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Rathnayake credits his success to his "fitting blend of Western music with Ragadari classical music." [2] His songs deal with diverse themes that vary from love, to patriotism and Buddhism. [3] Matara Achchi is the first film he composed music for and its Sandakada Pahana song sung by Sunil Edirisinghe is
In 1965, he won the Sarasaviya Award for the best lyrics for the film Getawarayo for the song "Heena Hathak Meda". [9] [6] In 1964, he presented the radio program "Yauwana Samajaya". [2] In 1982, Rathnayake worked as the head of the entertainment department of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and retired from it in 1985.
Rathnayake was born on 7 November 1947 [2] in a small village near Kadugannawa as the fourth of the family with 10 siblings. [3] His father was Rathnayake Arachchilage Don James. He was popularly known as Rathnayake Veda Mahaththaya, was an apothecary and sang "noorthi gee," a type of Sinhala folk songs. His mother was Abeykoon Mayadunnelage ...
Rathnayake Arachchilage Jayantha Rathnayake (Sinhala: ජයන්ත රත්නායක; 8 August 1968 – 6 April 2020), popularly known as Jayantha Rathnayake, was a renowned music composer, music director and a singer. [1] One of the most popular musicians in Sri Lanka, Jayantha rose to prominence with the musical band Siha Shakthi. [2]
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres. The musicians/bands are listed according to the alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This is a list of singer-songwriters who write, compose, and perform their own musical material. The list is divided into two sections to differentiate between artists categorized as singer-songwriters and others who do not fall under the definition associated with the genre: Traditional singer-songwriters; Others who both write songs and sing
He has also composed songs for other artists such as H. R. Jothipala, Milton Mallawarachchi, Mervin Perera, Anton Senanayake and famous Christian Baila music hit dedicated to St Anthony sung by Anton Jones. [3] Suriyasena sung famous duets with Victor Rathnayake, Latha Walpola, Chandralekha Perera, Malkanthi Nandasiri and others. [1]
The songs, "Kumariyaka Paa Salamba" by W.D. Amaradeva, [3] [unreliable source? ] "Kohe Sita Oba Peminiyado" by Victor Rathnayake [ 4 ] and "Handana Pana Nala" by Sunil Edirisinghe are some of Dharmawardena's notable lyrical contributions.