I agree......rahman has had more than 10 outstanding albums...cannot limit to just 10
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Chord <[email protected]> wrote: > Zubeidaa, Taal, and Kandukonden need to be in that list. Bottom > line, ten is just too short. > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > > > The top 10 greatest AR Rahman film soundtracks Sidin > > Vadukut<http://blogs.livemint.com/members/Sidin-Vadukut.aspx> > > - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:34 AM > > > > Don't take our word for it. > > > > It's what you, the readers of this blog, told us after > enthusiastically > > participating in the poll mentioned in the last > > post<http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2009/02/23/what- > is-ar-rahman-s-greatest-ever-film-soundtrack.aspx>. > > Many of you left comments and dozens of you polled. At the final > count, we > > had exactly 200 votes when we decided to analyze results at around > 10:30 AM > > this morning. We had asked you to choose from five films of our > choosing > > (Rang De Basanti, Roja, Pudhiya Mugam, Delhi 6 and Lagaan) plus > Slumdog > > Millionaire and let you add films of your own choosing. And you > committed > > music fans added plenty: we had atleast one vote for a total of 25 > films. > > (Opinions made in the comments section have not been taken into > account. Not > > because we don't like your comments, we crave comments, but because > we could > > be double counting people who commented *and *polled.) > > > > Here in reverse order of votes won are the top 10 most popular ARR > film > > soundtracks according to PlayThings readers: > > > > *Number 10: Thiruda Thiruda* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A ARR-Mani Ratnam project from 1993 that did not do too well at the > box > > office but won plenty of fans for its music. Every track was a hit > including > > Veerapandi Kottayile, Konjam Nilavu and Rasathi. Little known fact > about > > Thiruda Thiruda: the writing credits for this movie goes to a then > little > > known writer and film maker Ram Gopal Varma. He went on to later > make Ram > > Gopal Varma ki Aag and make me want to bludgeon myself to death > with a > > remote control. > > > > *Number 9: Iruvar* > > > > > > Again a ARR-MR project, Iruvar was a controversial lightly veiled > biopic of > > Tamil politician, film star and god-on-earth MG Ramachandran. No > one will > > forget the Hello Mister song in the movie not just for the music > itself but > > for the unveiling of a young, sexy Aishwarya Rai in her debut film. > Cue > > goosebumps. And then some. (Also Mohanlal! Yay!) > > > > *Number 8: Alaipayuthe* > > > > > > Yes, this ARR-MR collaboration business is beginning to bore no? > But whatay > > soundtrack this is. And the rare movie that matches Rahman's music > with > > stunning visuals. One of my fave tracks from the album, Endendrum > Punnagai, > > was originally not part of the album. (And if I remember right, was > missing > > from the first batch of CDs and tapes.) But it was very popular and > they > > brought it back into the official OST. > > > > *Number 7: Pudhiya Mugam* > > > > > > Collective high five everyone. I won't repeat everything I said > before, but > > if you haven't had a chance to listen to music you really must. And > try to > > ignore the damp squib Vishwavidaata remix. > > > > *Number 6: Delhi-6* > > > > > > > > For a while I was worried about Delhi-6. After the first 100 votes > or so, > > there wasn't even one vote for this recent masterpiece. Thankfully > it picked > > up steam later. A wonderfully varied and nuanced track if you ask > me. That > > and Dev D will take time to be replaced in our iPods. > > > > *Number 5: Bombay* > > > > > > > > No surprises here. A critical and popular success in every language. > > Wikipedia adds these bits of trivia: > > > > *The track "Bombay Theme" from the soundtrack is an instrumental > orchestral > > piece composed, arranged and conducted by A. R. Rahman. It was > recently > > featured in the soundtrack and score of the Nicolas Cage film Lord > of War, > > released in 2005. It has appeared on several compillation CDs since > the > > film's release including on Volume 5 of the chill-out compilation > Café del > > Mar, released in 1998. It also appeared on a French TV commercial > for Volvic > > starring Zinedine Zidane in 2000. The soundtrack also found success > in its > > dubbed versions. * > > > > *Number 4: Lagaan* > > > > > > > > What did you say? A three hour musical about a cricket match? HELL > YEAH! The > > L.A. Times spokes for us > > all<http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl- > movie000033006may10,0,6839824.story>when > > they said: > > > > *Ashutosh Gowariker's glorious "Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India" > is to the > > Bollywood musical epic what Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden > Dragon" was > > to the period martial arts action adventure: an affectionate homage > to a > > popular genre that raises it to the level of an art film with fully > drawn > > characters, a serious underlying theme and a sophisticated style > and point > > of view. > > > > Most crucially, its songs and dances are not mere interludes > inserted in the > > action, bringing it to a halt--a Bollywood trademark--but are fully > > integrated into the plot and marked by expressive, dynamic singing > and > > dancing that infuse a historical drama with energy and immediacy.* > > > > *Number 3: Rang De Basanti* > > > > > > Did you know that Nelly Furtado was, at one point, lined up to > perform on > > the album<http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/1586/nelly- > furtado-was-to-feature-in-rang-de-basanti.html>? > > And while the movie didn't repeat the Oscar nomination success of > RDB, it > > did get a couple of tracks on to the long > > > list<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Tim > es/I_was_in_tears_when_Lataji_was_singing_the_song/articleshow/824712. > cms>. > > Super super album. > > > > *Number 2: Dil Se...* > > > > > > > > Notice how accurately we put three dots at the end of the title. > This one > > was not on our list and was added on by enthusiasts. Weonderfully > shot, > > beautifully supported music but a slightly underwhelming film. The > opening > > song, that one on the train with Malaika Arora and SRK, ranked > ninth on a > > BBC World Top > Ten<http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/profiles/inde > x.shtml> > > . > > > > Which nicely brings us to the most highly rated AR Rahman motion > picture > > soundtrack of all time... (drum roll... okay now a little flute... > > trumpets...) > > > > *Number 1: Roja* > > > > > > ARR's first ever movie soundtrack remains his most popular. Roja > was easily > > the most favoured in our poll, picking up almost half of all votes > polled. > > Which is remarkable for a movie album now going on 17 years. (My, > haven't we > > all grown old.) Richard Corliss of Time magazine puts it > > > nicely<http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,soundtracks,00. > html>in > > his listing of the Top 100 soundtracks of all time: > > > > *Through this grim political parable, Rahman laced some spectacular > melodies > > that not only serve the drama, they create their own[EM]as in the > duet > > ballads "Yeh Haseen Vadiyan" and "Roja Jaaneman," which first are > grounded > > in recitative, then suddenly ascend into celestial melody. This > astonishing > > debut work parades Rahman's gift for alchemizing outside influences > until > > they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman. He plays with reggae and > jungle > > rhythms, fiddles with Broadway-style orchestrations, runs cool > variations on > > Morricone's scores for Italian westerns.* > > > > Many thanks for everyone who read the post, commented and voted. Do > tell us > > what you think of the results. And a colleague also asks me to hark > out to > > all the Illayaraja fans out there. So what do you guys have to say > about all > > this attention going out to your arch-nemesis? Vent fury I say! > > > > P.s. The poll remains open indefinitely. Who knows? Maybe time will > change > > those ratings. > > > > - > > http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2009/02/25/the-top- > 10-greatest-ar-rahman-film-soundtracks.aspx- > > regards, > > Vithur > > > > >
