IR New Albums - Ver 2006

Dear all,

After Hearing MK songs i too have the same feeling ..... IR has let us down.

I have only the following to share

1) When Ir was extremely busy till early 90's he had given his best stuff. I would rather extend till early 2000's.

2) When he has ample time now, i personally feel that he could give much much better than what he gave us earlier. I would like to compare what the old north indian composers Viz., Naushad use to do. Just 2 movies per year and they are immortals.

3) I read the article by Suresh minchtand where he rightly said that for the albums like Thiruvasagam Or symphony IR had to spend time in re writing the score because he was not satisfied. Is he consciously putting the same effort for film music. I strongly doubt if he is doing ... No he is not.

4) Leave alone the tunes for MK, why is he depending heavily on the keyboards and other synths.
It was like an oasis to hear strings in the Ulagile azhagi song . But the weak rythm pattern have overlapped the beauty of the strings.

5) Finally are we expecting too much from IR...

Only after the release of the movie, we will know the fate .

vijayr (and irir..),
It is not my intention to defend IR with maayakkannadi. I specifically mentioned that I do not like the songs. I have not listened to the songs from Cheran's movies other than while watching the movie. They never made an impression on me. To me the music directors preference starts with IR, ARR, KR/Vidyasagar, HJ, YSR. (But I never get past the first or second position easily :-)).
On the other hand, even the formulaic 'panam mattum vaazhkaiya' made an impact on me while watching the movie and I wished IR had done the score for other chEran's movies.
When I listen to songs, I look for continuity in the tune and orchestration, lyrics, novelty in tune/orchestration (not just a different sound). The continuity past is my minimum requirement. Somehow many MDs fail to make the grade. Even my #2 choice ARR, does not focus on the charanams as much as the pallavi. The lower choices fare much worse. I still feel IR will make a difference to this movie, inspite of the way we feel about these songs (note, the we in this sentence :-)).

A producer sent a boy to IR.

The producer asked IR to hear a script from the boy and see whether it will be successful.

IR listened to the script and recommended the boy to the producer.

Who was the boy ?
Who was the producer ?
What is the film ?


Cheran.
Henry.
Bharathi Kannammaa.

Surprising ??

Hear what IR says in MK audio release function.

Available at indiaglitz.

That explains why he did not make IR go for a better tune...too much respect..but then when it comes to other MDs he is able to get the best tunes out from them...we should also know IR has mentioned his disinterest in film songs and specific interest in non-filmi music...so either IR shifts to non-filmi music completely or someone whose a demanding director should do a film with IR(provided the film script interests IR first) :D

raja_fan, Interesting info. Unfortunately IR could not do the film due to producer's budget constraints, as mentioned by Cheran in Vikatan. However, he scored for the Kannada remake (Usire).

crvenky,

This shows IR infact has friendship with many people whom we think are unknown to IR ( because they don't work with him ).

And he takes care to know the contemperory films and the artistes ! He is not inside a shell as people think he is !

Some time back, he was talking about his rejection of Annamalai, Badshaa etc.

So atleast Deva should be very thankful to IR :)

How much guts should IR have, that inspite of his declining market he sticked to his decisions even if it means Rajini movie !

"How much guts should IR have, that inspite of his declining market he sticked to his decisions even if it means Rajini movie !"

Thanmaanam ulla nenjam ennalum thaazhaadhu! whatever IR might be, he truely is an inspiration in this context - 'never ever lose one's self-respect/self-esteem' - hats off Maestro!!

"How much guts should IR have, that inspite of his declining market he sticked to his decisions even if it means Rajini movie !"

Thanmaanam ulla nenjam ennalum thaazhaadhu! whatever IR might be, he truely is an inspiration in this context - 'never ever lose one's self-respect/self-esteem' - hats off Maestro!!

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Originally Posted by crvenky

raja_fan, Interesting info. Unfortunately IR could not do the film due to producer's budget constraints, as mentioned by Cheran in Vikatan. However, he scored for the Kannada remake (Usire).

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one usire song is super. i liked

Who is the director of Usire ?