Does Ilayaraja use a calendar to track existential things like dates/ year? With an overwhelming dose of déjà vu across this soundtrack, it seems to me that he hasn’t crossed...
Continue reading...Karen David and the Rahman connection
Karen David’s MySpace page samples 4 tracks – Shillong Shillong, Alive, Carry me home and Save you. According to a fan in the AR Rahman fans YahooGroup, the first three...
Continue reading...Good Boy Bad Boy (Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya)
What’s that strange noise? Must be Himesh’s tune bank barrel being scraped in the bottom! The very same hooks, the same highly predictable orchestration, the same ‘ol Himesh vocals –...
Continue reading...Naan Avan Illai (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Then kudicha and Macha kanni are childish and lame in every way. After a spirited start, Kakka kaaka goes completely haywire despite some groovy orchestration. Radha kaadhal is at best...
Continue reading...Mozhi (Tamil film, Dir: Radhamohan)
Mozhi is truly an achievement, for Director Radhamohan. Azhagiya Theeye is definitely not a flash in the pan. There are so many minute flourishes in Mozhi that you wonder if...
Continue reading...Karuppasamy Kuthagaithaarar (Tamil – Dhina)
Bombay Jayashree’s vocals and Dhina’s minimally inventive orchestration captivates in Uppu kallu. Sangan vaithu takes off from a really popular villu paattu and branches into a trendy rehash. Is Kaadhal...
Continue reading...Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram (Tamil – Gurukiran)
One of Kannada’s top composers, Gurukiran, enters the Tamil scene in Parattai engira azhagu sundaram, though he has perhaps been forced to reuse the same six tunes as the film’s...
Continue reading...Raqeeb (Hindi – Pritam)
KK pulls off a superbly orchestrated – with amazing pauses – Jaane kaise in an uncharacteristic low pitch while Gayatri Ganjawala has been assigned a very trendy and more than...
Continue reading...Syllable-abuse in southern film music
Former Outlook journalist Krishna Prasad’s rant about Kannada composers using non-Kannada singers seems justified, but as a Tamilian, I’ve been through this phase and somehow managed to extricate myself out...
Continue reading...Muchacha Latina (Remo Fernandes)
Muchacha Latina is almost a conventional, catchy Santana song except for inane Hindi lyrics. The cult pub fave Flute Song gets a kick-in-the-butt makeover in Flute Kick Remix, but the...
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