The major composers like Annamacharya, Tyagaraja, Bhadrachala Ramadas, Kshetrayya, Bhuloka tsapa chutti (One who carpeted the Earth) Bobbili Keshavayya, Karvetinagaram composers like Govindasamayya and Sarangapani were pioneers in the field of Carnatic music.
Susarla Dakshinamurthi, Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Pantulu, Ogirala Ramachandra Rao, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, Tanguturi Suryakumari, and Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna are one of the influential music composers of south Indian cinema.
[1][2][3] Music composers such as Pendyala Nageswara Rao, R. Sudarshanam, and R. Goverdhanam duo made contribution to folklore and mythological films.
[6] Ghantasala, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, M. M. Keeravani, Ramesh Naidu etc., are some of the musicians and playback singers from Andhra Pradesh to receive National recognition.
[7] Other prominent Telugu film score and soundtrack composers of the present include K. Chakravarthy, Raj–Koti, Mani Sharma, Devi Sri Prasad, Mickey J Meyer, Ramana Gogula, R. P. Patnaik, Chakri (music director), Kalyani Malik, S. Thaman, S. V. Krishna Reddy, Vandemataram Srinivas, and Sri Kommineni.