Background
Mickey J Meyer was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India.
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Mickey Meyer
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He attended Saint Marys college in Himayatnagar, Hyderabad. He graduated from the eight-year music course in 2002.
Career
An alumni of Trinity College of Music, His Light music is noted for being a harmonious blend of traditional Indian music and Western instrumentation. He started learning violin and piano in his childhood. He is also trained in Carnatic music
After his fifth standard, he got into the most prestigious Trinity College of Music, London.
Mickey has stated that he became addicted to music because of A. R. Rahman who he hails as an inspiration and his most favourite musician and whose music he grew up listening to mostly. He decided to become a music director after graduating from Trinity College.
He approached Tammareddy Bharadwaja who gave him his first break in the form of Pothe Poni (2005). This was succeeded by 10th Class (2006) and Notebook (2007).
Thereafter, he was signed by Sekhar Kammula for the film Happy Days, which received widespread acclaim and was considered one of the best albums of the year.
lieutenant was also the first film for which he composed the film score too. The success of Happy Days led to remakes of the film in Kannada and Tamil and Mickey was retained as the music director for both movies (Jolly Days and Inidhu Inidhu respectively) marking his entry into other Indian film industries. He then delivered two musical entertainers Leader and Maro Charitra.
He was one of the four music directors for Anaganaga O Dheerudu, composing the song "Chandamamala".
He composed the title song for the Maa television serial Yuva. Mickey has composed music for Life Is Beautiful for Sekhar Kammula, Routine love story for Praveen Sattaru, and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu for Srikanth Addala.
His work for the title track of Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu was widely appreciated by critics as well as audience. After Routine love story he again worked with Praveen Sattaru for a Telugu anthology film Chandamama Kathalu where his Background Music is appreciated by Critics.
His work in both Chakkili Gintha and Mukunda especially Background Music got critical acclaim.
Achievements
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2007: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) – Happy Days 2007: Nandi Award for Best Music Director – Happy Days 2007: CineMAA Award for Best Music Director – Happy Days 2008: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) – Kotha Bangaru Lokam 2008: Nandi Award for Best Music Director – Kotha Bangaru Lokam 2009: Big 92.7 Award for Best Love Song – Leader (Aunana Kadana).
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Filmfare South; Nandi Award for Best Music Director; Nandi Award for Best Music Director; Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu; Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu award Kotha Bangaru; Filmfare South 2007: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) – Happy Days 2007: Nandi Award for Best Music Director – Happy Days 2007: CineMAA Award for Best Music Director – Happy Days 2008: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) – Kotha Bangaru Lokam 2008: Nandi Award for Best Music Director – Kotha Bangaru Lokam 2009: Big 92.7 Award for Best Love Song – Leader (Aunana Kadana)Filmfare South; Nandi Award for Best Music Director; Nandi Award for Best Music Director; Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu; Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu award Kotha Bangaru; Filmfare South 2007: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) – Happy Days 2007: Nandi Award for Best Music Director – Happy Days 2007: CineMAA Award for Best Music Director – Happy Days 2008: Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Telugu) – Kotha Bangaru Lokam 2008: Nandi Award for Best Music Director – Kotha Bangaru Lokam 2009: Big 92.7 Award for Best Love Song – Leader (Aunana Kadana)