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{{short description|Indian music director and composer}}
{{distinguish|Alphonse Joseph}}
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{{notability|Music|date=April 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alphons Joseph
| image =
| caption =
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|7|8}}
| death_date =
| origin = [[Thrissur]], Kerala
| instrument = Guitar, Vocals
| genre = [[Film score]]
| occupation = Composer, Music Director, Singer, Instrumentalist, Voice Trainer
| years_active = 2001–present
| website = [http://www.alphonsjoseph.com/ Official Website]
}}

'''Alphons Joseph''' is a music director and playback singer in the [[Malayalam film industry]] who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film ''[[Vellithira (2003 film)|Vellithira]]''. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "[[Aaromale]]" from the film ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'', which was composed by [[A. R. Rahman]].

==Personal life and early career==

Alphons was born in Kaachery near [[Nadathara]], [[Thrissur]], Kerala, India to a musically affluent Christian family. His mother was Thankamma and father was Koladi Joseph, a tablist and a singer but by profession, a [[KSEB]] sub-engineer. Alphons was the second among their 7 children. His elder brother, Joemon is a pianist and has composed music for two Malayalam films. His younger brother Paulson is a well known exponent of [[Sitar]] and has got First Rank in [[Master of Arts|M.A. Hindustani]] from [[Dharwad]] University. He was introduced to Music by his father's younger brother K. K. Paul, who was a well known violinist. Alphons considers Philip, another talented musician from Thrissur, as his mentor and guru. He was the one who diverted Alphons to [[Western Classical Music]] and [[ghazals]].

Alphons has had professional training in Carnatic music from Shri. Mangad K. Nadesan (A. I. R) and has secured 7th grade in classical guitar and 7th Grade in Western Music Theory from [[Trinity College of Music|London Trinity College of Music]]. He took up music as a profession after he received the Kala Prathibha award by Calicut University for the years 1990 and 1992.

He is the lead guitarist, vocalist and one among the founders of [[Rexband]], a gospel music band with a few albums to their credit. This band experimented a lot in gospel music by blending Western music with Hindustani and Carnatic. They have listeners all over the world and the only Asian Band, which got a chance to participate in [[World Youth Day]]. From 2000 onwards, he started working as a composer and a sound engineer in [[Radio and television channels of Dubai|Asia-net Radio 657AM]], a radio station in [[Dubai]]. He worked there even after the release of his first film soundtrack and composed many jingles and title songs as part of his work. Apart from his Master's Degree in computer application from IGNOU, he completed his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Music from Calicut university. He was a permanent judge in the Reality Show [[Amrita TV|Amrita TV Superstar 2]]. He was also a part of [[A. R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour|A. R. Rahman's ''JaiHo Concert – The Journey Home'']].

==Career==

===As a music director===
Alphons was introduced to director [[Bhadran (director)|Bhadran]], who was looking for a new music director for his movie ''Vellithira'', by Leo Thadevus, a friend of Alphons, who himself later on became a film director. The audio release function of ''Vellithira'' was held with several film personalities participating in the grand function including composer [[A. R. Rahman]] who appreciated Alphons for the good orchestration of the songs. The songs especially "Hridayasakhi" and "Nee Manimukiladakal" won him immediate attention. "Kera Nirakal" from Alphons' next film ''Jalotsavam'' was a super hit and won him critical accolades. The next superhit from Alphons came with [[Amal Neerad]] directed movie ''[[Big B (film)|Big B]]'' in which the songs "Vida Parayukayano" sung by [[Shreya Ghoshal]] and "Muthu Mazhai" got high acclaims.

===As a playback singer===
Alphons had sung some songs by his [[Rexband]] and some film songs which had music created by him. But in 2010, Alphons got a big break as a singer for singing "[[Aaromale]]", a song composed by [[Academy Award]] winner [[A. R. Rahman]] in the acclaimed [[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the Tamil film ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]''. The film as well as the song became a huge success in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and overseas and the composer called his rendition "soulful". Alphons is now a part of the ''Jai Ho Concert- The Journey Home World Tour'' by A.R.Rahman. Recently he sang a beautiful song "[[Nee Yeppa pulla Solla ppora]]" for the movie "[[Kumki (film)|Kumki]]" music by [[D Imman]]. Another song called "[[Engo Oodugindrai]]" from the movie "[[Pizza]]", music by Santhosh Narayanan. Next one was "[[Yarukkum Thozhanillei]]" from the movie "[[Thanka meengal]]", music by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]. He has sung the Malayalam portion of the song "[[Chellena oru mazhai thuli]] from the movie "[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]" and he himself wrote the malayalam lyrics for that song and music was composed by [[G V Prakash]]. He continues to sing in Tamil film industry for many other music directors. His recent malayalam rendition in [[Bijibal]]'s music direction for the movie [[Rajamma@Yahoo]] got special appreciation and the song titled as "Mananivalude" was a khavali song.

===As a Teacher===
Alphons is also a teacher and the Managing Director of his own music school Crossroads School of Music. There are two branches of this music school - one in Pathadipalam and the other in Panampilly Nagar.

==Discography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of film scores and soundtracks composed
! Year !! Film !! Score !! Songs !! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Vellithira (2003 film)|Vellithira]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[Manjupoloru Penkutti]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''Jalolsavam''
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''Iruvattam Manavatti''

|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Makalkku]]''
| {{Yes}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| ''Athishayan''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Big B (film)|Big B]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Black Cat (2007 film)|Black Cat]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| One song only
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Pachamarathanalil]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''Aayudham''
|
| {{Yes}}
| One song only
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| ''[[Aathmakatha]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Cocktail (2010 film)|Cocktail]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
| Two songs only
|-
| ''[[Elektra (2010 film)|Elektra]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2011
| ''[[Payyans (film)|Payyans]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Seniors (2011 film)|Seniors]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
| One song and Drama theme music
|-
| ''[[Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| ''[[Asuravithu (2012 film)|Asuravithu]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Casanovva]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
| Two songs only
|-
| ''[[Cinema Company]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| ''[[Oidu Onthala Oidu]]'' (Telugu Film)
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Pranayakadha]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Two songs only
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam]]''
|
| {{Yes}}
| One song only
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Akkaldamayile Pennu]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
|2019
| ''[[Lonappante Mamodeesa]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
|2020
| ''[[Varane Avashyamund]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|}

===Playback singer===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Song !! Film !! Composer
|-
| 2003
| "Velichathin Vellithooval"
| ''[[Vellithira (2003 film)|Vellithira]]''
| rowspan="3"| Himself
|-
| 2005
| "Kanneeril Pidayum"
| ''Iruvattam Manavatti''
|-
| 2007
| "Oru Vakkum"
| ''[[Big B (film)|Big B]]''
|-
| rowspan="7"| 2010
| rowspan="2"| "[[Aaromale]]"
| ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''[[Ye Maaya Chesave]]''
|-
| "Pontharakame"
| ''[[Aathmakatha]]''
| rowspan="3"| Himself
|-
| "Vennilavinumivide"
| ''[[Cocktail (2010 film)|Cocktail]]''
|-
| "Lets Dance"
| ''[[Elektra (2010 film)|Elektra]]''
|-
| "Ormathan"
| ''[[Thriller (2010 film)|Thriller]]''
| [[Dharan (music director)|Dharan]]
|-
| "Angine Angine"
| ''[[Puthumukhangal]]''
| Shyam Dharman
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2011
| "Doore Vazhiyirulukayaayi"
| ''[[Payyans]]''
| Himself
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| "[[Aaromale]]"
| ''[[Ekk Deewana Tha]]''
| A. R. Rahman
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| "Engo Odugindrai"
| ''[[Pizza (2012 film)|Pizza]]''
| Santhosh Narayanan
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| "[[Nee Yeppo pulla]]"
| ''[[Kumki (film)|Kumki]]''
| D Imman
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| "Yaarukkum Thozhan Illai"
| ''[[Thanga Meengal]]''
| [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
|-
| "Chilena oru mazhaithuli"
| ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]''
| [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| "Doore"
| ''[[Kaanchi (2013 film)|Kaanchi]]''
| [[Ronnie Raphael (music director)|Ronnie Raphael]]
|-
| "[[Spirit of Amen]]"
| ''[[Amen (2013 film)|Amen]]''
| [[Prashant Pillai]]
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| "Ekkachakkay"
| ''[[Kappal]]''
| [[Natarajan Sankaran|Natarajan]]
|-
|"Kaatril Kathai Irukku"
|''Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam''
|Himself
|-
| "Thamizhukku en Ondrei Azhuthavum"
| ''[[Tamilukku En Ondrai Aluthavum]]''
| [[Thaman (music director)|Thaman]]
|-
| "Mayako"
| ''[[Asurakulam]]''
| [[C. Sathya]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| "Mananivalude"
| ''[[Rajamma @ Yahoo]]''
| [[Bijibal]]
|-
| "Aazhi Alai Neerum"
| ''[[Vizhithiru]]''
| [[Sathyan Mahalingam]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2017
| "Emitemitemo"
| [[Arjun Reddy]]
| [[Radhan]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2018
| "My World is Flying"
| [[Hello Guru Premakosame]]
| [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| "Mathi kanna"
| ''[[Varane Aavashyamundu]]''
| [[Himself]]
|-
|-
|}

===Other works===
* [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] Theme song (Kerala State version)
* [[2011 Composed music for Medical research project]] Music for the foetus.

==Awards and recognitions==
* Alphons was awarded the 2004 '''Film Critics Award''' for the song ''Kera Nirakal'' from the movie ''Jalolsavam''.
* 2011 Amrita TV FEFKA Film Awards – Best Music Director award for the songs of the movie "Atmakadha".
* 2011 Vijay TV Music Awards – Best Debut Singer award for the song Aaromale.
* 2011 L-Channel Film & TV Awards – Best Music Director award for the songs of "Cocktail".
* 2011 Pala Communications Yuva Prathibha Awards – For all the achievements in the year 2010.
* 2011 Radio mirchi music Awards – Best Singer '''Nomination''' for VTV Song Aaromale.
* [[Malayalam]] music maestro [[Raveendran]] commented about Alphons that he is 'a composer to watch out for'.

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.alphonsjoseph.com}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1543795}}
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=musician&artist=Alphonse Joseph, Alphons] at the Malayalam Movie Database
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103045546/http://amritatv.com/ss/judgealphonse.html Profile of Alphons Joseph]

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