Well, from what I'm hearing from Couples Retreat music samples so far, the music sounds fresh and very, very interesting!
--- In [email protected], Madhavan Rajan <rsamadhu2...@...> wrote: > > http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/a-r-rahman-wont-do-another-slumdog-for-the-west_100250044.html > A R Rahman Won't Do Another Slumdog For The West > By Subhash K Jha > The "formula' works equally effectively across the cultural divide. If in > Bollywood Rahman was expected to do a series of Rukmani rukmani after Roja, > in the West they want more Jai ho from this composing genius after Slumdog > Millionaire. > But Rahman in his own quiet way is determined to not pander to western > expectations. > He made it very clear to the people behind his first full-fledged Hollywood > film that he'd compose exactly what he thought to be the most apt music for > the show. > Says Rahman, "Couples Retreat will have music that suits an American > rom-com. There is no real Indian sound in it. But yes, there will be a touch > of Indianess in the sound. Otherwise what is the point of bringing me into > the picture?" > Apparently there were numerous brainstorming sessions during which the sound > of Slumdog Millionaire kept cropping up repeatedly. > Rahman gently, but firmly steered the music away from the expected. > Chuckles the wizard of all composing things; "There's no point in doing > something I've already done. I've reached a stage where I've to do new > things. There're so many avenues to be explored. So Couples Retreat will be > their (read: American) kind of music with my touch, done in my way." > Secretly Rahman agrees with those of his admirers and fans who feel Slumdog > Millionaire is not among his best work. Says a source, "He has done far > superior work in films like Lagaan, Dil Se, Roja, Zubeida and the > forthcoming Raavan and Blue. Friends keep telling him that. Slumdog was done > in a hurry. In about 20 days flat. Rahman feels he could've done a lot > better. He now wants the West to see some of his best." Rahman is looking at > Couples Retreat as his real launch into the West. >
