Showing posts with label Dhanush. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Music Review (Tamil): Pattas

Music Review (Tamil): Pattas
Music Composer: Vivek-Mervin


Puthu Suriyan's tune treads on the dependable tune structure backed by rousing string arrangements with quite enough anthemic moments with respect to the soundscape. Anuradha Sriram holds the song and it's delightful to listen to her song after quite a lot of time and the composer duo wonderfully employed backing vocals while Uma Devi marks her presence with her lyrics. The song gets more engaging in the instrumental version titled A Mother's love and fittingly done by Chennai Strings Orchestra and Nathan's woodwinds. Chill bro caters to the mass audience with the easily likeable tune despite Vivek Siva's patchy questionable lyrics. Vivek Mervin mixes in the background everything from kuthu percussions to EDM techno sounds while Dhanush easily sails off the tune with his enthusiastic vocals.

Jigidi Killadi once again suffers from the random lyrics by Vivek but satisfactory tune in the hands of Anirudh's dependable vocals make this one works. Vivek Mervin kept the background neat and simple loaded with techno sounds which work to the song's favour. Morattu Tamizhan da's oft-repeated tune structure doesn't hamper the fun quotient of the song mainly because of the verve of the composer duo's vocals. The grand celebratory soundscape is prodded by Maxwell's brass sections and vivek's lyrics easily blends well with the mass tone of the song and serves well with the tune. Piriyadha Enna's prelude guitar work by Keba Jeremiah lies comfortably in Yuvan Shankar Raja's territory but followed by an adequately listenable tune which fizzles out very soon. Vijay Yesudas and Niranjana try hard to make this droning tune work but the track fails to engage the listener. Mavane's hard rock grungy soundscape hark back the listeners to Kabali's Neruppu Da especially the extensive punchy Thalai Nimiru phrase. The track's undeniable highlight is the ultra energetic Rap portions in the second half by Arivu while Vivek Siva ably supports him with his vocals.

Verdict: Vivek Mervin continues to produce easily accessible energetic tracks despite nothing extraordinary to offer.

My Rating: 7.5/10

Pick of the Album: Mavane, Morattu Tamizhan, Puthu Suriyan

P.S The edited version of the review is published in Moviecrow. You can listen to the songs in Youtube

Monday, November 10, 2014

Music Review (Tamil) : Anegan

Music Review (Tamil) : Anegan
Music Composer: Harris Jayaraj

      Anegan opens up with Aathadi Aathadi relaxing folkish composition using minimal orchestration native ghatam, lilting guitar at the start with lovely dosage of strings and piano. Singers Abhay Jodhpur, Dhanush, Tippu and especially Bavatharini takes the spotlight with their vocals in this soothing composition and Harris adorned this with his usual gibberish in the course of the song despite song leaves the strong reminisce of Innum konjam Neram from Maryan. Dhanush, Marana Gana Viji and Naveen Madhav's energetic rustic vocals delivered the Madras Kuthu track Danga Maari Oothari effectively and Rokesh's hilarious lyrics is instantly catchy. Harris usage of Trumpet and Nadhaswaram in the second interlude is a nice additional touch. This is one of the few songs where dhanush excels in singing.

       Harris came back to his repertoire of melodies with Thodu Vaanam which is interesting in parts like catchy chorus along with certain nifty touches by Hariharan. Soft rock with hip hop elements in the second interlude deserves the special mention however sombre tune is a drwaback. Roja Kadale flows with trance rhythmic composition sprightly sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Chinmayi supported by Sunidhi Chauhan. Harris confined to his dominion without any experimentation except for slight tabla fusion results in passable melody. Deivangal Ingae again replete with Harris touches all over the song with slight infusion of veena (or guitar riffs sounds like veena) and Sriram Parthasarathy delivers his part splendidly. YOLO (You only live once) upbeat compostion with medley of instruments like drums, trumpet, rhythmic beats etc  with the help of line of singers Shail Hada, Ramya NSK, Richard and Vicky achieved the intent of the song. Youthful compostion overall.

Verdict: Overall, Harris delivers the listenable album despite the deja-vu flavours in the melodies. However the album is not a humdrum material like his recent albums.

Pick of the Album: Danga Maari Oothari, Aathadi Aathadi, Thodu Vaanam

My rating:7.5/10

You can listen to the songs here.