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...
Continue reading...Ta Ra Rum Pum (Hindi – Vishal Shekhar)
The title song and Nachle ve are as banal as they come, with terribly drab rhythms that seem to have been imposed by the Yash Raj machinery. Ab to forever...
Continue reading...Go Mithoon go!
If I were to name the most impressive recent Hindi film composer, it has to be Mithoon. Son of the perennially-sidelined veteran composer Naresh Sharma, Mithoon’s (limited) compositions in Bas...
Continue reading...The Sivaji audio leak scam saga!
Sivaji’s audio is officially out. Pre-release scamsters include Shafeeq (Media Studios), IndiaGlitz and Behindwoods! Shafeeq was just having fun in this blog, and the world bought it. IndiaGlitz reported it...
Continue reading...Sivaji (Tamil – A R Rahman)
Balleilakka has intentionally-likeable lyrics but is pretty mundane otherwise. Athiradee tests Rahman’s vocals and its unusual tune and orchestration pattern sounds interesting. Vaaji vaaji is very catchy thanks to a...
Continue reading...Lord, protect us from IndiaGlitz’s nonsense!
IndiaGlitz must be naive to do pieces like this. IndiaGlitz’s banner is very apparent in some shots of the film’s promo and it’s evident that they’re marketing partners for the...
Continue reading...Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule (Telugu, Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Allantha doorala with its simple rhythm and basic, but captivating interludes, is a nostalgia trip down to the Ilayaraja songs that we grew up with – SPB adding significant appeal....
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