Wow Sergie..ur list itself is giving goosebumps.. one reason for trying to find 10 best soundtracks is not to find the best ten, but in our efforts we will revisit a few tracks which we havent heard in a long time.. :)
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, serge belier <s03g...@...> wrote: > > > It is very difficult to list 10 best album of ARR Sir. Quite impossible, as I think that many of them should be in the list, for example: > > > > > Kandukonden Kandukonden, > Uzhavan (especially for "Kannilil ennai iramho", "Pennalla Pennalla") > Taal, > Pukar, > Rangeela, > Taj Mahal (especially for "Kuliruthu Kuliruthu") > May Madam (especially for "Minnale") > Boys (especially for "Ale Ale") > Meenakshi, > Jillundru Oru Kadhal (especially for "Anbae Va", "New York") > Swades (especially for "Yeh Jo Desh", "Saawariya", "Aahista") > Indira (what a song "thoda thoda malarntha enna"), > Sangamam (especially for "Mazhaitulli", "Margazhi tingal", "Varaga Nathi karai oram", "Mudhal Mudhal") > Fire, > Earth, > Water, > Kaadhalan (especially for "Ennavalae adi") > > > Guys, could not make a proper list, there are too many, I am sure I am missing a lot of others.... > > > > Jai Ho!!!!! My 2 years old son sings it many times a day. The funiest thing is that he wakes up singing it even before having his breakfast. > > > > Regards, > > Serge BELIER. > > > > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > From: jibande...@... > > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:24:41 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [arr] The top 10 greatest AR Rahman film soundtracks > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? > > <b> > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > > > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > > Admin: ad...@... > > To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@...! 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