How about "A Rahman Era"!! ;-)
--- Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Seems to be some discussion about generational
> differences in Hindi
> film music brought about an article about LP. The
> golden era had
> superior melody and lyrics in combo. However, you
> just cannot broad
> brush stroke compare MDs from different eras since
> their tools, their
> influences, and the demands for making music are so
> different. I feel
> today's best composers, ARR being the top, excell
> more in
> versatility, out of the box creativity and pushing
> stylistic
> boundaries, thicker arrangements and more complex
> rhythms, as well as
> fusing multiple musical forms. While I find the
> golden era of music
> to be moving melodically and lyrically, I find the
> instrumentation to
> be very repetitive, bound, templated, and stale.
> While I find ARR's
> music to be amazing in almost all areas, there are
> many songs of his
> where I don't appreciate the melody as much (which
> doesn't mean I
> regard him as less melodic......au contraire.....my
> favorite melodies
> of all times are from him).
>
> About ARR's music and generally top composers today,
> my satisfaction
> comes from the richness of the instrumentation and
> the stylistic and
> formatic variability, not to mention some
> breathtaking melodies at
> times. Many years from now, many may call this time
> the "second
> godlen era" of film music simply due to Rahman.
>
>
" The search is more important than the destination "
- a r rahman -
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