Yuvan Shankar Raja (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian Tamil film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as Telugu films. In 1996, at age 16, his musical career began as he composed the film score for Aravindhan. He subsequently composed film scores for a variety of South Indian films, which include commercial blockbusters such as Dheena, Manmadhan, Paruthiveeran, Billa, Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Paiyaa as well as acclaimed films such as Nandha, Kaadhal Kondein, 7G Rainbow Colony, Raam, Pudhupettai and Kattradhu Thamizh. Within a span of 13 years, Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored for over 75 films. Considered a highly versatile composer, he often strives for different, innovative and stylistic music and has explored and used elements of various genres in his compositions that range from folk to heavy metal. He is particularly known for his use of western music elements in his pieces and often credited with having introduced Hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and having started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu.