Arrol Corelli

S. Arul Murugan, better known professionally as Arrol Corelli (born 3 October 1985) is an Indian music composer. He made his debut in the Tamil film Pisaasu (2014) directed by Mysskin and produced by director Bala's B Studios.[1][2]

Arrol Corelli
Birth nameS. Arul Murugan
BornChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OriginTamil Nadu, India
GenresFilm Score
Occupation(s)Film music composer, music director
Years active2014 - present

Early life and career

Arul Murugan was born and brought up in Maraimalainagar near Chennai in a middle-class family. He started learning Indian Classical Violin at the age 5 under Shri. Ravi Kumar and later on under Kumari A. Kanyakumari. At a very young age, he started performing in various music concerts across south India and has also won several prizes in the competitions held at The Music Academy, Narada Gana Sabha, Mylapore Fine Arts etc. He started learning Western Classical Piano at the age of 10 from Trinity College of Music, London. He did his schooling at Shri Anand Jain Vidhyala, Tambaram and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in the year 2008.

He approached film director Mysskin who hired him to score the music for Pisaasu produced by director Bala. As Arul is not an uncommon name, Mysskin also suggested the stage name Arrol Corelli, after the Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli, who was also a violinist.

Corelli wrote the background music for Pisaasu; in the film he also played the violin in the song "Nathi pogum koozhangal payanam".[3] [4] [5] Corelli was nominated in the Best Background Score category at the 2015 Vijay Awards for Pisaasu.

Corelli subsequently received an offer to work with director Pandiraj's Pasanga 2 - Haiku produced by actor Suriya's 2D Entertainment. The soundtrack features four songs and a theme music, the lyrics for which were written by Na. Muthukumar, Madhan Karky and Yugabharathi.[6][7]

Filmography

Released soundtracks

Year Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Notes
2014PisaasuPisachi (2015)Rakshasi ♦ (One Song only)
2015Pasanga 2Memu (2016)
2016Savarakathi
2016Thiraikku Varaatha KathaiGirlsBackground score only
2017Inayathalam
2017Thupparivaalan
2018Annanukku Jai
2019Igloo
2019Champion
2020Lock Up
2020 Anaganaga O Athidhi

Upcoming projects

Year Film Notes
2020RangerFilming
2020SiraguFilming
2020Anbulla GhilliFilming
2021Yakkai thiri-

Television

Year Series Notes
2019Auto ShankarWebseries
  • The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
  • The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
  • • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages
  • ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

References

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