Music has a visual element in it. And, Oscar winner A R Rahman is trying his best to make sure that his songs get good visual treatment in the movies he works in. “I’m very concerned about the visual treatment,” disclosed Rahman, releasing the soundtrack of Couples Retreat, “My fans get very agitated when my work gets wasted. I get angry e-mails asking me why I worked on films that don’t utilise my songs properly. I’m actually cool with it, but my fans aren’t!”
Rahman described the experience of working on his first mainstream Hollywood film as “fantastic”. “I enjoyed doing Couples Retreat because of the freedom I got,” he said, “Also, the budget - in terms of orchestra — was flexible so that I could get exactly what I wanted, musically.” The Mozart of Madras also had to slightly change his work timings to ensure that work finished on time. “I worked on weekends too,” he said with a smile, “That was funny!” Later, talking exclusively to CT, Rahman stressed that he did not want exotic names when he was composing music for Gautham Menon’s Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya. “I particularly did not want to use new singers just for the sake of it,” he said, “I wanted the local bunch of singers to go to the next level, and that’s why I used most of them in this album. Of course, Alphonse — who sang the Malayalam song — was an exception.” Source : Times of India - Chennai times Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicт™ ~ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/