BGMs please. . . anybody listening? On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:37 PM, arr_raghu <arr_ra...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yeah rright cashing on ARR's success.. > Now, you labels better release the old arr stuff > which have been hard to find. > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> > wrote: > > > > > > > MUMBAI: After A R Rahman brought home twin Oscars, music labels in > India are leaving no stone unturned to cash in on the Rahman fever. > T-Series has already launched a Rahman compilation last week. Others > like Sony BMG, Saregama are working on similar lines and are planning > early March launches for similar compilations. > > > > T-Series launched a three CD set two days before the Oscar awards > and the album has been well received by music lovers. Says T-Series > president - marketing media publishing (TV) Vinod Bhanushali, “The > album tracks Rahman’s journey from Roja to Slumdog Millionaire as we > own many of his titles like 1947 earth, Nayak, Doli sajake rakhna, and > the recent titles acquired in the last two years- Yuvvraaj, Jaane tu > ya jaane na, Ghajini and Delhi 6.†> > > > The label promoted the set across all television channels; and aired > an interesting 90 second promo across all music and news channels. > > > > Sony BMG, on the other hand, is in talks with major music labels > including Saregama, Times Music, Venus Records etc to acquire music > rights of Rahman’s titles. Sony BMG would be tentatively be > launching a compilation of Rahman’s hits in March. > > > > Sony BMG Marketing director Sanujeet Bhujabal says, “We are > looking at most of his landmark works including songs from his Tamil > soundtracks. Our compilation would include Rahman songs across > Bollywood, Tamil numbers, albums etc. We already have some five to six > Tamil titles which would be a part of the compilation.†> > > > A R Rahman and Sony BMG have been associated with his first album > ‘Vande Mataram’. “We have been doing A R Rahman > collections/compilations since the past couple of years for his fans. > We feel it gives a nice platform to showcase AR Rahman’s range of > music to all his fans worldwide,†says Bhujabal. > > > > Venus, which already has three earlier Rahman compilations in the > market would be giving out their title track of ‘Dil se’ to Sony > BMG, which is also in talks with Times Music for the rights of > Rahman’s ‘Jana gana mana’, the only Rahman title with that > label. Sony BMG is also obtaining the rights of ‘Saathiya’ and > ‘Sapnay’ from Saregama. > > > > Saregama would also be launching a compilation by 10 March by buying > rights from other music labels like Sony BMG, Venus, Universal etc. > > > > Saregama head, New Media and Publishing Gautam Sarakar denies that > the label is trying to cash in on the slumdog ... > > > > > > > > http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/special-reports/music-labels-rush-cash-rahmans-triumph > > > > >
