IR New Albums - Old responses (5 Aug 2006)

[Nitya]

There's some truth in that, RS. For example, I was just listening to the songs in Dancer (Praveen Mani is MD), and the songs don't even sound Indian, nor is there any real continuity in the tunes. It's really unfortunate that none of the upcoming MDs are composing INDIAN MUSIC; it seems all they can do is cut and paste (please let me know if I am wrong). Even Vidhyasagar rips tunes and/or instrumental arrangements off from other composers!

[Cinefan]

from the time the new 'tfmpage' has come up,what's happening in this thread is a real discussion.keep it up guys&continue.i am waiting for the day when all the old posters &old times come back or am I expecting too much?

[mythila]

The single important factor that has taken a severe beating today is consistency which was once a hallmark of composers like msv or IR of yesteryears. One has to sift through mounds of chaff to pick up even a stray hear-worthy song like "malargale" from Pudukottai Saravanan or "NINAITthu ninaithu" (7grc) or Vidhyasagar's "vizhiyil vizhiyil". Barring ARR to some extent, no MD's name guarantees quality. TFM degeneration is complete .Wondering what eternal optimists like Udhaya feel. Tfm buffs like me have to be contented with older songs or start looking elsewhere.

[Nitya]

Mythila, you could start looking at Malayalam film music; that's exactly what I'm doing, and have been doing for the past two years. Right now I am listening to the songs in the just-released 'Mayukham' by Bombay Ravi. God, it's like a breath of fresh air!

[Saagar]

IR's new Album for the Sathyan Anhthikkad movie (MFM) in progress, will be the one to look out for... after the award winning Manasinakkare & the earlier good KKS.

[Nitya]

Saagar, isn't its name something like 'Mayamohithachan' (pls. forgive me if this isn't a real word in the Malayalam lexicon; I don't know the Malayalam language)?

[vem]

Kamal says IR has given apt music in ME in cinesouth.com.

[multinamatheyan]

Tamilcinema.com says Fazil is in Madras and He and Raja are busy composing music for Fazil's next Tamil venture starring Srikanth

[kiru]

I just replied to Ahmed about IR and malayalam in another thread and at his prompting I listened to 'pon mudi ..".
Unfortunately, you guys are almost right about 'Ponmudi".. Not much freshness, in the tune or in the orchestration. Too many cliched phrases for instruments and tunes. ammaiyennu has a sEthu hangover, oru chiri kandaal's prelude has been heard earlier.
Still, I think the album is good, but no Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal beater. One good thing is, I see IR confidently using the drum machine and the orchestration especially wrt rhythm programming has no rough edges and the whole song gives the feeling of IR having done it patiently and confidently. This is usually not the case with certain tamil releases. Using the drum machine and not resorting to tabla is a must for being commercially viable these days. IR has been consistently using the drum machine in malayalam effectively to back his melodies. So this is a good development (including the use of electronic bass).
It is quite one or two songs from ponmudi will be popular hits.


Unlike you guys I dont expect major hits from IR in every consecutive album. The reasons are numerous. But I am unable to listen to other MDs (I mean newer) work. I go back to older albums of IR.

[nkv]

The new mallu movie from IR is 'Achuvinte Amma'. The album is about to release.

All IR fans, forget abt 'mayamohithachandran'. The film will never see daylight, for its almost 2 years after its completion.. And our IR songs will also go unnoticed..

Between, 'oru chiri kandal' from 'Ponmudippuzhayorathu' is a good number in Mayamalavagoula.. To add on to the countless songs given by IR in this raagam..