Bert Grund
Bert Grund( 1920–1992) was a German composer of film scores.
Amedeo Escobar
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Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.
Tarcisio Fusco
Tarcisio Fusco was an Italian composer of film scores.
He was the brother of the composer Giovanni Fusco and the uncle of operatic soprano Cecilia Fusco.
A. R. Rahman
Allahrakka Rahman ; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; born 6 January 1967), known professionally as A. R. Rahman, is an Indian music director, singer and music producer.
His works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements.
He is nicknamed "Isai Puyalthe Musical Storm") and "Mozart of Madras".
Working in India's film industries, international cinema, and theatre, Rahman is one of the best-selling recording artists, with an estimated 150 millionrecords sold worldwide.
With an in-house studio (Panchathan Record Inn in Chennai), Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film "Roja".
Rahman has also become a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities.
In 2017, Rahman made his debut as a director and writer for the film "Le Musk".
Among Rahman's awards are six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South.
He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India.
In 2009, Rahman was included on the "Time" 100 list of the world's most influential people.
The UK-based world-music magazine "Songlines" named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011.
Padayappa
Padayappa is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, and featuring Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan and Soundarya in the lead roles, with Abbas, Lakshmi, Radha Ravi and Nassar in supporting roles.
The soundtrack album and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman.
The plot revolves around Padayappa (Rajinikanth), an engineer whose father (Sivaji Ganesan) dies of shock soon after he is defrauded and loses his property to his foster brother (Manivannan).
Neelambari (Ramya Krishnan) initially loves Padayappa, but plans to take revenge on him and his love interest Vasundhara (Soundarya)
after his family humiliates her father (Radha Ravi).
The rest of the story deals with Padayappa climbing back to financial success and arranging his daughters' marriage while overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.
Principal photography for the film began in October 1998.
"Padayappa" was released on 10 April 1999 on the eve of Tamil New Year's day.
This was the first Tamil film to be released worldwide with 210 prints and 700,000 audio cassettes.
It became Tamil cinema's highest grossing film at that point.
Ramya Krishnan's performance was praised, winning her a Filmfare Award under the Best Actress category.
The film also won five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
"Padayappa" was dubbed into Telugu under the title "Narasimha".
The dubbed version was also commercially successful, and had a theatrical run of 50 days at 49 theatres.
Thomas Morse
Thomas Morse( born June 30, 1968) is an American composer of film and concert music.
Henri Verdun
Henri Verdun( 1895–1977) was a French composer of film scores.

Question: What is the place of birth of the composer of film Padayappa?
Answer: Madras