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A R Rahman [Tamil]
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Hello Mr. ethirkatchi [Film: Iruvar]
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The opening piano part definitely inspired. Source: Dave Grusin's
Memphis Stomp, from the OST of The Firm, released in 1993.
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Listen to Hello Mr. Ethirkatchi |
Memphis
Stomp
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Genuine copy wrt the piano intro
sequence. But the actual tune of the song remains original.
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Kuluvalile [Film:
Muthu]
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The background rythm and beats inspired from the song 'rescue me' by
Fontella Bass. The song was part of the OST of the film 'Sister Act',
released in 1965.
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Listen to Kuluvalile | Rescue me
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The rythm has been used. However, the tune of the song
remains original.
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Akkadannu naanga [Film:
Indian]
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Again, the background beats are inspired. Source: Paul Young's 'Love of
common people', from the album 'No Parlez', released in 1983.
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Listen to Akkadannu | Love
of common people |
Oh sure, the beats are copied. Tune original! |
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Anbae anbae [Film:
Jeans]
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The opening
sequence seems inspired from Peter
Gabriel's 'Of these, hope...' from the album 'Passion: Music from the
last temptation of Christ'.
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Listen to anbae anbae | Of
these, hope
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Is A R Rahman a fan of
Peter Gabriel? Tune is original!
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Shakalaka Baby [Film:
Mudhalvan]
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The rhythm loop
with an underground feel is also found in the track 'Flight IC 408' by
State of Bengal and the track 'Aint talkin bout dub' by Apollo 440.
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Listen to Shakalaka Baby |
Flight
IC 408 | Aint
talkin bout dub
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Possibly a commercially available loop, done with some improvisations by
Rahman. The loop appears almost throughout the Apollo 440 track and at
places in Flight IC 408. Actual song's tune original.
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Thillana thillana [Film:
Muthu]
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The opening African female humming is ripped off from Deep Forests
'Night Bird'.
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Listen to Thillana thillana |
Night
bird
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Oh sure, ripped. Just that initial
humming part. But if Deep Forest can
rip off native African sounds....! |
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Poopookkum
osai [Film: Minsara Kanavu]
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The beats seem inspired from Lebo M's 'Rhythm of pride lands:
Kube',
which was last part of the Disney's Greatest Pop hits collection.
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Listen to Poopookkum osai |
Rhythm
of pride lands: Kube
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The beats are sure inspired. As usual the
tune remains very original. |
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Thenmerku
paruvakkaatru [Film: Karuthamma]
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The beats are similar to a track by Dr Alban,
'Om we rembwe ike'. Note
that Dr Alban himself uses a lot of commercially available loops and CDs
to create songs!
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Listen to
Thenmerku paruvakaatru |
Om we rembwe ike
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The beats are sure inspired. As usual the
tune remains very original. The 'yei nee romba azhaga irukke' song, 'Poi sollalaam'
uses similar beats! |
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Paarkadhey [Film:
Gentleman
(1993)]
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Alleged to be inspired from the Osibisa number
'Kelele'
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Listen to
Paarkadhey
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You decide! |
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Ekamevadhvitheeyam
- Theme music from Baba [Film: Baba]
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Inspired from the the
background music of The Untouchables (1987).
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Listen to
Ekamevadhvitheeyam |
Al Capone
(The Untouchables)
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'Ekamevadhvitheeyam'
means "there is only one paramatma, no second entity".
This song opens almost exactly like the prominent score from the cult classic 'The Untouchables' with music by Ennio Morricone. Why Rahman chose to lift this so blatantly really beats me, even if figures in Baba for a few fleeting seconds! In the soundtrack of The Untouchables, this tune plays almost throughout the movie,
more so for the softer/sadder moments! I'm adding the track called 'Al Capone' which probably brings out the copy best, in my opinion!
Tip: Play the Baba number in full volume, the opening plays in
very low volume!
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Ottagatha Kattikko
[Film: Gentleman (1993)]
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Highly inspired
by Raj Koti's Telugu pop song 'Eddem ante' sung by Malgadi
Shuba, in 1991.
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Listen to
Ottagatha
Kattikko |
Eddem ante |
Malgadi
Shuba's 1991 Telugu pop song, 'Eddem Ante Teddam Antav',
from the album 'Chik pak chik bam', with music by Raj Koti,
seems to be the source of inspiration for Rahman's superhit
Gentleman song, 'Ottakatha Kattikko'. The first 2 lines'
flow, that is, nothing more. And, considerably spruced up in
Rahman style, of course! I recall reading Rahman's
apprenticeship as an arranger for other composers like
Ilayaraja, Ousepachan and Raj Koti, so a connection cannot
be ruled out as a coincidence. Plus, I'm not getting into a
guessing game which points to Rahman composing this tune
originally for Raj Koti since that's merely a conjecture!
There's another long-standing allegation that the Gentleman
track was in fact inspired by a much older Malayalam song, 'Kuyiline
thedi' from the 1954 film, 'Neelakkuyil', with music by
Raghavan K. I personally do not find that direct a
connection between this one and Ottagatha Kattikko. Plus,
the Raj Koti apprenticeship angle perhaps gives more weight
to the Telugu pop song connection. My opinion?
Far-fetched. No similarity strong enough to warrant a post
here. But, I'd let you decide!
Listen to
Kuyiline thedi |
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Advt. jingle lifts
Telugu
Trivia |
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