Ghibran


Mohamaad Ghibran is an Indian composer. He has composed music for Indian films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages.

Early life

Ghibran was born and raised in Coimbatore. When he was in the tenth grade, his family relocated to Chennai after his father suffered a severe loss in business. He had to discontinue studies and do several jobs to support his family.
Ghibran said that he had developed an interest in music after he had seen Yanni perform on TV, when he was about eight or ten. He had enrolled into a music college, but had to drop out and instead attended keyboard classes and learnt keyboard part-time from Paul Augustine. He completed RSA Grade 8 in both piano and music theory through Trinity College London, and obtained a degree in classical composition and film scoring under Australian Composer Lindsay Vickery at the LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. He received an offer to compose music for animations as an in-house composer, and worked there for two years. In 2000, he set up his own studio and over the next six years composed for over 700 ads.
In Singapore, he worked part-time composing music for media houses to meet his expenses. After completing his works, he worked for the Singapore wood and percussion instruments orchestra. He subsequently returned to India, but could not find many advertisements to work on there.

Career

The director A. Sarkunam selected Ghibran to compose the soundtrack for Vaagai Sooda Vaa. N. Venkateswaran of The Times of India wrote of the soundtrack, "M Ghibran joins the list of debut composers who have impressed with their work in recent times. The music score complements the movie, and marks him out as a musician to watch out for". Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu wrote that "Music is another highlight. M. Gibran's numbers keep ringing in your ears long after you leave the cinema". Rajagopalan Badrinarayanan from musicperk.com wrote "Vaagai Sooda Vaa is a wholesome package with wonderful songs. Being his first movie Gibran has done a great job with the musical score. The album will surely reshuffle the current chart". Ghibran said that after Vaagai Sooda Vaa and that he was then approached by several directors about other projects, but he decided to take a break to look for an urban based script.
In 2013, Ghibran composed the music for the films Vatthikuchi, Kutti Puli and Naiyaandi. His 2014 releases were Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah and Amara Kaaviyam. He also had his first Telugu release Run Raja Run. According to Behindwoods.com, his work in the film "garnered great appreciation from the fans" and the songs had been "in the top of the charts for a long time". He was offered soundtrack work for Vishwaroopam II by Kamal Haasan, as well as his next two projects, Uttama Villain and Papanasam, the Tamil remake of Drishyam.
Ghibran currently shuttles between Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore for all his recording works, and owns a studio in Chennai.

Personal life

Ghibran is married to a Telugu woman from Vijayawada, a scientist, whom he met in Singapore. Ghibran's first child, a son was born on 18 December 2014. His elder brother A. G. Amid is a director.

Discography

; Released works
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2011Vaagai Sooda VaaTamilWon, Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year
Won, Ananda Vikatan Magazine's Top 10 Nambikkaigal of 2011
Won, Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Upcoming Music Director
Won, BIG FM Melody Music Award for Best Debut Music Director
Won, Vijay Music Awards for Popular Melody of the Year
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
2013VatthikuchiTamil
2013Kutti PuliTamil
2013NaiyaandiTamil
2014Thirumanam Ennum NikkahTamilWon, Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Album of the Year
Won, Zee Telugu Santosham Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
2014Run Raja RunTeluguTelugu film Debut.
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu
2014Amara KaaviyamTamil
2015JilTelugu
2015Uttama VillainTamilWon, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Original Score
Won, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Song
Won, Russian International Film Festival Award for Best Original Music
Won, Platinum Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Score
Won, Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Song
Won, Diamond Award from International Independent Film Awards for Original Song
Gold Winner, from Prestige Music Award for Original Song
Silver Winner, from Prestige Music Award for Original Song
Won, Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards for Best Music Director
Won, Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Music Director
2015PapanasamTamil
2015Thoongaavanam
Cheekati Rajyam		Tamil
Telugu		Bilingual film.
2016Babu BangaramTelugu
2016HyperTeluguComposer of songs only. The film's background score was composed by Mani Sharma.
2017Adhe KangalTamil
2017Ungarala RambabuTelugu
2017Magalir MattumTamil
2017ArammTamilReleased in Telugu as "Karthavyam"
2017Theeran Adhigaaram OndruTamilReleased in Telugu as "Khakee"
2017MaayavanTamil
2017Chennai SingaporeTamil
2018Vishwaroopam 2
Vishwaroop 2		Tamil
Hindi		Bilingual Film
2018Aan DevathaiTamil
2018RaatchasanTamilWon, Raj TV award for Best Music Director
Won, LATCA Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards for Best Music Score
Won, Oniros Film Awards for Best Soundtrack
Won, Diamond Film Awards for Best Original Score
Won, Best Sagrada Familia Soundtrack / Music score at Barcelona Planet Film Festival
Won, Los Angeles Film Awards for Best Film Score
Won, Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival award for Best Music Score
Won, International Independent Film Awards for Best Original score
Won, Latitude Film Awards for Original Score
Won, Starshine Film festival Award for Best Original Score
Won, East Europe International Film Festival Award for Best Original Score
2019AthiranMalayalamMalayalam debut. Background score only.
2019House OwnerTamil
2019Kadaram KondanTamil
2019SixerTamil
2019RakshasuduTeluguRemake of Ratsasan
2019SaahoTelugu, Tamil, HindiBackground score only.
2019PetromaxTamil
2019Dhanusu Raasi NeyargaleTamil
2020AswathamaTeluguBackground score only

;Upcoming projects
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2020Ka Pae Ranasingam Tamil
2020Maara Tamil
2020Kasada ThaparaTamil
2020MahaTamil
TBAOodi Oodi UzhaikanumTamil
TBAIdhu Vedhalam Sollum KadhaiTamil