Indian film music (bollywood or other languages) has always had a variety of influnences : Indian classical music (Carnatic/Hindustani), Western classical as well as popular western music of the times.
To distinguish between various styles - just listen to it for a while - it is a question of pattern recognition. If you want to pick up a section of Indian film music, Tamil film music specifically (quite different from bollywood music, atleast to the trained ear) check out http://www.dhool.com. A lot of songs in the archives here are accompanied by all kinds of notes: about the base influences, singers, composer etc etc... Vardhini --- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well let's put it this way - a lot of older film music from bollywood > > has hindustani (north indian, shall we say) influences. Movies from > the > south (tamil, telugu etc) had a more carnatic base earlier. > > And there have been cases of maestros singing, playing or composing > for > bollywood and southie movies. > > A lot of the newer songs have a more rock, pop, hiphop etc influence > these days. > > There's this website you really need to check out - I2FS - "Inspired > Indian Film Songs". You'll find everything from great music that's > inspired by another tune .. maybe just a shared idea the composers > had, > or at the most a few bars but with a fairly distinctive > interpretation > > .. but increasingly, most songs in local movies are outright ripoffs > from foreign stuff. Everything from Bach to Dr.Alban. > > http://www.itwofs.com (with short realmedia clips playing both songs) > > and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > srs > > Dave Long wrote: > > As a niekulturny, I can't tell the difference between bollywood > music > > and the (presumably turkish?) pop songs that get played at the > kebab > > shop. What should the neophyte listen for, to distinguish the two? > > > (and, that having been achieved, what are the relations between > film, > > hindustani, and carnatic music?) > > > > -Dave > > > > * oddly enough, francophones will call someone who is ignorant a > "con" > > or a "nul" -- but never an "aux" or a "prn" > > > > > > >
