ARR's next Hollywood movie. This time it's a comedy starring Vince Vaughan!
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ARR's next Hollywood movie. This time it's a comedy starring Vince Vaughan!
www.imdb.com/title/tt1078940
and it stares Karen David as herself :o
Isn't it Couples Retreat? :roll:
Score it right
Oscar winner AR Rahman has finally said yes to Hollywood! The music maestro has signed a Hollywood romantic comedy called Couples Retreat. The film requires Rahman to do his first full-fledged western score. “It doesn’t have any oriental or Indian touches. So no Jai Ho this time for global listeners who are looking for a similar musical experience. Everywhere I go, I’m greeted by those two words! But now I want to move on. This will be a completely American score, done in my way.”
Source: Bangalore Times, Times of India dt 20/05/09
great news.......best thing is thalaivar will be challenged to score something totally non-indian, non-asian :D
and something different too, since its a comedy, that too not indian :)
It would be very interesting to see if A.R.Rahman can give Hollywood his touch. You know in USA they don't care much of the music. For example in a romantic comedy like this there has never been a high class music composer approached. It's not the same like in Indian love stories where you have the best scope to compose good music. In english comedies the music plays just a side role. So I am bit surprised to see ARR composing music for this movie. And if he can now revolutianize Hollywood with adding good music even for such movies, A.R.Rahman will rule the music world.
Yeah that's what has been bothering me too, the scope for music in a rom-com. I guess ARR wants to try his hand at all genres.
Plus, I don't think soundtracks get released for comedy films.
i remember one for notting hill :? Notting Hill is ofcourse a romance movieQuote:
Originally Posted by Yathu
i'd have preferred a musical :?
that said, Beverly Hills Chihuahua (comedy movie with a chihuahua as a hero :P) was one recent movie I saw and wished ARR was the composer - had very very good background score and immense scope for thalaivar
Why not? I believe, there are soundtracks of comedy films. But it would differ from the "Indian format" then, not as usual 5-7 songs. Anyhow, we'll see. Really glad to see, that he got opportunity to work on completely different genre, SDM film itself was very Indian, but this will be pure Western.Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
And,
yes, it is Couples Retreat ! (Couples: noun, plural; Retreat:verb)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kumarappa
if the soundtrack is good whether it be comedy or romance or action or thriller, it will be released. so ARRs soundtrack will be released. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kumarappa
thalaivar sonna mathiri antha two surprises project-la intha movie-yum onna?? :(
Anand bro, why sad??? :roll:
surprise innu thalaivar sonnathum naan enno periya project-ta irukkumo innu nenachen like [james bond,s.speilberg movie]mathiri!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
comedy movie, athuvum romba famuos aana crew illa!athan!
Nadakka Arambicha udanE paRakkanum-nA eppadi??? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by A.ANAND
This is just the beginning. There will be more coming, I mean bigger than this. :cool:
Btw, Anand bro, last week I listened THR mentioning about ARR doing the newt James Bond movie. :)
thr raaga-va! :shaking:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
Innum avanungga thirunthalayA??? Rahman songs play pannurAnggalA illayA...Quote:
Originally Posted by A.ANAND
antha pakkam poi romba naalachu!ippa minnal-than! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
Yeah, me too. Annaikku EthO tarcheyalA kEttEn. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by A.ANAND
//THR plays ARR songs, but very few compared to other MD's.. Minnal.. hmm they only plays new songs after mid night and weekends.. :( //Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
I don't like minnal.. Its kinda outdated presentation.. THR is the best entertainment (i listen to it for its ithu eppadi irukku show :P )
But most of the time I don't listen to radio at all. Walkman :musicsmile:
Back to the topic, friends :D
There are no songs, and this movie will be no more than two hours long, so it won't take nearly as much time out of his schedule as the average Indian film.
There might be songs as part of the BGM.
But most movies of this type & Hollywood movies in general just use pre-exsisting pop/rock songs that suit the situation well for the BGM.
It'll be interesting to see what ARR comes up with.
:D Is this the big surprise he was talking about? I guess it is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yathu
I hope this films funny. The last Vince Vaughn "comedy" I saw, 'The Break Up', was highly unfunny.
Vince croons for Rahman
Friday, May 29, 2009 23:59 IST Email
Mumbai: Hollywood star Vince Vaughn might do something for AR Rahman which he has never done before for anyone else. Sources from the industry are saying that the actor is expected to strain his vocal cords for the romantic comedy Couples Retreat for which the South Indian musician and composer has been roped in for the soundtrack.
Directed by Peter Billingsley, the film also stars Kristen Bell and Jean Reno.
Vince has never sung in a movie but had performed for the soundtrack Hollywood to the Heartland in a comedy show called 30 Days & 30 Nights. An insider tipped us about the development, "Rahman is scoring the sound for Couples Retreat in which Vince plays the lead. When Rahman was in the US sometime back, they had met up and had a discussion about the project. It is here that Rahman apparently bounced off the idea that Vince should sing for him in the movie and Vince was very excited about it. It is learnt that he will be singing a romantic track in the movie. This film will have Rahman composing the score for a totally different audience. It will have pure Western sounds." Rahman remained unavailable for comment.
What's Couples Retreat?
The film is a comedy that narrates the story of four diverse couples who settle into a tropical island resort for a vacation, with one of them there especially to work on their failing marriage.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1260107
AR Rahman gets Hollywood star croon to his music
June 04, 2009
AR Rahman’s next biggest project, Couple’s Retreat, will have Vince Vaughn and Kristen Bell starring in the leading roles. The latest we hear about this Peter Billingsley’s film is that Rahman had hummed a tune and Vince took to it like a house on fire. That is when Rahman decided to have Vince lend his voice for the song.
Vince is also reportedly happy with the offer but it is still not clear if he would sing the entire song or just a portion of it. The song will be a romantic melody, it is said. Couple’s Retreat is a romantic comedy. The film will hit the floors sometime soon, reports suggest.
http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...-04-06-09.html
Official Movie Website
http://www.couplesretreatmovie.com/
Kailash ka Tarana
Kailash Kher is all set to make his musical debut in Hollywood alongside Oscar-winner A R Rahman with the film 'Couples Retreat' even as he gears up for the worldwide release of his third album 'Chaandan Mein'.
The singer, who will also begin his first international tour later this year is excited about performing at coveted platforms like the Hollywood Ball in Los Angeles. "I have been invited to perform at the Hollywood Ball and at the San Francisco and Brooklyn music festivals," Kher said.
The 33-year-old musician has sung in the 'Couples Retreat' which is Rahman's first international project after 'Slumdog Millionaire' and stars Hollywood A-listers like Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman. "I have sung a 'tarana' in the film for Rahman and working with him is always a unique experience," said the singer while adding that he is open to other offers from the west but will only accept work of quality. "I will not accept a project just because it is coming from the west. It should be interesting work that gives me creative satisfaction," said the artiste.
http://www.planetradiocity.com/music...=1&newsid=1253
What's a "tarana"? :?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarana
Seems to be a hindustani classical genre. Interesting to see it on screen.
so many matter scenes :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by united07
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Originally Posted by jaaze
Very unfunny trailer :oops:
The guitar riffs are by Rahman? Also the songs? Nallaa irukku :)
Ya....Saw the trailer...Music is very good...Sounds purely western....But intha padatha veetla paaka mudiyaathu pola irukke........(':think:')
music in the trailer is not by ARR.. its some western songs..Quote:
Originally Posted by music man
Yeah, I think, I heard "Feel The Rush" by Shaggy!Quote:
Originally Posted by jaaze