Gifton Elias


Gifton Elias born 14 February 1987, is an Indian Composer, Musician from Hyderabad, Telangana & an Alumnus of Trinity College of Music, London, United Kingdom.
He made his debut as a Film Music Composer for the Telugu Film Janaki Ramudu.

Early life

Gifton was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India, to Sri. Vuppula Krupaiah Elias and Smt. Regina Pushpa Hatagale.
He did his schooling at Little Flower High School, Hyderabad. He has a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Loyola Academy, Secunderabad and a master's degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.
Gifton's tryst with music began when he was just five. Gifton hails from a musically affluent family. Under the guidance of his father Sri. V. K. Elias, Gifton started singing, playing electronic keyboards, guitars at his church and school band.
After his third standard, he got into the most prestigious Trinity College of Music, London. He started learning classical piano & violin from Sri. John C Marthand. As a child prodigy, he would assist his father sometimes for recordings at All India Radio, Doordarshan & other cultural shows.
He was a part of the Hyderabad Chamber Orchestra, Festival Choristers, other Fusion bands accompanying with his violin, viola, piano & synths.

Career

While pursuing his post graduation, Gifton joined as an Intern & later continued as an Assistant Director to the Ace Film maker Geetha Krishna for a few Commercials, Adfilms & Films for the then Government of Andhra Pradesh.
In 2008, he did his first independent project as a Music Composer for the renowned South Indian Actress Dr. Jayasudha Kapoor. Since then, he regards her as his "Godmother". Later, he composed music for several ads, jingles, commercials, documentaries, short films, music videos.
On 30 April 2010, at the age of 23, during the communal riots in Hyderabad, Gifton conducted a Peace Concert at the Royal Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad featuring a 50-member symphony orchestra live. The orchestra included few students from Young Stringz School of Music, musicians from Andhra Pradesh Police Band & others. The concert was graced by Smt. Dr. Jayasudha Kapoor, Sri. Noel Swaranjit Sen, IPS other local leaders & Media.
Gifton debuted as a Film Music Composer with the film Janaki Ramudu, which released on 16 December 2016. He composed 5 songs & scored BGM for the film.

Discography

FilmLanguageMusic LabelYear of Release
Janaki Ramudu TeluguJunglee Music, Times Music2016
Hawaa TeluguMadhura Audio2019
MismatchTeluguLahari Music2019
Untitled Telugu2020
Untitled Telugu2020

Independent work