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AR Rahman Following Ilaiyaraaja's Footsteps

Topic started by Viknesh (@ 62.132.1.121) on Fri Nov 5 03:13:52 EST 2004.
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Rahman to score music for play ‘The Lord of the Rings’
By Sushweta Ghosh

Noted composer A.R. Rahman will score the music for the play ‘The Lord of the Rings’ based on J.R. Tolkien’s famous novel by the same name. The theatrical London launch of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ comes as Hollywood builds the author’s work into its biggest box-office hit series.

A scene from the film ‘The Lord of the Rings.’
Kevin Wallace is producing the £8-million ($13.8 million) prestigious project of Rahman, meant to be London’s most expensive production ever staged in the city’s theatrical heart, the West End. While announcing the venture in London in October, Wallace said Rahman was needed to write “unique” music, with an “exotic quality” and “brilliant melodies.’ The show will be taken around the world as a multicultural global stage performance. Rahman, affectionately known among the British as the ‘Mozart of Madras,’ is to collaborate with Finish folk group Varttina for ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ Rahman had also scored the music for Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s successful Hindi film-inspired London play ‘Bombay Dreams.’ According to theater critics Rahman was an inspired choice to compose the music for Tolkien’s nearly 50-year-old epic story as Rahman is known to Wallace, who has produced several Lloyd-Webber musicals.

http://desitalk.newsindia-times.com/2003/12/12/cinema-ar30.html

-- ARR with no orchestral experience is stepping into Ilaiyaraaja's forte by starting to compose for orchestras. As his 'Warriors of Heaven and Earth' and 'Bombay Dreams' bombed big time, he is doing it again for Lord of the Rings musical and for Birmingham city's centennial celebrations.

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Responses:

• From: the truth (@ 61.247.250.148) on: Fri Nov 5 03:42:41 EST 2004
  
  WOHE & Bombay Dreams bombed! - nice joke.
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.187) on: Fri Nov 5 04:13:31 EST 2004
  
  Viknesh,
  
  if WOHE and BD bombed big time, ppl will not give him even bigger production to score music.
  
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Fri Nov 5 04:50:23 EST 2004
  
  "WOHE & Bombay Dreams bombed! - nice joke."
  
  that'e even a nice joke.
  
  
  "if WOHE and BD bombed big time, ppl will not give him even bigger production to score music"
  
  the same reason why other indian producers still go to him despite having so many flops.
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Fri Nov 5 04:58:34 EST 2004
  
  anyway....stick to the topic.
  where is the rubber tapper cum mattukkara velan now?
  lost in the village?
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.187) on: Fri Nov 5 06:02:31 EST 2004
  
  "where is the rubber tapper cum mattukkara velan now?
  lost in the village?"
  
  
  ooh he is going to do a world tour....
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.34.0) on: Fri Nov 5 07:18:55 EST 2004
  
  Viknesh:
  "AR Rahman Following Ilaiyaraaja's Footsteps"
  
  And end up as lost as IR. Sorry, ARR will never do such a mistake. Unlike IR, the talent of ARR can't be restricted within the south indian states. And he has proved that before.
  
  
• From: IR_Fan_From_Kerala (@ 210.18.114.3) on: Fri Nov 5 07:59:15 EST 2004
  
  Dont worry people.
  
  Rahman already tried to imitate IR in Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and messed it up. He didn't know the basics of conducting and he thought it was an easy job like mixing in the studios. Finally a BBC reviewer wrote very harsh comments on him.. Why should one try to do something which he doesnt know?
  
  And Guess Me, i have never heard IR 'lost' after composing the symphony.. It was paraised as of high quality by all the western people who heard it.
  
  
• From: siva (@ 218.208.239.60) on: Fri Nov 5 08:36:50 EST 2004
  
  typical indian attitude or pulling down another indian....
  
  get a life folks
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.34.0) on: Fri Nov 5 08:42:56 EST 2004
  
  IR_Fan_From_Kerala:
  "And Guess Me, i have never heard IR 'lost' after composing the symphony.. It was paraised as of high quality by all the western people who heard it."
  
  Is it? Then what are his forthcoming international projects?
  
  
• From: hhhw (@ 130.127.119.126) on: Fri Nov 5 08:56:13 EST 2004
  
  Guess Me doesnt even know Tamil.
  Doesnt know the movie in which Ooru Sanam song appeared, which any KG kid would tell.
  Cant talk about TFM for nuts.
  
  Only likes to spew useless cliches.
  
  What a standing example of an empty vessel! Indeed, fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.34.0) on: Fri Nov 5 11:18:03 EST 2004
  
  Mr hhhw, doesnt knowing one (afterall an IR song) song doesnot mean that a person knows nothing of tfm. And knowing an IR song doesnt mean you know everything of tfm. And are we talking about "Ooru Sanam" song here?.
  
  It is a fact that IR is internationally no where near ARR. Being an IR fanatic you cant accept this fact and to hide that you keep on blabbering. If you have got something to say for or againt my argument, talk. Otherwise keep ur mouth shut. By posting out-of-situation messages, you yourself are becoming "standing example of an empty vessel" which is sounding irritatingly loud.
  
  "fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
  
  Indeed. You "rush in" all the threads I have posted and reply against me. Ofcourse there are other fools here to join you and angels too who stay away from personal attack.
  
  
• From: hhhw (@ 130.127.119.184) on: Fri Nov 5 11:44:35 EST 2004
  
  Guess Me,
  Nice to know you making an outstanding idiot of yourself in the very short time you have been in this forum. Continue to amuse us, please :-)
  
  Best to ignore this flame-baiting infant who is monstrously ignorant of both tfm as well as newtfmpage which has seen several Don Quixotes like him :)
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.34.0) on: Fri Nov 5 12:17:30 EST 2004
  
  You are again running out of gas hhhw; your post shows that. If you have nothing to say about this discussion, the best thing would be is to ignore my post. It is better than losing isn't it? Nothing will happen to newtfmpage if a fool like you doesnt post.
  
  
• From: AAA (@ 12.33.141.41) on: Fri Nov 5 14:17:10 EST 2004
  
  AAA koopta free gallon of gas tharuvaangale...?
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.34.0) on: Fri Nov 5 14:21:20 EST 2004
  
  I think we must stop this fight now. In the process of thrashing a fanatic like you, I might end up insulting a great composer like IR, which I certainly dont want to.
  
  You are the one who started the personal attack and I had to defend and counter. Now lets stop it.
  
  If you still want to continue, lets find some other place to settle the scores and not drag this topic too far away from what it is meant to be.
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.34.0) on: Fri Nov 5 14:22:51 EST 2004
  
  "AAA koopta free gallon of gas tharuvaangale...?"
  
  Is there an english teacher here?
  
  
• From: T Muthu (@ 68.77.42.152) on: Fri Nov 5 15:09:25 EST 2004
  
  who is doing what following who why when how yenn yeppadi etharku for what i say
  
  
• From: curses (@ 219.65.109.108) on: Sat Nov 6 12:00:07 EST 2004
  
  1. IR follows ARR's footsteps
  2. ARR follows IR's footsteps
  
  Moral of the story:
  They must be goin around in circles!
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 218.111.149.179) on: Sun Nov 7 01:20:49 EST 2004
  
  ARR following IR's footsteps??dream on!!ARR was the one intro COMPUTER music to IR,did u know that?
  
  
• From: American (@ 61.6.117.52) on: Sun Nov 7 04:19:33 EST 2004
  
  Dear Indian people,
  
  Be proud that you all have two great talented mucisians,just as Briyaani and Thandoori in indian delicacies.Why fighting?
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.34.151) on: Sun Nov 7 09:24:09 EST 2004
  
  Uh oh..
  ippo yaaru Biriyani, yaaru tandoori-nu sandai potukka poraanga! :)
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Sun Nov 7 23:18:03 EST 2004
  
  "ARR was the one intro COMPUTER music to IR,did u know that?"
  
  dear goat sheperd.....nee eppadi computerpathi ellam pessa mudiyum? pls go and attend to your goats and estate and leave thing alone here
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.37.25) on: Mon Nov 8 00:02:22 EST 2004
  
  Round 1:
  GO.
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.187) on: Mon Nov 8 00:35:20 EST 2004
  
  preeeet prit... (half time)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.3) on: Mon Nov 8 00:59:22 EST 2004
  
  "Half" time-a? Endha brand? :-)
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 60.48.87.154) on: Mon Nov 8 01:18:47 EST 2004
  
  hahaha,ambleen,u cant get a statement to proof me wrong,u had to bring craps in to defend ur self,as long u know that ARR intro the comp's music to IR,im happy! :D
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Mon Nov 8 02:55:41 EST 2004
  
  hahaha....arr does not exist
  this name is only made up by the tamil nadu govt in grave co-operation with Ulu Tiram Estate and Sanitation Dept for reasons only known to them.
  
  now prove me wrong.
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Mon Nov 8 02:56:52 EST 2004
  
  here's another one
  
  dumbdinesh dineshdumb
  
  now prove this wrong also
  
  :)))
  
  
• From: the truth (@ 202.177.159.100) on: Mon Nov 8 03:09:29 EST 2004
  
  ambleen
  u have a very bad sence of humour
  
  
• From: raju (@ 164.164.71.58) on: Mon Nov 8 03:15:29 EST 2004
  
  Hi viknesh,
  
  do not write your own things to what the article says and the article never mentions that WOHE andBombay Dreams bombed ..i also went through the article to see if it was there.That shows how cheap you are
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Mon Nov 8 03:38:12 EST 2004
  
  the truth (@ 202.177.159.100),
  
  the truth is u dun hv a sense of humour
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.33.192) on: Mon Nov 8 03:47:35 EST 2004
  
  Round 1 comes to an end.
  Lotsa punches.. nuthin hitting though!
  
  Round 2:
  GO.
  
  (a lil more wit please, and logic, if i aint askin too much!)
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Mon Nov 8 03:49:52 EST 2004
  
  "From: raju (@ 164.164.71.58) on: Mon Nov 8 03:15:29 EST 2004
  
  Hi viknesh,
  
  do not write your own things to what the article says and the article never mentions that WOHE andBombay Dreams bombed ..i also went through the article to see if it was there.That shows how cheap you are"
  
  
  dear hypocryte,
  
  do u see a relation to the title of the thread and the subject heading of the link?
  http://www.newtfmpage.com/forum/1882.10.47.07.html
  
  why didn't u comment in this? this shows how cheap u r 2
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.187) on: Mon Nov 8 04:58:09 EST 2004
  
  "Round 1 comes to an end.
  Lotsa punches.. nuthin hitting though! "
  
  ithu yennavo MU games commentary mathiri-le iruku....off late their matches seems to be like that...million of shots on target....but 0 goal!...grrrrrrr...
  
  ambleen,
  onnu sonnalum seriya sonninge.... :)
  
  

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