Leon James

Leon James

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Leon James Profile

  • Name:
  • Leon James
  • Born:
  • December 1, 1991

Leon James Biography

Leon James is a film music composer and singer associated with Tamil cinema. In 2006, he made his debut to Tamil music industry as a playback singer, singing for A. R. Rahman. The movie was Varalaru and he rendered his voice for the song - "Thottapuram". Later he took a long break from film industry and returned only in 2015 with films - Kanchana 2 (2015) directed by Raghava Lawrence and the upcoming flick - Ko 2 (2016). The songs of Ko 2 are released now and already chartbusters. He rendered his voice for its popular tracks - "Kohila" and "Vidaadha". Earlier this year, he did playback singing for the movie - Kanchana 2 and the song was "Sandimuni". Apart from films, Leon is known for independent music tracks and albums.

 

He was born in Chennai in the year 1991. His father Noel James's has worked as A. R. Rahman's manager, and for the same reason Leon got associated with music since very young. He started learning piano at the age of three and has been a piano player during his college days for his musical band, where he closely worked with famous Collywood composer Anirudh Ravichander. He worked as a keyboardist for stage shows and film albums before his entry as a music composer. He has also worked with ace Tamil film composers - Santhosh Narayanan and Thaman.

 

He released many songs on You tube, which became hits. He was spotted by Raghava Lawrence listening one such composition from You tube. He offered him the movie, Kanchana 2, where Leon composed music aside S. Thaman and C. Sathya. The song, "Vaayaa En Veera" sung by Shakthisree Gopalan became an instant hit. He also composed the song - "Sandi Muni". Later he composed songs for political-thriller, Ko 2. The promotional song titled "Unnai Maatrinal" was released early as a tribute to former Indian President, Abdul Kalam. His songs featuring Andrea Jeremiah - "Ezhunthu Vaa" and "Punnagaiyya" were released in 2015.

More Information about Leon James

 

Year Film Song Notes
2006 Varalaru "Thottapuram" composed by A. R. Rahman
2015 Kanchana 2 "Sandimuni"
2015 Ko 2 "Kohila", "Vidaadha"

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Updated: January 09, 2016

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