Word: soundtrack
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...just Rahman's phenomenal productivity that's so dazzling, but the quality?and success?of the work he's turning out. In 14 years, the 38-year-old has written music for more than 50 movies. And in an industry where the soundtrack is often considered more important than the plot, his scores have broken all records?more than 100 million of his cassettes and CDs have been sold. These days, he's so sought after that even Bollywood's deepest pockets are finding it hard to sign Rahman. Last year, he composed the martial score for Chinese director...
...score.) His big break came in 1992, when Madras-based director Mani Ratnam wanted a new sound for Roja, a film set in violence-ridden Kashmir. Kumar took the commission with one, unusual condition: he wanted to be credited using the Muslim name Allah Rakha Rahman. When Roja's soundtrack became a runaway success, A.R. Rahman was born...
Before the soundtrack could loop “Jesse’s Girl” and “Burning Down the House,” Jenna’s wish comes true. Jenna Rink, now played by the fabulously lithe, Alias star Jennifer Garner, wakes up in possession of a Fifth Avenue apartment, a hunky hockey playing bed buddy who calls her “sweet bottom,” and a drawer full of B-cup bras that she can fill out without the help of a wad of quilted Charmin two-ply. This Jenna shops at Henri...
...hedge, I will mention that I have not yet seen the film, which undoubtedly impairs my appreciation of the soundtrack. Perhaps this makes it unfair for me to judge this album, but the fact remains that past Tarantino soundtracks have been excellent to begin with: Association with their respective films has made them beatific...
Which is not to say that there is not some excellent music on this disc. Ennio Morricone, whose influence was all over the last soundtrack, emerges from the shadows here to contribute three spaghetti-western suspense pieces. Malcolm McLaren turns in an eerie trip-hop remake of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There” retitled “About...