Eric Pillai is an Indian

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

mixing engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...

and

music producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

. He is best known for his mix of

Aashiqui 2 ''Aashiqui 2'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical drama film directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the Vishesh Films and T-Series Films, with Mahesh Bhatt serving as pres ...

soundtrack for which he won GiMA Award for Best Recording Engineer.

Early life and career

Pillai aspired to become a music producer and recording engineer since the age of 11. In 1999 he started working independently and in 2011 he built his own recording setup named as Future Sound of Bombay.

Accolades

Pillai won the GiMA Award for Best Recording Engineer for his mix of the soundtrack of

. Pillai subsequently won

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award, in the category of Best Recording Engineer for the song

Galliyan Galliyan () is a romantic Hindi song from the 2014 Bollywood film, '' Ek Villain''. Composed by Ankit Tiwari, the song is sung by Tiwari himself, with lyrics penned by Manoj Muntashir. The music video of the track features actors Sidharth Mal ...

References

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