[arr] Re: Couples Retreat, formulaic and fake
Just watched it a day ago and found it entertaining and funny. overall I had a good time watching it. and boss's music gels very wells with the scenes. don't understand why all this backlash. /Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anish Gupte musimax2...@... wrote: hey...yeah Masand shd probably listen to the music...which is fabulous...I am not a big fan of Masands reviews anyway..However ive heard from a lot of ppl that the movie is really very bad...I mean..somethings even good music cannot save a film.. What do u guys feel? Its just sad that Rahman was associated with such a film (..tho im glad his music got appreciated..)..It really deserved accolades..esp Tour of the Villas and Kuru Kuru...awesome tracks.. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Rivjot riv...@... wrote: It seems he is commenting on ARR's music IN the movie.. which was used in limited extent. He needs to listen to soundtrack to CD, after which he will surely change his mind (at least about the music) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, A.R.Rajib a.r.rajib@ wrote: Masand Review: *Couples Retreat*, formulaic and fake *Rajeev Masand* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/author/Rajeev+Masand/ / * CNN-IBN* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/ [image: Time]Published on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 00:15*, Updated on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 19:59* in ** http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html# *Entertainment http://ibnlive.in.com/entertainment/* section *Cast*: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau *Director*: Peter Billingsley There's an old joke in Hollywood that no script written at a Starbucks has ever gotten made into a film. It refers to the fact that just about everyone in Los Angeles is trying to write a movie; everyone with a laptop in a coffee-shop is more than likely hammering out a script. If I didn't know better, I'd say *Couples Retreat* is the kind of film that was probably written at a Starbucks. But I know that's not true; it's been written by two of the film's stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who probably knocked it out in their plush condos in the Hollywood Hills. Fourteen years ago, the two guys starred in the far superior *Swingers* (which Favreau wrote incidentally), a comedy about twenty-something guys figuring out life and women as they traversed through the LA social scene. Coming from the same team, *Couples Retreat* is an utterly unimaginative letdown. This film follows four couples as they visit a luxurious tropical island resort for sun, sea, spas and sex, but end up having to do lots of therapy and soul-searching instead. Laughs must be drawn from such clichéd gags as untimely erections and suggestive yoga poses, and if that doesn't work for you, surely you can't resist the sight of a kid peeing into a model toilet in a furnishings store. Fine actors like Jason Bateman, Kristen Davis, Jean Reno and Vaughn and Favreau themselves are wasted in this un-funny comedy about marriage mash-ups, which expectedly ends in a syrupy-sweet climax. *The actors spent a month shooting this film in gorgeous Bora Bora so it's not like they went home empty handed from this experience. But I can't think of one reason I'd recommend you watch this film. Not even for AR Rahman's score, which is just as uninspired as the film.* One out of five and a thumbs-down for *Couples Retreat*; it's so formulaic and fake you really couldn't care less if these couples stay together, get divorced or are eaten up by sharks! *Rating: 1 / 5* * http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html * * * -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
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Well in my opinion the movie is stupid and the music has been horribly used. I think one needs to watch a lot of hollywood comedy movies to find this dumb. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com wrote: Just watched it a day ago and found it entertaining and funny. overall I had a good time watching it. and boss's music gels very wells with the scenes. don't understand why all this backlash. /Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Anish Gupte musimax2...@... wrote: hey...yeah Masand shd probably listen to the music...which is fabulous...I am not a big fan of Masands reviews anyway..However ive heard from a lot of ppl that the movie is really very bad...I mean..somethings even good music cannot save a film.. What do u guys feel? Its just sad that Rahman was associated with such a film (..tho im glad his music got appreciated..)..It really deserved accolades..esp Tour of the Villas and Kuru Kuru...awesome tracks.. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Rivjot riv...@... wrote: It seems he is commenting on ARR's music IN the movie.. which was used in limited extent. He needs to listen to soundtrack to CD, after which he will surely change his mind (at least about the music) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.comarrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups.com, A.R.Rajib a.r.rajib@ wrote: Masand Review: *Couples Retreat*, formulaic and fake *Rajeev Masand* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/author/Rajeev+Masand/ / * CNN-IBN* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/ [image: Time]Published on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 00:15*, Updated on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 19:59* in ** http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html# *Entertainment http://ibnlive.in.com/entertainment/* section *Cast*: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau *Director*: Peter Billingsley There's an old joke in Hollywood that no script written at a Starbucks has ever gotten made into a film. It refers to the fact that just about everyone in Los Angeles is trying to write a movie; everyone with a laptop in a coffee-shop is more than likely hammering out a script. If I didn't know better, I'd say *Couples Retreat* is the kind of film that was probably written at a Starbucks. But I know that's not true; it's been written by two of the film's stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who probably knocked it out in their plush condos in the Hollywood Hills. Fourteen years ago, the two guys starred in the far superior *Swingers* (which Favreau wrote incidentally), a comedy about twenty-something guys figuring out life and women as they traversed through the LA social scene. Coming from the same team, *Couples Retreat* is an utterly unimaginative letdown. This film follows four couples as they visit a luxurious tropical island resort for sun, sea, spas and sex, but end up having to do lots of therapy and soul-searching instead. Laughs must be drawn from such clichéd gags as untimely erections and suggestive yoga poses, and if that doesn't work for you, surely you can't resist the sight of a kid peeing into a model toilet in a furnishings store. Fine actors like Jason Bateman, Kristen Davis, Jean Reno and Vaughn and Favreau themselves are wasted in this un-funny comedy about marriage mash-ups, which expectedly ends in a syrupy-sweet climax. *The actors spent a month shooting this film in gorgeous Bora Bora so it's not like they went home empty handed from this experience. But I can't think of one reason I'd recommend you watch this film. Not even for AR Rahman's score, which is just as uninspired as the film.* One out of five and a thumbs-down for *Couples Retreat*; it's so formulaic and fake you really couldn't care less if these couples stay together, get divorced or are eaten up by sharks! *Rating: 1 / 5* * http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html * * * -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
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Agree with you. It was not the typical comedy. It had a nice story too. May not as funny as The Hangover but surely not a waste of time. http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ Please do not add me in YM. I only use this account for the group... --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat, formulaic and fake To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:39 AM Just watched it a day ago and found it entertaining and funny. overall I had a good time watching it. and boss's music gels very wells with the scenes. don't understand why all this backlash. /Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Anish Gupte musimax2000@ ... wrote: hey...yeah Masand shd probably listen to the music...which is fabulous...I am not a big fan of Masands reviews anyway..However ive heard from a lot of ppl that the movie is really very bad...I mean..somethings even good music cannot save a film.. What do u guys feel? Its just sad that Rahman was associated with such a film (..tho im glad his music got appreciated. .)..It really deserved accolades..esp Tour of the Villas and Kuru Kuru...awesome tracks.. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Rivjot riv...@... wrote: It seems he is commenting on ARR's music IN the movie.. which was used in limited extent. He needs to listen to soundtrack to CD, after which he will surely change his mind (at least about the music) --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups. com, A.R.Rajib a.r.rajib@ wrote: Masand Review: *Couples Retreat*, formulaic and fake *Rajeev Masand* http://ibnlive. in.com/news/ author/Rajeev+ Masand/ / * CNN-IBN* http://ibnlive. in.com/news/ agency/CNN- IBN/ [image: Time]Published on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 00:15*, Updated on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 19:59* in ** http://ibnlive. in.com/news/ masand-review- couples-retreat- formulaic- and-fake/ 109739-8. html# *Entertainment http://ibnlive. in.com/entertain ment/* section *Cast*: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau *Director*: Peter Billingsley There's an old joke in Hollywood that no script written at a Starbucks has ever gotten made into a film. It refers to the fact that just about everyone in Los Angeles is trying to write a movie; everyone with a laptop in a coffee-shop is more than likely hammering out a script. If I didn't know better, I'd say *Couples Retreat* is the kind of film that was probably written at a Starbucks. But I know that's not true; it's been written by two of the film's stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who probably knocked it out in their plush condos in the Hollywood Hills. Fourteen years ago, the two guys starred in the far superior *Swingers* (which Favreau wrote incidentally) , a comedy about twenty-something guys figuring out life and women as they traversed through the LA social scene. Coming from the same team, *Couples Retreat* is an utterly unimaginative letdown. This film follows four couples as they visit a luxurious tropical island resort for sun, sea, spas and sex, but end up having to do lots of therapy and soul-searching instead. Laughs must be drawn from such clichéd gags as untimely erections and suggestive yoga poses, and if that doesn't work for you, surely you can't resist the sight of a kid peeing into a model toilet in a furnishings store. Fine actors like Jason Bateman, Kristen Davis, Jean Reno and Vaughn and Favreau themselves are wasted in this un-funny comedy about marriage mash-ups, which expectedly ends in a syrupy-sweet climax. *The actors spent a month shooting this film in gorgeous Bora Bora so it's not like they went home empty handed from this experience. But I can't think of one reason I'd recommend you watch this film. Not even for AR Rahman's score, which is just as uninspired as the film.* One out of five and a thumbs-down for *Couples Retreat*; it's so formulaic and fake you really couldn't care less if these couples stay together, get divorced or are eaten up by sharks! *Rating: 1 / 5* * http://ibnlive. in.com/news/ masand-review- couples-retreat- formulaic- and-fake/ 109739-8. html * * * -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
[arr] Re: Couples Retreat, formulaic and fake
Guys! Masand is not part of Rahman fans grp...and he doesn't think the way we do...so leave it...he's a guy sold out to the media That's something i like about Rahman , that he's not sold out to the whole media buzz and it can never impact him Music for Rahman is like a personal prayer and so shud it be for all of usand personal prayers are best kept to yourself and ones who understand its importance --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... wrote: Hey CR is one of ARR's BEST scores ever!! I know Rajeev Masand too patronizes ARR a lot!! I would recommend him to buy the ORIGINAL CD!!
[arr] Re: Couples Retreat, formulaic and fake
It seems he is commenting on ARR's music IN the movie.. which was used in limited extent. He needs to listen to soundtrack to CD, after which he will surely change his mind (at least about the music) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, A.R.Rajib a.r.ra...@... wrote: Masand Review: *Couples Retreat*, formulaic and fake *Rajeev Masand* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/author/Rajeev+Masand/ / * CNN-IBN* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/ [image: Time]Published on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 00:15*, Updated on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 19:59* in **http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html# *Entertainment http://ibnlive.in.com/entertainment/* section *Cast*: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau *Director*: Peter Billingsley There's an old joke in Hollywood that no script written at a Starbucks has ever gotten made into a film. It refers to the fact that just about everyone in Los Angeles is trying to write a movie; everyone with a laptop in a coffee-shop is more than likely hammering out a script. If I didn't know better, I'd say *Couples Retreat* is the kind of film that was probably written at a Starbucks. But I know that's not true; it's been written by two of the film's stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who probably knocked it out in their plush condos in the Hollywood Hills. Fourteen years ago, the two guys starred in the far superior *Swingers* (which Favreau wrote incidentally), a comedy about twenty-something guys figuring out life and women as they traversed through the LA social scene. Coming from the same team, *Couples Retreat* is an utterly unimaginative letdown. This film follows four couples as they visit a luxurious tropical island resort for sun, sea, spas and sex, but end up having to do lots of therapy and soul-searching instead. Laughs must be drawn from such clichéd gags as untimely erections and suggestive yoga poses, and if that doesn't work for you, surely you can't resist the sight of a kid peeing into a model toilet in a furnishings store. Fine actors like Jason Bateman, Kristen Davis, Jean Reno and Vaughn and Favreau themselves are wasted in this un-funny comedy about marriage mash-ups, which expectedly ends in a syrupy-sweet climax. *The actors spent a month shooting this film in gorgeous Bora Bora so it's not like they went home empty handed from this experience. But I can't think of one reason I'd recommend you watch this film. Not even for AR Rahman's score, which is just as uninspired as the film.* One out of five and a thumbs-down for *Couples Retreat*; it's so formulaic and fake you really couldn't care less if these couples stay together, get divorced or are eaten up by sharks! *Rating: 1 / 5* * http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html * * * -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
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hey...yeah Masand shd probably listen to the music...which is fabulous...I am not a big fan of Masands reviews anyway..However ive heard from a lot of ppl that the movie is really very bad...I mean..somethings even good music cannot save a film.. What do u guys feel? Its just sad that Rahman was associated with such a film (..tho im glad his music got appreciated..)..It really deserved accolades..esp Tour of the Villas and Kuru Kuru...awesome tracks.. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Rivjot riv...@yahoo.com wrote: It seems he is commenting on ARR's music IN the movie.. which was used in limited extent. He needs to listen to soundtrack to CD, after which he will surely change his mind (at least about the music) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, A.R.Rajib a.r.ra...@... wrote: Masand Review: *Couples Retreat*, formulaic and fake *Rajeev Masand* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/author/Rajeev+Masand/ / * CNN-IBN* http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/ [image: Time]Published on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 00:15*, Updated on *Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 19:59* in ** http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html# *Entertainment http://ibnlive.in.com/entertainment/* section *Cast*: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau *Director*: Peter Billingsley There's an old joke in Hollywood that no script written at a Starbucks has ever gotten made into a film. It refers to the fact that just about everyone in Los Angeles is trying to write a movie; everyone with a laptop in a coffee-shop is more than likely hammering out a script. If I didn't know better, I'd say *Couples Retreat* is the kind of film that was probably written at a Starbucks. But I know that's not true; it's been written by two of the film's stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who probably knocked it out in their plush condos in the Hollywood Hills. Fourteen years ago, the two guys starred in the far superior *Swingers* (which Favreau wrote incidentally), a comedy about twenty-something guys figuring out life and women as they traversed through the LA social scene. Coming from the same team, *Couples Retreat* is an utterly unimaginative letdown. This film follows four couples as they visit a luxurious tropical island resort for sun, sea, spas and sex, but end up having to do lots of therapy and soul-searching instead. Laughs must be drawn from such clichéd gags as untimely erections and suggestive yoga poses, and if that doesn't work for you, surely you can't resist the sight of a kid peeing into a model toilet in a furnishings store. Fine actors like Jason Bateman, Kristen Davis, Jean Reno and Vaughn and Favreau themselves are wasted in this un-funny comedy about marriage mash-ups, which expectedly ends in a syrupy-sweet climax. *The actors spent a month shooting this film in gorgeous Bora Bora so it's not like they went home empty handed from this experience. But I can't think of one reason I'd recommend you watch this film. Not even for AR Rahman's score, which is just as uninspired as the film.* One out of five and a thumbs-down for *Couples Retreat*; it's so formulaic and fake you really couldn't care less if these couples stay together, get divorced or are eaten up by sharks! *Rating: 1 / 5* * http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-couples-retreat-formulaic-and-fake/109739-8.html * * * -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
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Hey CR is one of ARR's BEST scores ever!! I know Rajeev Masand too patronizes ARR a lot!! I would recommend him to buy the ORIGINAL CD!!
[arr] Re: Couples Retreat gets a nom for Comedy Score by IFMCA
Good to see a well deserving nomination finally. I remember last year I was very angry with IFMCA as they didn't even nominate SdM. anyway I really appreciate them now and hope that ARR wins. /Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ramesh R triscod...@... wrote: ARR gets a nomination in the category of Best Score for a Comedy http://filmmusiccritics.org/ BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM ⢠COUPLES RETREAT, music by A.R. Rahman ⢠DUPLICITY, music by James Newton Howard ⢠THE INFORMANT!, music by Marvin Hamlisch ⢠JULIE JULIA, music by Alexandre Desplat ⢠LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS, music by Debbie Wiseman
Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd
will mustafa centre in singapore have it? HARDCORE RAHMANIAC TILL DA VERY END!!! --- On Wed, 9/12/09, Neevan vyrus_...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Neevan vyrus_...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 10:08 PM hey guys is the cd out in singapore? From: Arunava arunava_1978@ yahoo.co. in To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 8:00:07 Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd I have one. it is of great recording quality --- On Wed, 9/12/09, hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com wrote: From: hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com Subject: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 2:39 PM I had ordered the cd from american online shop. It first now they have sent the cd. (I hope i can get it soon), It takes one week before its land in Denmark --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Shamil Sharif shamil...@. .. wrote:  where is the cd? _ _ __ From: praka_here praka_here@ ... To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:23:30 AM Subject: [arr] couples retreat cd  hi friends Read in one post here tat couples retreat is going to be released on nov30th(today) ...any news on it The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. New Email names for you! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! Get your new Email address! Grab the Email name you#39;ve always wanted before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/
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Nope dude. HMV will only import couples retreat if the customer personally request the CD. It cost about $35.00. From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Neevan Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:08 PM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd hey guys is the cd out in singapore? From: Arunava arunava_1...@yahoo.co.in To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 8:00:07 Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd I have one. it is of great recording quality --- On Wed, 9/12/09, hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com wrote: From: hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com Subject: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 2:39 PM I had ordered the cd from american online shop. It first now they have sent the cd. (I hope i can get it soon), It takes one week before its land in Denmark --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Shamil Sharif shamil...@. .. wrote:  where is the cd? _ _ __ From: praka_here praka_here@ ... To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:23:30 AM Subject: [arr] couples retreat cd  hi friends Read in one post here tat couples retreat is going to be released on nov30th(today) ...any news on it The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/ . New Email names for you! http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/sg/mail/domainchoice/mail/signature/*http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/ Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! *** IMPORTANT ! *** The content of this email was found to contain potentially hostile or malicious content. For your protection, eSafes Content Security Server has modified this email and removed the dangerous content. ** \HTML Active Content: Found invalid IMG Tag, Found Web-beacon, Object Removed: 1 'img'
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hey friends...will the cd be launched in India by HMV --- On Thu, 10/12/09, Noor Habib hn...@sg.pepperl-fuchs.com wrote: From: Noor Habib hn...@sg.pepperl-fuchs.com Subject: RE: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 10 December, 2009, 11:03 AM Nope dude. HMV will only import couples retreat if the customer personally request the CD. It cost about $35.00. From: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:arrahmanfan s...@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Neevan Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:08 PM To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd hey guys is the cd out in singapore? From: Arunava arunava_1978@ yahoo.co. in To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 8:00:07 Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd I have one. it is of great recording quality --- On Wed, 9/12/09, hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com wrote: From: hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com Subject: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 2:39 PM I had ordered the cd from american online shop. It first now they have sent the cd. (I hope i can get it soon), It takes one week before its land in Denmark --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Shamil Sharif shamil...@. .. wrote:  where is the cd? _ _ __ From: praka_here praka_here@ ... To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:23:30 AM Subject: [arr] couples retreat cd  hi friends Read in one post here tat couples retreat is going to be released on nov30th(today) ...any news on it The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. New Email names for you! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! *** IMPORTANT ! * * * The content of this email was found to contain potentially hostile or malicious content. For your protection, eSafes Content Security Server has modified this email and removed the dangerous content. * * * * * * \HTML Active Content: Found invalid IMG Tag, Found Web-beacon, Object Removed: 1 'img' The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
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dont saregama release the cd just like any other indian film ? i mean do we need to request them personally to get it, that too for $ 35...
[arr] Re: couples retreat cd
I had ordered the cd from american online shop. It first now they have sent the cd. (I hope i can get it soon), It takes one week before its land in Denmark --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Shamil Sharif shamil...@... wrote:  where is the cd? From: praka_here praka_h...@... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:23:30 AM Subject: [arr] couples retreat cd  hi friends Read in one post here tat couples retreat is going to be released on nov30th(today) ...any news on it
Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd
I have one. it is of great recording quality --- On Wed, 9/12/09, hensmanr hens...@hotmail.com wrote: From: hensmanr hens...@hotmail.com Subject: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 2:39 PM I had ordered the cd from american online shop. It first now they have sent the cd. (I hope i can get it soon), It takes one week before its land in Denmark --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Shamil Sharif shamil...@. .. wrote:  where is the cd? _ _ __ From: praka_here praka_here@ ... To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:23:30 AM Subject: [arr] couples retreat cd  hi friends Read in one post here tat couples retreat is going to be released on nov30th(today) ...any news on it The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
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hey guys is the cd out in singapore? From: Arunava arunava_1...@yahoo.co.in To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 8:00:07 Subject: Re: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd I have one. it is of great recording quality --- On Wed, 9/12/09, hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com wrote: From: hensmanr hens...@hotmail. com Subject: [arr] Re: couples retreat cd To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 2:39 PM I had ordered the cd from american online shop. It first now they have sent the cd. (I hope i can get it soon), It takes one week before its land in Denmark --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Shamil Sharif shamil...@. .. wrote:  where is the cd? _ _ __ From: praka_here praka_here@ ... To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:23:30 AM Subject: [arr] couples retreat cd  hi friends Read in one post here tat couples retreat is going to be released on nov30th(today) ...any news on it The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. New Email names for you! Get the Email name you#39;ve always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/
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Thanks Gayathri for your wonderful and detailed post.. We all can hope for more Awards to ARR Regards Yogesh Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gayathri Chandrakasan gayathri_c...@... wrote: Not necessarily...although we do see most of the popular movies making it to the nomination lists, but more often than not, it's the dark horses that end up sweeping the awards! It's also the same case with bollywood or most film industries for that matter. Not all films are nominated based on their popularity or success at the box-office. If I'm not wrong, a number of our group members had earlier on expressed their fears that Delhi6 music might not be nominated for the popular awards due to the film's failure at the box-office. Yuvraaj's failure at the BO was quoted as one of the examples. Their fears are justifiable but there's no harm in hoping. Personally, I feel that awards (esp music awards) are based more on the popularity of the songs rather than the success of the film. Yuvraaj did have magical numbers but were they as popular as all the other ARR's albums? I don't think so..and I blame it all on the bad marketing of the album. When Subash Ghai did Taal with ARR, there were immense marketing for the music album as it was their first collaboration. Moreover, Taal was deemed to revive the careers of Subash Ghai, Aishwarya Rai, and Akshaye Khanna who until then, had a string of flops behind them. Therefore, though the movie was hardly watchable, it was still declared a hit, all thanks to the success of the sensational songs. But in the case of Yuvraaj, there weren't much marketing done for the film or the songs. Yes, we rave about the beauty of the songs here because we hv heard and fell in love with each one of those numbers, but frankly speaking, how many non-Rahman fans have actually sat and heard these songs? Not many going by my guesses. So, I don't think it's apt to use Yuvraaj as a yardstick in this case. Delhi6 was different...the film didn't do well in the BO but the songs have been garnered with praises from the public (ARR's fan and otherwise). Rehna Tu Maasakali were regularly played in all the major radio stations (mainly due to the repeated request of the listeners). If anything, kindly remember that Dilse's ill-fate at the BO in 1998 didn't seem to affect the popularity of the songs. ARR even went on to win a filmfare award for the the best music that year. A similar situation might occur here too. Therefore there's no harm in hoping that ARR might bag another award for Delhi6. Keep your fingers crossed for Delhi6...and CR too:) --- On Tue, 9/29/09, yogesh2783 yogesh2...@... wrote: From: yogesh2783 yogesh2...@... Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat track for OSCARS... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:46 PM I am having a query..does nomination for Academy Award for original score depends upon fate of movie [like in bollywood]? anyway ,AR deserves another Oscar for CR. Regards Yogesh Pune --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Rivjot rivjot@ wrote: PLEASE!!! At least wait for movie to come out before making such statements. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Tamiliniyan mytamilmytamil@ wrote: http://www.cinefund as.com/2009/ 09/25/couples- retreat-music- review I have a strong feeling that ARR will win oscar next year for his CR scores ... Yeah..~!~!!! !!!
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Definitely voice of Rahman... I think Afro Nisha is a style that rahman wants to introduce. Niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elen...@... wrote: Absolutely! It is surely AR. Maybe it's like a nick name for the song... http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 --- On Tue, 9/29/09, kaissiom kaiss...@... wrote: From: kaissiom kaiss...@... Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Tracklisting To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:40 AM C'mon guys, (Afro Nisha) is not a singer! It's really funny to read all the comments about the voice being 'suspiciously' similar to Rahman. Well, that's because it is Rahman. I don't think Afro Nisha is even a person. If anything, it could be the English title of the Tamil 'Kurukuru Kan' or it could even be a new genre. I can only say one thing for sure, the singer in 'Kurukuru Kan(Afro Nisha)' is Rahman. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ ... wrote: `Afro Nisha` ~ may be a genre ? Music experts.. please throw some light... On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39 IST Rivjot wrote: If song is sung by Rahman, do you think it could have been composed by someone else? Google goes no result for person named Afro Nisha.. so probably the words in the song. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, ichord purevibz@ wrote: So, is the Tamil song Kurukuru composed by ARR or AFro Nisha??? --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Ramesh R triscodeca@ wrote: Thanks for the heads up! Any idea who Afro Nisha is? Before ARR got on the project, it was John O'Brien who was listed as the composer so there's one track from him too. Nice! He's also listed now in IMDB as having composed additional music. So all the talk about Vince Vaughn and Jean Reno lending vocals might have just been talk eh! _ _ __ From: shashptl shashptl@ To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:57:49 AM Subject: [arr] Couples Retreat Tracklisting I know you guys are all eagerly awaiting this album. Hope this will help until we hear it all. Here is the track list : 1.Sajna 2.Kurukuru Kan (Afro Nisha) 3.Jason Cynthia Suite 4.NaNa 5.Tour Of The Villas 6.Meeting Marcel 7.Itinerary 8.Undress 9.Sharks 10.Luau by John O'Brien 11.Salvadore 12.Intervention 13.The Waterfall 14.Jason Cynthia Piano Theme 15.Animal Spirits Source : http://b2b.ada- music.com/ genericq. asp?module_ map_id=1234 view=albumprofil eitem_number= RMS%20500131 - - -- 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.arrahman fans.com Admin: admin@ To Subscribe: arrahmanfans- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans- unsubscribe@ ! Groups Links Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo. com/trynew
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I am lovin' the album. I feel inclined to mention the track 'Meeting Marcel'. In this track, if you listen carefully, there is a classic Buddhist chanting going on, a unique Buddhist flavor has been added. It sounds stunning. As far as I can remember, this is the first time any Indian music composer has used Buddhist chants, let alone in a track. ~ Shama 'You are what your deepest desire is. As you desire, so is your intention. As your intention, so is your will. As is your will so is your deed. As is your deed, so is your destiny.' The Upanishads --- On Tue, 9/29/09, pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com wrote: From: pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Tracklisting To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Received: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 3:10 PM Absolutely! It is surely AR. Maybe it's like a nick name for the song... http://indian- music-bgm. blogspot. com/ http://www.facebook .com/elensar5233 --- On Tue, 9/29/09, kaissiom kaiss...@yahoo. com wrote: From: kaissiom kaiss...@yahoo. com Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Tracklisting To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:40 AM C'mon guys, (Afro Nisha) is not a singer! It's really funny to read all the comments about the voice being 'suspiciously' similar to Rahman. Well, that's because it is Rahman. I don't think Afro Nisha is even a person. If anything, it could be the English title of the Tamil 'Kurukuru Kan' or it could even be a new genre. I can only say one thing for sure, the singer in 'Kurukuru Kan(Afro Nisha)' is Rahman. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ ... wrote: `Afro Nisha` ~ may be a genre ? Music experts.. please throw some light... On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39 IST Rivjot wrote: If song is sung by Rahman, do you think it could have been composed by someone else? Google goes no result for person named Afro Nisha.. so probably the words in the song. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, ichord purevibz@ wrote: So, is the Tamil song Kurukuru composed by ARR or AFro Nisha??? --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Ramesh R triscodeca@ wrote: Thanks for the heads up! Any idea who Afro Nisha is? Before ARR got on the project, it was John O'Brien who was listed as the composer so there's one track from him too. Nice! He's also listed now in IMDB as having composed additional music. So all the talk about Vince Vaughn and Jean Reno lending vocals might have just been talk eh! _ _ __ From: shashptl shashptl@ To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:57:49 AM Subject: [arr] Couples Retreat Tracklisting I know you guys are all eagerly awaiting this album. Hope this will help until we hear it all. Here is the track list : 1.Sajna 2.Kurukuru Kan (Afro Nisha) 3.Jason Cynthia Suite 4.NaNa 5.Tour Of The Villas 6.Meeting Marcel 7.Itinerary 8.Undress 9.Sharks 10.Luau by John O'Brien 11.Salvadore 12.Intervention 13.The Waterfall 14.Jason Cynthia Piano Theme 15.Animal Spirits Source : http://b2b.ada- music.com/ genericq. asp?module_ map_id=1234 view=albumprofil eitem_number= RMS%20500131 - - -- 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.arrahman fans.com Admin: admin@ To Subscribe: arrahmanfans- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans- unsubscribe@ ! Groups Links Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo. com/trynew __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
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I am having a query..does nomination for Academy Award for original score depends upon fate of movie [like in bollywood]? anyway ,AR deserves another Oscar for CR. Regards Yogesh Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Rivjot riv...@... wrote: PLEASE!!! At least wait for movie to come out before making such statements. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Tamiliniyan mytamilmytamil@ wrote: http://www.cinefundas.com/2009/09/25/couples-retreat-music-review I have a strong feeling that ARR will win oscar next year for his CR scores ... Yeah..~!~!!
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thanks for your valuable comments. for me SALVADORE is the BEST of the lot hands down. such a truly haunting track. and btw i don't see any similarities with Jumbalaka. - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Iyer jkm...@... wrote: Its been really long since i posted in this group due to my tight schedule, but today the moment i heard the soundtrack of COUPLES RETREAT i decided no matter how long it is going to take for me to go to bed i will come and share the experience in this group... I m just going to write the way i felt on hearing the soundtrack for the first time SAJNA ... no words... i could see OUR RAHMAN sir in the melody NANA I just have one question what is the capacity of Rahman sir's brain... as a musician i m little disappointed too... he is not letting off any style for others to touch... he is exploring every new possible way and becoming a master in that and gives a brilliant tune... and this one is a great track in the album Undress OH MY GAWD...!!! a brilliant blend of east and west... starting with ghatam and tampura and building brilliantly... SALVADORE TYPICAL RAHMANISH... i really love this track though i could feel traces of Jumbalakka in the begining... but still amazing guitars and this track is going to be a big new treat for western world KURU KURU: Indian language in Hollywood movie... and RAHMAN Sir's Voice... amazing new kind of melody to Indian audience and absolutely in west way... and reserving best to the last: ANIMAL SPIRIT *The Rahman* who inspired me to write music... who inspired me to play keyboard is here... right here... YEAH THIS is the track of album... amazing.. I saw 90s Rahman coming back... RAHMAN SIR HATS OFF TO YOU...!!! The rest of tracks are typical soundtracks which i am sure going to sound great with the movie... I wouldn't be surprised if RAHMAN sir becomes the first indian to win Academy awards continuously for 2 years... JAI HO Karthik Iyer
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Not necessarily...although we do see most of the popular movies making it to the nomination lists, but more often than not, it's the dark horses that end up sweeping the awards! It's also the same case with bollywood or most film industries for that matter. Not all films are nominated based on their popularity or success at the box-office. If I'm not wrong, a number of our group members had earlier on expressed their fears that Delhi6 music might not be nominated for the popular awards due to the film's failure at the box-office. Yuvraaj's failure at the BO was quoted as one of the examples. Their fears are justifiable but there's no harm in hoping. Personally, I feel that awards (esp music awards) are based more on the popularity of the songs rather than the success of the film. Yuvraaj did have magical numbers but were they as popular as all the other ARR's albums? I don't think so..and I blame it all on the bad marketing of the album. When Subash Ghai did Taal with ARR, there were immense marketing for the music album as it was their first collaboration. Moreover, Taal was deemed to revive the careers of Subash Ghai, Aishwarya Rai, and Akshaye Khanna who until then, had a string of flops behind them. Therefore, though the movie was hardly watchable, it was still declared a hit, all thanks to the success of the sensational songs. But in the case of Yuvraaj, there weren't much marketing done for the film or the songs. Yes, we rave about the beauty of the songs here because we hv heard and fell in love with each one of those numbers, but frankly speaking, how many non-Rahman fans have actually sat and heard these songs? Not many going by my guesses. So, I don't think it's apt to use Yuvraaj as a yardstick in this case. Delhi6 was different...the film didn't do well in the BO but the songs have been garnered with praises from the public (ARR's fan and otherwise). Rehna Tu Maasakali were regularly played in all the major radio stations (mainly due to the repeated request of the listeners). If anything, kindly remember that Dilse's ill-fate at the BO in 1998 didn't seem to affect the popularity of the songs. ARR even went on to win a filmfare award for the the best music that year. A similar situation might occur here too. Therefore there's no harm in hoping that ARR might bag another award for Delhi6. Keep your fingers crossed for Delhi6...and CR too:) --- On Tue, 9/29/09, yogesh2783 yogesh2...@yahoo.in wrote: From: yogesh2783 yogesh2...@yahoo.in Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat track for OSCARS... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:46 PM I am having a query..does nomination for Academy Award for original score depends upon fate of movie [like in bollywood]? anyway ,AR deserves another Oscar for CR. Regards Yogesh Pune --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Rivjot riv...@... wrote: PLEASE!!! At least wait for movie to come out before making such statements. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Tamiliniyan mytamilmytamil@ wrote: http://www.cinefund as.com/2009/ 09/25/couples- retreat-music- review I have a strong feeling that ARR will win oscar next year for his CR scores ... Yeah..~!~!!! !!!
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C'mon guys, (Afro Nisha) is not a singer! It's really funny to read all the comments about the voice being 'suspiciously' similar to Rahman. Well, that's because it is Rahman. I don't think Afro Nisha is even a person. If anything, it could be the English title of the Tamil 'Kurukuru Kan' or it could even be a new genre. I can only say one thing for sure, the singer in 'Kurukuru Kan(Afro Nisha)' is Rahman. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfe...@... wrote: `Afro Nisha` ~ may be a genre ? Music experts.. please throw some light... On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39 IST Rivjot wrote: If song is sung by Rahman, do you think it could have been composed by someone else? Google goes no result for person named Afro Nisha.. so probably the words in the song. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purevibz@ wrote: So, is the Tamil song Kurukuru composed by ARR or AFro Nisha??? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ramesh R triscodeca@ wrote: Thanks for the heads up! Any idea who Afro Nisha is? Before ARR got on the project, it was John O'Brien who was listed as the composer so there's one track from him too. Nice! He's also listed now in IMDB as having composed additional music. So all the talk about Vince Vaughn and Jean Reno lending vocals might have just been talk eh! From: shashptl shashptl@ To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:57:49 AM Subject: [arr] Couples Retreat Tracklisting I know you guys are all eagerly awaiting this album. Hope this will help until we hear it all. Here is the track list : 1.Sajna 2.Kurukuru Kan (Afro Nisha) 3.Jason Cynthia Suite 4.NaNa 5.Tour Of The Villas 6.Meeting Marcel 7.Itinerary 8.Undress 9.Sharks 10.Luau by John O'Brien 11.Salvadore 12.Intervention 13.The Waterfall 14.Jason Cynthia Piano Theme 15.Animal Spirits Source : http://b2b.ada-music.com/genericq.asp?module_map_id=1234view=albumprofileitem_number=RMS%20500131 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: admin@ To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@! Groups Links Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
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Absolutely! It is surely AR. Maybe it's like a nick name for the song... http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 --- On Tue, 9/29/09, kaissiom kaiss...@yahoo.com wrote: From: kaissiom kaiss...@yahoo.com Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Tracklisting To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:40 AM C'mon guys, (Afro Nisha) is not a singer! It's really funny to read all the comments about the voice being 'suspiciously' similar to Rahman. Well, that's because it is Rahman. I don't think Afro Nisha is even a person. If anything, it could be the English title of the Tamil 'Kurukuru Kan' or it could even be a new genre. I can only say one thing for sure, the singer in 'Kurukuru Kan(Afro Nisha)' is Rahman. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ ... wrote: `Afro Nisha` ~ may be a genre ? Music experts.. please throw some light... On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39 IST Rivjot wrote: If song is sung by Rahman, do you think it could have been composed by someone else? Google goes no result for person named Afro Nisha.. so probably the words in the song. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, ichord purevibz@ wrote: So, is the Tamil song Kurukuru composed by ARR or AFro Nisha??? --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Ramesh R triscodeca@ wrote: Thanks for the heads up! Any idea who Afro Nisha is? Before ARR got on the project, it was John O'Brien who was listed as the composer so there's one track from him too. Nice! He's also listed now in IMDB as having composed additional music. So all the talk about Vince Vaughn and Jean Reno lending vocals might have just been talk eh! _ _ __ From: shashptl shashptl@ To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:57:49 AM Subject: [arr] Couples Retreat Tracklisting I know you guys are all eagerly awaiting this album. Hope this will help until we hear it all. Here is the track list : 1.Sajna 2.Kurukuru Kan (Afro Nisha) 3.Jason Cynthia Suite 4.NaNa 5.Tour Of The Villas 6.Meeting Marcel 7.Itinerary 8.Undress 9.Sharks 10.Luau by John O'Brien 11.Salvadore 12.Intervention 13.The Waterfall 14.Jason Cynthia Piano Theme 15.Animal Spirits Source : http://b2b.ada- music.com/ genericq. asp?module_ map_id=1234 view=albumprofil eitem_number= RMS%20500131 - - -- 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.arrahman fans.com Admin: admin@ To Subscribe: arrahmanfans- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans- unsubscribe@ ! Groups Links Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo. com/trynew
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PLEASE!!! At least wait for movie to come out before making such statements. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Tamiliniyan mytamilmyta...@... wrote: http://www.cinefundas.com/2009/09/25/couples-retreat-music-review I have a strong feeling that ARR will win oscar next year for his CR scores ... Yeah..~!~!!
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Thanks for sharing your feelings! I too feel the same way you do! IN addition to the tracks you mentioned, I also liked Sharks, Intervention (Both with ARR's soaring vocals), Meeting Marcel (beautiful flute and rhythm with the Buddhist monk choir sounds), and I also found the piano theme to be very touching. I think the word genius is now an understatement for Boss. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Iyer jkm...@... wrote: Its been really long since i posted in this group due to my tight schedule, but today the moment i heard the soundtrack of COUPLES RETREAT i decided no matter how long it is going to take for me to go to bed i will come and share the experience in this group... I m just going to write the way i felt on hearing the soundtrack for the first time SAJNA ... no words... i could see OUR RAHMAN sir in the melody NANA I just have one question what is the capacity of Rahman sir's brain... as a musician i m little disappointed too... he is not letting off any style for others to touch... he is exploring every new possible way and becoming a master in that and gives a brilliant tune... and this one is a great track in the album Undress OH MY GAWD...!!! a brilliant blend of east and west... starting with ghatam and tampura and building brilliantly... SALVADORE TYPICAL RAHMANISH... i really love this track though i could feel traces of Jumbalakka in the begining... but still amazing guitars and this track is going to be a big new treat for western world KURU KURU: Indian language in Hollywood movie... and RAHMAN Sir's Voice... amazing new kind of melody to Indian audience and absolutely in west way... and reserving best to the last: ANIMAL SPIRIT *The Rahman* who inspired me to write music... who inspired me to play keyboard is here... right here... YEAH THIS is the track of album... amazing.. I saw 90s Rahman coming back... RAHMAN SIR HATS OFF TO YOU...!!! The rest of tracks are typical soundtracks which i am sure going to sound great with the movie... I wouldn't be surprised if RAHMAN sir becomes the first indian to win Academy awards continuously for 2 years... JAI HO Karthik Iyer
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Chord, agreed. Could you explain if you find a difference between Dil Se and Blue in terms of audio quality. Dil se had the same if not more layers of orchestrations, instruments used. One more question. I would find Yuva to be very close to blue in terms of genre and the feel. Dont you feel Yuva was higher in terms of audio quality? On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:38 PM, ichord purev...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey Anand, Diff between Blue and CR 1) Blue has multiple layers, very dense, while CR is lighter in terms of quantity of arrangements, thus more breathing room and space in the tracks. 2) Blue's sound engineering team are composed of multiple people, using different platforms around the world (multisourced), hence some inconsistencies in terms of volumes, etc. (found that out through a good friend). Also, check out the sound credits in the Blue inlayso many people! CR's sound team appears to be more intimate and I think ARR may have supervised the sound better in CR. 3) The nature of Blue's music is loud and heavy, given it's an action and massala bollywood flick. CR's theme is more light and since it's mostly instrumental, allowed AR to show more pure artistic creativity in terms of sound and arrangements. BTW, I love Blue and CR both for different reasons. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Anand Bharathan an...@... wrote: Whew, what an extraordinary album CR is. If ARR can produce masterpieces like this in Hollywood, I wouldn't mind if he makes a tradeoff between Kollywood and Hollywood in favor of the latter. I mean reduce his assignments in Kolly, not abandon it altogether. And it shows how shortsighted we fans can be if we limit his genius to just the formulaic movies in India. As he himself has said that he likes to explore new avenues we should allow him to do just that otherwise risk his creativity getting stunted and a kind of boredom setting in. Looks like his creative genius needs to be challenged all the time. If it is, it is good for us fans as well. Also can the sound experts here throw light on the huge difference in sound quality between CR and Blue. After hearing CR, Blue now sounds to be totally muddled up and loud. Is it to do with a predominantly acoustic sounds cape of CR or just plainly our sound engineers have more to learn compared to their Western counterparts? From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com[mailto: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ichord Sent: 27 September, 2009 12:48 AM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Soundtrack Review Bravo! Great job, Suresh! Now, that's what I call a great review, doing full justice to this exquisite soundtrack. I esp. like that you talked about the sounds, instruments, arrangements a lot, which really do deserve specific menttion in each track. I liked how you tried to connect the music to the visuals, giving more meaning to each track in context. Appreciated how you tried to put the comedy element in logical light, stating that the serious music is for those who are the butt of the jokes and who don't find it funny, but the rest do! Makes perfect sense! I love some of your descriptions, like, bed of soft strings.very classy! Lastly, you very nicely put this in perspective in comparison to Slumdog in that even though it won't gather the same attention and perhaps level of accolades as Slumdog, it still deserves to be celebrated as a beautifully strong entrance for Rahman into hollywood. I can see your knowledge and ear for good music is quite refined and I really appreciate that. The only thing I didn't agree with you was the criticism on Sajna Re, but I respect that opinion a lot because you explained in detail why you felt that way. Geez, I wish more people would write reviews like you do And yes, you very correctly stated that it used the same musical template as Dreams on Fire, which is what I thought too when I heard it. For me, the core strength of this soundtrack is in artistic, aural, and aesthetic beauty, not commercial potential. It's one of the most beautifully crafted compositionally and sonically mostly acoustic album by Rahman and to me, that's all I need to celebrate, regardless of movie success. That is the greatest distinction between this and Slumdog, which was more of a commercial, highly energized, stylish, electronic soundtrack. Both Slumdog and Couple's Retreat showcase ARR's versatility amazingly and I hope people here in the West recognize that. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.commailto: arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%2540yahoogroups.com , sureshmechnit sureshmechnit@ wrote: http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/09/listening
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Whew, what an extraordinary album CR is. If ARR can produce masterpieces like this in Hollywood, I wouldn't mind if he makes a tradeoff between Kollywood and Hollywood in favor of the latter. I mean reduce his assignments in Kolly, not abandon it altogether. And it shows how shortsighted we fans can be if we limit his genius to just the formulaic movies in India. As he himself has said that he likes to explore new avenues we should allow him to do just that otherwise risk his creativity getting stunted and a kind of boredom setting in. Looks like his creative genius needs to be challenged all the time. If it is, it is good for us fans as well. Also can the sound experts here throw light on the huge difference in sound quality between CR and Blue. After hearing CR, Blue now sounds to be totally muddled up and loud. Is it to do with a predominantly acoustic sounds cape of CR or just plainly our sound engineers have more to learn compared to their Western counterparts? From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ichord Sent: 27 September, 2009 12:48 AM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Soundtrack Review Bravo! Great job, Suresh! Now, that's what I call a great review, doing full justice to this exquisite soundtrack. I esp. like that you talked about the sounds, instruments, arrangements a lot, which really do deserve specific menttion in each track. I liked how you tried to connect the music to the visuals, giving more meaning to each track in context. Appreciated how you tried to put the comedy element in logical light, stating that the serious music is for those who are the butt of the jokes and who don't find it funny, but the rest do! Makes perfect sense! I love some of your descriptions, like, bed of soft strings.very classy! Lastly, you very nicely put this in perspective in comparison to Slumdog in that even though it won't gather the same attention and perhaps level of accolades as Slumdog, it still deserves to be celebrated as a beautifully strong entrance for Rahman into hollywood. I can see your knowledge and ear for good music is quite refined and I really appreciate that. The only thing I didn't agree with you was the criticism on Sajna Re, but I respect that opinion a lot because you explained in detail why you felt that way. Geez, I wish more people would write reviews like you do And yes, you very correctly stated that it used the same musical template as Dreams on Fire, which is what I thought too when I heard it. For me, the core strength of this soundtrack is in artistic, aural, and aesthetic beauty, not commercial potential. It's one of the most beautifully crafted compositionally and sonically mostly acoustic album by Rahman and to me, that's all I need to celebrate, regardless of movie success. That is the greatest distinction between this and Slumdog, which was more of a commercial, highly energized, stylish, electronic soundtrack. Both Slumdog and Couple's Retreat showcase ARR's versatility amazingly and I hope people here in the West recognize that. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com mailto:arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com , sureshmechnit sureshmech...@... wrote: http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/09/listening-couples-retreat.html
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yeah i think the same. i am much disappointed by his CR review. it is not making much sense. it looks like he didn't even care to listen it carefully. it seems he did it just for sake of coming up with review ASAP. - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, vishal_kalel1 vishal.ka...@... wrote: It attracts more traffic if one posts negative reviews of rehman's music. Wake up Rehmaniacs. Stop visiting them!!! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purevibz@ wrote: Sorry for another post on the same subject, but I think Karthik should restrict his posts to only Indian scores, as most Western OSTs are not song oriented soundtracks, which are much more able to be represented by a cursory 100 word review. The OSTs from the West are more artistic and abstract in general, so in my opinion, a cursory short word review is just not doing justice in both directions, negative or positive. Moreover, even if Karthik wrote a raving review of the OST, I would still have an issue with that type of review. Just my two cents. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jesheem Mohamed mjesheem@ wrote: Hello Guyz! What a mind blowing fantabulous album this is turnin out to b! I'm hooked to all the songs - especially Sajna, Kuru kuru and Animal Spirits! BTW, you guyz may want to check out this.. http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2009/09/26/music-review-couples-retreat-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-a-r-rahman/ This guy has a tendency in wanting to write a review of any ARR album at the earliest. The same was with Blue.. I mean you got to give due justice to every album. And Couples Retreat is definitely hands down one amongst the best albums we have heard in any language in the near past!! What say guys!! Cheers..Jesheem _ Missed any of the IPL matches ? Catch a recap of all the action on MSN Videos http://msnvideos.in/iplt20/msnvideoplayer.aspx
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Hey Anand, Diff between Blue and CR 1) Blue has multiple layers, very dense, while CR is lighter in terms of quantity of arrangements, thus more breathing room and space in the tracks. 2) Blue's sound engineering team are composed of multiple people, using different platforms around the world (multisourced), hence some inconsistencies in terms of volumes, etc. (found that out through a good friend). Also, check out the sound credits in the Blue inlayso many people! CR's sound team appears to be more intimate and I think ARR may have supervised the sound better in CR. 3) The nature of Blue's music is loud and heavy, given it's an action and massala bollywood flick. CR's theme is more light and since it's mostly instrumental, allowed AR to show more pure artistic creativity in terms of sound and arrangements. BTW, I love Blue and CR both for different reasons. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anand Bharathan an...@... wrote: Whew, what an extraordinary album CR is. If ARR can produce masterpieces like this in Hollywood, I wouldn't mind if he makes a tradeoff between Kollywood and Hollywood in favor of the latter. I mean reduce his assignments in Kolly, not abandon it altogether. And it shows how shortsighted we fans can be if we limit his genius to just the formulaic movies in India. As he himself has said that he likes to explore new avenues we should allow him to do just that otherwise risk his creativity getting stunted and a kind of boredom setting in. Looks like his creative genius needs to be challenged all the time. If it is, it is good for us fans as well. Also can the sound experts here throw light on the huge difference in sound quality between CR and Blue. After hearing CR, Blue now sounds to be totally muddled up and loud. Is it to do with a predominantly acoustic sounds cape of CR or just plainly our sound engineers have more to learn compared to their Western counterparts? From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ichord Sent: 27 September, 2009 12:48 AM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat Soundtrack Review Bravo! Great job, Suresh! Now, that's what I call a great review, doing full justice to this exquisite soundtrack. I esp. like that you talked about the sounds, instruments, arrangements a lot, which really do deserve specific menttion in each track. I liked how you tried to connect the music to the visuals, giving more meaning to each track in context. Appreciated how you tried to put the comedy element in logical light, stating that the serious music is for those who are the butt of the jokes and who don't find it funny, but the rest do! Makes perfect sense! I love some of your descriptions, like, bed of soft strings.very classy! Lastly, you very nicely put this in perspective in comparison to Slumdog in that even though it won't gather the same attention and perhaps level of accolades as Slumdog, it still deserves to be celebrated as a beautifully strong entrance for Rahman into hollywood. I can see your knowledge and ear for good music is quite refined and I really appreciate that. The only thing I didn't agree with you was the criticism on Sajna Re, but I respect that opinion a lot because you explained in detail why you felt that way. Geez, I wish more people would write reviews like you do And yes, you very correctly stated that it used the same musical template as Dreams on Fire, which is what I thought too when I heard it. For me, the core strength of this soundtrack is in artistic, aural, and aesthetic beauty, not commercial potential. It's one of the most beautifully crafted compositionally and sonically mostly acoustic album by Rahman and to me, that's all I need to celebrate, regardless of movie success. That is the greatest distinction between this and Slumdog, which was more of a commercial, highly energized, stylish, electronic soundtrack. Both Slumdog and Couple's Retreat showcase ARR's versatility amazingly and I hope people here in the West recognize that. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com mailto:arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com , sureshmechnit sureshmechnit@ wrote: http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/09/listening-couples-retreat.html
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Ok, let me further explain what I said below before a backlash storm hits me, which I'm ready for. This is only my opinion, and not at all meant any disrespect for Karthik or his opnions. I didn't mean to say below that Karthik should never write reviews for hollywood OSTs. He has a right to his reviews and opinions for any music anywhere. I guess what I would prefer is for him to take more time to listen to a hollywood soundtrack and make his reviews more elaborate for a hollywood score, since the OSTs for that film industry are more artistic in nature, less poppish, more global in reach, and generally more abstract with OST cues and instrumental pieces mostly instead of songs. Karthik's reviews for bollywood scores are based on a certain crisp and first impression approach, which I generally respect, but also one that is mostly from a song oriented template in my opinion. He wrote about Sajna, which I disagree with, but don't have any issues about it being cursory, since it's a song. For the rest of the cues, however, I wish there would have been more elaboration, even if negative, because I feel that instrumental cues are a lot more in depth and ornate than usual bollywood songs, thus I feel requiring a different template for review. A short first impression review to me is much more of an appropriate match for a song based soundtrack than a more abstract, instrumental based soundtrack. That's all I'm saying. Guys, this is just my opinion before anyone starts beating me over the head. I mean no disrespect towards Karthik or anyone else's opinions by this. I'm sorry for my thoughts of late to be somewhat disorganized and writing multiple, long posts. These days, I'm not into a crisp mode of writing for some reason! I'll try and get back to that mode again. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purev...@... wrote: Sorry for another post on the same subject, but I think Karthik should restrict his posts to only Indian scores, as most Western OSTs are not song oriented soundtracks, which are much more able to be represented by a cursory 100 word review. The OSTs from the West are more artistic and abstract in general, so in my opinion, a cursory short word review is just not doing justice in both directions, negative or positive. Moreover, even if Karthik wrote a raving review of the OST, I would still have an issue with that type of review. Just my two cents. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jesheem Mohamed mjesheem@ wrote: Hello Guyz! What a mind blowing fantabulous album this is turnin out to b! I'm hooked to all the songs - especially Sajna, Kuru kuru and Animal Spirits! BTW, you guyz may want to check out this.. http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2009/09/26/music-review-couples-retreat-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-a-r-rahman/ This guy has a tendency in wanting to write a review of any ARR album at the earliest. The same was with Blue.. I mean you got to give due justice to every album. And Couples Retreat is definitely hands down one amongst the best albums we have heard in any language in the near past!! What say guys!! Cheers..Jesheem _ Missed any of the IPL matches ? Catch a recap of all the action on MSN Videos http://msnvideos.in/iplt20/msnvideoplayer.aspx
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What Karthik has written is his opinion, obviously, but one that I pretty much completely disagree with. No dominant theme? You kidding me? The melody of Sajna and John and Cynthia's Suite keep weaving in and out of the soundtrack and multiple places, forming a coherent whole In no way is this a review of the soundtrackjust a cursory commentary without being attuned to detail, that's it. Music is meaningless without the film? Ok, man..I don't think many will agree with you there. Guys, the genius of CR is in the details. Those who miss out (Karthik), I pity you. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jesheem Mohamed mjesh...@... wrote: Hello Guyz! What a mind blowing fantabulous album this is turnin out to b! I'm hooked to all the songs - especially Sajna, Kuru kuru and Animal Spirits! BTW, you guyz may want to check out this.. http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2009/09/26/music-review-couples-retreat-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-a-r-rahman/ This guy has a tendency in wanting to write a review of any ARR album at the earliest. The same was with Blue.. I mean you got to give due justice to every album. And Couples Retreat is definitely hands down one amongst the best albums we have heard in any language in the near past!! What say guys!! Cheers..Jesheem _ Missed any of the IPL matches ? Catch a recap of all the action on MSN Videos http://msnvideos.in/iplt20/msnvideoplayer.aspx
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Sorry for another post on the same subject, but I think Karthik should restrict his posts to only Indian scores, as most Western OSTs are not song oriented soundtracks, which are much more able to be represented by a cursory 100 word review. The OSTs from the West are more artistic and abstract in general, so in my opinion, a cursory short word review is just not doing justice in both directions, negative or positive. Moreover, even if Karthik wrote a raving review of the OST, I would still have an issue with that type of review. Just my two cents. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jesheem Mohamed mjesh...@... wrote: Hello Guyz! What a mind blowing fantabulous album this is turnin out to b! I'm hooked to all the songs - especially Sajna, Kuru kuru and Animal Spirits! BTW, you guyz may want to check out this.. http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2009/09/26/music-review-couples-retreat-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-a-r-rahman/ This guy has a tendency in wanting to write a review of any ARR album at the earliest. The same was with Blue.. I mean you got to give due justice to every album. And Couples Retreat is definitely hands down one amongst the best albums we have heard in any language in the near past!! What say guys!! Cheers..Jesheem _ Missed any of the IPL matches ? Catch a recap of all the action on MSN Videos http://msnvideos.in/iplt20/msnvideoplayer.aspx
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Yeah I agree with you on some points. Music in H'wood movies are not about 'songs' and isn't about 'I-am-good,-listen-to-me-over-and-over-again. They compliment the visuals unlike the Indian film 'songs'. So, it'd be better to review any H'wood soundtrack after the release of the movie, keeping in mind its theme and sequence. I really didn't expect Karthik to write CR review, this soon. I disagreed on his AR's CONNECTIONS review too, he missed out those 3 silent invocation. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purev...@... wrote: Ok, let me further explain what I said below before a backlash storm hits me, which I'm ready for. This is only my opinion, and not at all meant any disrespect for Karthik or his opnions. I didn't mean to say below that Karthik should never write reviews for hollywood OSTs. He has a right to his reviews and opinions for any music anywhere. I guess what I would prefer is for him to take more time to listen to a hollywood soundtrack and make his reviews more elaborate for a hollywood score, since the OSTs for that film industry are more artistic in nature, less poppish, more global in reach, and generally more abstract with OST cues and instrumental pieces mostly instead of songs. Karthik's reviews for bollywood scores are based on a certain crisp and first impression approach, which I generally respect, but also one that is mostly from a song oriented template in my opinion. He wrote about Sajna, which I disagree with, but don't have any issues about it being cursory, since it's a song. For the rest of the cues, however, I wish there would have been more elaboration, even if negative, because I feel that instrumental cues are a lot more in depth and ornate than usual bollywood songs, thus I feel requiring a different template for review. A short first impression review to me is much more of an appropriate match for a song based soundtrack than a more abstract, instrumental based soundtrack. That's all I'm saying. Guys, this is just my opinion before anyone starts beating me over the head. I mean no disrespect towards Karthik or anyone else's opinions by this. I'm sorry for my thoughts of late to be somewhat disorganized and writing multiple, long posts. These days, I'm not into a crisp mode of writing for some reason! I'll try and get back to that mode again. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purevibz@ wrote: Sorry for another post on the same subject, but I think Karthik should restrict his posts to only Indian scores, as most Western OSTs are not song oriented soundtracks, which are much more able to be represented by a cursory 100 word review. The OSTs from the West are more artistic and abstract in general, so in my opinion, a cursory short word review is just not doing justice in both directions, negative or positive. Moreover, even if Karthik wrote a raving review of the OST, I would still have an issue with that type of review. Just my two cents. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jesheem Mohamed mjesheem@ wrote: Hello Guyz! What a mind blowing fantabulous album this is turnin out to b! I'm hooked to all the songs - especially Sajna, Kuru kuru and Animal Spirits! BTW, you guyz may want to check out this.. http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2009/09/26/music-review-couples-retreat-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-a-r-rahman/ This guy has a tendency in wanting to write a review of any ARR album at the earliest. The same was with Blue.. I mean you got to give due justice to every album. And Couples Retreat is definitely hands down one amongst the best albums we have heard in any language in the near past!! What say guys!! Cheers..Jesheem _ Missed any of the IPL matches ? Catch a recap of all the action on MSN Videos http://msnvideos.in/iplt20/msnvideoplayer.aspx
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It attracts more traffic if one posts negative reviews of rehman's music. Wake up Rehmaniacs. Stop visiting them!!! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purev...@... wrote: Sorry for another post on the same subject, but I think Karthik should restrict his posts to only Indian scores, as most Western OSTs are not song oriented soundtracks, which are much more able to be represented by a cursory 100 word review. The OSTs from the West are more artistic and abstract in general, so in my opinion, a cursory short word review is just not doing justice in both directions, negative or positive. Moreover, even if Karthik wrote a raving review of the OST, I would still have an issue with that type of review. Just my two cents. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jesheem Mohamed mjesheem@ wrote: Hello Guyz! What a mind blowing fantabulous album this is turnin out to b! I'm hooked to all the songs - especially Sajna, Kuru kuru and Animal Spirits! BTW, you guyz may want to check out this.. http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2009/09/26/music-review-couples-retreat-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-a-r-rahman/ This guy has a tendency in wanting to write a review of any ARR album at the earliest. The same was with Blue.. I mean you got to give due justice to every album. And Couples Retreat is definitely hands down one amongst the best albums we have heard in any language in the near past!! What say guys!! Cheers..Jesheem _ Missed any of the IPL matches ? Catch a recap of all the action on MSN Videos http://msnvideos.in/iplt20/msnvideoplayer.aspx
[arr] Re: Couples Retreat music review 1 - Wordlessly mind-boggling
me too would like to hear feedback from some completely non-Indian non-Rahmaniac reviewer. - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elen...@... wrote: Gotta wait for a non-Indian review. Need to see what they think... http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 --- On Fri, 9/25/09, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... wrote: From: $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... Subject: [arr] Couples Retreat music review 1 - Wordlessly mind-boggling To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:41 AM  http://www.cinefund as.com/2009/ 09/25/couples- retreat-music- review Couples Retreat â Wordlessly mind-bogglingIf A.R. Rahman had proved off his extraordinary adeptness on Indian touch with âSlumdog Millionaireâ, he strikes marvelously with complete Hollywood-fangled melodies. The tunes are stunningly melodic and indeed aptly sound in accordance with filmâs title âCouples Retreatâ. The original soundtrack of âCouples Retreatâ has 15 melodies with uniquely spelled attributes. SAJNA⦠SAJNA ReJust heed to the fortepianos and mild-strike of chord with crystal-chimes accompanying them. Rahman adds to the Indianized touch by adding the Hindi word âSajna Sajna Reâ¦â The English lyrics are mesmerizingly touching and perhaps, the western people wouldnât have listened to such an appealing melody. KURU KURUâ¦Vocal: A.R. RahmanFine! After uttering âEllam Pugazhum Iraivan Oruvanukkeâ â itâs one more turn to express his gratitude for his TAMIL. The song starts off with slow-rhythms of 6/8 March on soft-guitars later with slow-stringed running notes. The Tamil lyrics tuned in complete Hollywood style happen to be the best flavors. Totting up to the best panoramas is the unique-patterned rhythm on scissors. Sound engineering has been marvelously performed⦠Doubtlessly, KURU KURU is the best pick of soundtrack. Jason and Cynthia SuiteRealms of stringed instruments as it keep playing on various octaves. The melodic notes are played on solo guitar and Cello joins the instrumentation in latter part. Merely after couple of minutes, the song is shifted to higher scales and it goes on with same notes. Trombones and oboes are played in final part. Moreover, itâs the best song that sweeps all on your senses. NANAItâs a Spanish-styled hip-hop with Blaazeâs specific vocalisms on rap lines. The beats over the synchronized drum pads keeps repeating while fill-ins over Brasses and trumpets over synthesizers does takes you straight into those ambiences. TOUR OF THE VILASIf you ever spellbound listening to âSAJNA SAJNAâ, Rahman delivers the same tune over instrumentals. All through the track, the scales are raised and lowered. Beats over Congo-drums with vibes mingled in makes it sound yet more embellished. More than all, Rahman has utilized more instruments on various parts, say, like cymbals, solo violin, flute and pan flutes. MEETING MARCELSounds quite unique from previous numbers⦠It offers the touch of meditational relaxation music with the style of percussions inherited from Tai Chi. the melodiously refreshing tune suddenly transforms into an emotional genre with flutes, cellos, violins and other stringed instruments coalesced on the parts. We get to hear orchestral-hits here and there. ITINERARY Starts off with overpowering instrumentations over percussions, keyboards and stringed ones⦠Rahman has to thank his music supervisor John OâBrien for having engineered the entire group with such grandeur. Finally, after the fast-rushing instrumentals, youâve Rahmanâs vocalism echoing on higher tone. UNDRESSWow! This is the prettiest work that any music lover wouldâve heard. On the beginning note, we have Mridangam, veena taking off with predominance later with sync-bass. A perfect âJugalbandhiâ treat for everyone. SHARKSThe track has some traces of previous number MEETING MARCEL and the notes are almost the same. Precisely, it would be more appealing with the visuals on screens. LUAU by John OâBrienMaking it blissfully done over the sound supervising, John OâBrien scores on his show with country music with 12-string acoustic guitars. The running beats on Congo-drums make an impressive sound. SALVADOREThe song sounds much similar to Tamil song âJumbhalakaâ that has the prelude starting off with Arabic intonation. The song has guitars and beats played on similar touch. As well, it has similarities with Rahmanâs previous score for âMein Alabeliâ in âZubeidaâ. INTERVENTIONThe maestro roars again! Of course, put your best verdicts for the brilliant orchestration of symphony based track. Rahmanâs vocalism on higher pitch emblazons it stunningly. If our guesses are right, the track should precisely be
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Bravo! Great job, Suresh! Now, that's what I call a great review, doing full justice to this exquisite soundtrack. I esp. like that you talked about the sounds, instruments, arrangements a lot, which really do deserve specific menttion in each track. I liked how you tried to connect the music to the visuals, giving more meaning to each track in context. Appreciated how you tried to put the comedy element in logical light, stating that the serious music is for those who are the butt of the jokes and who don't find it funny, but the rest do! Makes perfect sense! I love some of your descriptions, like, bed of soft strings.very classy! Lastly, you very nicely put this in perspective in comparison to Slumdog in that even though it won't gather the same attention and perhaps level of accolades as Slumdog, it still deserves to be celebrated as a beautifully strong entrance for Rahman into hollywood. I can see your knowledge and ear for good music is quite refined and I really appreciate that. The only thing I didn't agree with you was the criticism on Sajna Re, but I respect that opinion a lot because you explained in detail why you felt that way. Geez, I wish more people would write reviews like you do And yes, you very correctly stated that it used the same musical template as Dreams on Fire, which is what I thought too when I heard it. For me, the core strength of this soundtrack is in artistic, aural, and aesthetic beauty, not commercial potential. It's one of the most beautifully crafted compositionally and sonically mostly acoustic album by Rahman and to me, that's all I need to celebrate, regardless of movie success. That is the greatest distinction between this and Slumdog, which was more of a commercial, highly energized, stylish, electronic soundtrack. Both Slumdog and Couple's Retreat showcase ARR's versatility amazingly and I hope people here in the West recognize that. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sureshmechnit sureshmech...@... wrote: http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/09/listening-couples-retreat.html
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ichord - That was a great review on my review. Thank you so much. It feels great when people understand the review, in exactly way it was intended to be while writing. Smile Sureshkumar http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com '--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purev...@... wrote: Bravo! Great job, Suresh! Now, that's what I call a great review, doing full justice to this exquisite soundtrack. I esp. like that you talked about the sounds, instruments, arrangements a lot, which really do deserve specific menttion in each track. I liked how you tried to connect the music to the visuals, giving more meaning to each track in context. Appreciated how you tried to put the comedy element in logical light, stating that the serious music is for those who are the butt of the jokes and who don't find it funny, but the rest do! Makes perfect sense! I love some of your descriptions, like, bed of soft strings.very classy! Lastly, you very nicely put this in perspective in comparison to Slumdog in that even though it won't gather the same attention and perhaps level of accolades as Slumdog, it still deserves to be celebrated as a beautifully strong entrance for Rahman into hollywood. I can see your knowledge and ear for good music is quite refined and I really appreciate that. The only thing I didn't agree with you was the criticism on Sajna Re, but I respect that opinion a lot because you explained in detail why you felt that way. Geez, I wish more people would write reviews like you do And yes, you very correctly stated that it used the same musical template as Dreams on Fire, which is what I thought too when I heard it. For me, the core strength of this soundtrack is in artistic, aural, and aesthetic beauty, not commercial potential. It's one of the most beautifully crafted compositionally and sonically mostly acoustic album by Rahman and to me, that's all I need to celebrate, regardless of movie success. That is the greatest distinction between this and Slumdog, which was more of a commercial, highly energized, stylish, electronic soundtrack. Both Slumdog and Couple's Retreat showcase ARR's versatility amazingly and I hope people here in the West recognize that. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sureshmechnit sureshmechnit@ wrote: http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2009/09/listening-couples-retreat.html
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Nice mixing of the tracks. The sound quality is back to ARR standards in Couples Retreat.[ From the samples given in their website.] K. M. Ameer
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Wow! just hearing the album - can't wait to get my hands on it! Wohoo! I am all excited. Long weekend - gonna drown myself in CR music. When is it releasing in India??? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, shashptl shash...@... wrote: I know you guys are all eagerly awaiting this album. Hope this will help until we hear it all. Here is the track list : 1.Sajna 2.Kurukuru Kan (Afro Nisha) 3.Jason Cynthia Suite 4.NaNa 5.Tour Of The Villas 6.Meeting Marcel 7.Itinerary 8.Undress 9.Sharks 10.Luau by John O'Brien 11.Salvadore 12.Intervention 13.The Waterfall 14.Jason Cynthia Piano Theme 15.Animal Spirits Source : http://b2b.ada-music.com/genericq.asp?module_map_id=1234view=albumprofileitem_number=RMS%20500131
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Oh! I didn't know that...Thanks for the info...Nice track... On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Niven niven...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Madhavan, but these two trailers have music by PITBULL called I know you want me or calle ocho Niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Madhavan Rajan rsamadhu2...@... wrote: Thanks! sounds great...And here's some latest videos added... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207939591793 http://www.facebook.com/CouplesRetreat#/video/video.php?v=1207940151807 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Niven niven...@... wrote: Music sounds peppy.. is that latino??? niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.comarrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elensar@ wrote: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448859525 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448459515 Releasing October 9!!! http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/� http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
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Music sounds peppy.. is that latino??? niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elen...@... wrote: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448859525 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448459515 Releasing October 9!!! http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/�http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233
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Thanks! sounds great...And here's some latest videos added... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207939591793 http://www.facebook.com/CouplesRetreat#/video/video.php?v=1207940151807 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Niven niven...@gmail.com wrote: Music sounds peppy.. is that latino??? niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elen...@... wrote: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448859525 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448459515 Releasing October 9!!! http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/� http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
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Thanks Madhavan, but these two trailers have music by PITBULL called I know you want me or calle ocho Niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Madhavan Rajan rsamadhu2...@... wrote: Thanks! sounds great...And here's some latest videos added... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207939591793 http://www.facebook.com/CouplesRetreat#/video/video.php?v=1207940151807 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Niven niven...@... wrote: Music sounds peppy.. is that latino??? niven --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elensar@ wrote: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448859525 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1207448459515 Releasing October 9!!! http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/� http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
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in case anyone wondering, the song used in the trailer is bye Ben Lee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssgzTm7aC5E so, i guess the music might be still in progress looks like a really funny movie. :) and the yoga guy at the end of the trailer almost looks and sounds like Salman Khan. lol On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Roshan c.pix...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00025408.html -- --- http://ramblingsoul.com http://2ic.in -- --- http://ramblingsoul.com http://2ic.in
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cooolll.. Thanks. here is the text.. Couples Retreat' Gets Hilarious Trailer Four couples travel to an exotic couples counseling resort, only to experience a series of mishaps and setbacks, in an upcoming comedy by Jon Favreau called 'Couples Retreat'. Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Couples Retreat on Apple. More than two-minute long, the promotional video for the comedy movie introduces the four main couples, Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk, Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, as well as Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis. The trailer helps to explain how things are going between each of the couples before dropping the bomb that one of them is going through a rough patch. In order to work on their problem, the troubled couple chooses to go to a lush tropical getaway and brings along their couples friends to get a special group price. What the others do not know is that their group-rate vacation comes at a price. Couples Retreat is directed by first-time helmer Peter Billingsley. The screenplay is provided by Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau, while the music is composed by A. R. Rahman, the Academy Award winner for his work in Slumdog Millionaire. Jean Reno also joins the cast ensemble of this comedy movie which will come out in U.S. theaters October 9. ENJOY!!! ARR Rulez Raj --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Roshan c.pix...@... wrote: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00025408.html -- --- http://ramblingsoul.com http://2ic.in
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And also note that there is another song called 'Do the rush' by Shaggy. Niven (Mauritius) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Roshan c.pix...@... wrote: in case anyone wondering, the song used in the trailer is bye Ben Lee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssgzTm7aC5E so, i guess the music might be still in progress looks like a really funny movie. :) and the yoga guy at the end of the trailer almost looks and sounds like Salman Khan. lol On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Roshan c.pix...@... wrote: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00025408.html -- --- http://ramblingsoul.com http://2ic.in -- --- http://ramblingsoul.com http://2ic.in
[arr] Re: Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project !
Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. i don't think so. it is a complete Hollywood production not having even remote connection to India or East. i am expecting a complete western type of score with not even shades of eastern music. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! i could not get what Ilayaraja's tunes got to do in a score by ARR? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prashanth Murali Nottath pnott...@... wrote: Great news. However Oscars can be expected only if the film itself is an Oscar favorite, regardless of the music. And I don't think there will be songs as such in the movie, otherwise it would be marketed as a musical. Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! :P This will also be a good test of how Rahman can adapt to completely different setting. His earlier ventures had some elements of Bollywood in it. This is completely Hollywood. 2009/5/15 Farzad khaleel farsad...@... Is it fair to expect OSCARS more ? I was reading the news in TOI about A R Rahman and Burden of Expectations. :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM, jaiganesh g jaiganesh...@...wrote: HOPE WE GET ANOTHER OSCAR On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gomzy gomtesh.upad...@...wrote: he was the producerexecutive producerthey are the makers there :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... wrote: Iron man directed by Jon Favreau... --- On *Thu, 5/14/09, Gomzy gomtesh.upad...@...* wrote: From: Gomzy gomtesh.upad...@... Subject: Re: [arr] Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project ! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:36 AM wow !! The movie is gonna be directed by Peter Billingsley who made iron man last year. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078940/ On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk http://mc/compose?to=rahmanfe...@... wrote: http://www.arrahman .com/v2/discogra phy/films- english-couplesr etreat.html Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue -- Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here!http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_Travel_1/*http://in.travel.yahoo.com/ -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac.com -- Temet Nosce
Re: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project !
Guys, it was plain wishful thinking. I know it is not going to happen. However I want the Rahman touch to be there, hence it cannot be exactly 100% western. 2009/5/19 Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebti...@yahoo.com Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. i don't think so. it is a complete Hollywood production not having even remote connection to India or East. i am expecting a complete western type of score with not even shades of eastern music. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! i could not get what Ilayaraja's tunes got to do in a score by ARR? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Prashanth Murali Nottath pnott...@... wrote: Great news. However Oscars can be expected only if the film itself is an Oscar favorite, regardless of the music. And I don't think there will be songs as such in the movie, otherwise it would be marketed as a musical. Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! :P This will also be a good test of how Rahman can adapt to completely different setting. His earlier ventures had some elements of Bollywood in it. This is completely Hollywood. 2009/5/15 Farzad khaleel farsad...@... Is it fair to expect OSCARS more ? I was reading the news in TOI about A R Rahman and Burden of Expectations. :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM, jaiganesh g jaiganesh...@...wrote: HOPE WE GET ANOTHER OSCAR On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@...wrote: he was the producerexecutive producerthey are the makers there :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... wrote: Iron man directed by Jon Favreau... --- On *Thu, 5/14/09, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@...* wrote: From: Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@... Subject: Re: [arr] Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project ! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:36 AM wow !! The movie is gonna be directed by Peter Billingsley who made iron man last year. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078940/ On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk http://mc/compose?to=rahmanfe...@... wrote: http://www.arrahman .com/v2/discogra phy/films- english-couplesr etreat.html Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue -- Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_Travel_1/*http://in.travel.yahoo.com/ -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac.com -- Temet Nosce -- Temet Nosce
RE: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat | AR#39;s New Hollywood Project !
I agree with u. I dont understand why ilayaraja#39;s tune is to be used in ARR #39;s full fledged hollywood score ? IR fans also here in this group? Looking forward only sensible postings here only from RAHMANISH !!! Jahanzeb Farooq wrote: Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. i don't think so. it is a complete Hollywood production not having even remote connection to India or East. i am expecting a complete western type of score with not even shades of eastern music. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! i could not get what Ilayaraja's tunes got to do in a score by ARR? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com , Prashanth Murali Nottath pnott...@.. . wrote: Great news. However Oscars can be expected only if the film itself is an Oscar favorite, regardless of the music. And I don't think there will be songs as such in the movie, otherwise it would be marketed as a musical. Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! :P This will also be a good test of how Rahman can adapt to completely different setting. His earlier ventures had some elements of Bollywood in it. This is completely Hollywood. 2009/5/15 Farzad khaleel farsad...@. .. Is it fair to expect OSCARS more ? I was reading the news in TOI about A R Rahman and Burden of Expectations . :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM, jaiganesh g jaiganesh.g4@ ...wrote: HOPE WE GET ANOTHER OSCAR On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ ...wrote: he was the producer executive producer they are the makers there :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ ... wrote: Iron man directed by Jon Favreau... --- On *Thu, 5/14/09, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ ...* wrote: From: Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ ... Subject: Re: [arr] Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project ! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:36 AM wow !! The movie is gonna be directed by Peter Billingsley who made iron man last year. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk http://mc/compose? to=rahmanfever@ wrote: http://www.arrahman .com/v2/discogra phy/films- english-couplesr etreat.html Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue - - Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! http://in.rd. yahoo.com/ tagline_Travel_ 1/*http:/ /in.travel. yahoo.com/ -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac. com -- Temet Nosce
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ARR Cant give 100% western Score ?? Wht are u talking ? Let us wait and see . I doubt are u rahmanish ? Or IR fan? Pls wind up this topic. Prashanth Murali Nottath wrote: Guys, it was plain wishful thinking. I know it is not going to happen. However I want the Rahman touch to be there, hence it cannot be exactly 100% western. 2009/5/19 Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebtippu@ yahoo.com Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. i don't think so. it is a complete Hollywood production not having even remote connection to India or East. i am expecting a complete western type of score with not even shades of eastern music. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! i could not get what Ilayaraja's tunes got to do in a score by ARR? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com , Prashanth Murali Nottath pnott...@... wrote: Great news.. However Oscars can be expected only if the film itself is an Oscar favorite, regardless of the music. And I don't think there will be songs as such in the movie, otherwise it would be marketed as a musical. Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! :P This will also be a good test of how Rahman can adapt to completely different setting. His earlier ventures had some elements of Bollywood in it. This is completely Hollywood. 2009/5/15 Farzad khaleel farsad...@... . Is it fair to expect OSCARS more ? I was reading the news in TOI about A R Rahman and Burden of Expectations. :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM, jaiganesh g jaiganesh.g4@ wrote: HOPE WE GET ANOTHER OSCAR On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ ...wrote: he was the producer executive producer they are the makers there :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ ... wrote: Iron man directed by Jon Favreau... --- On *Thu, 5/14/09, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ ...* wrote: From: Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ ... Subject: Re: [arr] Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project ! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:36 AM wow !! The movie is gonna be directed by Peter Billingsley who made iron man last year. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ yahoo.co . uk http://mc/compose? to=rahmanfever@ wrote: http://www.arrahman ..com/v2/discogra phy/films- english-couplesr etreat.html Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue - - Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! http://in.rd. yahoo.com/ tagline_Travel_ 1/*http:/ /in.travel. yahoo.com/ -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac. com -- Temet Nosce -- Temet Nosce
[arr] Re: Couples Retreat | AR#39;s New Hollywood Project !
I am so happy that it will probably be a fully Western score...this way ARR won't be stereotyped as someone who only provides Indian or Indian fusion music...he will be seen as a great musician. periodalso...there will still the the ARR touch...that is beyond language and culture! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chris Raj chris78_...@... wrote: I agree with u. I dont understand why ilayaraja#39;s tune is to be used in ARR #39;s full fledged hollywood score ? IR fans also here in this group? Looking forward only sensible postings here only from RAHMANISH !!! Jahanzeb Farooq wrote: Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. i don't think so. it is a complete Hollywood production not having even remote connection to India or East. i am expecting a complete western type of score with not even shades of eastern music. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! i could not get what Ilayaraja's tunes got to do in a score by ARR? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com , Prashanth Murali Nottath pnottath@ . wrote: Great news. However Oscars can be expected only if the film itself is an Oscar favorite, regardless of the music. And I don't think there will be songs as such in the movie, otherwise it would be marketed as a musical. Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! :P This will also be a good test of how Rahman can adapt to completely different setting. His earlier ventures had some elements of Bollywood in it. This is completely Hollywood. 2009/5/15 Farzad khaleel farsad666@ .. Is it fair to expect OSCARS more ? I was reading the news in TOI about A R Rahman and Burden of Expectations . :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM, jaiganesh g jaiganesh.g4@ ...wrote: HOPE WE GET ANOTHER OSCAR On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gomzy⢠gomtesh.upadhye@ ...wrote: he was the producer executive producer they are the makers there :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ ... wrote: Iron man directed by Jon Favreau... --- On *Thu, 5/14/09, Gomzy⢠gomtesh.upadhye@ ...* wrote: From: Gomzy⢠gomtesh.upadhye@ ... Subject: Re: [arr] Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project ! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:36 AM wow !! The movie is gonna be directed by Peter Billingsley who made iron man last year. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk http://mc/compose? to=rahmanfever@ wrote: http://www.arrahman .com/v2/discogra phy/films- english-couplesr etreat.html Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue - - Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! http://in.rd. yahoo.com/ tagline_Travel_ 1/*http:/ /in.travel. yahoo.com/ -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac. com -- Temet Nosce
Re: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project !
Chris, I get your point, no need to make such a big fuss out of something which I just gave a moment's thought to. I don't need your certification for being a Rahmaniac or not. I think my involvement in this topic ends here. Sorry for wasting time of many members here with my not so serious thoughts. Prash. 2009/5/19 vimaljk vima...@yahoo.com I am so happy that it will probably be a fully Western score...this way ARR won't be stereotyped as someone who only provides Indian or Indian fusion music...he will be seen as a great musician. periodalso...there will still the the ARR touch...that is beyond language and culture! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Chris Raj chris78_...@... wrote: I agree with u. I dont understand why ilayaraja#39;s tune is to be used in ARR #39;s full fledged hollywood score ? IR fans also here in this group? Looking forward only sensible postings here only from RAHMANISH !!! Jahanzeb Farooq wrote: Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. i don't think so. it is a complete Hollywood production not having even remote connection to India or East. i am expecting a complete western type of score with not even shades of eastern music. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! i could not get what Ilayaraja's tunes got to do in a score by ARR? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com , Prashanth Murali Nottath pnottath@ . wrote: Great news. However Oscars can be expected only if the film itself is an Oscar favorite, regardless of the music. And I don't think there will be songs as such in the movie, otherwise it would be marketed as a musical. Expecting a lot of sampling from Rahman from Indian movies as well. Here's to hoping that a tune or two of Ilayaraja also gets in there!! :P This will also be a good test of how Rahman can adapt to completely different setting. His earlier ventures had some elements of Bollywood in it. This is completely Hollywood. 2009/5/15 Farzad khaleel farsad666@ .. Is it fair to expect OSCARS more ? I was reading the news in TOI about A R Rahman and Burden of Expectations . :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM, jaiganesh g jaiganesh...@...wrote: HOPE WE GET ANOTHER OSCAR On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gomzyâ„¢ gomtesh.upad...@...wrote: he was the producer executive producer they are the makers there :) On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... wrote: Iron man directed by Jon Favreau... --- On *Thu, 5/14/09, Gomzyâ„¢ gomtesh.upadhye@ ...* wrote: From: Gomzyâ„¢ gomtesh.upadhye@ ... Subject: Re: [arr] Couples Retreat | AR's New Hollywood Project ! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:36 AM wow !! The movie is gonna be directed by Peter Billingsley who made iron man last year. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt1078940/ On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk http://mc/compose? to=rahmanfever@ wrote: http://www.arrahman .com/v2/discogra phy/films- english-couplesr etreat.html Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue - - Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! http://in.rd. yahoo.com/ tagline_Travel_ 1/*http:/ /in.travel. yahoo.com/ -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac. com -- Temet Nosce -- Temet Nosce