Ramachandra Borcar
Encyclopedia
Ramachandra Borcar is a Montreal
born musician
and composer
of mixed India
n and Danish background. He is also known under the monikers Ramasutra and DJ Ram.
His extensive musical career includes work as a film composer, performer, studio producer and founder of both Semprini Records and Signed By Force record labels. After studying classical composition, orchestration and electro-acoustic music at McGill University
, he went on to create scores for film
, television
, documentaries, commercials and the theatre
.
in 2000 (amongst three nominations including "Best Arranger"), two Mimi Awards for "Album of the Year" and "Best Live Show", and a Juno Award
nomination for "Best Alternative Album". He followed it up with El Pipo Del Taxi in 2003 that won him a Mimi award for "Best Producer". Under his full name and on his own label, Semprini Records, he released the score for the award winning documentary by Joseph Hillel and Patrick Demers
entitled "Regular or Super" (2004), as Steel and Glass.
In addition, Ram has scored several films and documentaries including "Soft Shell Man" ("Un crabe dans la tete") (2001) - for which he won a Jutra Award
in 2002, "Camping Sauvage" (2004), "Familia
" (2005), "Bombay Calling
" (2005), "Karsh Is History" (2009) - for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award
in 2010 and Patrick Demers
' critically acclaimed debut "Jaloux" (2011). He also composed the opening theme music for Nicholas Roeg's "Puffball
" (2008). His television work includes the ten part series "Web Dreams", themes for "Tout Le Monde En Parle", "Casting", "Women Warriors", "Comme Par Magie" - for which he was nominated for a Prix Gémaux award in 2010 and commercials for Mercedes-Benz
, Toyota and Cadbury.
Borcar most recently completed scores for two forthcoming feature films "Goon", directed by Michael Dowse
and starring Liev Schrieber, Jay Baruchel
, Sean William Scott and Alison Pill
; as well as the Belgian-Quebec co-production of "Un nuage dans un verre d'eau" directed by Srinath Samarasinghe - both are slated for release in 2012.
Ram’s production work includes not only his personal albums and soundtracks but other artists as well. In 2005 he produced debut albums for the Brazilian funk band Gaia, the indo-jazz outfit Catherine Potter’s Duniya Project, Bulgarian gypsy band Kaba Horo and the Montreal tex-mex electro duo Call Me Poupee and Voivod
.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
born musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of mixed India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n and Danish background. He is also known under the monikers Ramasutra and DJ Ram.
His extensive musical career includes work as a film composer, performer, studio producer and founder of both Semprini Records and Signed By Force record labels. After studying classical composition, orchestration and electro-acoustic music at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, he went on to create scores for film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, documentaries, commercials and the theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
Career
Under the name Ramasutra he released his self-produced debut album The East Infection in 1999 for which he won a Félix AwardFélix Award
The Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...
in 2000 (amongst three nominations including "Best Arranger"), two Mimi Awards for "Album of the Year" and "Best Live Show", and a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
nomination for "Best Alternative Album". He followed it up with El Pipo Del Taxi in 2003 that won him a Mimi award for "Best Producer". Under his full name and on his own label, Semprini Records, he released the score for the award winning documentary by Joseph Hillel and Patrick Demers
Patrick Demers
Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Ste-Eustache, Canada. He likes to work with actors to build his scripts, to add some improv while shooting his stories, and considers editing as being part of the cinematic writing process....
entitled "Regular or Super" (2004), as Steel and Glass.
In addition, Ram has scored several films and documentaries including "Soft Shell Man" ("Un crabe dans la tete") (2001) - for which he won a Jutra Award
Jutra Award
The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...
in 2002, "Camping Sauvage" (2004), "Familia
Familia (film)
Familia is a 2005 multi-award–winning French language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Louise Archambault.- Plot :The story revolves around two main characters: Michèle , a free-spirited aerobics instructor with a penchant for gambling, and Janine , a suburban housewife and home...
" (2005), "Bombay Calling
Bombay Calling
Bombay Calling is a 2006 feature documentary film directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Bombay Calling chronicles the lives of young call center workers in Bombay India.-Synopsis:...
" (2005), "Karsh Is History" (2009) - for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
in 2010 and Patrick Demers
Patrick Demers
Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Ste-Eustache, Canada. He likes to work with actors to build his scripts, to add some improv while shooting his stories, and considers editing as being part of the cinematic writing process....
' critically acclaimed debut "Jaloux" (2011). He also composed the opening theme music for Nicholas Roeg's "Puffball
Puffball
A puffball is a member of any of several groups of fungus in the division Basidiomycota. The puffballs were previously treated as a taxonomic group called the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is...
" (2008). His television work includes the ten part series "Web Dreams", themes for "Tout Le Monde En Parle", "Casting", "Women Warriors", "Comme Par Magie" - for which he was nominated for a Prix Gémaux award in 2010 and commercials for Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
, Toyota and Cadbury.
Borcar most recently completed scores for two forthcoming feature films "Goon", directed by Michael Dowse
Michael Dowse
Michael Dowse is a Canadian film director.Born and raised in London, Ontario, he was trained as a film editor. His first full-length movie, FUBAR was shot on a digital camera with a tiny budget, but was selected by the Sundance Film Festival and screened on the prestigious midnight slot, which had...
and starring Liev Schrieber, Jay Baruchel
Jay Baruchel
Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor. He has had a successful career in comedy films, and has appeared in supporting roles in such box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up and Tropic Thunder, as well as starring in films like She's Out of My League, The Trotsky,...
, Sean William Scott and Alison Pill
Alison Pill
Alison Courtney Pill is a Canadian actress best known from her roles in Milk, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Midnight in Paris.-Life and career:...
; as well as the Belgian-Quebec co-production of "Un nuage dans un verre d'eau" directed by Srinath Samarasinghe - both are slated for release in 2012.
Ram’s production work includes not only his personal albums and soundtracks but other artists as well. In 2005 he produced debut albums for the Brazilian funk band Gaia, the indo-jazz outfit Catherine Potter’s Duniya Project, Bulgarian gypsy band Kaba Horo and the Montreal tex-mex electro duo Call Me Poupee and Voivod
Voivod (band)
Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s...
.
as performer, composer & arranger
| Artist | Title | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramasutra | The East Infection | 1999 | Tox |
| Ramasutra | El Pipo Del Taxi EP | 2003 | Semprini Records |
| Ramachandra Borcar | Camping Sauvage (Original Soundtrack) | 2004 | Canusa |
| Ramachandra Borcar | Steel And Glass (Original Soundtrack) | 2005 | Semprini Records |
| Ramachandra Borcar | Jaloux (Original Soundtrack) | 2011 | Semprini Records |
| Ramachandra Borcar | Vanishing Currents (Original Soundtrack) | Forthcoming | Semprini Records |
| Ramasutra | La Villa Medusa | Forthcoming | Semprini Records |
as producer
| Artist | Title | Contribution | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Potter | Duniya Project | Producer | 2005 | SHADAJ |
| Gaïa | Gaïa | Producer | 2005 | JAJOU PRODUCTIONS |
| Lubo Alexandrov | Kaba Horo | Producer | 2005 | ENJA |
| Call Me Poupée | Western Shanghai | Producer | 2006 | Semprini Records |