Simon K. King is an Indian film composer who predominantly composes music for Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut with Sasi's ''

Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu ''Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu'' (; stylized as ''555'') is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Sasi from a story by Aravind-Sureshkumar. It stars Bharath and Chandini Sreedharan in the lead roles, while Erica Fernandes and ...

'' (2013) and is well known for the song "Yavvana" from the film ''Sathya'', and for background score in ''

Kolaigaran ''Kolaigaran'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Andrew Louis. The film stars Vijay Antony, Arjun and Ashima Narwal, while Nassar and Seetha play supporting roles. The music was scored by Simon K. King. Pr ...

.''

Career

Simon K.King started his music career as a keyboard programmer while he was pursuing his graduation in

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. He then continued to work on developing his interests in composing and arranging music. From there he started composing

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where he has notably worked on more than 300 jingles for various brands. Simultaneously he worked as a

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for many music directors in

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Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

and

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

film industries.Interview with Simon, music director of Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (555) , Musicperk – Trending news, analysis, reviews, ratings and exclusive content for music
Musicperk. Retrieved on 12 November 2015.

Discography

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Simon K. Living people 21st-century Indian classical composers Tamil film score composers Tamil musicians 1986 births Telugu film score composers