The composer confidently croons the lounge’ish, hep track, Yeh kaali kaali and even adorns it with some pretty cool orchestration while he seems equally comfortable in the pleasant duet, Emaiuntundi,...
Continue reading...Music review: Antaheen (Bengali – Shantanu Moitra)
The title song, with its French prelude and Shaan’s impeccable vocals is a delight but a prominent interlude seems to be inspired by something oh-so-familiar. Anindya’s Bhindeshi tara and Shreya’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Police Police (Telugu – Vishwa & Sai Karthik)
The ambient chants in Cheka cheka give way to a guitar-laden tune that is disappointingly routine, while the title song is all sound and is pointlessly stylish. Composer Vishwa redeems...
Continue reading...Top recent tracks (February & March, 2009)
Yaara maula: Gulaal (Hindi OST), Piyush Mishra Gulaal’s OST, in its entirety, was a complete stunner. I really admire the way Piyush brings a predominant feel and unique sound to...
Continue reading...Music review: Billa (Telugu – Mani Sharma)
Hariloranga hari is complete masala mix – catchy arrangements, Mika-styled rap elements and a surprising devotional piece right in the middle! Ellora silpaani is groovy, with spirited vocals by Rita,...
Continue reading...Music review: Jhossh (Kannada – Vardhan)
Namaskara sir, A maga and Shakalaka rock n roll are youthful and trendy with good singing by all involved, while Karthik’s Thanthane is a neat techno ballad and the singer,...
Continue reading...Music review: Raj – The Showman (Kannada – V. Harikrishna)
Mutturaj kaalitta is almost constructed like a Dr. Raj track, it is Shankar Mahadevan’s enthusiastic vocals that save the otherwise disjoint song while Shreya saves the simple, middle eastern’ish melody...
Continue reading...Music review: 8X10 Tasveer (Hindi – Salim Sulaiman, Neeraj Sridhar & Bohemia)
Despite the ambient mood set by its ominous backgrounds, Bohemia’s I got the picture is mostly contrived – tries too hard to fit a Hindi track in an alien format…and...
Continue reading...Music review: Alayodu Vilayaadu (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)
Have you ever heard of a whale that attained puberty? Samanja thimingilam offers that fascinating insight sorely missing from Animal Planet, complete with a sultry female voice. The bland reworking...
Continue reading...Music review: Mariyadhai (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Yaar paarthathu may have well been composed by Director Vikraman himself – sounds exactly like all his countless, flat and jaded tracks and very unlike any Vijay Antony number. Vijay’s...
Continue reading...
