The song shown in CNN-IBN was not impressive for me, I guess its sung by Rashid Ali! But still I have high expectations from the other songs esp the Sonu Nigam & Roopkumar Rathod ones!
2008/10/4 Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My thoughts..... > > 1) People wishing for Taal II, forget it. No Taal hangover likely > with this record, and Rahman will never reach the same heights as he > once did in the late 1990s (it's only normal since every artist has > their peak and it doesn't mean that Rahman cannot come out with > brilliant work today, as he has proven many times recently). > > 2) Soundtrack will likely be quite commercial oriented with hummable > melodies, but less of classical, old melody styles that we heard in JA > and Ada. > > 3) The tempo of this song is THE EXACT SAME TEMPO (speed) that you > hear in the instrumental piece on the website. May not mean anything, > just an observation. Frankly, I am a bit underwhelmed by this song SO > FAR, which may just only be my perception and expectations. > > 4) I fear less ethnic percussion and more keyboard rhythms in this > soundtrack (as we just heard). > > 5) Expect lots of strings, choirs, piano, and other symphonic > arrangements (as we have also heard a bit) with less of traditional > Indian instrumentation as Western classical music appears to be the > musical backdrop for this film. > > 6) Rahman once said that the soundtrack is "mellow". Combine that > with words like peaceful and soulful, you get the idea. > > 7) Many will be initially disappointed with the music, as comparisons > to Taal and Kisna will be abound, but the music will catch on later. > Look for 1/5 review by Mr. Tootsie Pop of indiafm. > > > -- Best Regards, Prakash Srinivasan +91-9880423119
