'Fine tuning' the Cricket World Cup

18 February,2011 07:05 AM IST |   |  Shashank Shekhar

After a song for CWG, Delhi techie now composes anthem for the other mega sporting event


After a song for CWG, Delhi techie now composes anthem for the other mega sporting event

He had his moment of glory when he wrote "Come on India" for the Commonwealth Games and performed with Games mascot Shera at various events. Now Delhi resident Reginald Vijay Milton is all set to make the sports lovers dance to his tune again with his anthem for the forthcoming cricket World Cup.


Reginald Vijay Milton. Pic/Rajeev Tyagi

Milton was approached by a leading music composer from Bollywood to do the World Cup song sometime back and he had been working on it for last two months.u00a0 "I have tried to make this song sound young and energetic like I did for the Commonwealth Games. It will soon be available on different platforms. I have kept it around four minutes long," said Milton.

Asked about the lyrics of the song, he hummedu00a0 "Jeeta tha, Jeeten ge, Jeet te hi Jaayenge," not revealing anything further. He, however, did claim that it would become next signature song for cricket. A system officer with YMCA Delhi,u00a0 Milton has not taken any formal lessons in singing. He was barely three years old when he started playing musical instruments. Today, he plays around 22 instruments. He has performed more than 350 stage shows. Milton has also rearranged Indian Air Force anthem and has even made devotional song website.

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