Some of the numbers that show his orchestral Structure became evident with his masterful use of the piano, guitar,Īnd string ensembles.
(1978) (Rag Mohanam), Mayile Mayile (Ragam Hamsadhwani), and Chinna classical Karnatic melodies were used in Kannan Oru Kai Kuzhandhai Raja soon proved his abilities in other styles as well.
Pathinaru Vayathinile (1977), and "Samakkozhi" and "Oram Po" from Ponnu Oorukku Pudhusu (1979). Popular were the songs "Senthoorappove" and "Aatukkutti Mutaiyittu" from For all of these films Raja created memorable songs. Tamil villages in an authentic way, against stylistic shallow portrayalsīefore. This was followed by a series of films that portrayed contemporary Instant hit, the most popular being "Machchana Partheengala" sung by a Sounds-rich orchestration typical of Western music. Typical of Tamil folk in an authentic way, and they offered new The songs offered simplicity and musicality The film dealt with a village story, to which IlayarajaĬomposed great melodies. Ilayaraja's break into music for films came with Annakili He later earned a diploma in music from Trinity College Studied under Dhanraj Master, playing the guitar and piano in the
ILAYARAJA MELODY SONGS TAMIL MOVIE
Migrated to the city of Madras, the Southern Movie capital, when he wasĢ9 years old, looking for a break into music making for the public. Raja picked up most of hisĪcumen for audience tastes during this period. Varadharajan, a poet, worked as a group of musicians traveling across The team of the brothers, the eldest being Pavalar He learned to play the harmonium, the typical musical instrument used in Of Tamil folk songs, seems to be a very strong influence in his music.
Raja, as he is popularly known and affectionatelyĬalled, comes from a family of musicians. London Philharmonic Orchestra, besides scoring over 900 feature films inĪ period of 35 years. Nadu, Ilayaraja became the first Asian to score a symphony for the Born and brought up in an obscure village near Kambam in Southern Tamil