Raja's Gems - the latest one you heard...Part 3

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I compare ARR's entry into film music with Rajiv Gandhi's entry into politics - opening up of the economy (music direction field) and infusion of new technology/management practices (music technology and production practices). To some extent, ARR reintroduced some older practices. It was only IR who had a unique way of running the show. Different personality totally.

ஒருத்தர் ராஜீவ் காந்தி , மற்றவர் வெறும் காந்தி - அப்படீன்னு சொல்றீங்க

[kiru]

ஒருத்தர் ராஜீவ் காந்தி , மற்றவர் வெறும் காந்தி - அப்படீன்னு சொல்றீங்க

வம்புல மாட்டிவிடாதீங்க சார்

[Vinodkumar]

Not sure as to where to post.. Would you consider this as gem? For your listening pleasure... Sri Rama Rajyam Endcredits with a different perspective. Notice the base guitar with the metronome (is it?).. followed by Oboe, Flute and Clarinet. The violin that you hear is channel bleeding. The icing on the cake is the finish (the ending of both Oboe and Clarinet gets suppressed in the original version). I bet you never heard this kind before...

http://soundcloud.com/raja4ever/srir...yam-endcredits

Enjoy !

[KV]

(can't listen to it at the moment, but just the images/sounds from your description!) vinod, please post more often.

[Sureshs65]

Vinod,

A very very different perspective. You seems to have separated out the channels and enhanced some of them. Initially for a minute I heard mostly the beat. Later the bass guitar is superb. This also shows the depth of Raja's music. So many instruments playing and we end up hearing only a few of them explicitly. Lovely work.

[kiru]

Vinod,

... we end up hearing only a few of them explicitly. Lovely work.

Suresh, you said it right.. "explicitly" - I think all the instruments matter. It subconsciously adds a rhythmic or melodic accent. One of the reasons I think the song stays with you longer. I think IR himself said something like .."there are no unnecessary notes" or something to that effect. People like Deva when imitating IR will leave out these things and this is how I spot him.

[KV]

finally got around to listen to the clip. vinod . I think the underlying embellishments are brought out beautifully, and boy, look at the detailing and layering there! Fantastic!

Here's the original end-credits, just to put both the perspectives next to each other:
http://soundcloud.com/pkiran/sri-ram...-sri-rama-rama

When I heard you're clip (and not having recalled the original yet), the kanda nadai (tha-ka-tha-ki-ta) got me curious. This is another facet of IR which makes him musically more interesting to me, that he's ever willing to try different thaalams and nadai. The kanda nadai with WCM style makes a very interesting combo. Later, when I heard the original and the 'sri rama rama' chorus in it, I could kinda see the choice for the nadai, for it seemed to fit very nicely with the chorus.

Thanks again, Vinod. Please upload more of such stuffs often! naanga vEndaamnu sollavE maattOm! keep 'em comin!

[Vinodkumar]

Vinod,

A very very different perspective. You seems to have separated out the channels and enhanced some of them. Initially for a minute I heard mostly the beat. Later the bass guitar is superb. This also shows the depth of Raja's music. So many instruments playing and we end up hearing only a few of them explicitly. Lovely work.

Yes.. I extracted the whole audio into separate channels and then I enhanced them. Its over 3 hours worth of music/dialogue with the dvd quality. What annoyed me is that there is constant light wind noise and birds chirping in the whole movie(mostly). That is part of all 5.1 channels. I wish they did 7.1 and did recorded the BGM separately. However, ignoring the distractions.. I had to enhance the bgm sections to match the rest of the bgm when the dialogue is being rendered. The other thing which got lost in this bgm score is that emphasis of Oboe and Clarinet at the very end...It got drowned by Chorus and some sort of synth violins..

[Vinodkumar]

Suresh, you said it right.. "explicitly" - I think all the instruments matter. It subconsciously adds a rhythmic or melodic accent. One of the reasons I think the song stays with you longer. I think IR himself said something like .."there are no unnecessary notes" or something to that effect. People like Deva when imitating IR will leave out these things and this is how I spot him.

Its funny that you mention that "all instruments matter".. Raaja is a perfectionist and a true innovator. Just wait for the next clip..)

[Vinodkumar]

finally got around to listen to the clip. vinod . I think the underlying embellishments are brought out beautifully, and boy, look at the detailing and layering there! Fantastic!

Here's the original end-credits, just to put both the perspectives next to each other:
http://soundcloud.com/pkiran/sri-ram...-sri-rama-rama

When I heard you're clip (and not having recalled the original yet), the kanda nadai (tha-ka-tha-ki-ta) got me curious. This is another facet of IR which makes him musically more interesting to me, that he's ever willing to try different thaalams and nadai. The kanda nadai with WCM style makes a very interesting combo. Later, when I heard the original and the 'sri rama rama' chorus in it, I could kinda see the choice for the nadai, for it seemed to fit very nicely with the chorus.

Thanks again, Vinod. Please upload more of such stuffs often! naanga vEndaamnu sollavE maattOm! keep 'em comin!

Now.. you got me there... I have no clue about the classical stuff. I just simply enjoy the intricacy of the instruments and by listening to that music, it melts your heart and takes you to a different world... Sorry... I just got carried away.. )