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Maddy, IR is one of the very few gifted MDs who just does not end with understanding the storyline or the situation, but also has an insight into every character . This was told by none other than MR. He also said that movies like Nayagan, Thalapathi would be very different if watched without IR's rerecording. It is known to all and sundry the stupendous role played by his bgms esp for directors of few words like Mahendran, Maniratnam etc
Hey guys.....sorry for not replying to some of your posts.......well what exactly i meant was that IR's BGMs r breathtaking indeed but they always leave u with a heavy heart.......i dunno how to xplain xactly, cos my music knowledge is a big zero.......i'll list a few movies here which had very sober BGMs.......
1.Nayagan ( again here,BGM was a landmark one but y is that IR always gives xcellent bgms to sad scenes and give ordinary bgm pieces to happy scenes)
2. Sathya
3. Mouna Raagam
4. Punnagai Mannan
5. a sathyaraj-Radha movie where he becomes a police officer by forged signatures....dunt know the name of the movie but it had one of the best BGM but again it was very sad.......
Maddy,
Watch Michael Madana ..... (great example) or Arangetra Velai (initial scenes of prabhu, revathy and VKR) to find out some apt, enjoyable background music for comedy scenes. Watch Johnny, Aanpavam, Tik Tik Tik for other kinds than serious scenes.
Vatsa
"y is that IR always gives xcellent bgms to sad scenes and give ordinary bgm pieces to happy scenes"...
Happy scenes - often they have a lot of dialog , when they do not have dialog, they have a SONG:-) This is kind of a formula for TF...However, when there are happy scenes with silence / no song, Raja has used every opportunity to score...If you dig into the permanent thread on BGM, you'll find 100's of examples. One quick one - the scene in which Sridevi sees `suppiramaNi' for the first time in moondRAm piRai...
Maddy
Like Vatsa said, Watch Johnny. Johnny is a complete album, from songs to bgm. If i have to die tomorrow, I will listen to Johnny / watch Johnny today or even ask people to burry me with Johnny CD,so I can listen while I am "away".
Maddy, your Q "why IR gives xcelent bgms to sad scenes" I dont think it is the case, because happy incidents doesnt stay in our memory long where as sad incidents last long. Just think for couple of minutes and write down your sad and happy moments
I am sure 1 will exceed 2
Anyways, IR BGM is mood creating for any occasions. I watched Pithamagan (sad again) two days back and I am totally mesmerized by the BGM.
BTW, watch Ramana, in my opinion IR's best BGM at work here!.
Talking about BGMs for non-sad scenes, my friend was so engrossed by the BGM of Idhayathai Thirudathe when the heroine is in her playful mood, he asked me to make a ringtone out of it. Searching for that BGM online of good quality. Enjoyable BGM. Maddy, add this to your list of must watch movie for BGM.
Vatsa
cool guys....i wud watch all these movies suggested by u guys........njv, i have to agree that pithamagan and Moonram pirai had some excellent BGMs....they were out of the world stuff.......and idhayathai thirudadhe was one of my fav. movie till alaipauthey came by.......
" Maddy, your Q "why IR gives xcelent bgms to sad scenes" I dont think it is the case, because happy incidents doesnt stay in our memory long where as sad incidents last long. Just think for couple of minutes and write down your sad and happy moments"
It is all to do with (Sigmund) Freudian psychology - we tend to remember the sad moments of our life rather than the happy ones - you can extend that to movies as well - can anyone here identify an actor with his/her performance in a happy scene ? no - we naturally refers to Kamal's or Sivaji's emoting in tragic scenes, not their laughing out loud scenes
How about Ghilly Vijay!Quote:
Originally Posted by tmrrmt
Just teasing. I cant believe he is awarded the best actor by people (dinakaran awards) and I definitely cant believe Rajni going to 200th day festival of Ghilly. "Kali Kaalam"
if people still have any doubt(s) whatsoever regarding IR's BGM abilities, watch any movie in the last 10 years, which had a very good storyline/plot, excellent performances and technically brilliant but music my someone other than IR - you will see the difference - one example is Gautham's "Kaakka Kaakka" - Harris Jeyaraj's completely out-of-sync BGM made the movie look comic - some of the chorus lines were complete ripoffs from 'Gladiator' BGM by Hans Zimmer - imagine what IR would have done with a movie like KK !