Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

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Originally Posted by Sureshs65

Hulk,

To each one his / her own. So I am not surprised by the reviews. I am enjoying Om Shanthi immensely and I feel this is the direction Raja will go. Actually I find the synth effect much less in this than 'Shambhu' and 'Shambu' to me was a lovely album. Anyway let us see what the general public thinks once the movie is out.

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Yup, i guess i have to start ignoring such reviews and just focus on the compositions he has given us. :D

Nowadays his compositions are all situation centric and he is making his songs a tight fitting for background score. When JaganM got released, i was doubtful of why thalaivar had adopted such a synth dominated album for a medieval film but when i watched the film it was more of modern day fantasy and there was less focus on any sort of medieval time scenery.

Judging from his album, it perfectly sets the tone of the whole movie which is supposed to be a unusual love story and the youthfulness is set in the backgrounds of all the songs. The james bond like percussion setting towards the end of the 1st interlude of ottesi, rockish guitar tones cleverly underplaying a disco like synth setting for Om-shanti, The overall dreamy feel of Flying on the Moon, its perfect as you get.

I think its about time we stop doubting where is the raja of yore and stuff like that when we hear his synth sounds as he is clearly underlining his magic in every song he is doing regardless of instrumentation employed. Just like how he forced unsuspecting listeners to accept folk music, WCM and various other genres in his style, he is going to force them to accept his synthvolution. :D

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Originally Posted by jaiganes

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Quarterblognu solli nalla thaan kindal pendrel :lol2: I guess inetk's only problem is that he is not able to understand thalaivar's orchestration technique with synth and also tune wise. He is the type of listener who loves a vintage IR tune rather than the orchestration and if the tune is instantly likeable, he will grow to like the ensuing orchestration. Thats why all the shocking reviews nowadays when it comes to thalaivar's albums.

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Originally Posted by raagas

So, if we look ahead...

What do we have in the platter, in 2010?

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Albums wise we have atleast four pending for Tamil, One for Hindi which is Happi/Mausam by Pankaj, Two in Malayalam, one for Satyan Anikkad and another with Mohanlal, One in Telugu which has a famous martial arts exponent in the lead, i think its called Oh My God. Not sure about the rest.

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Originally Posted by irir123

om shanti om - too much synth by IR - i suspect KR and YSR's hand in at least 3 songs - the chinna polike is very much IR - the om shanti om track is embarassing with outdated keyboard synth sounds (bappi lahiri wud have done this in the 80s in his sleep)and an uninspiring tune - as an album, "om shanti om" is a step backward, following PR, suryakanthi and paa

i hope IR stays away from "lai la lai la lai" "cham chichakku cham" "dangu dingu dang dadang dang" kind of chorus (or does KR has a hand in this ?) in all his future albums - the irritating chorus spoilt the otherwise lilting tune of 'cham chamare' - is IR so bereft of musical imagination to come up with either a decent sounding choral part, or is he just careless with certain compositions ?

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As hulkster would always say, counterpoints, harmony ella amsamum replicated faithfully in synth. Ottesi chebuthaa is a cracking song with real good(funny) lyrics.
Nyaan munne paranyadhu pol (as i told earlier)
Om Shanthi Om has an ending aalaap coming out of no where that is too good.
Chinna Polike all versions are gold
flying on the moon is awesome singing and great melody
I would have heard these songs in my windows media player atleast 10 times in the past 24 hours and they are pickles - just sweeter(instead of saltier).
KAekka Kaekka innum nalla irukku.
listen listen more good it is.

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i cannot force myself to like something only coz its from IR! i listened to it just the way i listened to prem kahani or nannavanu - om shanthi falls somewhere between nannavanu and prem kahani in terms of IR standards - the synth usage is indeed irritating

i have read. i hope and think i have already answered to all his points. charu
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irir123, I support you but I am sure you definitely will like the slow versions of Chinna Balike song and atleast the entire tune of this song.

chinna polike is a class apart - i agree

btw, the pallavi beginning of the tune reminds me of the beginning of "kaatru veliyidai kannammaa" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EatF_2QMRw

same raagam ??

irir123,

What you say is fair in the sense that you don't like it. I personally liked 'Om Shanthi' a lot without having to force myself. Maybe I have got used to the synth but I did not find it irritating and I liked the way Raja used the synth in this album. Not just as a replacement for natural instruments but also to generate 'sounds'.

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