Samuel Joseph (born 1937), better known as Shyam, is a music composer who works in Malayalam cinema.
Working with all major directors of the time, Shyam had scored for many hits of Jayan and the early films of Mammootty and Mohanlal.
[1] Shyam apprenticed under maestros M. S. Viswanathan and Salil Chowdhury,[2] the former renaming him 'Shyam'.
He has been an assistant for various music directors including Salil Chowdhury, Rajan Nagendra, Satyam, S. Rajeswara Rao, Pendyala Nageswara Rao, AM Raja, TG Lingappa etc for several years before venturing as an independent music director.
He has also worked as a lead violinist with famous composers like C. Ramachandra, V Dakshinamoorthi, Naushad, Madan Mohan, G. Devarajan, Bombay Ravi, RD Burman etc.