Interesting topic .... I guess right from the first note to the last, ARR's songs are so unique that there is hardly ever a doubt who composed it. But specific elements ..there are just far too many to immediately come up. Hmmm ...where do I start .... :-)
btw ..the only song ever by another composer that probably on first hearing led me to think of it as an ARR composition was a song by Karthik raja from the movie 'Dum Dum Dum' - the song I guess is called 'Athiri Pathiri'. On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What elements of ARR's compositional style and content clue you in > that it indeed is ARR composing the song? If you heard a song and > nobody told you who the MD was and in fact ARR composed it, how would > you know it was by ARR? I think we can all agree that on a broad > hearing level, ARR's songs have a certain sound, style, feeling, > attitude to them that give it away. But, I'm talking more about > specific signatures in ARR's songs today. > > One thing I notice he's doing more of late is adding more of the > tympanic style drum fills in between stanzas. Those are the drums > that have that large, grand sound and fade in slowly before reaching a > crescendo moment marked by the crash of a high hat or cymbal. You can > hear that in Man Mohanna right before the last major flute interlude > after Bela sings high the second time around. > > His string sections are also becoming more dynamic and kinetic, often > acting as rhythm sections themselves in recent years. Listen to the > final stanza of Ay Hairathe Aashiqui from Guru and notice how the > string rhythms as 8th notes change the chord evey 1 or 2 > phrases...just brilliant string harmonic arrangements there. In the > song Ti Bin Bataye from RDB, he uses string rhythm accents so > beautifully bulit up during the chorus. You can also hear some in the > beginning of the new song from Yuvvraaj during the second line. > Nobody masters the string sections better than ARR. > > Finally, ARR has been using the choir more often of late, either on > synth or real, but both sound just magnificent and create this > expansive, grandiose sound to the composition. Again, we can hear > that in the new Yuvvraaj song too towards the end of the clip. > Operatic themes go with this. > > I think the music from Yuvvraaj is really going to showcase the above > mentioned points in large ways due to the heavy emphasis on Western > Classical Symphony elements, which ARR seems to be using more and more > in his compositions of late. > > > -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com
