If you are in San Francisco area and would like to see Slumdog tonight (Tues night), let me know. I have an extra ticket for an Academy screening, here at our office (ILM in Presidio, SF). Screening at 7PM.
Sorry about the late notice. Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], if interested (by 3PM, PST) thx ! Dev On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > >
