LORD OF THE RINGS- MUSICAL

[rajasaranam]

Isnt It time to start off a thread for this musical as its scheduled to release soon
I found some promising reviews about the whole musical. While I would love to read more about the music and also listen to it. The intro theme in the lotr site was awesome. Cant wait to listen to this musical...
http://www.lotr.com/intro.html
http://www.electricpenguin.com/blath...es/003685.html

[rashid2raj]

Isnt It time to start off a thread for this musical as its scheduled to release soon

YES, it was Any release date?? btw. nice to see an Ilayaraja Fan making this tread

[rajasaranam]

YES, it was Any release date?? btw. nice to see an Ilayaraja Fan making this tread

March 23rd is the official release date I believe.
AND I havent hesistated in appreaciating ARR when his music is good/extraordinary. I have already started a thread on Theme music of BOSE. Find it in the archives
BTW for the friends who are not able to access the LOTR site here is the recorded version of intro music. Its High Voltage music with much power in it. creates goose pimples all over and gives a glimpse of middle earth. Wish this kind of music comes out for the intro scene of Rajini in Shivaji
http://files.filefront.com/LOTR_Intr.../fileinfo.html

[rashid2raj]

YES, it was Any release date?? btw. nice to see an Ilayaraja Fan making this tread

March 23rd is the official release date I believe.
AND I havent hesistated in appreaciating ARR when his music is good/extraordinary. I have already started a thread on Theme music of BOSE. Find it in the archives
BTW for the friends who are not able to access the LOTR site here is the recorded version of intro music. Its High Voltage music with much power in it. creates goose pimples all over and gives a glimpse of middle earth. Wish this kind of music comes out for the intro scene of Rajini in Shivaji
http://files.filefront.com/LOTR_Intr.../fileinfo.html

Nice to hear, Rajasaranam.. Woow, some 20 days left!!

[Scale]

This is what I have posted few days b4 about TLOR preview from ARR YG/ Thanks RS for opening this thread

pasangala,

why no talk of Lord the The Rings musical? Tha show has opened in Toronto. I hope to see it as soon as the wretched weather warms up.
http://www.lotr.com/intro.html ....later

......later

parthavudane (neengale) unga ponnana kaiyala oru threadaye open pannidunga.

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group.../message/61301

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group.../message/61343

Official relase of the tracksa pathi konjam soneenghana thevalam. March?

[Scale]

More on reviews,

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group.../message/62962

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group.../message/62964

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group.../message/62965

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group.../message/62966

[Scale]

An Excellent write-up on A R Rahman "Mozart of Madras" on THE LORD OF THE RINGS Caste & Creatives. Thanks to Mr. Vijay Iyer, the author(ARR YG, a close associate of ARR)

A R Rahman An insight]- Vijay Iyer

A R Rahman is the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music, is the pride of the nation and a role model for millions around the world. In a country where film music is the most popular form of music, Rahman is truly the emperor. A R Rahman, hailed by Time Magazine as the ‘Mozart of Madras’ is one of the most successful artiste of all times and according to a BBC estimate has sold more than 100 million albums of his works comprising of music from more than 50 movies.

Rahman was born in a musically affluent family and he started playing the piano at a very young age. His father, R K Shekhar was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam movies. Unfortunately, his father died when he was only 9 and the family started renting out musical equipment to make ends meet.

Young Rahman then joined noted composer Ilayaraja’s troupe as a keyboardist. After working with several renowned composers like Ilayaraja, Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy, Zakir Husain and L Shankar he set out on his own to compose jingles and the scores for popular Indian television features. During this period, he also obtained a degree in western classical music from the Trinity College of Music, London and set up his own in house studio called Panchathan Record- Inn at Chennai which is arguably Asia’s most
sophisticated and hi-tech studio.

In 1991, noted film maker Mani Ratnam offered Rahman a movie ‘Roja’ which was a run-away success and brought nation wide fame and acclaim to the composer. The movie also led Rahman to receive the Indian National Award for the best music composer, the first time ever by a debutant. Since then, Rahman has gone on to win the Indian National Award 3 more times (for ‘Minsaara Kannavu’, ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Kannathil Muthamittal’), the most ever by any music composer.

More recently, Time Magazine rated the soundtrack of ‘Roja’ in the top ten in their compilation of the all time 100 best movie soundtracks of the world.
The ‘Bombay Theme’ from the movie ‘Bombay’ features on most international Lounge Series compilations like Café Del Mar etc even today 10 years after its release.

Apart from this, Rahman has won 17 Filmfare awards (the Indian equivalent of the Oscars), 3 MTV awards, 4 IIFA awards, 6 TamilNadu State awards, 6 Zee awards, 4 screen awards and lots more. He has also been conferred the prestigious ‘Padmashree’ award by the Government of India in the year 2000 for outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry.

Rahman is widely considered as the man who single handedly revived public interest in Indian film music in the nineties.

Rahman followed up ‘Roja’ with ‘Gentleman’, ‘Thiruda Thiruda’, ‘Kaadhalan’, ‘Bombay’ and ‘Minssara Kannavu’ all of which were huge chartbusters and were dubbed in Hindi as well. Other hits in Tamil include ‘Alaipayuthey’, ‘Kandukondein Kandukondein’, ‘Jeans’, ‘Mudalvan’, ‘Kannathil Muthamittal’, ‘Boys’ etc. His foray into Hindi movies started off with a big bang with ‘Rangeela’ followed by ‘Dil Se’, ‘Taal’, ‘1947/Earth’, ‘Pukar’, ‘Lagaan’ , ‘Zubeida’, ‘Meenaxi’, ‘The Legend of Bhagat Singh’, ‘Yuva’, ‘Tehzeeb’ amongst others all of which had huge album sales.
His more recent releases include, ‘Swades’, ‘Ah-Aah’, ‘Bose: The forgotten hero’, ‘The Rising’, ‘Water’ and ‘Rang De Basanti’ all of which have been critically acclaimed and well received.

In 1997, to commemorate 50 years of Indian independence, Sony Music signed up Rahman as its first artiste in South Asia. The result was ‘Vande Matram’, an album that instantly made the Indian youth related to it and it rekindled the spirit of patriotism. Being Indian was fashionable amongst the youth again.

In 2001, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the well known composer of musicals like ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Cats’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ etc invited Rahman to compose for the musical, ‘Bombay Dreams’, the first time he would produce a musical he would not compose for. Bombay Dreams opened to packed houses at London’s West end. The show had an unprecedented run for 2 years and later premiered at NewYork’s Broadway.

Rahman also composed the score for a Chinese film, ‘Warriors of Heaven and Earth’ in 2003 and a piece for the award winning violinist/musician Vannesa Mae called ‘Raga’s Dance.’ He was also invited by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to conduct an orchestral rendition of his film scores in the same year.

Besides this, Rahman is also involved in other charitable causes. In 2004, he was appointed as the Global Ambassador of the Stop T B Partnership, a project by the World Health Organistation. He also supports charities like Save the Children, India and does his bit to alleviate human suffering. His concert in memory of the Tsunami victims of 2004 and a collabaration with leading musicians for a single ‘Let’s make it better’ is a case in point.

Rahman’s popularity can be judged from the fact that he has had three world tours of his concerts in the last 6 years and has performed to packed audiences almost everywhere including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Dubai, UK, Canada and the USA.

And this is what some of the leading filmmakers and artistes who have worked with Rahman have to say about him:

Andrew Lloyd Webber (Producer/Composer): “In Rahman I met someone who I believe could carry the torch of musical theatre into a new dimension.”

Daily Mail: “Once you enter the spirit, the show, cannily produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is a delight. And it brings to a mainstream audience the astounding musical talent of AR Rahman, the 36-year-old "Asian Mozart" from Madras who has sold more records than Madonna and Britney Spears combined.”

Time: “The billboard outside the Broadway Theatre reads, A R RAHMAN'S BOMBAY DREAMS. That name may mean little to musical-theater devotees, but in the rest of the world it's golden. Like Gershwin or Lennon-McCartney, the name stands for melody, quality, energy, instant hummability--a sound both personal and universal, devouring many older forms and transforming them into something gorgeously new.”

Zakir Hussain (Renowned Tabla Player & World Musician): “He worked with me when he was barely 19 but had already mastered many different styles of music. Even after his work was done, he would stay in the studio sitting through other musican’s pieces, eyes and ears tuned in, constantly imbibing. This reminds me of R D Burman. These guys make it possible to bring in all elements of world music.”

Gulzar (Lyricist and filmmaker): “He is a milestone in film music. He has single handedly changed the sound of music in the movies. He has broken the mukhda-antara-mukhda scheme of composition and replaced the traditional patterns of tuning.”

Ranjit Barot (Composer/Arranger): “The man is a whiz cos he eats, breathes and sleeps music. He has revolutionized the film music.”

Subhash Ghai (filmmaker): “Rahman is the biggest representative of Indian music. He is an example for future generations. He is the best fusion of art and science in music.”

RamGopal Varma (filmmaker): “Its always a challenge to picturise songs set to Rahman’s music.”

Pravin Mani (Composer/Arranger): “He gives a lot of freedom to his technicians and all those involved with him, while working and is extraordinarily creative.”

Shankar-Ehsan-Loy (Composers): “Rahman is a great musician and a great human being. His music is fresh and honest. That’s very important, writing something from his heart.”

Asha Bhonsle (Playback Singer): “Rahman understands the youth of today. He has brought a freshness, a new sound to film music. Hes always doing something new and different which is very inspiring for a playback singer.”

But the man himself remains unperturbed by all the praise and acclaim he receives. Says Rahman, "I wanted to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste and music is really the only thing that allows you to do that. Besides, all the inspiration and all the good things to me come from God”

Way to go

[rayan36]

An Indian Mozart indeed any updates of the release

[MADDY]

http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/mar/24rings.htm


Lord of the rings musical has released

" with advance bookings already having generated an estimated $16m".....very proud moment for us...

[Salmon]

Yesterday, LOTR stage musical has opened to positive reviews in Toronto. Its expected in London by the end of 2006.

:P