ARR-Mani combo is streets ahead of ARR-Shankar combo.. not disputing the hits of ARR-Shankar. just that with Mani, ALL films n songs have more soul to the Music.
--- In [email protected], "suprememc61087" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i acknowledge the fact that the leaked songs may not be on the > official Sivaji CD > > 1. va ji sivaji > > piece of crap..not only is this song unacceptable by ARR > standards..it would be mediocre comign from any other music > director...at best it sounds ordinary....the beat is stale....the > melody is not catchy....the musical interludes sound so unfinished > and unporfessional...the song defnitley lacks any sense of creative > passion and sounds like it was composed just for the sake of > composing it...also the choice of hariharan to sing the male part was > a misguided one, in my opinion, he belts out way too often..when more > subtle singing could have done...i thin hariharan's a great singer > but not every singer is meant to sing every song...the only part of > the song that i'd rank as a defnite positive is sadhana' sargam's > signing..she sounds great!..the song reminded me a lot of the > mediocre "dholna" from the awful Parasuram..not a good sign > > 2. Sahara > > I liked this one..but it defnielty needs some more work..as in the > previous song..the interludes sound very rushed and highly > reminiscent of previous ARR songs...however, the melody is > gorgeous!..the choice of udit to sing is defnitely unexpected and it > works fairly well...if there is truth to the rumors that the actual > versions is more finished and has ARR and chinmayee doing the vocal > honors...the song will be fantastic....the overall vibe of the song > sounds like "poorkalam engay" fron thenali (GREAT song)...some of the > loops sounded similar to "enuyir thozhiyay" from Kangalal Kaidhu Sei > (another GREAT song) > > 3. Oru Koodai Sunlight > > This song is fairly decent and definitley pumps you up..but the beats > sound too much like a Lil' John song....i'm sure some touchign up > will do wonders...but the version i heard doesn't have that magic > quality which we asscoiate with ARR...it's the type of song that many > other MD's can compose...not upto snuff....the singer is awesome > though...whoever it is.... > > > VERDICT: dissapointing stuff!....i can't wait till April 4th...i hope > the official soundtrack of Sivaji continues the mind boggling track > record of ARR+Shankar (considering their previous albums > together..more consistent than ARR + Mani Ratnam!) >
