Loy Mendonsa is an Indian music director and part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio which consists of himself, Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan Noorani. Before becoming a music composer, he played piano and keyboards for famous Indian music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan. His daughter, Alyssa Mendonsa, made her singing debut with the song Uff Teri Adaa from the movie Karthik Calling Karthik.
Loy Mendonsa started his career by composing the signature tune for The World This Week show on Doordarshan.
Awards and nominations National Film Awards 2004: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
IIFA Awards 2004: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2006: Best Music Direction win for Bunty aur Babli
Filmfare Awards 2001: RD Burman Award for New Music Talent win for Dil Chahta Hai
2001: Best Music Direction nomination for Dil Chahta Hai
2003: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005: Best Music Direction win for Bunty Aur Babli
Star Screen Awards 2000: Best Background Music nomination for Mission Kashmir
2001: Best Music Direction win for Dil Chahta Hai
2005: Best Music Direction win for Bunty aur Babli
Zee Cine Awards 2006: Best Music Director win for Bunty aur Babli
Filmography as music composers
Discography
Hindi Year Movie Song(s) Co-singer(s) Composer Lyricist 2004 Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... "No No!" Chetan Shashital, Dominique Cerejo, Kunal Ganjawala, Shankar Mahadevan Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Javed Akhtar
References
External links Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy (official site)