Afghan jalebi, beyond the standardized Central Asian folk tune, is incredibly catchy thanks to Pritam’s clever and pulsating arrangements. While Asrar and Akhtar’s versions are identical, Akhtar’s second, Dumbek version...
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Welcome Back (Music review), Hindi – 9 composers
NW1W. Atrocious mess, between 7 credited composers (9, if you consider Meet Bros Anjjan as 3 individual composers). Keywords: Not Welcome Back, Anu Malik, Meet Bros Anjjan, Yo Yo Honey...
Continue reading...Brothers (Music review), Hindi – Ajay-Atul
Brothers Anthem, as the name indicates, holds an anthemic sound and Vishal Dadlani powers it well, even though it’s the pulsating orchestration that stands out! The composing duo repackage their...
Continue reading...All Is Well (Music review), Hindi – Multiple composers
Shabbir Ahmed’s wishful thinking of 4 Saturdays in a week is the only solace of Amaal Malik’s Char shanivaar. Himesh gets Arijit for Baaton ko teri, but the tune is...
Continue reading...Drishyam (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj
Kya pataa is the kind of song Vishal used to hand over to Suresh Wadkar. Then, he started singing them himself. Now, he gets Arijit to sing this whispery, ambient...
Continue reading...Masaan (Music review), Hindi – Indian Ocean
Tu kisi rail si guzarti is more Euphoria than Indian Ocean, but the charm remains intact, building a steady and lilting folk’ish tune on the back of Nikhil Rao’s guitaring....
Continue reading...Bangistan (Music review), Hindi – Ram Sampath
Ishq karenge‘s power qawali is aptly spoofy, strongly evoking Farah Khan’s musical sensibilities, of all things! While Abhishek Nehwal and Sona Mohapatra handle it with ease, Shadab Faridi seems oddly...
Continue reading...Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Selfie le le and Aaj ki party are insipid and pointless. Atif Aslam handles the Coldplay’ish ballad, Tu chahiye, well! Ditto for the soundtrack’s best, Zindagi and Tu jo, where...
Continue reading...Guddu Rangeela (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi & Subhash Kapoor
The title song starts off with Amit’s predictable scheme of things… till that second interlude and the subsequent, dramatic change in sound that puts the song in another gear! Its...
Continue reading...ABCD 2 (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar
Bezubaan‘s redux trades the earlier version’s Western sensibilities to desi-rap, powered by Vishal Dadlani’s vocals and ending on a similar high, like the original. The original film’s song, Sun saathiya,...
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