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Mickey J Meyer 
Background information Origin Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Occupations Film composer, music director Instruments Vocals (playback singing), keyboard/violin/piano Years active 2005 – present Mickey J Meyer (Telugu: మిక్కి జే మేయర్) is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a soundtrack composer in contemporary Telugu Cinema and is based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
His work has mostly seen hints of Western music. He owes this to his schooling from the Trinity College of Music, London.
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Early life and education
Mickey J Meyer was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India. He was a student of St.Mary's College in Yousufguda, Hyderabad. He had been learning violin and grand piano from his childhood. He is also trained in Carnatic music. After his fifth standard, he got admission into the prestigious Trinity College of Music, London. He graduated from the eight-year long music course in the year 2002 and thereafter began practicing music.
Career
According to Mickey, he got addicted to music because of A. R. Rahman -who he hails as an inspiration and his most favourite musician- as he grew up listening to Rahman's music mostly.[1][2] After graduating from Trinity College, in 2005, he decided to become a music director. He approached Tammareddy Bharadwaja and in the form of Pothe Poni (2005), he got his first break in the Telugu music industry. His music for Pothe Poni was succeeded by 10th Class (2006) and Notebook (2007) in the following years. Thereafter, he was signed by Sekhar Kammula for the film Happy Days, which was widely noticed and lauded and was considered as one of the best albums of the year.[3][4] Consequently, he was awarded the Best Music Director Award at the three major Telugu Film Awards (Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards and CineMAA Awards) for the film. Noticeably, it was also the first film for which he composed the film score too.
The success of the film led to remakes of the film in Kannada and Tamil languages, Mickey J Meyer was retained as the music director in both the films (Jolly Days and Inidhu Inidhu respectively)[5] and his entry into other Indian film industries happened. Following this breakthrough album, he got the opportunities to compose the scores and songs for the Telugu films Hare Ram and Kotha Bangaru Lokam, which slowly established him in the Telugu film industry. Later he delivered two musical entertainers namely Leader and Marocharitra which proved his talent with well matured score. He also worked as one of the four music directors in the move namely AOD - Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu (Once Upon a Knight) for only one song "Chandamamala" with a very soothing effects on the traditional folk song. Many of his fans are eagerly awaiting for his score in his next projects.
Discography
Year Film Language Notes 2005 Pothe Poni Telugu 2006 10th Class Telugu Notebook Telugu 2007 Happy Days Telugu Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director
Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Music Director2008 Hare Ram Telugu Kotha Bangaru Lokam Telugu Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director2009 Ganesh Telugu Inidhu Inidhu Tamil Remake of Happy Days Jolly days Kannada Remake of Happy Days 2010 Maro Charitra Telugu Leader Telugu 2011 Anaganaga O Dheerudu Telugu 2012 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Telugu - The films are listed in order of the music release, regardless of the film release.
Awards
- 2007: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) - Happy Days
- 2007: Nandi Award for Best Music Director - Happy Days
- 2007: CineMAA Award for Best Music Director - Happy Days
- 2008: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- 2008: Nandi Award for Best Music Director - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- 2009: Big 92.7 Award for Best Love Song - Leader (Aunana Kadana)
References
- ^ "Interview with Mickey J Meyer". idlebrain.com. http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/mickeyjmeyer.html. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "'I want to compose a song with A R Rahman singing it'". Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/12mickey.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "Symphonic 'Happy Days' tops Telugu music charts". nowrunning.com. http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=12897. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "Telugu movie review - 'Happy Days'". idlebrain.com. http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-happydays.html. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "Mickey's on a song". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2008-11-29. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/29/stories/2008112953560100.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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Categories:- Living people
- Indian musicians
- Indian film score composers
- Indian film singers
- Telugu film score composers
- Trinity College of Music alumni
- Indian Christians
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