I love the Jaage Hain soundtrack. Rahman has handled the chorale and orchestra well. Sounds very professional. Something small I noticed when listening to it a couple of times. I probably wouldn't have noticed it if I had not read a review criticising Rahman's singing in Tere Bina. Both Chitra and Rahman enter the song in a whisper. I find no fault with Rahman's subsequent singing like the reviewer did, but in the whispering one can see clearly why Rahman, while being a very competent and able singer, is not very, what shall I say, accurate? nuanced? Listen to the way Chitra whispers this line, and pay attention to its ghamakam :
Jaage hain der tak hamein
Kuch de[...e]r sone do
Chitra, there is no need to say this, is a brilliant singer and can pull it off, even when she is whispering. Try doing this and one realises how hard it in fact is. When Rahman makes a similar entry midway through the song, though, he is unable to do this. While he can reach the high notes effortlessly later on, he cannot complete the ghamakam when whispering. This is just a minor thing I noticed, just felt like penning it down.
I love Barso Re. There's something about this kind of beat that evokes feelings of rain; no idea why. A similar kind of heavy(? I don't know what to call it; sort of a piercing short-lived bass sound) beat accompanies the songs Chinna Chinna Mazhai Thuligal and Sil Sil.
The soothing dum tara dum tara chorus from Tere Bina and Ay Hairathe reminds me a bit of Mangalyam from Alaipayuthey. I think at least one of these songs is a wedding song, somehow I feel that it's Ay Hairathe. Don't know, maybe I think this because I saw some stills with of a Madhavan wedding scene. I like the guitar that runs in the background of Ay Hairathe.
That's about it, just had some random thoughts I felt like writing. Will write a proper review later on.
Labels: Music
kanna wrote at
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