An Itching Thought

In ‘Saroja’, there is a scene in which one of the characters is getting introduced is shot and edited like that of a daily soap. The background score in the scene was exactly was like that of daily soap rich with loud bangs and strings for each reaction shot which further enhanced the feel. When I first saw the movie, I did not know that the character who is being introduced is playing the role of a Television actor in the movie and I was wondering about where was his mind when the director Venkat Prabhu was shooting the scene. It was a well executed episode to fool the audience. In that scene, the background score that aptly imitated that of daily television soap played a very important role in fooling the audience.

But in a movie like ‘Luck By Chance’, where we clearly know from the very beginning that Konkana Sen is a small time actress who is doing these miniscule roles in movies, what is the necessity to use background score that is composed so authentic to the period and genre of the movie being shot inside the movie?

A Treasure

While the composer himself is taking the least amount of interest in officially releasing his great background scores of 100s of his movies, there are his hardcore fans and music enthusiasts all over the world who with advent of technology do it unofficially via internet. Dilip in his blog provides us background scores of some of Illayaraja’s best background scores in incredible audio quality without dialogues (the best I ever heard on the net) for download. One can just download, write it on a CD and sell it as an official OST of the movie. A real treasure. Grab is now. Dilip has not only extracted but also compiled the background score pieces chronologically and thematically together. I especially like the way he has done it for the score of Pithamagan and Heyram. Billion thanks to Dilip. I wish he continues to do this.

Background Score - 59 is from

This piece is from Rock On. Composers – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL). I would call this piece as the main reunion theme. It appears in the scene just before the intermission when Farhan looks at Magik’s old photos and it repeats in different variations in all the scenes that follow up to the final reunion. This short and sweet guitar melody paints a magical soundscape to the nostalgia of the band Magik.

Background Score - 59

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