Music Composers
The duo composer who are siblings have given some really medious tunes and some great background scores to the new generation. Salim-Sulaiman have proved in every album that if one retains its root then it will sound great.
Early Life
Salim - Sulaiman Merchant was born in Mumbai though their roots belong to Kutch,Gujrat.
were really inspired by their father who Sadruddin Merchant,who used to lead Ismaili Scouts Orchestra in India. They got really deep into their family tradition they chose music as their career.
Their father used to make instruments as a result they used to play more with the instruments rather then toys. Both took formal education of music Salim being a great pianist mastered the skills through Trinity College of London the same where legends Ilayaraja and A.R Rahman mastered it.
Sulaiman took percussions and learnt Tabla from maestro Ustad Zakir Khan and Taufiq Qureshi.
As a result their music has a strong sens of melody and strong rhythm. Salim says its like there is a healthy competition between us which encourages us to create more and more good work.
Salim-Sulaiman started the career by doing arrangements for composers like Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit
they started doing their own work by doing background scores of the film.They were appreciated for their score in the film Bhoot , recollecting the memories Salim says that background score in horror movies plays a great role , what made us stand out is the silence in the movie which created more tension and the placements of the score were very distinctive they predominantly did the scores for the directors like Subhash Ghai, Ram Gopal Verma. During this period they did some commercials,Advertisements. They went on to become full fledged composers after composing songs for Kaal. The songs became a huge hit. After that there was never looking back they did films like Chak de!, Fashion, Rab ne banadi Jodi, Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl, Aaja Nachle, Aashayien,Band baja baarat The songs of Kurbaan was a huge hit were Salim debuted as a singer.
They love doing background scores but feel that it is more tiring and Indian cinema doesn't really care about the background scores only few filmmakers believe the importance of background score as a result they have cut down their projects of background score. They love performing live on stage.
International Projects
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| Salim Sulaiman performing in SS live |
They have worked on a Bollywood remix for Lady Gaga's songs Born This Way and Judas.They also worked on I'm A Freak By Enrique. The duo are also composing music for the Hollywood film Sold, produced by Academy Award winner Jeffrey D. Brown.
The duo collaborated with South African singer Iso Bala and Kenyan singer and songwriter Eric Wainaina to record the anthem for 2010 FIFA World Cup. The anthem is the song "Africa – You're A Star"
Salim-Sulaiman judged reality shows like Indian Idol.Though they are full fledged composer but they still do the background scores for bollywood's large films like Krissh series, Dhoom 1,2, Bang bang
Race series,Wanted,Cocktail,Kaabil and many more..
They love doing concerts,their SS Live is a huge hit.They are great performers and are extremely talented.
