IR's New albums - Ver 2008

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Originally Posted by thumburu

This pleasing melody becomes another "kurangu kaiyil poomaalai" in Bhavathaarini's hands till the second charanam, when SriRam Paarthasarathy and Prassanna join in to salvage the song.

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Glad that bhava atleast has a unique voice - I have a tough time distinguishing between the young crop of singers - parvathavardhini (to some extent ok), sangeetha mahadevan, vinaya, reeta, shalini, madhushree...same in males - Binny sounds same ditto as karthik or prasanna? :lol: The unique voices we have today are a rare breed and IMHO are that of shreya goshal, bhava, malathy, sadhana sargam in female and sriram parthasarathy, madhu balakrishnan, pushpavanam kuppusamy and manickam vinayagam in male ...i agree that bhava has to improve but you will have to agree that most of the other people in the race have to improve as well ...

Very reliable sources informed that Ayya refused to work with Bharath Bhala on a gigantic international project recently.The movie is said to have south indias top names along with prominent orient superstars.Any one heard such a thing???

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Originally Posted by rajaalltheway

Very reliable sources informed that Ayya refused to work with Bharath Bhala on a gigantic international project recently.The movie is said to have south indias top names along with prominent orient superstars.Any one heard such a thing???

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ithu veraya ?

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Originally Posted by rajaalltheway

Very reliable sources informed that Ayya refused to work with Bharath Bhala on a gigantic international project recently.The movie is said to have south indias top names along with prominent orient superstars.Any one heard such a thing???

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It feels bad to see IR missing out on some grand projects where there is hope for great music. Like this one and Marudhunayagam. I felt the same way for Dasavatharam, until I saw the movie - then I was glad that IR stayed away from that joke of a movie.

Did you notice how the songs seem to reflect the movie name? As they say in Tamil, 'Panam Pattum Seiyyum'. So Dhanam has lot of variety :)) Starting from class melody numbers, semi classical stuff, base desires, pop philosophy etc. There is no predominant mood in the album.

In case of 'Mallepoovu', the predominant mood is one of tenderness. Yes, some other songs exist but the best songs are like the literal Mallepuvu, fresh, fragrant and fragile. Can't stop listening to the songs. The Calypso fellow in Jayanagar has not yet got it :(

I, for one, love 'Dhanam Dhanam' song, especially the first charanam, 'kuthu kuthu kuthu kuthu'. What energy !!

I agree with Thumburu on some of the lyrics. While I love 'Koothu Onnu', it is a bit tough to play in the house loudly. Same with 'Kattiluku Mattundhana'. I too wish the lyrics weren't so explicit. Maybe it has to do with the situation. But a lovely song nevertheless.

The orchestration for 'Kannanukku' shows what a master can do. It is very easy to let a semi-classical number go on with simple beats. The tune will carry it through. Not for Raja. He starts the song with the drums. During the first charanam, the tabla accompanies but the playing is not continuous. There is a small pause in the beats. When it comes to the second charanam the tabla plays continuously. When the song ends, it is the tabla which is playing along with the pallavi and not the drums. You don't notice the change at all !!

I too couldn't figure out the raga of 'Kannanukku'. Given that I heard shades of Shanmukhapriya during the swara singing, there is a possibility of this being Natabhairavi. Will rip it and send it to a friend for his opinion.

S.Suresh

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Originally Posted by rajasaranam

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Originally Posted by raja_fan

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since he has the mass of international fans.

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Idhellaam overu :)
No Indian MD has international fans for him yet.
And Marma Yogi is going to be an international hit..is it ?? :lol:

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There is a fan named 'massimo simmoni' for an Indian MD. The fan was so fascinated with the composers music that he arranged a musical show by the composer in Italy :)
Not to take away the credit from other composers, there is also a fan named Andrew Llyod Webber for another Indian MD. :oops:
but yes these are few stray instances and there is no fan following in a mass scale, for any Indian MD in international arena. :|

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To set things in right perspective, ALWebber had a friend called Shekar Kapur who was totally enchanted by Rahman songs - so he made sure that ALW listened to Rahman songs and so the idea of Bombay Dreams began - It always requires a landed resource - a desi fan to spread our cultural icons to the outside world from where there are a lot of things to learn. How did you come across Pink Floyd? Because someone in your college or school introduced him to you - so it needs our guys with capacity outside our country to do that - however most of our guys outside are not of the outgoing type and think that the musi composer who composesi n the western style is the one who would be more cool to project in front of a forigner than someone who composes 'paadariyen padippariyen'. and therein lies the reasons...

>>so it needs our guys with capacity outside our country to do that <<

That's not a big deal, there are a lot of them here in U.S. who have the capability to easily connect our artists with some of the decent names / studios / labels abroad. And many of them love IR's music as well.

There are two problems
1. Most of such people may not have any kind of access to IR
2. Even if some can connect with IR, he may not be in a mood to work with them or even work on any such assignment (probably the symphony #1 experience made him bitter)

I think IR of today is comfortable to ONLY work with his "existing" admirers who are in the business / entering the business.

Possibly not interested in marketing himself to unknown businessmen who should be convinced of his prowess. He is simply not interested in submitting his resume:-)

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Originally Posted by ananth222

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Originally Posted by rajaalltheway

Very reliable sources informed that Ayya refused to work with Bharath Bhala on a gigantic international project recently.The movie is said to have south indias top names along with prominent orient superstars.Any one heard such a thing???

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It feels bad to see IR missing out on some grand projects where there is hope for great music. Like this one and Marudhunayagam. I felt the same way for Dasavatharam, until I saw the movie - then I was glad that IR stayed away from that joke of a movie.

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And i was here thinking Bharat Bala only goes for ARR. Well if that is true and you add in previous rejected movies, IR could have well been commercially number 1 if he wanted but i guess he has no interest in such things and prefers a "low" profile. Besides if your a true blue music composer u dunt need big budget films to show your talent. Anyone remembers karagattakaran which just ran for music? :D

rajaalltheway,

I read about a Kamal's movie '19 Steps' with Walt Disney (after Marmayogi), which will have Bharat Bala as director. This film is supposed to be based on Japanese martial arts and Indian Kalaripayattu. I think this is the movie for which Bharat Bala would have approached IR.

Check this link:
http://www.extramirchi.com/movies/ka...film-19-steps/