The hava nagila part is surely a bizzare choice, being ithu okay.
Scintillating Seventies - Folk
Scintillating Seventies - Light & Semi-Classical
Scintillating Seventies - Advent of WCM Technical Depth
Exhilirating Eighties - Early 80's fusion
Exhilirating Eighties - Mid 80's Auto-Pilot Smooth orhcestration
Exhilirating Eighties - back to folk in the late 80's(Ramarajan etc)
New Age Nineties - Early 90's classics(Devar Magan, Ejamaan etc)
New Age Nineties - The Malayalam Majesty
Maestro's Magic - 2000's
The hava nagila part is surely a bizzare choice, being ithu okay.
" நல்ல படம் , சுமாரான படம் என்பதையெல்லாம் தாண்டியவர் நடிகர் திலகம் . சிவாஜி படம் தோற்கலாம் ..சிவாஜி தோற்பதில்லை." - Joe Milton.
I have reason to believe Fiddler in The Roof may have something to do with the Jewish connection. John Williams, IR's English-movie watching during the 60s being the connection
I see. Haven't watched the movie. Being Bond fan, I tend to view his sound (jazzy, brassy) more John Barry, hence my suggestion that he composes for a Bond film (Vikram-la pArthOm, but athu veru vishayam).
" நல்ல படம் , சுமாரான படம் என்பதையெல்லாம் தாண்டியவர் நடிகர் திலகம் . சிவாஜி படம் தோற்கலாம் ..சிவாஜி தோற்பதில்லை." - Joe Milton.
Well, mine is not a surmise, Grouch. I have seen him talking specifically about John Williams, and the influence of Hollywood biggies and their BGM in the 60s.
My memory goes vague at this point but I suspect I have actually heard the man talking about Fiddler in the Roof specifically and the Jewish revelry song.
'Mukkana' A kuravan/kurathi song, which incidentally falls in En uchi mandaila surrunguthu, territory. Shows many supposedly wierd song of Raja can be reworked to a mass appeal kuthu song.
http://download2.tamilwire.com/songs...ilWire.com.mp3
In between listening to 'Thandavakone' and "Sreeramarajyam', managed to hear the Kannada album, "Hare Rama Hare Krishna". Slowly the songs are making an impact on me. The Jesudas song is good but I still feel Raja adjusted the tune keeping in mind Jesudas's current voice limitation. The title song is terrific, so is 'Angel Angel'. "Kampany" is a super kutthu paatu.
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" நல்ல படம் , சுமாரான படம் என்பதையெல்லாம் தாண்டியவர் நடிகர் திலகம் . சிவாஜி படம் தோற்கலாம் ..சிவாஜி தோற்பதில்லை." - Joe Milton.
FITR was definitely 60s no? 67-69 I suppose. John Williams is supposed to be a huge influence - avarE sonnAr. I guess he became prominent in the 70s just like our man.
70s have been great for the world, no, grouch? adhuvum 1973...
Awesome decade. Awesome year. For both Hollywood and TFI.
FOTR ("on" not "in", enikkum ithe prashnam) - 1971, two years before the greatest year ever arrived. Check out this credentials I swiped from wiki, "Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards.[1] With 45 Academy Award nominations, Williams is, together with composer Alfred Newman, the second most nominated person, after Walt Disney."
Definitely a big influence for the composers all around the world. Though a contemporary, nice of IR to mention him.
" நல்ல படம் , சுமாரான படம் என்பதையெல்லாம் தாண்டியவர் நடிகர் திலகம் . சிவாஜி படம் தோற்கலாம் ..சிவாஜி தோற்பதில்லை." - Joe Milton.
Listening to 'Vietnam Colony' now. Ofcourse, 'kaiyil veenai' was a well know song. Jai had later recommended a couple of other songs but somehow I missed listening to them then. Now I am hearing them and wonder how I missed them earlier. Especially since I have seen the movie!! I only remember the Mano solo!! Anyway, the Sivaranjani based 'margazhi maasam' is an absolute WIN. What a tune. And add to that the awesomeness of 'yenakku ulladhellam'. In both the songs Swarnalatha shines. What a singer she was!! Do go and listen to these songs once again. It is worth it, I tell you.
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00731&lang=en
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