http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-ne...Bhoomiyile.htm
I hope this doesn't turn out like Pazhassi Raja -- in which IR composes several good songs and the director later cuts a few from the movie
saaar. idhu nadakkave nadakka poradhilla.Quote:
Originally Posted by vem
idhula illadha imaginationlaam edhukku?
Great review - a new one - on "Tiruvasagam- Oratorio" by a Finnish national with a love of Tamil!
http://www.finndian.com/cd-review-ilaiyaraaja
http://www.finndian.com/about-me
Malabar Gold Full AD..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eITdWSd2Y
IR looks divine..
Got this from twitter. Raja fans in Chennai watch out for the release tomorrow and get us the review fast. Again not sure if the CDs will reach Bangalore.
http://bit.ly/g88HxE
Great news Sureshji! Can't wait to hear Maestro's new songs, it's been a while since we heard it. :cheer:
Also heard that Raja and actor Arya will be talking on Vijay TV tomorrow morning at 8:30am about the film 'Padithurai' which Arya is producing and has music by the master. So guys in India, tune into Vijay TV tomorrow morning. This means the movie will come out soon. Good.
"Isiai Thaayin Isayil" :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
செங்காத்து பூமியிலே
அய்யன்
அழகர்சாமியின் குதிரை
படித்துறை
என்னய்யா நடக்குது இங்கே?
2009 திரும்பி வருதா? :-)
என்றாலும், பெரிய கம்பெனிகளால் "அமுக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும்" சந்தையில் இவையெல்லாம் வெளியே தெரியுமா இல்லையா என்பது பெரிய கேள்விக்குறி.
appadiye yaarachum intha puthu maappillai pirakasrajitta Mayilu pathi gnabagapaduthunga
Saw the program on 'Padithurai' today. Heard parts of one song. Very melodious. You can say it is in the lines of 'ilan kathu veesudhu'. Then there was another song of which only one line was heard. Based on Saranga ragam, it was superb. Waiting to listen to the whole song.
Raja is slowly getting comfortable with the cameras. He is not there yet :) He was praising Arya and the director SuKa.
Looks like there has been a new release yesterday. "Ayyan". Is this really a new album, or did I miss something here?
"Manasoram" by SadhanaSargam rocks!
Track listing:
Song 01. Hey Sivagami - Rahul Nambiar, Reeta
Song 02. Unnmayai Naan - Maya
Song 03. Ennakena Oruthi - Rahul Nambiar
Song 04. Manasoram - Sriram Parthasarathy, Sadhana Sargam
Song 05. Kaatrinai Polingu - Tippu
Song 06. Viduthalaikuyil Naan - llaiyaraja, Neha
Listening to 'Manasoram' now. A lovely song. After quite some time a song from Raja based on Suddha Saveri ragam. Raja and Suddha Saveri can never go wrong. Sung well by Sadhana Sargam and Sriram Parthasarathy. Haven't heard the other songs in detail yet. Stuck to this song. Given the star cast and the situational songs, my feeling is that this will also be like 'Kannukulle' or 'Madhiya Chennai'. Lets hope it is otherwise and this song atleast reaches a lot more people.
I loved manasoram, kaatrinai,viduthalai and yenukenna oruthi. Tunes are pretty new while the orchestration is a full synth blast with the exception of hey sivagami.
Since the songs are 3 years late and with thalaivar moving on to jazz like orchestration nowadays, those who listen might not feel in sync with the songs. Yet this is one good album. Probably only negative point is a few funny synth sounds here and there but that is probably due to the low budget of the film which means thalaivar opting more for synth.
Hulk,
I just finished one round of listening to all songs. You are very spot on regarding this movie being dated. I think the songs must have been composed much before Gayam-2 and Kadha Thudarunnu. Because you can see his old style synth usage in these songs in many places. Whereas in Gayam 2 and Paa, his orchestration is entirely different. As you say, in some places the funny synth sounds sound out of place.
'viduthalai' is amazing pathos which Raja only can do. The song is very short though. 'yenakena oruthi' is something lot of fans have been cribbing about. The 'pallavi' not being very catchy but the 'charanam' being very good. Nice song this one. But undoubtedly 'manasoram' is the winner in this album by a fair distance. For Raja fans the CD will be worth this song alone.
http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2011/01/...il-ilayaraja/#
Karthik has edited his review based on Sureshji's inputs :-)
Thanks app. I had a small exchange with him on twitter. It was good of him to make the change. I didn't have an issue with his review but about one word and he agreed to change it. I have left a comment there now.
sarcastic correction?Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
No. Honest.
:)
Inetk - porutkuRRam in that review. Not unsurprisimng given your poor form for a long time but if you are smart enough, you spot it and correct it yourself. I am not going to help you
Thanks for helping me scrape through a tiny bit of my poor form. Your use of the word 'porutkuRRam' really nailed it down. Updated.
These old links (dated May-2008) confirms that Maestro composed these songs way back (almost 3 years back), which also answers Maestro style at that time.
http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...-12-05-08.html
http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainme...yan_15346.html
Also the links talks very high of 'Yeh Sivagami' song. It seems Raja received standing ovation for this song. Nobody liked this song? :oops: It should be a terrific song. I have not yet heard.
First release of 2011 from the Maestro. Hope we get to see many more releases this year. Does anyone know any site online where I can listen to Ayyan songs?
Ah! now we can talk.
Ok, here's what inetk originally said:
"Ayyan barely attempts to move Raja out of his current, woebegone form"
After my alert, he has struck this through.
Now, what you see is:
"Ayyan’s soundtrack completely belies Ilayaraja’s current form, if you go by his recent output.
"
Here's my query:
Your original thought was that IR's form was woebegone.(i.e.) miserable.
In just a few conversations with Suresh, you updated it to "belies his current form"
Which means you think that his current form is quite good (i.e.) far from woebegone..
Which of this is the real inetk?
Do you write reviews just like that without thinking? Do you have a strong, stable opinion or it is just writing something to get a few hits?
From a sniper, a small-time guerilla reviewer, you have now moved to become a brand; a one-stop shop, a retail chain of music reviews, as it were.
Has this change effected a change in the honesty, spontaneity and consistency of your reviews?
Do you have deadline pressure to come out with reviews? How earnestly do you think through your reviews?
I am sorry to say - I perceive a huge change in what you were and what you are now as a reviewer - and the change is, IMO, not for the good.
As I had noted, it was a silly, broad assumption, without any mooring - on Raja's form. It was based on a couple of albums that I had in mind. What Suresh did was open that thought and added many others that I had missed/ignored - as a result, I change my opinion based on narrow thinking and started to agree that his form is not as bad (woebegone) as I had wrongly assumed.
Now, have I ever proclaimed that I'm a know-it-all who cannot make any mistake?
Also, I'm not sure where 'stable thought' comes into the picture. I see it the other way around - we're sharing opinions. Everyone is bound to have different opinions.
The part I changed was facts that Suresh proved and one that I had previously ignored. Since it is proven, why should I hold that wrong statement? For the sake of my ego? Pointless, IMO. So, changed it to reflect a better picture.
inetk, that is why I asked about deadline pressures and the additional pressure being a much-followed mega-website for review as opposed to the guerilla reviewer that you were.
Like it does, such a change has changed you as a reviewer as well. Thought it might give some perspective to you when you review long-standing reviewees in your reviews.
I understand where you are coming from - I have always seen myself as just an emotional reviewer using language more than musical sense, to assess music. I'd also like to believe that deadlines do not matter to me now, as much as it did when I started out, 5 years ago.
:exactly: Mayilu is due for release as well and it was composed even further back, late or mid 2007 if i am not wrong. Of the "late pending" releases, padithurai might still carry thalaivar's latest sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
But regardless of that aspect, even though there are some odd synth sounds, i loved his interludes for yenukenna oruthi and manasoram which are only raja-possible.
Hulk,
That will be the problem when 'older' films get released now. It will confuses us as to how Raja's style has changed. 'Mayilu' is from way back. Don't know when he composed 'Thandavakone'. The films which were probably composed last year are 'AK' and 'Padithurai'. Ofcourse we have the Telugu 'Ramayanam', one song of which we have heard. And Sathyan's movie, which is bound to have couple of amazing melodies.
I would say 'Ayyan' is probably not the best opening we can think of, but it can only get better from here. Still 'manasoram' is a gem of a song.
@Suresh
Correct me if i am wrong,but isnt Manasoram based on Mohanam Raga ?, coz i predominantly hear the usage of Sa Ri Ga Pa Da Sa which is the Mohanam Scale..
manasoaram is an instant winner.. yet to listen to kaatrinai polingu and viduthalaikuyil.
@skr - it is so much sudhdha saaveri - not that I know the swaras, but it reminds me so much of "sithagaththi pookaLe" from raajakumaaran and "Janaki anukoledhu from telugu raajkumar.
Typical IR handling of Sudhdha saveri with shenoys in the interludes and the beat structure... dateless...
as a raja fan I will rate this album as a 3/5. somewhat middling.
manasoram is "fantastic' Tippu's song is very good and effective.
The last pathos song is contextual and very effective. first two songs eminently forgettable.
skr,
Raja keeps the notes plain and given that Mohanam and SuddhaSaveri can be got by scale shift, both being 5 note ragas, I too initially got this doubt. But if you hear 'inrudhaane mudhal mudhalai oru sangeetham', you can clearly hear Suddha Saveri. The shenoy bit in the first interlude also points to SS.
Jai,
You hit the nail on the head with your succinct review. That is my view as well. 'katrinai polingu' has decent charanams and the interludes are good. Overall I will keep this in the company of album like 'Kanngalum Kavi Paaduthe'. One outstanding number, one decent number and others which will not stand the test of time.
@Suresh and Jai
Thanks for clarifying..
ayyan songs on raaga.com
manasoram manathai mayakkum manohara mellisai
On listening to Ayyan songs, I feel it is quite an average album. It didn't create the usual first impact, leaving the synth aside.
My picks
Manasoram - Pudhu Pournami from Kannukkulle has traces of it.
Kaatrinai Polingu - Asks for Manidha Manidha kinda orchestration.