Right from the serene, Calpton’ish Dil gaaye ja, till the almost-fusion ghazal’ish Khudahaafiz, Raasta-Man is vintage Lucky Ali. Rehne de and Tauba tauba display his earlier, Sunoh-style musical streak all...
Continue reading...Mausam (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Karsan Sargathia’s earthy vocals and the orchestration’s manic energy sees Aag lage us aag ko through easily, while Hans Raj Hans, Shahid Mallya and Wadali Brothers rise above the predictably...
Continue reading...Thandavakkone (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
Kaatu vazhi seems like the perfect anthem for renunciation of material life; the ominous orchestration and Raja’s vocals too back this beautifully. Tippu’s deeply repentant Unna pol and Sriram Parthasarathy’s...
Continue reading...Mankatha (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
The title song is scintillating; the fact that the catchy Mankatha hook is used sparingly while the rest of the song builds around it displays a Rahman’ish maturity in Yuvan’s...
Continue reading...Superheavy (Music review) – Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley & A.R. Rahman
While the presence of Bob Marley’s son – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – may have added some reggae, Miracle Worker surprises by going wholly reggae. The result is a Peter...
Continue reading...Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (Music review), Hindi – Sohail Sen
The title song is monotonously bland, with lyrics that include cringe-worthy rhymes. Dhunki is worse, despite a valiant effort by Neha Bhasin in the vocals department, while Choomantar thankfully gets...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (July 2011)
Take Five – Sachal Studios Orchestra (Jazz Interpretations of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova) I was made aware of Sachal’s existence when news of their album came out recently –...
Continue reading...Engeyum Eppodhum (Music review), Tamil – Sathya
Govindha has all the hallmark of a Harris Jeyaraj song – African’ish gibberish, carefully calculated rhythm and tune; catchy listen, anyway! Maasama is a nice, lazy gaana-type song that composer...
Continue reading...I Am Kalam (Music review), Hindi – Abhishek Ray, Madhuparna, Papon, Susmit Bose & Shivji Dholi
NW1W. This, ignoring the ‘good intentions’ of the film; I don’t think that should come in the way of saying what I feel about the soundtrack. Papon sung and composed...
Continue reading...Phhir (Music review), Hindi – Raghav Sachar, Sharib Toshi
Of the four songs by Raghav Sachar, Shreya Ghoshal’s Gumsum is the one that works best, playing on composer’s haunting melody. In comparison, despite the RD Burman’esque outlook, Loot merely...
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