Thanks Gopal. Lagaan, Taal, Meenaxi and perhaps Yuvvraaj too; should have been in the list as well. The problems is, there are too many mesmerizing soundtracks of our boss, so its hard to pick top 12.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrahmanfans/3235344027/ > > --- arr_raghu <arr_ra...@...> wrote: > > > Hi Gopal > > Can you please post the source of this dozen list? > > OR is this your personal selection? > > Thanks > > Raghu > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > His master's voice > > > A.R. Rahman deserves all the awards he has been getting for Slumdog > > Millionaire. But he has > > > done better work before. Here are a few of his soundtracks that the > > Oscar jury should lend > > > their ears to first. > > > > > > Roja (1992): The big breakthrough album that instantly created waves > > across the nation. But > > > what it did more importantly was having Mani Ratnam switch to Rahman > > from Illayaraja. The two > > > would go on to do some of the best film music produced in the > > country. From Chhoti si asha to > > > Roja jaaneman, the film was a bravura feat from a 25-year-old > > genius. No wonder Roja was > > > featured on Time magazine's 10 best soundtracks of all time. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Rukmani rukmani > > > > > > Song for the soul: Yeh haseen vaadiyan > > > > > > Thiruda Thiruda (1993): One of Rahman's few Tamil soundtracks that > > got heard in Mumbai and the > > > rest of India, thanks to MTV, which couldn't have enough of Thee > > thee and Chandralekha. The > > > other wonders were the buddy song Kannum kannum, the immensely > > chatty Veerapandi kottayile and, > > > of course, the brilliant Raasathi, where Rahman uses only voices and > > a choir in the background > > > to create the desired effect. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Chandralekha > > > > > > Song for the soul: Raasathi > > > > > > Bombay (1995): The Rahman-Ratnam magic continued with this film, > > where Rahman recorded his > > > first of the many translated soundtracks, where the tunes remained > > the same and the Tamil > > > lyrics were converted into Hindi. From the intimate Kehna hi kya to > > the chaotic Kuchi kuchi > > > rakamma, Rahman showed his versatility yet again and by picking Remo > > for Hamma hamma, he > > > stressed again after Baba Sehgal and Shweta Shetty in Rukmani > > rukmani that he was not > > > afraid to experiment. The masterpiece of the album was arguably the > > Bombay theme. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Hamma hamma > > > > > > Song for the soul: Tu hi re > > > > > > Dil Se (1998): Yet another Mani Ratnam film. Yet another gem of a > > soundtrack from Rahman. While > > > Chhaiyya chhaiyya initially overshadowed every other song in the > > soundtrack, one possibly > > > couldn't keep songs like Jiya jale and Satrangi re under wraps for > > too long. With Jiya jale, > > > Rahman first showed his keenness to give Lata Mangeshkar a reason to > > sing again. Chhaiyya > > > chhaiyya, of course, also saw the advent of singer Sukhwinder Singh, > > who would become Rahman's > > > constant collaborator. One listen and you don't need to be a genius > > to figure out why Spike Lee > > > used the song in Inside Man. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Chhaiyya chhaiyya > > > > > > Song for the soul: Ae ajnabee > > > > > > 1947 Earth (1998): One of Rahman's most underrated soundtracks, this > > one was period yet very > > > contemporary, slow yet very moving. While the kite-flying song Rut > > aa gayee re was the instant > > > hit, the quaint cycle song Dheemi dheemi grew with every hearing. > > The other gems in this Deepa > > > Mehta film the harmonium-driven Banno rani and the smouldering > > paean of pain Raat ki dal dal. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Rut aa gayee re > > > > > > Song for the soul: Dheemi dheemi > > > > > > Zubeidaa (2001): Shyam Benegal's first film without composer Vanraj > > Bhatia had Rahman producing > > > one of his best works. Whether it was the chirpy gypsy song Main > > albeli or the pristine love > > > song Hai na or the moody Mehendi hai rachnewali or the liberating > > Dheeme dheeme, this was a > > > must-listen collection. But what took the cake and the entire > > confectionery was Lata > > > Mangeshkar's So gaye hain with the grand symphony structure. > > > > > > Song for the ear: Dheeme dheeme > > > > > > Song for the soul: So gaye hain > > > > > > Saathiya (2002): Shaad Ali's remake of Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey > > not only had the same shots > > > and the same cut points, it had the same soundtrack, it's just that > > Gulzar's lyrics took the > > > Hindi album to Level Next. While Sonu Nigam shone in the title song, > > Adnan Sami made his entry > > > into Rahman territory with the breezy Aye udi udi. The hidden gems? > > Chupke se and Naina > > > milaike. > > > > > > Song for the ear: Oh humdum suniyo re > > > > > > Song for the soul: Saathiya saathiya > > > > > > Yuva (2004): If Thiruda Thiruda was a trailer of what Rahman could > > do to a youthful soundtrack, > > > Yuva was the full picture. While the two Vivek-Kareena songs Fanaa > > and Khuda hafiz used trance > > > and jazz to the hilt, the Abhishek-Rani songs Kabhi neem neem and > > Dol dol had a very rustic > > > lilt to them while the Ajay-Esha numbers Badal and Dhakka laga buka > > rode high on percussion. > > > The film didn't deliver but the soundtrack was wow! > > > > > > Song for the feet: Fanaa > > > > > > Song for the soul: Kabhi neem neem > > > > > > Swades (2004): Ashutosh Gowariker helped Rahman be heard in the West > > with Lagaan and the two > > > stuck together for more great work. Swades was another Rahman > > masterpiece starting with the > > > stirring title song, the spiritual Yun hi chala chal, the joyous Yeh > > tara woh tara, and the > > > bouncy Saawariya. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Yeh tara woh tara > > > > > > Song for the soul: Yeh jo des hai tera > > > > > > Rang De Basanti (2006): With new partner in rhyme Prasoon Joshi, > > Rahman got super-chatty with > > > RDB. From Khalbali to Masti ki pathshala, it all sounded like a gang > > of guys having a lot of > > > fun. The title track used Punjabi robustness to the full while Mohit > > Chauhan's Khoon chala left > > > us shaken and stirred. Plus the veteran Lata Mangeshkar's Lukachupi > > and the newcomer Naresh > > > Iyer's Rubaroo. > > > > > > Song for the feet: Masti ki pathshala > > > > > > Songs for the soul: Rubaroo, Lukachupi, Khoon chala > > > > > > Jodhaa Akbar (2008): Could Rahman do a Naushad was the question? > > Well he perhaps went one step > > > further with a soundtrack which was both tour de force and yet very > > tender. From the > > > sword-hitting-sword beats of Azeemo shah shahenshah to the uplifting > > Khwaja mere khwaja to the > > > simmered In lamhon ki daman mein to the dulcet Jashn-e-baharaa, it > > was an incredible musical > > > trip. > > > > > > Song for the ear: Jashn-e-baharaa > > > > > > Song for the soul: Khwaja mere khwaja > > > > > > Jaane Tu... Yaa Jaane Na (2008): After a slew of period films, > > Rahman sunk his teeth into the > > > Jaane Tu... score, peppering it with peppy songs like Pappu can't > > dance saala, Nazrein milana > > > and, of course, Kabhi kabhi Aditi. The title track sung by Rahman > > himself again sees the > > > composer go big with jazz and how! > > > > > > Song for the feet: Pappu can't dance saala > > > > > > Song for the soul: Kahin toh > > > > > > The magic continues... > > > > > > Well, the Academy and the rest of the awards honchos hopefully would > > tune in to this one for > > > their consideration next year, because Rahman's latest OST Rakeysh > > Mehra's Delhi-6 is one of > > > his best till date and that's counting the other soundtracks on > > these pages. From Masakkali to > > > Dil gira dafatan to Maula mere maula to Genda phool, this is clearly > > one of the crests of > > > Rahman's career. And Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan enters Rahman's > > world with Bhor bhaye... > > > > > > > > > >
