I think, I know what you are saying!! :)
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "ichord" <purev...@...> wrote: > > Alright, for the first time, I don't know where to begin or what to say. > Nothing I say will do justice to the type of divine music that I have been > hearing all day today in AR's new soundtrack, Couple's Retreat. Well, > anyway, here's an attempt..... > > First of all, when I got wind that ARR would be doing this soundtrack for > this movie, I didn't really know what to expect. I knew that AR would likely > compose light hearted tunes, since this was romantic comedy. In fact, > there's lots of music in this album of the kind that I expected to hear. > However, what I didn't so much expect and what has completely blown me over > are 2 things: > > 1) The range and sweetness of sounds in this soundtrack and the almost > exclusively acoustic nature of the soundtrack, something I have been craving > for from ARR. Didn't expect this in Couple's Retreat, but that's ARR for > you....expected the unexpected! I expected more of a typical hollywoodish > score with some hip hop and spanish type of music consistent with a comedy, > but no way did I expect this....totally and completely blown away!!! > > 2) The enormous range of global sounds including some very Asian and Indian > percussion, styles, instrumentation, alaaps, etc. Now, that was a big > surprise, but not really surprising, if you know what I mean!!! After > hearing Rahman say that there would be "a touch of Indian-ness in this > soundtrack", I knew we would be hearing some influences, but to the extent > and depth and beauty of the range of sounds, instrumentation, the craftiness > of each composition, the unpredictability within the compositions, this I > never predicted!!! > > And you know what? Despite all the range and variety that we're hearing in > this album from a sound and genre perspective, the whole album sounds > coherent to me....there is a strong thread largely bound by the sweet melody > from John and Cynthia's Suite that weaves in and out of the whole soundtrack > in various avatars. > > Mindblowing........amazing.........beautiful.......glorious.....enchanting > .......scintillating..........I'm trying to find the right word, but nothing > will match up to what I feel about this music....... > > I just can't believe the amount of acoustic instruments he has used for this > soundtrack from both East and West genres......I could go into detail about > this now, but I think you understand what I'm saying. Listen to this > soundtrack on headphones and you will know what I mean!!!! > > Ok, you wanna talk about sound quality? Here we are listening to only 192 > kbps an we're still loving it all. The overall light treatment of the > soundtrack gives a lot of breathing room in the music with beautiful > dynamics, both loud and soft shades bowing in and out like a true artiste > would create a painting or a sculpture with various shades and hues. > > Finally, I'm thinking that the music is quite serious in parts for a romantic > comedy!!! Will be interesting to see how these gorgeous sound sculptures are > used in the film. > > I tell you what, traditional, conservative hollywood snobs may scoff at such > an album...those who only appreciate Stephen Speilberg type symphonic scores, > but any open minded lover of global music and instrumentation from both East > and West will absolutely adore this soundtrack. Don't be surprised to hear > bad reviews of this soundtrack from traditional hollywood people who only > appreciate symphonic type or Western oriented scores. > > Never expected such a large representation of the orient in this soundtrack, > so beautifully and seamlessly carved and crafted within the backdrop of sweet > symphonies and melodies. > > Sorry for the long winded post, but I was just gushing with excitement and > happiness after listening to Couple's Retreat. This album is an absolute > highlight of ARR's career and what a way to smash into hollywood with this. > > In all honesty, I have never heard in my life as beautiful a musically global > album as this one. ARR, you are unbelievable....your legend continues and > continues to get bigger......I BOW TO > THEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >
