George Joseph Olakkengil is an Indian composer, programmer and music producer who primarily works in

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films. He started his career with associated acts with film composer

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, who also lived in the same

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neighborhood, as music programmer and producer. Joseph has collaborated with several music directors including the likes of composer duo

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. He made his debut as a score composer in 2012 and went on to program/ produce background score for several

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, Punjabi,

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, and English-language films. Joseph worked on the trailer and produced the musical theme for the American mystery thriller '' Broken Horses'' in 2015.

Early life and education

Born to Joseph Olakkengil an educator and Thressiama John a banker; George Joseph spent his childhood in

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, near Guruvayoor, in the Thrissur district of Kerala. His early interest in music started from playing guitar and violin. On a later stage Joseph started experimenting with key board which was instrumental in pursuing music career. After completing schooling in

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; in 1995–96 Joseph joined

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at CUSAT campus in

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for Bachelor of Technology in

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, which he completed in the year 2000. In the same year he joined

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to pursue his interest in music.

Career

In 2003; after completing

sound engineering 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, reproductio ...

course from the SAE Institute at Chennai, Joseph relocated to

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

to pursue a career in film music. Initially George worked as sound engineer to composers and started freelancing works with

and

Film discography

As a Music Programmer / Producer (for other composers)

As a Background Score Composer

Television discography

As a Music Composer / Programmer / Producer

Short Film discography

As a Music Composer / Programmer / Producer

References

External links

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George Joseph
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