O mere khuda & Tere liye – Prince (Hindi – Sachin Gupta)
Prince is one of those massy, commercial soundtracks that simply clicks – hummable tunes and good orchestration by Sachin Gupta and a masterstroke decision to use Atif all over the soundtrack. Listen to the Sachin-sung version of Tere Liye too, besides the Atif’s variant.
Ye teega puvvuno & Bale bale magadivoy – Maro Charitra (Telugu – Mickey J Meyer)
That Mickey is going strong is no news, but in Maro Charitra, there are definite signs of him going the Mithoon way – where Mithoon started with a pulsating bang and gradually faded into an oblivion created by his own jaded tunes and sounds. Mickey’s tunes are starting to get to that level, but he firmly asserts himself with the 2 unlikely songs in this soundtrack – re-tuning MS Viswanathan’s 2 evergreen songs from the original. And brilliant re-tunes, they are!
Meri aashaon ki – Right Yaaa Wrong (Hindi – Monty)
This song is a shocking surpise from Monty in an otherwise predictable soundtrack. Vaguely reminding me of Raman Mahadevan’s ‘Teri talaash hai’ from his debut pop album, Ramanasia, this is stunning melody sung by Amitraj. One of those songs that tell me to not judge soundtracks by the track record of the composer or how B-grade a project looks.
Alvida – My Free Spirit (Indipop – Shibani Kashyap)
Shibani Kashyap’s voice continues to irritate me and I continue to subscribe the view that she’s better suited for certain types of songs. And, the only 2 songs that stand out her in her latest album are the ones composed by herself. She should have done that all through the album instead of getting more composers to score for her.
Title song & Chaahata dil – Shaapit (Hindi – Aditya Narayan & Chirantan Bhatt)
Chaahata dil is almost Pritam, but not to be left behind, Chirantan uses his own stock of interesting sounds to score a lovely track. The title song, on the other hand, showcases the film’s singing hero, Aditya Narayan’s composing skills more than his vocals – nice, rock’ish catchy track.
Ganga & Procession – The Composition of World Harmony 2010 (Mrigya)
While Ganga has that reliable fusion feel like that of L. Subramaniam, Procession is where the band goes all out in their imagination and scores a brilliant track layered with guitar, violin and verses in Sanskrit, besides the Sufi addition. Lovely experience.
