Well justifying art including music is like justifying religion. everybody has a taste & acceptance and they just go with it. If everybody likes melody & classics we would never have heard Rap, hip hop.... Music in movies is quiet different and has to cater larger audiences than any. I wouldn't be quoted wrong if I claim Cinema music has experimented, evolved and revolutionized than any other form in recent times. Technology has always taken an upbeat. An album for a particular cinema should essentially contain melody, masala, magic. A music director and the director of the movie has to work so much thinking what will sell than thinking of tunes. Ex like Sandeep Chowta & Himesh who give good tracks which sells very fast. But how many do remember there was Sandeep Chowta, Viju Shah.. and Himesh will soon be joining him followed by VS, Pritam and many more. India being a land of various culture every person has his own likings & dis-likings. A music director has to keep in mind of all these. There are so many colors but this is actually a constraint. Having too many items in a meal is a constraint in its own. OK lets come back to AR & his recent works. Let me highlight AR for what he is now The most celebrated music personality both in India and world over. High expectation. Revolutionized music in India and when the rest of the world listened to him they were taken by surprise. Probably in recent times the only MD who experiments so much, there is a reason. AR as a person is racing with time, if there is something he wants now its time and his space. But we fans don't allow him, we wish there is AR's album countering every hit song by any other MD. This is a feeling in every fan I have met, if somebody thinks he is not like that, perhaps he should sometimes question himself. Every director needs him. Earlier directors like MR, Shankar and few more approached him with promising projects. His commitment has increased. Though MR brings out a movie once in 3 yrs AR now has friends like MR which keeps him tied. The list is growing and literally all these together are producing movies every year. So there was time when AR had only 1 or 2 or 3 worthy projects in a year. now it has multiplied. 2008 alone has more than 6 releases by AR. Airtel wants him, Election commission wants him.. who don't?
Now come to his listeners there is a clear division among his fans those who liked vintage AR and the one who love his recent. Very few actually like AR to what ever he was and what ever he is now appreciating his efforts. Can AR compel his directors saying he has to compose for these 3 set of people???? His troop members have changed we are missing Sivamani, Navin, Keith, so has the ideas. But wait they also became great working with AR. Hold your breath for a while Neil, Kiran have just begun.. they will shine soon provided they have the same commitment as like their predecessors. I have never felt AR has changed because change is permanent. he had changed the music in Indian cinema. Its just our liking and expectation that has to change with changing times. I am very happy with Ghajini and I had long ago told few of my friends when Yuvvraj was released that there will be more energy in Ghajini. having said so much I would also like to say I am missing the very unique percussions which AR introduced to the world. Now other MDs like Salim-Suleiman, few in Kannada are doing it. While I say unique percussion my expectations are those changing rhythms and beats and small intrigue drum loops (Rangeela & Taal had this in plenty). Sorry for the lengthy mail. Enjoy Ghajini its the best, but the best comes as usual from AR which is the main issue to judge. -R --- In [email protected], "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This post is less of a complaint and more out of curiosity What > exactly do you want in Rahman's music that you are not hearing in his > music today? Please be specific like in terms of instrumentation, > sound, melody, harmony, percussion, etc. I'm really curious to know, > because I hear this with each and every single Rahman release in the > past several years. The tone of many reviewers also is revealing, as > if they're thinking, "Rahman composed this song or this style of > music? HOW COULD HE? It's so beneath him! He can do better than > this! Not at all up to his standards!" Karthik's milliblog review of > Ghajini has the same exact tone, like "HOW COULD HE?" It's like if > ARR doesn't come up with a Jodha Akbar each time with semi classical > music, the soundtrack is not up to his standards, and some even said > that JA was not up to his standards! > > Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to express it, fine. But, > I'm curious to know exactly what you are missing in Rahman's music > today. Take the albums he has released in 2008. If ARR is not living > up to his own standards in 2008, why? Please explain in detail! >
