Well, I guess it depends (to some extent) as to where one looks for these
melodies. If you are referring to Hindi soundtracks only then yes SEL, (maybe)
Moitra , VS and (occasionally) Bharadwaj (for me that is). I have excluded ARR
because for me he is the King of the craft. Even his 'pop'ish numbers have some
beautiful melodies inbuilt in them. So apart from Rahman albums, if you were to
look outside of Hindi soundtracks, then there are some nice Telugu and Tamil
soundtracks too . A couple of non-ARR albums that come to mind immediately are
Happy Days (Meyer) and Mozhi (Vidyasagar).
Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
While I do appreciate that many MDs today are experimenting with
different sounds and juxtaposing seemingly aural incongruities (like
what VS did in Tashan mixing harmonium and dholak with rock and club),
I find myself longing for stronger melodies. I hardly listen to
albums these days other than ones from ARR, SEL, Bharadwaj, Moitra,
and occasionally VS. I know it's the times we're in. Popular music
today worldwide is mostly hip hop, dance, trance, club, house, etc.
Even ARR has trended with this in many of his recent albums, but he's
always kept strong melodies in the forefront. I don't have to mention
here other brilliant aspects of ARR's music in addition! Of course,
each film demands a different kind of musical treatment.
What I do like is the mixture of styles seen today in
music......everything from Latin, Folk, Classical, Jazz, Club, Rock,
you name it...it's in India! I just wish more composers would infuse
stronger melodies into their compositions, like what ARR does most of
the time. I also like the sonic improvements that technological
pioneers like ARR have paved. I'd much rather listen to strong sonic
and weaker melody than stale, monotonous boring sonic/arrangements
(from the 1980s) and stronger melodies. This is why as much as I like
to hum the strong melodies from decades ago, play them on the
keyboard, and see them played on screen, I can't pop in a CD from the
1970s and listen repeatedly due to sonic and arrangeement issues.
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