Hi, Nice elaboration of true facts. Totally agree with you..
Thanks & regards Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seems to be some discussion about generational differences in Hindi > film music brought about an article about LP. The golden era had > superior melody and lyrics in combo. However, you just cannot broad > brush stroke compare MDs from different eras since their tools, their > influences, and the demands for making music are so different. I feel > today's best composers, ARR being the top, excell more in > versatility, out of the box creativity and pushing stylistic > boundaries, thicker arrangements and more complex rhythms, as well as > fusing multiple musical forms. While I find the golden era of music > to be moving melodically and lyrically, I find the instrumentation to > be very repetitive, bound, templated, and stale. While I find ARR's > music to be amazing in almost all areas, there are many songs of his > where I don't appreciate the melody as much (which doesn't mean I > regard him as less melodic......au contraire.....my favorite melodies > of all times are from him). > > About ARR's music and generally top composers today, my satisfaction > comes from the richness of the instrumentation and the stylistic and > formatic variability, not to mention some breathtaking melodies at > times. Many years from now, many may call this time the "second > godlen era" of film music simply due to Rahman. >
