I think Rahman is first MD in India, who truly given justice to the word called O.S.T (Original Sound track). In foreign films OST consist of BGMs and songs (songs from various artists) They use old or fresh songs from various artists in background,say title credits, or in situations like party, malls, in the car stereo etc. etc. Exactly what Rahman is doing is, songs which you can relate to the movie only. Most of the time he never think about the public, that they should hum or recreate the song. He give importance to evoke the situation and mood of films plot.
Secondly Rahman is perfectionist and thoroughly professional. His music is confident and moving without any flaws. This is what makes common man his music indigestible. Most of people just love his beats and sound, but never analyze the song thoroughly. -Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Ajit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs > like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta, > Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya > Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical > director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies > as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our > Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to > many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the > general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I > think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his > technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the > man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize > that when listening to the examples above. > > One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should > is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to > some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant > he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in > general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple > melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they > agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING. > For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often > too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer) > and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic > point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's > songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often > full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them > difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum > along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of > Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not > only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with. > > Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called "the melody > kings" (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were > often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy to sing along with, > light and easy music for the common man to digest. Not that Rahman > has to ever stoop as low as NS, but perhaps there is a point here. > One of the reasons why the song "Tere Bina" is so popular is perhaps > that along with being beautiful and brilliant, the melody itself is > fairly simple enough to understand and remember easily, esp. the dham > dhara dham part. Same goes for Ru Ba Ru from RDB. > > Anyway, agree or disagree, I think this will be interesting to discuss. >
