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Guilty Music Monday #50: Oscar Edition
9 months ago

Last night’s Oscars were a lot of fun, despite former Kids Choice Awards host Hugh Jackman conducting the ceremony. The songs this year were particularly good, and particularly guilty. A.R. Rahman won for Slumdog’s “Jai Ho” but (in my opinion) Peter Gabriel’s “Down To Earth” from Wall-E deserved the title. Take a listen below and [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire Takes Best Song Oscar
9 months ago

The award for 'Best Original Song' was one of the eight Oscars which Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire received during the 2009 Academy Awards last night. Indian Composer A. R Rahman accepted the 'Best Original Song' award. In his acceptance speech he hailed "all the people from Mumbai and the essence of the film, which is about optimism and the power of hope and our lives".

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Looking Back at A.R. Rahman's First Sony Album "Vande Mataram" (1997)
29 days ago

Thanks to the biography at AllMusic.com, I recently encountered this interesting Rahman detail:"'Slumdog Millionaire' Oscar winner A.R. Rahman became the first Indian artist to sign with Sony Music, negotiating a three-year contract in 1997.His premier release for the label, 'Vande Mataram' (his first collection of non-film music), was a tribute to India, commemorating 50 years of the country's...

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A.R. Rahman: The Best of A.R. Rahman (Review)
6 months ago

His ability to grab quotations from unexpected places gives him plenty of chances to throw in a musical joke if he wanted to, but it doesn't seem to be in his temperament.

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Slumdog Millionaire
10 months ago
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I'm behind on my movie viewing as we head into "award season", but my fave film of the moment is Slumdog Millionaire, which just won the Best Picture Drama Golden Globe, as well as the three other awards it was nominated for so I'm rather happy. I'm extremely excited about the award for A.R. Rahman for the soundtrack. I know nothing about him other than he is evidently THE GUY to get to score...

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A.R. Rahman Peforms Slumdog’s “Jai Ho” on Leno
9 months ago

If there's anyone who deserves to be nominated for a music Oscar this year instead of Bruce Springsteen, I suppose Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman would be that person. Rahman, who also has his song "O…Saya" (feat. M.I.A.) in the Best Song category (definitely gets my vote), did an all out Bollywood set performance of [...]

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Looking Back at A.R. Rahman's First Sony Album "Vande Mataram" (1997)
29 days ago

Thanks to the biography at AllMusic.com, I recently encountered this interesting Rahman detail:"'Slumdog Millionaire' Oscar winner A.R. Rahman became the first Indian artist to sign with Sony Music, negotiating a three-year contract in 1997.His premier release for the label, 'Vande Mataram' (his first collection of non-film music), was a tribute to India, commemorating 50 years of the country's...

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