Jibin George Sebastian Explained

Jibin George Sebastian
Birth Place:Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation:Music Composer, Lyricist
Years Active:2009–present
Spouse:Anuja Mary Thomas [1]
Known For:Unbridled, Rakshapurushan, Beat of Indian Youth, Poradidam

Jibin George Sebastian is an Indian music composer, lyricist and entrepreneur from Kochi, Kerala who predominantly work in Malayalam Movie Industry. He is the first Indian from Kerala to directly debut in Hollywood as the music composer of the song Sometimes I Can't Relate from the movie Unbridled.[2] [3] [4] [5] He entered into the movie industry through the English movie Unbridled starring oscar nominee Eric Roberts, T.C. Stallings, Jenn Gotzon, Dey Young etc. Later in 2019, he composed and written lyrics for the songs Parayu Engu Nee and Pranayan En Kanavil for the movie Rakshapurushan starring Deepak Menon. The songs were sung by Vijay Yesudas and Najim Arshad and Zee Music acquired the rights for the songs. He is also known for releasing multilingual album named Beat of Indian Youth for which former Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam has written lyrics. The album got Limca Book of Records in 2015 and he was awarded first prize in the Fame Music Awards organized by SAE Institute through an All Indian contest for the Tamil track Vaa Vaa Jaikalam he composed for the album Beat of Indian Youth.[6] He has recently composed and written lyrics for a music album named Poradidam sung by Najim Arshad and Juta Hausla sung by Bollywood singer Alamgir themed to fight against Covid Pandemic [7] [2] His upcoming movie Elza has around 26 songs sung by singers including Vineeth Sreenivasan, Najim Arshad, Nithya Mammen etc.[8] His life story was a subject for a TedX Talk[6]

Discography

Albums

YearTitleLanguage
2009 The Divine LoveMalayalam
2013 Beat of Indian YouthMultilingual
2014 AAP SongHindi
2020 PoradidamMalayalam
2020 Juta HaunslaHindi
2020 Pathira CarolMalayalam
[1] [7] [9]

Movie Songs

YearTitleMovie
2017 Sometimes I can't relateUnbridled
2019 Parayu Engu NeeRakshapurushan
2014 Pranayam En KanavilRakshapurushan
2022 Achante SundariElza [10]
2020 PranayardramamElza

Filmography

YearTitle
2019 Unbridled
2019 Rakshapurushan
2021 Lockdown Case File 144
2021 Muthalaq
2021 Ariyan
2021 Unnamed Tamil Movie TBA
2022 Elza [11]
[2]

Awards and recognition

YearAward/RecognisionCategoryscope=col Song/AlbumResult
2013First PlaceAll India Fame Music Award "Vaa Vaa Jaikalam"
2015World RecordLimca Book of Records"Beat of Indian Youth"
2017CFF Awards USABest SongSometimes I Can't Relate
[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: കൊതി‌ച്ചത് മലയാളം, കിട്ടിയത് ഹോളിവുഡ്. Malayala Manorama.
  2. News: Composer Jibin George Sebastian comes up with multilingual project . The Times of India. 25 July 2020. 21 March 2023.
  3. News: Global Ensemble . Deccan Chronicle.
  4. News: കൊതി‌ച്ചത് മലയാളം, കിട്ടിയത് ഹോളിവുഡ്. Malayala Manorama.
  5. News: മലയാളിയുടെ ആദ്യ സിനിമ ഹോളിവുഡില്‍; അഭിമാനമായി ജിബിന്‍ സെബാസ്റ്റ്യന്‍. MediaOne TV.
  6. News: Going places with music. Deccan Chronicle.
  7. News: 'പോരാടിടാം ഒരേ മനസ്സാലെ'; കൊവിഡ് കാലത്ത് പ്രത്യാശ പകരും ഗാനവുമായി നജീം അർ‍ഷാദ്. Times of India Malayalam.
  8. News: കാബൂൾ ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങൾ സിനിമായാക്കാൻ സാൻ; ചിത്രത്തിൽ 25 ഗാനങ്ങൾ, സംഗീതമൊരുക്കുന്നത് ജിബിൻ ജോ‍ർജ്ജ് സെബാസ്റ്റ്യൻ. Times of India Malayalam.
  9. News: ക്രിസ്മസ് കാലത്ത് അനേകര്‍ ഏറ്റുപാടിയ 'പാതിരാ കരോൾ'; പിന്നിൽ ജിബിനും ജിജോയും. Times of India Malayalam.
  10. News: 'അച്ഛന്റെ സുന്ദരി'; പ്രേക്ഷക ഹൃദയം കീഴടക്കി ഈ ഗാനം. Malayala Manorama.
  11. News: കാബൂൾ ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങൾ സിനിമായാക്കാൻ സാൻ; ചിത്രത്തിൽ 25 ഗാനങ്ങൾ, സംഗീതമൊരുക്കുന്നത് ജിബിൻ ജോ‍ർജ്ജ് സെബാസ്റ്റ്യൻ. Times of India Malayalam.