Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Copy directors!!!

Why have the music directors gone crazy?? It's a long standing unanswered question, "why are music directors copying songs from others??"... The best effort answer, if any, from music directors are.. "I got impressed by that piece of music!!!".. Hmmm.. The worst of all.. This small piece of music becomes the BGM for the whole song which finally becomes a hit.. Following are some of my analysis from recently heard copy songs...

Lets start with my fav.. A.R. Rahman.. Rahman used to copy.. I agree.. But then.. He is not like others.. He wont have the same piece repeated without any change like Deva or Yuvi...

Harris Jayaraj!!! The second best who tries to make music by adding all sorts of loopy music in his songs.. Finally.. Becomes a hit!! I really cant understand why he uses so many instruments for a simple song.. ARR should be praised for this.. He restricts himself to a max of 4 or 5 for all his songs..

And the recent one.. Everyone would have heard ARR's "Munbe Vaa" (is there anyone left without hearing this divine music???) and.. Recent release of Harris from Unnaale Unnaale has the song, "Mudhal Naal".. If u hear the starting of both the songs.. They really sound the same.. I dont know whether they were accidentally composed so by both.. Or.. They were accidentally copied by both from same source!!!!

And... If u hear "Lukka Chuppi" from RDB and "Vellai Pookkal" from Kannathil Muthamittal.. Same instrument.. Similar chords.. ARR, though sounds similar, its different and were composed at different times!!! But... the previous comparison.. Haiyo!!! Unbelievable!!!

But few more about ARR on his own copies.. It's very well known to everyone that ARR used the BGM of "Telephone Manippol" of Indian in Roja itself... And the latest one like this.. If u cud remember the BGM in Sillunu Oru Kaadhal during the Telephone scene where Bhoomi makes chanceless expressions, u cud identify "Kulichcha Kuththaalam" song from Duet.. But.. Are these termed to be copies as he has used his own music???

Next.. Thalaivar(?) Yuvi!!!! U dont need to ask about him!!! All his hit songs are mere copies of something else.. Mostly from spanish and french!!! Hmmm.. His song, "Oru naalil!!" from "kuppai"pudhupettai!!! He havent added anything to the base spanish song!!! The remix song is his addition of different instruments over it!!! And.. The worst of all.. He has copied his own father's song in Kaadhal Kondaen.. One of the BGM has Ilayaraja's one of the best compositions!!!

And.. I happened to see one fight scene in "Kizhakku kadarkarai saalai!!" (ECR.. tamil form!!!).. Its BGM had nothing but Navras music from Matrix without any change in music!!! I dont think the music director even had mind to recompose it.. Think he directly added that song to "Uhaa.. Ihaa..." sounds of fight scene for his BGM in his comp!!! Kudos to the (dunno-his-name) music director!!!

Why r these people like this??? Cant they make any good music without any copy??? Are they paid only for copying???

(Note: ARR is something really great!! Though he gets impressed by something.. He uses it only here and there.. Also.. The latest update.. His 3 songs.. "Khalbali", "Lukka Chuppi" from RDB and one song from Water have been nominated for Oscar awards under original music category!!!! )

Update: In para 4.. It's not 'Munbe Vaa' but 'Newyork Nagaram'. 'Munbe Vaa' also has similar chords at its start!! But 'Mudhal Naal' is a copy from 'Newyork Nagaram'.