Hey..
Music is God's own gift to man. I dont think anyone can live in a world without music. Iam convinced those who dont like some form of music cannot be a member of the Homo Sapiens genre at all. Light music - particularly film music - is an boon to all of us. Every civilsation/country has its own musical preferences, styles and music-gurus. And India has produced some of the most memorable music composers the world has ever seen - in classical as well as light music.
I am a big time fan of film music.. and I listen to everything - from the golden oldies to the latest trend of encrypted songs - in Tamil and Hindi. So KV Mahadevan, Viswanathan-Ramamurthy, AM Rajah, Ramanathan, Naushad, Shankar-Jaikishan keep me enchanted the same way that Ilayaraja, AR Rahman or Ismail Durbar do today. So when my friends ask me who my favorite music director is or when they engage in a serious discussion on something like Ilayaraja Vs AR Rahman, I always keep myself from getting into the discussion.
Indian music composers have come a long way and are far renowned worldwide. RaviShankar got nominated for his music composition for Gandhi. AR Rahman composed Bombay Dreams - a successful Braodway musical - for Andrew Lyod Weber. Ilayaraja composed a symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubin Mehata is a world renowned conductor. Balamurali Krishna, L.Subramanian, Pdt Shiv Kumar Sharma - the prominent faces list grows and grows.
However when there are situations where one has to pick and choose who is better, it gets difficult. Each have their own style and leave footprints of the same in their work. So when my friends sit and argue on how Ilayaraja's song are 'more memorable' than that of AR Rahman, somehow I always feel that both the parties are eventually losing out on good music, thanks to their judgemental capabilities.
And when the music composers enter into arguments comparing their work, then it turns nasty. Unfortunately these arguments arent like the 'oru naal podhumaa ?' piece in Thiruvilaydal. You can take a look at this interview by Ismail Durbar comparing his work with that of AR Rahman's. He claims that he has been and is always better than AR Rahman. He accuses that people are looking at fame and not appreciative of good work. Of course, Ismail Durbar has composed the magical tunes of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. But that doesnt warrant him or anyone to compare and belittle the work of a fellow musician.
But this is a world of artists we are talking about. Pride, ego, prejudice, bragging, boasting, arrogance and contempt are all minimum attributes for existence - the more of these, the more popular they become. Anyways, Ismail Durbar or ARR, the music is always enjoyable - and I dont honestly care which is better of the two; just as Wordsworth words flow
Music is God's own gift to man. I dont think anyone can live in a world without music. Iam convinced those who dont like some form of music cannot be a member of the Homo Sapiens genre at all. Light music - particularly film music - is an boon to all of us. Every civilsation/country has its own musical preferences, styles and music-gurus. And India has produced some of the most memorable music composers the world has ever seen - in classical as well as light music.
I am a big time fan of film music.. and I listen to everything - from the golden oldies to the latest trend of encrypted songs - in Tamil and Hindi. So KV Mahadevan, Viswanathan-Ramamurthy, AM Rajah, Ramanathan, Naushad, Shankar-Jaikishan keep me enchanted the same way that Ilayaraja, AR Rahman or Ismail Durbar do today. So when my friends ask me who my favorite music director is or when they engage in a serious discussion on something like Ilayaraja Vs AR Rahman, I always keep myself from getting into the discussion.
Indian music composers have come a long way and are far renowned worldwide. RaviShankar got nominated for his music composition for Gandhi. AR Rahman composed Bombay Dreams - a successful Braodway musical - for Andrew Lyod Weber. Ilayaraja composed a symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubin Mehata is a world renowned conductor. Balamurali Krishna, L.Subramanian, Pdt Shiv Kumar Sharma - the prominent faces list grows and grows.
However when there are situations where one has to pick and choose who is better, it gets difficult. Each have their own style and leave footprints of the same in their work. So when my friends sit and argue on how Ilayaraja's song are 'more memorable' than that of AR Rahman, somehow I always feel that both the parties are eventually losing out on good music, thanks to their judgemental capabilities.
And when the music composers enter into arguments comparing their work, then it turns nasty. Unfortunately these arguments arent like the 'oru naal podhumaa ?' piece in Thiruvilaydal. You can take a look at this interview by Ismail Durbar comparing his work with that of AR Rahman's. He claims that he has been and is always better than AR Rahman. He accuses that people are looking at fame and not appreciative of good work. Of course, Ismail Durbar has composed the magical tunes of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. But that doesnt warrant him or anyone to compare and belittle the work of a fellow musician.
But this is a world of artists we are talking about. Pride, ego, prejudice, bragging, boasting, arrogance and contempt are all minimum attributes for existence - the more of these, the more popular they become. Anyways, Ismail Durbar or ARR, the music is always enjoyable - and I dont honestly care which is better of the two; just as Wordsworth words flow
Whatever the theme, the maiden sang
As if her song could have no ending....
...I stood motionless and still
And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I borr
Long after it was heard no more.
As if her song could have no ending....
...I stood motionless and still
And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I borr
Long after it was heard no more.
Chao..
1 comment:
"And when the music composers enter into arguments comparing their work, then it turns nasty". Agree - but i take strong exception to the fact that follows after that. ARR *never* has said anything even *remotely* confrontational about *any* music director.
IR has on record (AV or Kumudam) when asked about 'How is the music of Roja' in 1995 - 3 years of the record breaking Roja - he said 'what is that movie - i have not heard of it' :-)
ARR has always been on record to say 'IR is a genious and his guru -there is no way he can outclass him' - fact or not - humility is there
ARR has also accorded public praises of MD likes Deva (during Deva's 200th film).
For this incident - before ID's interview - ARR clearly said ID is a great composer himself and he has done nice work on the movie.
Would like to place this on record and request you to change the above lines 'as when music composers drag other ones into controversy'
Arvind
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