7. *SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE* (Interscope) <http://www.amazon.com/Slumdog-Millionaire-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B001LX0JK6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1229377274&sr=1-1>
Superstar Indian musician A.R. Rahman achieves his biggest Western soundtrack splash yet by updating his country's centuries-old rhythms for director Danny Boyle's up-to-the-second musical tastes. It's a masala of upbeat rock, trance percussion and exotic instruments that make SLUMDOG pop off the screen with colorful brilliance, speaking vibrant volumes for blighted characters that never stop running with dreams of glory. It's a pace that Rahman energetically keeps with his culturally innovative approach, right down to the big Bollywood dance number for the finale. The rest of the list can be read from this link ...... http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=2237 -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com
