The Music of Harris Jeyaraj

[ajaybaskar]

Yes... One shud agree with that.. HJ uses the guitars to the best.. Better than the other composers in the scene....

[Benny Lava]

Yes... One shud agree with that.. HJ uses the guitars to the best.. Better than the other composers in the scene....

The guitar interlude in Nenjukkul peidhidum is one of my most favourite interludes outside IR/ARR sphere of excellence.. His guitar ludes are indeed good.

[R.Latha]

Aadhavan (2009) -

Actors : Nayantara, Ramesh Kanna, Saroja Devi B, Suriya, Vadivelu
Director : Ravikumar KS
Music Director : Harris Jayaraj
Producer : Udhayanidhi Stalin
Year : 2009


Dammaku Dammaku
Singer : Benny Dayal
Dekho Dekho
Singer : Sandhya, Sri Charan, Suvi Suresh
Hasile Fisile
Singer : Burn, Harini, Karthik, Maya
Maasi Maasi
Singer : Mano, Mega
Vaarayo Vaarayo
Singer : Chinmayee, Mega, Unnikrishnan
Yeno Yeno Panithuli
Singer : Andrea, Shail Hada, Sudha Ragunathan

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/musi...ie_name.12019/

[vasanth2006]

Old tunes, new album!

Hasili Fisiliye...— the popular song in the upcoming Suriya-starrer Aadhavan — might be on everybody’s lips but it has lent credence to the musically-inclined who find music composer Harris Jayaraj repeating his own tunes. The opening lines of the number sound suspiciously like a number he composed for Sathyam (Ada Gada...). And, that’s seeped into the other parts of the song too, which, according to many in the
industry, sounds a lot like Oh Mughalai… from Arjun’s Arasatchi. That’s not all… tunes in the melodious Vaarayo… sound like Un Siripil… (Pachaikili Muthucharam) and Nenje Nenje… (Ayan).
When we asked a leading director about this, he openly stated, “Yes, Harris has been repeating his old tunes.” On the condition of anonymity, he added, “The ‘I’ve-heard-this-before’ feeling is what strikes you when you hear the songs of Aadhavan.” Well, it’s time the Minnale composer went tunehunting…


Source : TOI

[ajithfederer]

[dinesh2002]

Old tunes, new album!

Hasili Fisiliye...— the popular song in the upcoming Suriya-starrer Aadhavan — might be on everybody’s lips but it has lent credence to the musically-inclined who find music composer Harris Jayaraj repeating his own tunes. The opening lines of the number sound suspiciously like a number he composed for Sathyam (Ada Gada...). And, that’s seeped into the other parts of the song too, which, according to many in the
industry, sounds a lot like Oh Mughalai… from Arjun’s Arasatchi. That’s not all… tunes in the melodious Vaarayo… sound like Un Siripil… (Pachaikili Muthucharam) and Nenje Nenje… (Ayan).
When we asked a leading director about this, he openly stated, “Yes, Harris has been repeating his old tunes.” On the condition of anonymity, he added, “The ‘I’ve-heard-this-before’ feeling is what strikes you when you hear the songs of Aadhavan.” Well, it’s time the Minnale composer went tunehunting…


Source : TOI

Who is the punniyavan...

[A.ANAND]

k.s.ravikumar-ra irukumo???

[viraajan]

Music review: Aadhavan (Tamil - Harris Jayaraj)
Posted by: Karthik In: Tamil OST

Hasili fisiliye is typical Harris fare - gibberish opening and a simple, rhythmic pattern; does get addictive after the initial annoyance. Yeno yeno has plain horrendous Tamil pronunciation by Shail and Andrea, with Sudha Ragunathan sadly sandwiched between both; this one and Vaarayo are painful leftovers from Harris’ earlier debacle, Satyam. Damakku is assembly-line and thoroughly irritating, while Dekho dekho is so slow that there are sleep-inducing moments even in between the track! Massi massi is nothing but an unnecessarily rude joke on Harris’ loyal fans. This is Harris’ weakest score and shows he’s taking his earlier success for granted.

Note: I gave a NW1W verdict via the Milliblog twitter feed (http://www.twitter.com/milliblog) for this soundtrack earlier. But, given the number of requests that came in for Aadhavan, its only fair that I give it its 100 words worth of spanking

[dinesh2002]

k.s.ravikumar-ra irukumo???

irukathe anand sir, yepedi avarenaale avare padhathulle paate ellam apadi kevelema pesalam

i think it must be by some veteran dirs. K.B. Balachander?

[raajarasigan]

Aadhavan's music is medicore

http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009...sic-review.htm

The reviewer has told the 'source of inspiration' also...

Enna koduma HARRIS ithu...

After K V Anand's Ayan, Surya is back with K S Ravikumar's Aadhavan, produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin. Nayanthara [ Images ] is the heroine. Harris Jeyaraj has composed the music to the lyrics of Thamarai, Na Muthukumar and Vaali . Here's what the album has to offer.

Mellow guitar strings begin Yeno Yeno Panithuli, which kind of remind you of an ABBA number but it's soothing, gentle, and does get your attention. The beats are steady, while Shaila Hada, Sudha Raghunathan and Andrea Jeremiah supply the vocals. The sax takes over the interlude, while the charanam sort of meanders from one end of the romantic spectrum to another. The rap segment is appealing, and the number maintains its softness throughout. Not scintillating but a pleasant listen.

The smooth, romantic number Aaraayo Vaaraayo, of Unni Krishnan and Chinmayi make you think you're listening to Gimme Gimme (another ABBA hit) as the subtle notes of a piano reach you first. Strains of Nenje Nenje can be heard as well in the charanam. It is mildly pleasing to the ear, but still, very familiar. The violin interlude is intensely bewitching, and some of its appeal continues into the charanam as well. You can't help feeling as though you've stumbled, sometimes, into a late eighties album. It might grow on you as you listen to it a couple of times but the credit for that would have to go to the instrumental music, and not the vocals.

Sandhya and Suvi Suresh begin Dheko Dheko, which harks back to the Rahatulla number from Ghajini [ Images ] and that pretty much says everything about this one. The lyrics are a mishmash of don't-care attitude (which grows tedious after a while) and liberal doses of rap. The pace is slow and steady, while the charanam suddenly morphs into an old-fashioned melody. It should have been mesmerising but somehow, its not. The veena interlude is sort of the saving grace of this number, but that's pretty much all you can say about it.

You can't really help it if the notes of a harmonica automatically remind you of Paartha Mudhal Naale, but there the resemblance ends. Benny Dayal takes up the reigns to render this one, and it's supposedly a happy-go-lucky song. The notes are stale, the beat only mildly interesting and the lyrics are all about winning the earth, the sky and the whole universe, come to think of it. A run-of-the-mill number.

Maasi Maasi is one of those songs which make you wish you had a universal translator device to make sense of the words, which sound like something straight out of an African ballad! Mano's deep voice supplies the vocals in company of Mega who certainly uses hers at full strength. The tribal echoes continue, but there's nothing haunting about it. It's a plain, beat-driven, and oft-heard.

After a list of mediocre numbers comes Hasili Fisiliye (you wish you knew what that meant), yet another romantic number, rendered by Harini and Karthik. After a few moments, you almost fall asleep. Which says much for its appeal.

Harris Jeyaraj is one of those composers who is not capable of turning out bad stuff even on a bad day, but this is one of those albums you can smell mediocrity from a mile away. Looks like Harris Jeyaraj is caught in the recycling rut. Yes, there are brief flashes of inspiration, but they last only moments.

Rediff Rating: **