Just cnt get enuff of this album...10 mindblowin songs...n each a gem!
Ishq Ada is reminiscent of the 60's era with a lot of Latin/Spanish influence.
But the beauty of the song lies in composing...its a complicated tune with 3
diff.ragas... starts off with Pilu (reminds me of numerous Naushad compositions
like Pyar kiya to darna kya...), goin on to Madhuwanti n finally to Todi. Hats
off 2 ARR...the soul is Indian while the embellishments Western! Special credit
to newcomer Parul Mishra...very diff.tonal quality, perfect for the song!
Also luvd Hawa sun hawa..m sure those who admire ARR's work will agree with
this. Its vintage stuff...the flute interludes remind me of Anjali Anjali n
many more from that era.Sonu n Alka's rendering with beautiful chords is just
the recipe of a perfect melody.
Hai dard is a suprise...is a conventional sad song...the prelude is not wut u
usually hear in a sad song...it has a lot of attitude. The arrangement needs
special mention. Again its a very complicated tune with lots of Middle-eastern
musical infulence.Udit hs dun a gud job.
Meherbaan is easy on the ears,starts of with typical ARR piano & goes on to a
nice pop-balladish song.In recent times, lot of ARR songs like Ek mohabbat,
Pray for me brother r like this. Its instantly likeable...n gr8 use of Guitars.
Wut I luvd abt Mujhe milo wahan is its resemblance to the climax bgm of
Kannathil.I hd adord that piece when i hd seen the film...hd tears in my eyes.
Years later, a brilliant tune based the same bgm. The entire song hs a Madan
Mohan influence. ARR is quite inspired by the composer (me 2!). If u hear
Madanji's compositions like Woh bhooli dastaan,Aap ki nazron ne samjha, Aaj
socha to aansoo bhar aaye,Rasm-e-ulfat, etc,u'll agree. It has a strong Ghazal
feel to it. Only thing, I found Jayachandran's voice a bit shaky. Sonu or
Hariharan wud hv been an ideal choice. Alka hs dun justice to the song, the
strings section is amazing!
The other songs r also gud,Gumsum is a complete commercial number with a
qawwali feel, Gulfisha a party/pub song, n Tu mera hai is ARR in the 90's.
I think Ada is a gift to us from ARR.dunno how the movie will fare...but ARR
made it sure the music reach its destination!
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