நினைவெல்லாம் நித்யா - ரோஜாவை தாலாட்டும் தென்றல் 0

A song set in panthuvaraaLi ragam and waltz beat. IR has this penchant for composing solo violin pieces in panthuvaraLi as exemplified by one of the interludes of this song and also the theme of rajapaarvai.One of the most intolerable movies, Ninaivellam nithya, it was supported unduly by some of IR's greatest tunes. The high point of this movie is that it has three numbers which were all set in particular ragas but with a superb beatsy orchestration giving a lay listener hardly any room to even doubt that they would be based on some carnatic stuff.The...

Background Music from Johnny. 0

1.The title piece. Not your typical title song where the theme of the film is explored. Starts of with an aadhivaasi song (thOdars?). The final piano+guitar bit is excellent.TO LISTEN 2.Johnny meets his father. I don't remember this scene. A single flute with the background of birds chirping sets the somber mood.TO LISTENIntroduction of the second rajinikanth (Vidhyasagar). Sounds like the beginning part of "aattukkutty muttai ittu".TO LISTEN3.Introduction of Deepa (Bama). A playful piece that carries on the theme started with Vidhyasagar's intro.TO...

Song of the Day:தை பொங்கல்- பனி விழும் பூ நிலவே 0

Song: pani vizhum poo nilaveFilm: ThaippongalSingers: Malaysia Vasudevan, S.P.ShailajaMD: IlayarajaLyrics: M.G.Vallaban?One telling aspect of MSV that sets him apart from others is the route he takes to negotiate the sandham back to the pallavi. Very rarely can you detect a preconceived feel in his music. It's that spontaneity that invites us back to his works endlessly. By preconceived, I mean the singing, the lyrics, or instrumentation that is forcefully shoe-horned so that the road back to the pallavi is achieved without complication. Lesser...