

Rahman and the album turned out as a grand success. It was the first time Shankar did not team up with A. Shankar, noted leading director of Tamil cinema, paired up with Harris in his magnum opus Anniyan. The music was appreciated for its excellency and synergy with the atmosphere in and out of the movie. Harris once again paired up with director Jeeva on Ullam Ketkumae after 12B. The song Uyirin Uyire reused as Cheliya Cheliya in Telugu and Khwabon Khwabon in Hindi had effective use of gibberish words which later became a signature element in Harris songs. In its Telugu remake Gharshana two new songs apart from the Tamil version were added to suit the taste of Telugu audience. This film directed by Gautham Menon was a huge commercial success and the songs met with great critical acclaim. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director and ITFA Best Music Director Award for Kaakha Kaakha, starring Suriya and Jyothika. Harris made his debut in Tollywood with Vasu. The title track of Lesa Lesawas the first song in India to be released as a single prior to the album release.

He then worked in Lesa Lesa directed by Priyadarshan. His Minnale score was later used in the Hindi version, titled Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein also directed by Gautham Menon. The following soundtrack albums 12B and Majunu met with high acclaim and praise. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil for his work in Minnale, breaking the 9 years continuous record of A. The album was well received, particularly the song Vaseegara was exceptionally popular. Harris ventured into film scoring with Gautham Menon‘s Minnale. Viswanathan, percussionist Aruljothi Balagopal, A. In his early years, he admired music composers M. While working as an additional programmer under Rahman, he composed music for various television commercials including a Coca-Colacommercial featuring actor Vijay. Rahman, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja, Vidyasagar. He worked under noted composers including Raj-Koti, A. He then started programming with his Roland MC-500 and went on to work as a programmer under more than twenty five music directors in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam, working in more than 600 projects till the year 2000. After befitting as a guitar player, he started playing keyboard and developed interest over synthesizers. He started his music career as a guitarist in 1987 at age twelve. Harris scored the highest mark in Asia on his 4th grade exam of Trinity College of Music, London. His father wanted him to become a guitarist and made him learn classical guitar. At age six, Harris began his formal training in carnatic music. Jayakumar, was a noted film guitarist and an assistant to Malayalam music director Shyamand later became a noted musician and film composer. He studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, K.

Harris Jayaraj was born and brought up in Delhi . He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian film composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
