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[Bala (Karthik)]

a Gold status of a song is achieved by the layers of a composition and IMO this sometimes contributes more importantly than the mainstay melody

Agree. Of course, melody is the core/soul and i do love songs with great melody/little orchestration but then my general preference is towards "the layers" as you put it


Completely agree that it's not a race and the output is what matters.
However, we enjoy first and unearth later. We fall in love first and then wonder about some qualities later. What would have been awesome even if Raaja had taken a month to compose, becomes "awesomer" when you realize he added the layers/harmony/polyphony in his mind, (almost) spontaneously. More than the time, it is the fact that he sees it all in his mind.
[Note: I have a feeling we (IR fans) may be romanticizing/over simplifying this notion but still, we can safely say this is loosely the framework in which he works]
After all, we are not QA specialists, we are (trying to) appreciate and enjoy works of art, right?

Since when did writing music become a race I'm still not 100% about the face value notion. What seems so simple at first, ends up being so complex that unearthing becomes endless. However, are we here to enjoy or unearth? Both Raaja Saab and Rahman Ji always have enough scope in their material that enjoying and unearthing are equally satisfying. The bottom line is that, a Gold status of a song is achieved by the layers of a composition and IMO this sometimes contributes more importantly than the mainstay melody. Melody is "anything" and layering is "everything"!

Knowing the sad person I am, I had to go look up in the dictionary

Anything

any thing whatever : any such thing

Everything

all that exists; all that relates to the subject

Many songs have overlapping melodies e.g. raagams but it is the ambiance and additional instrumentation that gives a song its true UNIQUENESS

Sorry for getting carried away



Indeed, but passing the test of time is the optimus prime (not the one from transformers)