In the Universty of Ohio, is the Team Global Ensemble , and they are a big troupe of ARR Fans...
I am not surprised to see ARR having fans all over the globe... His music speaks for himself,, and every human being is attracted by his music and qualities.. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > i am surprised to know that ARR has fan-following in US. furthermore, > normally in west/US people don't care about the music composer much. > US audience recognizing and clapping for ARR is a big surprise to me. > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "kaissiom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > Just coming from the pre-screening of Slumdog Millionaire. It's a > > great movie, very different... very realistic. I would recommend > > everyone to watch it. I was lucky enough to get two seats for the > > pre-screening in Los Angeles. I went with my friend, I was not > > expecting the theater to be full since it's not a mainstream > American > > movie. But to my surprise there was a huge line just to get in, and > > we barely saw any Indians... It was an all American audience. The > > direction and storytelling is awesome, along with some brilliant > > acting. Now coming to the BGM... Rahman has given an excellent > score > > for the movie. > > > > The background music really compliments the movie well. M.I.A was > > featured at least a couple or more times throughout the movie. > There > > are many fantastic BGM pieces used throughout the movie apart from > > what is played in the trailers. The romantic piece played on Jamal > > and Latika is simply awesome, it's a female voice humming.. I > couldn't > > figure out who. I had a big wrestler type dude crying next to me > > during one of these scenes. The music was truly moving and added a > lot > > of emotions to the scenes. > > > > Regarding what the reviewers and critics had said about the > ending... > > it's true.. about 97% of people stayed glued to their seats as the > End > > credits started rolling.. with the Jai Ho song by Sukhwinder and > some > > dance sequence with a huge crowd. > > > > The song... well, I was not too impressed by it... it's an average > > song by Rahman standard but not very good or best.. may be because I > > was hearing it the first time? But hey, the people seemed to love > it. > > > > And when they showed Music composed by A.R. Rahman towards the > end... > > people cheered and clapped! Well, that made my day. We can expect > > more high profile international projects from Rahman, thanks to this > > movie. Let's hope it bags the Oscars for music. > > > > Go watch the movie and let's hope Fox Searchlight decides to release > > the soundtrack of the movie. > > > > > -- regards, Vithur
