Music Review: VadaChennai (Tamil)
Composer(s): Santhosh Narayanan
Listen to the songs online here: Saavn
Is it too early pass the mantle of "monarch of gaana music" from Deva to Santhosh Narayanan? Because in an album dominated by lively dholak-driven percussive tracks (Sandhanatha, Goindhammavaala, Maadila Nikkura Maankutty, Epadiyamma, Mathiya Seraiyila, Alangaara Pandhal), the trick is to not make them sound repetitive, yet be inventive enough to sustain interest. And it's here SaNa (as the composer is fondly called) scores big time, although the déjà vu is hard to miss. The exquisite Ennadi Maayavi Nee is vintage Santhosh, the kind of minimalist guitary orchestral melody that he is famous for, only this time, it's Sid Sriram who is in charge of the vocal duties. In Kaarkuzhal Kadavaiye, Vishnu Vijay's flute is almost a second layer, even as the free-flowing tune is sheer bliss. The usual culprits are all here: Vijaynarain, Ananthu, Pradeep Kumar (who also plays the acoustic guitars), and Sean Roldan (credited with the harmonium/flute section in the first interlude), and joining them this time around is an exceptional Sriram Parthasarathy. King of the Sea, riding on a mix of thumping beats, trumpets and trombones, is gripping thematic music conveying the power dynamics at play, with Ananthu's humming supercharging the tune with a fieriness that makes it electrifying. Ananthu leads the film's theme song too, which in contrast is more of the gloomy kind, by turns ominous and threatening. In his 25th film as a composer, Santhosh Narayanan serves an unconventional grab bag of styles with VadaChennai.
Listen to the songs online here: Saavn
Is it too early pass the mantle of "monarch of gaana music" from Deva to Santhosh Narayanan? Because in an album dominated by lively dholak-driven percussive tracks (Sandhanatha, Goindhammavaala, Maadila Nikkura Maankutty, Epadiyamma, Mathiya Seraiyila, Alangaara Pandhal), the trick is to not make them sound repetitive, yet be inventive enough to sustain interest. And it's here SaNa (as the composer is fondly called) scores big time, although the déjà vu is hard to miss. The exquisite Ennadi Maayavi Nee is vintage Santhosh, the kind of minimalist guitary orchestral melody that he is famous for, only this time, it's Sid Sriram who is in charge of the vocal duties. In Kaarkuzhal Kadavaiye, Vishnu Vijay's flute is almost a second layer, even as the free-flowing tune is sheer bliss. The usual culprits are all here: Vijaynarain, Ananthu, Pradeep Kumar (who also plays the acoustic guitars), and Sean Roldan (credited with the harmonium/flute section in the first interlude), and joining them this time around is an exceptional Sriram Parthasarathy. King of the Sea, riding on a mix of thumping beats, trumpets and trombones, is gripping thematic music conveying the power dynamics at play, with Ananthu's humming supercharging the tune with a fieriness that makes it electrifying. Ananthu leads the film's theme song too, which in contrast is more of the gloomy kind, by turns ominous and threatening. In his 25th film as a composer, Santhosh Narayanan serves an unconventional grab bag of styles with VadaChennai.
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