IlayaRaja's New Albums 2013-15 - Mahendran film/Thaarai thappattai/Mythri

[krish244]

More details on Swapnam (IR's dance based music). It seems there is a plan to release 8 songs as an album.

"..After hearing the script, he asked, 'What should I do?' We said, 'Can you give us at least three songs for this project' and he surprised us by saying, 'Why just three? I'll compose for the entire show'."

She adds, "This meeting took place in August and we needed the music by September because we were staging the production in December. He said that it would not be a problem and began work immediately. He gave us 16-18 pieces for the 90-minute production. He has explored classical Carnatic ragas, voice symphonies and violin symphonies. He is truly great. We are going to release eight of the songs, which are about six to eight minutes-long, as a music album."

Works of Kalidasa, Adi Shankara and Manikkavasagar, among others, have been set to music and singers from both Carnatic and film music worlds like Sudha Raghunathan, TV Gopalakrishnan, Abhishek Raghuram, Bharath Sundar and composer Sharreth have lent their voices. Musicians like AK Palanivel, Embar Kannan, Rajhesh Vaidya, Palghat Sreeram and Karthik Raja are also part of this project."


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/E...w/45504475.cms

thanks,

Krishnan