Weekly Earworm -Week 9 (01/12/2019)

Weekly Earworm -Week 9 (01/12/2019)

Namah: Thaikkudam bridge: Kanne: Kanne is in lines with the band's earlier Navarasam and the guitar riffs with the progressive rock arrangements is a spellbinding listen. Thaiikkudam bridge roped in Avial fame Anandraj Benjamin Paul to croon this energetic track along with Vipin lal. Inside my head in collaboration with the German drummer Marco Minnemann which released as a video two years ago is an immersive haunting listen from the band. The tune reaches a crescendo with the hard rock portions crooned brilliantly by Anish Krishnan. I'll be adding few more songs next week

Darbar (Tamil): Anirudh : Chumma Kizhi: If Marana mass is an extension to Raman Aandalum Ravanan Aandalum, then Chumma Kizhi turns out to be an inspiration from Ennoda Raasi Nalla Raasi. But the song didn't work despite SPB's singing and the percussion-heavy track turns out to be an average track and Vivek's lyrics doesn't help either.

Kalidas (Tamil): Vishal Chandrasekhar: Mazhai: Vishal Chandrasekhar experiments in Kalidas with an interesting mix of Classical and Jazz tracks. The pick of the album is definitely Sudha Raghunathan's brilliant Mazhai and Thamarai's lyrics add beauty to the semi-classical tune especially with the lines 'Muruvalgal Tharaamaal Muthamida Vaaramal yengavaithu Ponadhu enna'. Sharanya Gopinath aces the jazzy exhilarating Meraki Nenjam effectually.

Bhagyanagara Veedullo Gammathu (Telugu): Saketh Komanduri: Vethiki: Vethiki Vethiki's rhythm and the mood has an uncanny similarity to the Ilayaraja's Ekkada Ekkada from Ladies Tailor. Though the tune is lovely one, Sri Harsha Emani's lyrics irks a lot.

Amrutharamam (Telugu): NS Prasu: Tholakari Chinukula: NS Prasu's relatively unknown album Amrutharamam shaping out to be an engaging album from the composer. After Chinmayi's Naalo Neevey last week, Tholakari Chinukula crooned by Aditi Bhavaraju also turns out to be a pleasant melody backed by neat arrangements.

Dhanusu Rasi Neyargale (Tamil): Ghibran: Yaaru Mela: Ghibran is in fine form in the celebratory song Yaaru Mela. Sowmiya Mahadevan is fabulous with her rendition and the Charanam tune makes one to easily fall in love with the song while Karky's casual banter lyrics blend well with the carefree tone of the song.

Adithya Varma (Tamil); Radhan: Nenjukulle: Adithya Varma team releases the final song of the soundtrack Nenjukulae and this one too is a reused track from the original album. The soulful track with the vocals of Swetha Mohan alone work magically as in the original and, unfortunately, Radhan's stupendous album didn't gain much traction in Tamil.

Music Review (Tamil/Malayalam) : Solo

Music Review (Tamil/Malayalam) : Solo
Music Composer: Assorted Composers

Roshomon's buoyant and lively tune has the Russian folk music flavour and Alok Kulkarni's jaunty guitar is undeniably star of the song. The underlying programming by Sreerag Saji brings out the accordion sounds quite effectually. Overall, Prashant Pillai opens this multi-composer soundtrack with a highly infectious stunning track crooned by the string of singers led by Ashwin Gopakumar. Filter coffee selects Jog Raag based classical song Sajan More Ghar Aaye and builds the fantastic atmosphere around it with Swarupa Ananth's brilliant Konnakol and Jhanvi Srimankar's splendid rendition. The unconventional musical structure accompanied by Govind's solo violin cues make this one an engaging song till it lasts. Sooraj S Kurup of Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti fame delivers the song of the soundtrack in this multi-composer soundtrack. The classical song crooned in a splendid manner by Renuka Arun after Endaro in Telugu and she aces the classical rendition brilliantly. Hope composers utilize her vocals frequently. Sooraj's minimal sounds in the background accentuate the reverberating vocals.

World of Siva opens up with Masala Coffee's Aal Ayaal and the track is synchronous with the band's signature sounds rooted in Malayalam folk. Sooraj Santosh aces the vocals part as usual while adorning the track with magnificent arrangements topped by Krishnaraj's violin and awesome bass guitar work by Paul Joseph. The song's reprise version is done in a more stylish manner with much emphasis on Preeth P S's guitar strums and Sooraj's vocals. Thaikkudam Bridge reproduced the famous Aigiri Nandini and gave the haunting treatment to the track and the Govind's gloomy rendition and vocal texture gel perfectly with the arrangements. The arrangements turned towards the expected rock genre but the violin and guitar solos make this one easily works despite the overall familiar sound. The track has predominantly the sound of Thaikkudam bridge's latest brilliant album Navarasam. Govind presents his another adapted classical track Shiv Taandav composed by Raghini Bhagwat and the energetic arrangements sung in an effectual manner by Saylee Talwalkar works seamlessly. The drums rhythm and the singer's vocals amalgamate well and make this one wonderful listen.

Madras Kuthu meets the rap in Singa Kutty in the track composed by Sez on the beat. Though the track is less intriguing compared to other tracks in the album, Chinna Ponnu's vocals and Balasubramani's Nadhaswaram keeps the song afloat amidst other sounds.Thoovanam is the conventional mainstream sound in the album composed by Abhinav Bansal and the tune is a cakewalk for Vijay Yesudas. The tune didn't work for me except for the brilliance of the lead singer. Harish Sivaramakrishnan effectually recreated their hit boat song and the pulsating rock fusion easily works and the thittithara is the highlight in this highly effectual song while Agam brilliantly infuses the serene version of boat song in Uyiraagi especially the way Thittithara is incorporated. Shashaa Tripathi gives life to the song with her mellifluous vocals.

Separation is led by Ashitha Ajit's brilliant vocals and Gaurav Godkindi's serene arrangements topped by solo violin intermittently.Karaiyaadhe is another sing-along soft rock song crooned by Siddharth Basrur splendidly. The arrangements are dominated by typical English pop sound but work beautifully till it lasts. You is an English version of Karaiyaadhe and Siddharth owns the song with his pitch-perfect vocals.

Verdict: Extraordinary soundtrack for an anthology film and Bejoy Nambiar extracted another brilliant album from the multiple composers after David.

My Rating:9/10

Pick of the Album: Just listen to the whole Album and you won't regret.