It may be Murtuza-Qadir…the Rahman-touch, I mean! Amit Trivedi’s opening track, Ha raham is absolutely scintillating. Very Rahman’ish in its approach to the sufi tune, the bang-on arrangements and super singing. Amit gets behind the mike with amazing confidence in Chakkar ghumyo – yet another tune-driven song which wows with its frenzied vocals and mesmerizing folk tune. Haara is almost Moby – very progressive, unconventional arrangements that herald a new trend in Indian film music, and brilliantly sung by Amit! The softer parts in this track contrast amazingly with the more volatile phases. Neuman Pinto’s singing style is equally impressive in Phas gaya, another song that displays Amit’s musical inventiveness with some ground-breaking arrangements. With Ek lau, this album gets a marvelous, mellow drift, with its poignant tune and minimal, ably supporting orchestration and Shilpa Rao’s addictive vocals. The Climax theme is haunting no doubt, but with generous shades of Hans Zimmer’ish, Lisa Gerrard-styled vocals. After some very neat work in Abhijeet Sawant’s Junoon, thoughtful programming for Raman Mahadevan’s Ramanasia and Prashant Tamang’s Deewana, Amit Trivedi proves to be one of the most promising composers in recent times. Aamir is the most innovative soundtrack I’ve heard this year so far!
Keywords: Rajeev Khandelwal, Cavite
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1 | Milliblog music review: Aamir : NAACHGAANA
May 26th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
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2 | ravihno
May 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
You have touched 200 words for this.This itself says that it’s a very good album.
3 | tejas
May 27th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Revolution!!!!
I sincerely wish Haara does not get lost as a song, and sets a milestone in Hindi film music. I hope it is not lost as like songs of Paanch did, after being probably the first Indi-rock songs in a movie.
I hope this album does for Amit Trivedi what Roja did for Rahman. Yes, he is THAT good, in this album to begin with. I wish he never finds himself a place on ‘ItwoFS’.
I hope the movie is not so much BS that no one cares about the music at all. I hope other cacophonous music directors and sonorous reviewers do not diss the album because it does not fit their conservative standards!!
So much to wish for…yes, it is THAT good.
4 | Karthik
May 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am
The movie is supposedly inspired by Cavite, even though the producers say that they made the movie and then Anurag happened to see Cavite, and informed these guys about the similarity. Then they bought the rights of Cavite just to be safe.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428303/
http://passionforcinema.com/aamir-is-not-a-copy-of-cavite/
http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/05/08/11354/index.html
But, even if its based on Cavite, this should be good, because the base script seems sound, at least going by Cavite. Taran Adarsh too seems to love the film!
http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/05/13/11369/index.html
Amidst all this, I hope tracks like Haara get its due and the music gets popular! Amit deserves a BIG break for his work.
5 | tejas
May 27th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Cool. Finally moving in right direction as far as borrowing other’s work is concerned!
By the way, Haara is less Moby and more Nine Inch Nail, Tool. Moby plays techno, downtempo and ambient songs, as opposed to Progressive. This I can see clearly belonging to Industrial music scene.
Little Trivia from my side: NiN’s songs are for free download after lead Trent Reznor broke off from any and every major record label to revolutionize the music sales with DRM free music. Recent albums Ghosts I-IV (36 songs) is for free download in US, while you can pay $5 and download more songs.
I am sure Reznor wouldn’t mind if you download his new songs from torrent in case it is not available for download outside US from the NiN site.
6 | Karthik
May 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Tejas, you’re right on my Moby comment – as I keep listening to it again and again, I find more Moby in Phas gaya, perhaps. Will give NiNs a serious listen this weekend!
7 | ravihno
May 28th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
The album is very good. The sound, alaaps,interludes are very Rahman’ish. Let’s hope he doesn’t fizzle out in the future.
8 | samhan
May 28th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
You know the sound of a door slamming has been used as the beat in the song Haara … It sounds familiar though ..
9 | samhan
May 28th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Figured out what was similar .. A tune from Amits song Dhoondein from Abhijith Sawant album Junoon has been reused in the song Haara
10 | tejas
May 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Let me not leave it to you anymore!
Haara is outstanding amalgamation of some of the best music styles such as,
i. Drum beats used in St. Anger by Metallica. The vocals in the middle stanzas also reflect that harsh vocal style of Metallica.
ii. The overall style of the song follows the song Survivalism by Nine Inch Nails from the album Year Zero.
iii. The music in the very beginning of the song matches some songs of Matrix OST, by Don Davis and Juno Reactor.
@Samhan – I will also check the song you are talking about. The door-slamming and rail-track sound in the song is generously used by Rahman in every fast track.
11 | jaydeep
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Truly one of the most amazing soundtracks I have heard in recent times. Seldom do I get a feeling when I want to strongly recommend buying an album or play an album in a gathering, make a few people hear it. This one goes a step further, I feel like buying a few 100 copies myself and gift to a few people and make people take a note of such talents like Amit Trivedi. I get spellbound each time, I hear haara or ek lau or phas gaya.
Matter of fact, Its not only the music of this movie but the cinematography (from promo clips on air), caste, direction etc generates a similar spellbinding feeling, more so after hearing the soundtrack.
I wish it works wonders for one and all behind this project.
12 | vikram
June 4th, 2008 at 1:21 am
The music of this movie is incredible. Every song is innovative. Well done to Amit Trivedi and his co-musicians.
13 | Rishi
June 5th, 2008 at 4:08 am
It’s been said before, but this is one brilliantly amazing soundtrack.
Ek Lau sticks out as my favourite right now. I just graduated college and it totally brings out the right emotions at an important time in my life.
14 | tejas
July 11th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I have a feeling that Amit Trivedi is one of these guys..OM The Fusion Band.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/01/27/stories/2005012701970300.htm
15 | Karthik
July 11th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Whoa, you’re right. Was I living under a rock in 2005 – how did I miss this? Lemme get this!
16 | arun_verma
July 11th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
OM the fusion band – their first album is undoubtedly one of the top albums of this decade and Amit Trivedi has followed that up quite nicely with Aamir… Now whatever happened to Mithoon???
17 | gokulpai
July 31st, 2008 at 4:57 pm
[2.5/5]
18 | gokulpai
July 31st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
“Ha Raham!!” is excellent..
19 | bgnswarnim
December 20th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Dear Karthik,
Amir was certainly a unique movie at the same time quite disturbing with its stark portrayal of reality. After the mumbai mayhem I am once again reminded of this great movie.
Karthik, I wanted exact lyrics of the song “Ek Lo Zindagi Ki”. I hope you can help me.
My email address is bgnswarnim@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot.
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