Sandeep Chowta
The year was 1998. A low -budget film about the dark underbelly of Mumbai called 'Satya' had captured the country's imagination. The Indian audiences arose to a stunningly new, in-your-face background score.
It was perhaps the first time in Indian cinema that the background score made the original soundtrack take a snug backseat.
Whispers of a certain name began doing the rounds of the hallowed portals of Bollywood. The name was Sandeep Chowta, a man who came, saw and swiftly conquered the music battlefield. What followed since is nothing short of a fairy tale. Successful and strikingly different soundtracks for Ram Gopal Varma's blockbusters 'Mast' and 'Jungle'. Background scores for ‘Musafir’ 'Asoka', 'Vaastav' 'Kaun' and 'Shool'. Youth anthems in 2001 and 2002 in the form of "Kambakth Ishq"('Pyar Tune Kya Kiya') and "Khallas"('Company') respectively. A great start to 2003 with 'Dum' and "Hollywood-Bollywood".
Chowta was then spotted by Nagarjuna, who recommended him for the music of the Telugu film Ninne Pelladutha which turned out to be one of the biggest hits of the industry and marked Sandeep's grand foray into the film industry. Bollywood was obviously the next stop and then 'Satya' happened. It is often said that techno-savvy musicians allow the gizmos to overpower the emotional content of their music. The array of voices that Sandeep Chowta has used to fuel and give substance to his compositions range from the more heard to the experimental - from Asha Bhonsle and Alisha Chinai to Sowmya Raoh and Sonu Kakkar. An entire universe of talent has mushroomed around Sandeep's creativity, as is evident from the success of VIVA and Sunidhi Chauhan.
Well talk about going Global
With ‘Matters Of The Heart’, acclaimed film composer Sandeep Chowta revisits songs that were conceived at different points in his life but were never finished. Accompanied by a stellar line-up of legends and modern-day greats, this album redefines a genre with a sound. Seven years in the making, Matters Of The Heart is Sandeep’ s artistic magnum opus - a culmination of a life-long dream to have his music read and re-interpreted by his childhood heroes and contemporaries in their own unique way.
The scope of the album was always ambitious, to create new, unheard of soundscapes by filtering Sandeep’ s cinematic vision through the distinct musical styles that each of his many collaborators brought to the table. The result – an aural journey that begins close to the heart and travels to diverse musical destinations.
Matters of the heart written, composed and produced by Sandeep Chowta co produced by Mitch Forman is a tribute to all the people, all the events - in love and in sadness - that have triggered the writing process and acted as catalysts in making the music.
The list is endless for a man with single minded approach to Pursue his dream Project with his Guru’s of Music.
The list is endless for a man with single minded approach to Pursue his dream Project with his Guru’s of Music.
Dave Grusin , Mitch Forman, Lee Ritenour, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson, Ricardo Silveira, Chuck Loeb, Jeff Richman, Brett Garsed, Jay Beckenstein, Eric Marienthal, Brandon Fields, Russell Ferrante, Patrice Rushen, Tom Schuman, Scott Kinsey,Otmaro Ruiz, Phil Turcio, Bunny Brunel, Anthony Jackson, Jimmy Haslip, Gary Willis, Jimmy Johnson, Brian Bromberg, Scott Ambush, Melvin Davis, Ric Fierbracci, Craig Anderson ,Jorge Helder, John Leftwitch, Dave Valentin, Walt Fowler, Steve Tavaglione, Miriam Stockley, Dori Caymmi,Pt Vishwamohan Bhatt, Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips, William Kennedy, Virgil Donati, Gary Novak, Kirk Covington, Jurim Moreira, Gerry Pantazis,
More cosmic than cosmetic, the sound of the Sandeep Chowta is the sound of the future. Spiritual and sensuous, meditative and erotic...
Sandeep's music cuts across global segregations to speak to every generation and community.
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Products used: MKH 8000 condenser mics, MKH 60 condenser mics, MD 421 dynamic mics, HD 280 + HD 650 headphones