Thulasi, You are good in maths but put some more confusions here :) Bombay Dreams and Lord of the Rings are musicals not albums. What about Set Me Free and Deen Isal Malai? They are not included? Taj Anthem does not have any significance here. Total is not coming six with any of the permutation-combination. Quite confusing!!!
Durba --- In [email protected], "Thulasi Ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Albums: > > 1. Vande Mataram > 2. Bombay Dreams > 3. Jana Gana Mana > 4. Pray For Me Brother > 5. Lord of the Rings > 6. Taj Anthem > > 5 and 6 may not fit into the "album" category > > tyrant might refer to Abhijit - just a guess! > > On 5/31/07, durba bhattacharjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > "He has scored for over 80 films and six albums comprising > > more than 600 songs." ----- six albums? Can anybody tell what are > > the names? > > > > "some of the playback singers featured on his soundtracks have > > called him a tyrant." ------- who called him so? I never knew > > anybody disliking him so much!!! > > > > Durba > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Anil Nair" <rhythmcalls@> > > wrote: > > > > > > http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastlife/story.html? > > > id=3892425c-ca7b-4997-b5ec-e37614197926 > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > > > A.R Rahman is riding a global wave of enthusiasm for India's films > > > and musicals, a genre he helped define .... > > > > > > When most people think of Bollywood, they picture colourful movies > > > with energetic dancing and larger-than-life characters. But there > > is > > > much more to Bollywood than that. > > > > > > It's a cultural phenomenon that is sweeping the western world, > > > providing creative inspiration for everyone from fashion designers > > to > > > home decorators and even the television producers of The Simpsons. > > > > > > Bollywood enters the limelight in Vancouver on Sunday when > > composer > > > A.R. Rahman, dubbed "the Mozart of the Madras" by Time magazine, > > > takes the stage at the Pacific Coliseum as part of his 3rd > > Dimension > > > North American Tour. > > > > > > The show is expected to attract a "big audience," says Rahman's > > > promoter, Raj Subramaniam, adding that his first concert tonight > > in > > > San Francisco sold out days in advance. > > > > > > "He's a worldwide phenomenon," Subramaniam explains. > > > > > > Not even the international cult fame of composer Ennio Morricone -- > > > > > awarded an honorary Oscar this year for his 400-odd soundtracks -- > > > can touch the popularity of Rahman, sometimes claimed to be the > > best- > > > selling composer in recorded history. > > > > > > The BBC estimates Rahman has sold more than 100 million albums > > > worldwide. He has scored for over 80 films and six albums > > comprising > > > more than 600 songs. > > > > > > Born in 1967 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Rahman is rooted in the > > southern > > > tradition of Indian music. He is the son of composer R.K. Sekhar, > > and > > > his biography reads like one of his movies. His career began as an > > > instrumentalist at age nine, following his father's untimely > > death. > > > By age 17, he was creating jingles for TV commercials. > > > > > > Rahman earned a scholarship to study classical music at Oxford > > > University in England, earning his first hit at age 25 with his > > > soundtrack for the film Roja in 1992. > > > > > > He collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the stage musical > > Bombay > > > Dreams in 2002, and also created the music for the stage version > > of > > > The Lord of the Rings which premiered in Toronto in 2006. > > > > > > Mainstream Western audiences have had limited exposure to Rahman's > > > film work (more than 100 titles and counting); the soundtracks to > > > Lagaan (2001) and Water (2005) are perhaps his best known. > > > > > > Rahman is quite modest about his accomplishments, attributing all > > his > > > successes to Allah. He recently told an ABC/Australia > > reporter: "When > > > I got my first break I thought, 'I want our music to go around the > > > world, being appreciated by all people around the globe.' > > > > > > "So that made me take efforts to do little changes, changing the > > > beats and getting harmonies and chord progressions and stuff like > > > that, with traditional Indian melodies. And I think something > > magic > > > happened." > > > > > > He admits his perfectionism has given him a reputation for being > > > difficult; some of the playback singers featured on his > > soundtracks > > > have called him a tyrant. Rahman shrugs off such criticism, seeing > > > himself as a composer for hire along with the rest of a film's > > crew. > > > > > > He wowed Los Angeles last season with a Hollywood Bowl spectacular > > > that combined song, dance, and projected movie clips. His > > Vancouver > > > appearance promises more of the same, with a troupe of more than > > 100 > > > performers. > > > > > > -A > > > > > > > > > >
