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Archive for September, 2008
September 04, 2008
Filed Under (Film Music) by shashank
Well, I cannot write everything about Today’s film music in a single post, but certainly cover few interesting points here. I would say that today’s film music, unfortunately, is very premature & disorganised. You will mostly find all songs to be dance numbers and there are very few melodic compositions that you can relax and listen to. The quality of music is also not up to the mark. Some of the credit goes to the lyrics. You will feel that even the words or lines used in the lyrics are sub-standard and repeated often. People do not have time to think & write (few exceptions like Javed Akhtar & Gulzar). The music is manipulated and tunes are copied from old songs or western numbers. There are very few musicians who have maitained a unique style and tried to create original music. The best example is A. R. Rahman. His music pattern, rythmic style also gets repeated at times but its something which is created by himself. There are very few composers/singers like Kailash Kher, Shankar-Ehsan-Loy who understand Indian classical music and have been creating good music/songs. Most of Today’s music directors are not talented enough to think and create music that can last long. The theory is that ‘good melody survives for ever’. Today also, people play and hear to K. L. Sehegal’s songs, why? Today some composers are remixing or remaking old songs, why? Because these melodies are evergreen and hence have been listened or played decade after decade. Today’s songs last for few weeks or months and disappear for ever. Ofcourse, there are some songs, rather dance numbers that are continuously played by DJs at Pubs, Discotheques or Private Parties, but those are cheap songs and can give you heart attacks than soothing your soul. I won’t say that all songs are bad but the number of ‘good melodies’ created in a year is certainly very low. Just like medicine taken in pure form acts faster and provides longer & complete relief. Same goes with music. Music created in its pure form touches your heart and makes a permanent entry in your memory. On the other hand, fusion/remix/blending of music has a temporary effect. Unfortunately, musicians have stopped creating music in its pure form and they are going after fusion, experimenting different types, without attempting to learn & perfect our own ‘rich’ music in the first place. |
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