Music Review Anyone?????

Well well well , lets see... hmmm I've blogged about movie, sports and socio politics so far. I've always never wanted to blog before ,despite the urge or suggestions but for someone who actually did, this is not bad at all for a few weeks of writing.

So for my next shot , lets try music review. I am a self proclaimed music buff in the first place. Although am a lil picky and choosy about what kind of music I listen to , first impression matters to me. If I listened to a track for the first time and didn't like it , chances are it will never make it to my all time playlist at ALL!.

So few days back I got my hands on songs from the Tamil movie Sivi. Now the music director for this movie is Dharan of Parijatham fame. He did OK for his Parijatham project. But the real reasons I got the songs??? Gotta be the bloke Dr.Burn.. Yupsie.. thats right.. the guy that brought us the Hip Hop album Vallavan with the GREAT Yogi B and Emcee Jazz.

Its not always we get our Malaysian folks to break into the music scene in India. We've had our fair share of Astro Vanavil Talent show winners trying their luck there. But I think Dr.Burn will not be a one off flame to catch fire there. Already he made waves with the Vallavan album and boy he doesn't disappoint in Sivi.

Although in any music compo the music director gets the upmost credit , singers do play a part in making the song stand out plus good lyrics of course. This album Sivi got this sense of something different from the usual plethora of stuffs we get from Tamil movie songs.

Lets start with the first song, Sivi - Movie Theme. When i first listened to it , I got this feeling that I have listened to the same thing somewhere. After thinking hard , I found a big resemblance between this theme song with the Anniyan's theme song - Stranger in Black. I mean its not a direct lift from the Anniyan one but surely an inspired piece. Further searching I found out that Dharan is actually an understudy for Harris Jeyaraj who did Anniyan. No wonder the same style. Nevertheless the tune is nice and then a lil eerie! By the way, the song is performed by Subhiksha who also gave us the Carnatic version of Kanda Naal Mudhal from the movie of the same title.

The second song is also credited as a Theme song for Sivi but the Rap version. This is by our guy Dr.Burn. This is a typical hip hop piece with the usual turntable effects. The lyrics are not that very audible but hey its the style and delivery that caught my attention. Nice catchy tune though. And oh yeah the lyrics by Dr.Burn himself.

Moving on we come to the song that I liked most in the album, Mayavi Neeya. Its performed by Shruthi, Krish (June Pona - Unnale Unnale & Karu Karu - Patchaikili Muthucharam) and Haricharan (Thoduven - Deepavali). The first thing that caught my attention is the smooth deliverance of the chorus by Haricharan. Somewhat flow with the tune. A very good piece indeed and should top the charts.

There seems to be a trend these days by the music directors to practically remix their own song in the same album. Regardless of whether the remixed piece is used in the movie , everyone seems to be jumping in this bandwagon. No one does it more than Yuvan himself. And in my opinion, the remix version usually over perform the original ones. One good example, Jalsa in Chennai 600028! The remix version is way too cool vs the ori version. Dharan used the same concept here for what could be the next best song(s) in the movie. We have 2 songs title Oh Nenje in the album. Both songs are credited to Benny, Shwetha, Dr.Burn & Dharan(assuming its the director himself).

The first version Oh Nenje is the mild version with minimal rap bits. The remixed version comes with more raps by Dr.Burn. But both songs came out well indeed. And the lyrics just flows with the tune. Good job by the lyricist. Benny gave us the Balleilaka song from Sivaji with SPB. Watch out for this song to be as famous as June Ponal song from Unnale Unnale.

The final song in the album is Neruppum with a sprinkle of Arabian flavour. The song starts with some Arabic humming and it gave the song a different feel. This piece is by Ranjith,Sunitha Sarathy and Benny. This is a fast paced song with some nifty work with the tunes by Dharan. Ranjith is an upcoming singer who gave us songs like Jalsa - Chennai 600028, Dol Dol - Pokkiri and Ennama Kannu - Tiruviliyadal Aarambam. His voice reminds me of Karthik and Tippu, almost the same kind of voice. You might recognise Sunitha Sarathy from Uyire Uyire- Kaaka Kaaka and Yaakai Thiri - Aayutha Yelethu.

There you go, my first music review of sort. Its not always we have an album than really satisfy the taste with ALL the songs being great or reasonably good. This soundtrack can be said to be a complete one. It do lack the usual sentimental or sad tracks but more than make up with the raps and fast beats. Dharan is destined to make more waves in the Tamil music industry. He caught my attention at least. Get a copy and enjoy the songs