Madhukar,
Welcome..
Few
clarifications..
It is
not London Philharmonic.. It is Birmingham Symphony orchestra or what ever. ARR
yes failed while only cunducting not while writing scores...
Mind
you conducting is like what you see in TV, a person holding stick and waving his
hands. Even IR did not CONDUCT..it was John Scott who conducted the said
symphony composed by IR. I say "Said" here because of the obvious
reasons why it was not released and the critics around it...Nevertheless, it was
a great effort form the son of our soil. Hope we here it one day and preserve it
for generations.
Comming back to ARR, ARR only falterd waving his hands which stopped the
symphony a bit...but his score sheet was perfect though. It might not have been
a great symphony (I did not here it, but many from our group heard it..seen it
Live and have given a first hand info), but surely it got good appriciation from
the crowd. We have to apprciate the corouge of ARR to go to alien land and
display his talent there in their own way.
If as
you say he is not a complete composer, then he wouldn't have got to score for
LOTR. Critics are always there...but also see the appriciation he gets from
equally knowledgable people. Now how do you define "completeness" is a question.
Now if you want completeness inside a tin with open lid, then I am not a game
for this.
Please
continue.
Regards,
Karthik
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Madhukar Srinivasan Iyer
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [arr] Is ARR A Complete Composer.............?Hi All,
I am a new member from chennai in this group.To be frank, ARR is certainly not my 1st favourite MD.He is just one of my favourite MD.Accordiong to me, ARR is miles away from becoming a complete composer.It has been almost 15 years since he has come in to the industry and he is yet to compose a complete symphony.ARR recently performed in a renowned london based philharmonic orchestra and to our disappointment he hardly impressed anyone as a conductor.ARR was only the 2nd Asian to have performed at the Royal LOndon Philharmonic Orchestra after Illayaraaja. Please dont think i am just against ARR. ARR himself confessed that he failed miserably as a conductor and promised a much better show next time.
Coming to his composing, he has showed his class in a lot of songs.His electronic music pleases everyone in this world. But to me music is not only the electronic rhythm, pure orchestration is what a best composer strives for.With due credits to ARR, he has orchestrated mind blowing pieces.But the amount of orchestration he uses as against his usual rhythm is very meagre.Symphonies are all about orchestration.As an indian,i would want ARR be known as a great composer and conductor because nowadays we can see number of music directors coming up with their own electronic rhythms in varied styles, but can anyone of you single out a great orchestrator among them.Giving a hit song is not all about music.Eventhough ARR started his carrer with a lot of orchestration, he has relied more on elctronic rhythm than orchestration, which is the purest form of music.I would love to see ARR as an orchestrator than an electronic composer.Please note that I have not posted this message to hurt anyone.i just found this topic to be intersting and i have just aired my views.hope you all take it in the right sense. It is because that I really admire ARR, I had to disagree with a few of you. Your valuable comments are welcome.With Regards,
Madhukar
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