I"d include Taal and thiruda thiruda at top 5. Bergin
www.berginroy.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "dhina_arr" <dhina_...@yahoo.co.in> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:29:05 To: <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [arr] The top 10 greatest AR Rahman film soundtracks It seems this list is taken only considering songs (except Bombay theme).. What about background score? If you include BGM also then my list would be.. 1.Bose The Forgotten Hero 2.Warriors Of Heaven And Earth 3.Swades 4.Lagaan 5.Bombay 6.Rang De Basanti 7.Kannathil Muthamittal 8.Roja 9.Dil Se 10.Boys .... --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "jibandevta" <jibande...@...> wrote: > > Shocked to see 'Taal' missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Remove Delhi 6 and put Taal.. > > -jiban > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Asmin <asmindts@> wrote: > > > > Hi Vithur, > > > > How about 'INDIAN', not in the list??? > > Better to remove Delhi 6 from this list, its still new. > > You are talking about 10 Greatest sountracks!!! > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Vithur <vithurm@> > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:44:45 PM > > Subject: [arr] The top 10 greatest AR Rahman film soundtracks > > > > > > The top 10 greatest AR Rahman film soundtracks > > Sidin Vadukut - 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. 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 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? 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. 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. > > > > 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 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 > > >
