Discography
Leader
Apna Ek Kal (Single) – Prasanna feat. Anuradha Palakurti and Hariharan
Released Oct 21, 2016 by Shri. Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
Theme song for NGO Ekal Vidyalaya – Composed by Prasanna with Lyrics by Sunayana Kachroo, Music Video by Sanjiv Sharma
Prasanna – Composer, Producer, Acoustic guitars, Electric guitars, Vocals, Anuradha Palakurthi – Vocals, Executive Producer, Hariharan – Vocals, Children’s Choir – NSS Hill Spring International School and St. Xavier’s High School, Fort, Mumbai, Jay Gandhi – Flute, Ismail Lumanovski – Clarinet, Abhik Mukherjee – Sitar, Manu Koch – Piano, Fender Rhodes, Korg CX3 Hammond Organ, Steve Jenkins – Bass, Kenny Grohowski – Drums, T.S. Nanda kumar -Mridangam, Nitin Mitta – Tabla, A. Sivamani – Bells, Shakers, Tambourine, Triangle, Daf, Kanjira, Ghungroo, Mixed by 7 time Grammy Award winning Engineer Elliot Scheiner, Mastered by 10 time Grammy Award winning Engineer Bob Ludwig
All Terrain Guitar – Susila Music, Release date – Aug 5, 2016
Prasanna – electric and acoustic guitars, Shalini Lakshmi and Natalie John – vocals, Dave Douglas – trumpet, Rudresh Mahanthappa and David Binney – alto sax, Vijay Iyer – piano, Mike Pope – acoustic and electric bass, Bill Urmson – electric bass, Rodney Holmes and Mauricio Zottarelli – drums
Live in Sedona (DVD) – Susila Music, 2009
Prasanna – electric guitars, konnakol, Poongulam Subramanian- mridangam, S. Karthick – ghatam, morsing, konnakol, Bangalore Amrit – kanjira, konnakol
Electric Ganesha Land – Susila music, 2006
Prasanna – electric guitars, electric bass, konnakol, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel – thavil, Prapancham Ravindran- mridangam, S. Karthick – ghatam, morsing, konnakol, B.S. Purushotham – kanjira, konnakol, Papanasam Sethuraman – kanjira
Ra Rama (Carnatic) – Kosmic music (India), 2005
Prasanna – electric guitar, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel – thavil, J. Vaidhyanathan – mridangam, S. Karthick – ghatam
Be the Change – Susila music, 2004, Carbon7 records (Europe and Japan)
Prasanna – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, Victor Wooten – electric bass, Alphonso Johnson – electric/acoustic bass, Jeff Coffin – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, Shalini – vocals, Andy Suzuki – tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, acoustic piano, Ralph Humphrey – drums, Derico Watson – drums
Ragamorphism – Susila music, 2004 – Guitar instructional DVD
Peaceful – Susila music, 2001
Prasanna – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, vocals, keyboardss, synth/drum programming, Keith Peters – bass, J. Vaidhyanathan – mridangam, Karthick – ghatam, Chandrasekhar – additional synth programming, Aravind – additional drum programming
Shakthi – The Omnipotent – Music Today (India), 2000
Prasanna – electric guitar, J. Vaidhyanathan – mridangam, S. Karthick – ghatam
Natabhairavi – Inreco (India), 2000
Prasanna – electric guitar, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel – thavil, Karthick – ghatam
Apoorva Ragas on Guitar – Kalakendra (USA), 2000
Prasanna – electric guitar, Poovalur Srinivasan – mridangam
Echo – Saican (Canada), 2000
Original arrangements of Sai bhajans on guitar. Prasanna – electric guitar, Madhu – tabla, assorted Indian percussion
Roots – Sangeetha/HMV (India), 1997
Prasanna – electric guitar, Embar Kannan – violin, K.V. Prasad – mridangam, B.S. Purushothaman – kanjira
Guitar Indian Style – Oriental Records (USA), 1996
Prasanna – electric guitar, Embar Kannan – violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao – mridangam, Karthick – ghatam
Spirit of Youth (Carnatic) – Saragam (India), 1993
Prasanna – guitar, Madurai Balasubramaniam – violin, Poongulam Subramaniam – mridangam, Subhash Chandran – ghatam
Vibrant Aesthetics – Inreco (India), 1993
Prasanna – guitar, Sikkil Bhaskaran – violin, Triplicane Shekar – thavil, Subhash Chandran – ghatam, Ganesh Kumar – kanjira, Raman – morsing
Evergreen Classicals on guitar – Keerthana (India), 1993
Prasanna – guitar, Meera Sivaramakrishnan – violin, Tanjore Subramaniam – mridangam, Subhash Chandran – ghatam
Evergreen Melodies on guitar – Keerthana (India), 1993
Prasanna – guitar, Meera Viaramakrishnan – violin, Tanjore Subrmaniam – mridangam, Subhash Chandran – ghatam
Guitar goes Classical – Audio Fine (India), 1993
Prasanna – guitar, T.K.Padmanabhan – violin, Tanjore Subramaniam – mridangam, T.D.Balu – ghatam
Special Projects
Million Dollar Arm – Score and Sound track
Produced by Walt Disney productions and Directed by Craig Gillespie. Walt Disney Records, 2014
A.R. Rahman – composer, primary artist, cocals, Matt Dunkley – orchestration, Prasanna – electric guitar, Asad Khan – sitar, Gaayatri Kaudinya – Vocals, Nick Glennie-Smith – choir, Neeti Mohan – backing vocals, T.R. Krishna Chetan, Ishaan Chabra – programming
The Hundred Foot Journey – Score and Soundtrack
Produced by Steven Spielberg/Oprah Winfre/Juliet Blake and Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Hollywood Records, 2014
A.R. Rahman – composer, primary artist, Vocals, Gaayatri Kaudinya, Shalini Lakshmi – Vocals, Prasanna – electric guitar, classical guitar, Peter Calo, George Doering – guitars, Matt Dunkley – orchestra conductor, Henry Hey – piano, Chinna Prasad – tabla, Naveen Kumar – flute, Asad Khan – sitar, Ishaan Chabra – programming
A R Rahman featuring Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Farah Siraj & Ani Choying, Rayhanah & Issrat Quadhri, Prasanna, Sivamani – Sony Music India, 2013
MTV Coke Studio
A.R. Rahman – Piano, keyboards, Harpejji, Continuum keyboard Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Farah Siraj, Ani Choying, Sushmita Das, Rayhanah, Issrat Quadhri, Blaze – lead vocals, Prasanna – electric and acoustic guitars, Sivamani – drums and percussion, Kevin Doucette – piano, Keba Jeremiah – acoustic guitar and many other musicians
Tirtha – ACT Music+Vision (Germany), 2011
Vijay Iyer – piano, Prasanna – electric guitar, Nitin Mitta – tabla
Ragabop Trio – Abstract Logix (USA), 2010
Steve Smith – drums, George Brooks – tenor/alto sax, Prasanna – electric, acoustic guitars
Aka Moon “Guitars” – De Werf (Belgium), 2002
Fabrizio Cassol – alto sax, Prasanna – guitar, David Gilmore – guitar, Pierre Van Dormael – guitar, Michel Hatzigeorgiu – bass, Stephane Galland – drums
Lagaan, Sony Music, 2001 – With A.R.Rahman
String Orchestra for title track arranged and conducted by Prasanna
Summa cum Jazz – BMG (USA), 1999
The Berklee College of Music Guitar Album, Vol. 2
Featured Guest
Mantra Revealed – Marc Rossi, Innova records, 2012
Inner Duality – David Hines, Spice rack records, 2009
Hidden Mandala- Marc Rossi, Gravity records, 2008
The Music Messiah- Illayaraja, Agi music, 2006
Moving – Tony Grey, 2004
Apfelschaun- Ben Schwendener/Uwe Steinmetz, Gravity Arts, 2003
Peace in Progress – Manisha Shahane, 2003
Play by Ear – Deep C, 2002
Partial list of recordings for Indian Films
‘Kochadaiyan’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R. Rahman, 2014
‘Highway’ soundtrack (Bollywood) – A.R.Rahman, 2014
‘Essaye Moi’ soundtrack (French) – Pierre Van Dormael, 2006
‘Mumbai Express’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Illayaraja, 2005
‘Ghajini’ background score (Tamil) – Harris Jayaraj, 2005
‘Swades’ soundtrack (Bollywood) – A.R.Rahman, 2004
‘Dil ne Jisa apna kaha’ soundtrack (Bollywood) – A.R.Rahman, 2004
‘Udhaya’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R.Rahman, 2003
‘Ramanaa’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Illayaraja, 2002
‘Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Aravind/Jaishankar, 2002
‘Lagaan’ film soundtrack (Bollywood) – A.R.Rahman, 2001
‘Grahan’ film background score (Bollywood) – Karthik Raja, 2001
‘Dumm Dumm Dumm’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Karthik Raja, 2001
‘Vanchinathan’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Karthik Raja, 2001
‘Pukar’ soundtrack (Bollywood) – A.R.Rahman, 2000
‘Split Wide Open’ soundtrack (English) – Karthik Raja, 1999
‘Harischandra’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Agosh, 1999
‘Enn Swasa Kaatre’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R.Rahman, 1998
‘Jeans’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R.Rahman, 1998
‘Kizhakkum Merkkum’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Illayaraja, 1998
‘Zor’ soundtrack (Bollywood) – Agosh, 1998
‘Nam iruvar namakku iruvar’ background score (Tamil) – Karthik Raja, 1998
‘Kadhala Kadhala’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Karthik Raja, 1998
‘Ullasam’ soundtrack (Tamil) – Karthik Raja, 1996
‘Lovebirds’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R.Rahman, 1996
‘Muthu’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R.Rahman, 1995
‘Puthiya Mugam’ soundtrack (Tamil) – A.R.Rahman, 1992
Prasanna’s guitar work can be heard on many other Indian film soundtracks by composers like Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mani Sharma, Lakshmikant Pyarelal, Vidyasagar, Suresh Peters and others