launched in 1976 when he began composing film music scores in the South Indian film industry. Ilaiyaraja was born in a rural family in Pannaipuram near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He had completed a course in classical guitar (higher local) with the Trinity College of Music in London. He has won the Indian National Film Awards for best music composition thrice. He has composed over 5000 songs and provided background music for more than 840 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years. Ilayaraaja born Jis an Indian film composer. Career and music: Ilaiyaraja was born in a rural family in Pannaipuram near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
