Neetika , more to this story. Courtesy itwofs.
*Taal's Raga Dance* This is NOT an instance of lifting/ copying. Its more about sound sampling/ use of loops. These are commercially available pieces and are used by musicians worldwide. Sandeep Chowta did it for the orchestration of Pyar Tune Kya Kiya's 'Khambakt Ishq' (its a different issue that he lifted the tune, which was rather blatant!). Al Di Meola's 'Race with devil on Turkish highway' (1998) has a prelude piece which is EXACTLY similar to the opening piece in Taal's (1999) 'Raga Dance' music piece by A R Rahman! Al Di Meola had fellow guitarist Steve Vai collaborating with him in this number (this song was originally composed by Meola in 1978, for his album 'Elegant Gypsy' - it was then called 'Race with devil on Spanish highway'). Strangely enough, you'd not find the Taal piece in Meola's 70s version. I had found a mention about this in an online message board where the poster had alleged that Rahman has copied Meola! Just wanted to let this site's visitors know that this would not amount to copying, since the very purpose of creating samples and loops is for use by musicians. A review<http://www.epinions.com/musc_mu-280851>of Meola's album 'Infinite desire' says, " *Di Meola is nobody's technophobe, so in addition to delicately played acoustic guitar and piano, many tunes here feature sampling technology and looped-sounding rhythm tracks"*. Another review<http://www.epinions.com/content_57850629764>, on a different note, talking about Meola's music style says, "*Al is joined by fellow guitarist, Steve Vai, and the two of them race through the complex number in mind-boggling style and tempo. You can really tell these two cats like to wail at each other"* - Precisely what I felt when I heard this eclectic and disparate sounding track! On 5/9/08, Neetika raina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey Gomzy!!! > > i agree wid u..even wen i saw satya long back..the same question had bugged > my mind for long!! > den i heard the same music in so many places as background and the tag > music kinda > > i just wonder wats the mystery behind dis bit of that Track!!! > who is the actual composer..or if its some kinda standard international > sound or something!!! > > ~love music love life > Neetika > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <gomtesh.upadhye%40gmail.com>> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sat, 3 May 2008 14:04:34 +0530 (IST) > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: ARR & RGV combo a possibilty aga > > Thanks Avinash. Now another interesting snippet. A BGM in Satya ( cant > remember the scene) starts > exactly the way as Raaga Dace (Taal) does. Now wasnt Satya before Taal :)) > and then i got to know that > that part of raaga dance is a commercial piece available. I was kinda > disappointed though, that ARR didn actually compose that. > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:39 PM, : Avinash : <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<avinashdc21%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > > Yes, the songs were composed by Vishal Bharadawaj for the film and > > BGMs done by Sandeep Chowta. They even released the whole BGM > > soundtrack separately after sometime.. (Most of BGM's are still > > copied and used in several TV programs, which I think is the highest > > honour for S.Chowta :) ) > > (And hey gomzy, if u used to watch ETV Kannada, u can see this > > haunting BGM on titles of "Crime Diary" program :) ) > > > > > > > >
