I noticed a news item about Nokia Ovi Music’s new ‘invention’ – 90 second version of songs! It is called ‘Shorties‘! When iTunes is considering increasing the preview duration from...
Continue reading...Aadukalam (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
SPB and son SPC breeze through the gorgeous Ayyayo that recycles Raja’s classic folk rhythm with a neat 2.0 touch. The composer reserves the best track for himself – Yaathe...
Continue reading...Engeyum Kaadhal (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
The title song is built like Eric Clapton’s beautiful ballad, Wonderful Tonight, but it is more in the feel/genre. The song on its own is amazing, with Aalaap Raju’s touching...
Continue reading...Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu (Music review), Hindi – Vasuda Sharma
Aasma girl Vasuda Sharma’s composing debut is not bad at all. In fact, she manages the lighter, fluffy stuff well, like in the catchy and pop’ish title song and Socha...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (October 2010)
Marooned & Raindrops N Coffee – Rainchanted (Rahul Sharma) I’m ideally not a fan of solo santoor albums though I love the instrument’s sound. But Rahul Sharma’s brand of fusion...
Continue reading...Band Baaja Baaraat (Music review), Hindi – Salim Sulaiman
Ainvayi ainvayi cleverly avoids the Punju-dance template and carries funky arrangements that complement its tune. Baari barsi is not so clever and falls into the tame Punju-dance trap. With Benny...
Continue reading...127 Hours (Music review) – Original Motion Picture soundtrack by A R Rahman and others
Rahman’s three openers, The Canyon, Liberation Begins and Touch Of The Sun are situational, but what follows is sheer magic! Liberation In A Dream goes beyond its predecessor, while its...
Continue reading...Makaramanju (Music review), Malayalam – Ramesh Narayanan
Yesudas’ Manjil melle has an old-world Malayali filmy feel, but the grand orchestration takes it ahead, while Then thennale, with Srinivas and Sunitha Menon adopts the ghazal’ish sound beautifully with...
Continue reading...Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (Music review), Hindi – Sohail Sen
Yeh des hai has a strong Rahman whiff and works quite well! Nain tere whips up a decent Bong feel, but is a bit too simplistic, while Sohail gets it...
Continue reading...Orange (Music review), Telugu – Harris Jayaraj
Oola olala moves predictably, but it’s overriding pleasantness, thanks largely to Karunya’s infectious vocals, helps. Karthik and Naresh Iyer breeze through Chilipiga and Nenu nuvvantu; good old tune-smithing by Harris...
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