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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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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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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On June 9, Domino (in conjunction with Domino the rapper) will release Bitte Orca, Dirty Projectors' fifth LP and follow-up to 2007's life-altering-because — really — everything-alters-your-life-whether-you-know-it-or-not Rise Above (TMT Review). The album will be preceeded by a single, "Stillness Is the Move," which will include B-sides and a Lucky Dragons remix. Meanwhile, Dirty Projectors h
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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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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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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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Well the Oscars were last night, and for the first time in a while I tuned in for the whole shebang.Highlights: Penelope Cruz's speech, the Milk screenwriter's speech, Beyonce tearing it up, Bill Maher's rubber suit, Phillipe Petit balancing the Oscar on his chin, Will Smith saying "Boom Goes The Dynamite", the John Legend v. AR Rahman song-battle, etc. etc. etc.I was 7/8 in the 8 major catego...
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As many red blooded American's I watched the 81st Annual Academy Awards last night. Seriously, congratulations to Slumdog Millionaire. It was the only one of the nominated pictures I have seen, but it was a good film that pretty much swept every category that it could have. However, Best Original Song? Not that I know [...]
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Movie Name : Madhavi Year : 2009 Banner: G Mass Crention Cast : Raj Mohanan, Lavanya Music Director : Rajesh Ramalingam Director : Murugas Producer : S Murugan Lyrics : Kabilan,MurugasClick here to download Songs
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