[1] Alauddin Ali was born on 24 December 1952 in the Banshbari village of Tongibari Upazila of the Munshiganj District.

At the age of one year and six months, Alauddin Ali moved with his family to AGB Colony, Motijheel, Dhaka.

He started as an associate of Shaheed Altaf Mahmud and later worked with renowned composer Anwar Pervez for a long time.

[5] In 1964, Ali won the 'All Pakistan Children's Award' for violin from the then president Ayub Khan as a child musician.

[6] He worked under eminent music composers like Khan Ataur Rahman, Altaf Mahmud and Robin Ghosh.

[7] Ali made his debut as a music composer through the country song O Amar Bangla Maa Tor.

[1] In 1978, Ali made his breakthrough by composing songs for the film Golapi Ekhon Traine.

He composed two songs "Achen Amar Moktar" and "Haire Kopal Mondo, Chokh Thakite Ondho" for that film.

The songs Premer Agune, Sobai Bole Boyosh Bare and Chokher Nojor Emni Koira were composed by Ali.

He was the music director for the South Asian Games Ceremony in 1993 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, where over 8000 artistes sang to his tune.

When his physical condition deteriorated, he was admitted to Universal Medical College Hospital in Mohakhali.