Music Review: The Legend (Tamil)
Composer(s): Harris Jayaraj
Listen to the songs online here: JioSaavn
It's hard to shrug off Harris Jayaraj's trademark sounds in Mosalo Mosalu, but to give credit where it's due, the lively orchestration and Armaan Malik's singing are a highlight, its fusion of saxophone and sarangi making it groovy as it's catchy, almost fashioned as a fusion of Oh Mama Mama (Minnale) and A. R. Rahman's Urvasi Urvasi (Kadhalan). K.K. (RIP!) and Shreya Ghoshal lead Konji Konji, a lilting duet backed by a profusion of strings, even as K.K. joins hands with Jonita Gandhi for the dubstep-brass electric-electronic hybrid that's Popopo. Gandhi, for her part, comes back a second time with Benny Dayal for the folky Vaadi Vaasal, and in Maayakari, Jayaraj concocts a slow, brooding tune that finds its purchase in Bombay Jayashri and Unni Menon. The soundtrack's easy standout is Kone Komaane, an ultra-rhythmic number that's accompanied by a perfect sprinkle of drums, mrindangam, kanjira, mandolin, and nadhaswaram as well as sprightly vocals from Javed Ali and Chandana Bala Kalyan (remember Vidyasagar's Orae Manam from Villain?). Harris Jayaraj sticks to patented beats and rhythms in The Legend, but the attention to sound mixing remains his forte.
Listen to the songs online here: JioSaavn
It's hard to shrug off Harris Jayaraj's trademark sounds in Mosalo Mosalu, but to give credit where it's due, the lively orchestration and Armaan Malik's singing are a highlight, its fusion of saxophone and sarangi making it groovy as it's catchy, almost fashioned as a fusion of Oh Mama Mama (Minnale) and A. R. Rahman's Urvasi Urvasi (Kadhalan). K.K. (RIP!) and Shreya Ghoshal lead Konji Konji, a lilting duet backed by a profusion of strings, even as K.K. joins hands with Jonita Gandhi for the dubstep-brass electric-electronic hybrid that's Popopo. Gandhi, for her part, comes back a second time with Benny Dayal for the folky Vaadi Vaasal, and in Maayakari, Jayaraj concocts a slow, brooding tune that finds its purchase in Bombay Jayashri and Unni Menon. The soundtrack's easy standout is Kone Komaane, an ultra-rhythmic number that's accompanied by a perfect sprinkle of drums, mrindangam, kanjira, mandolin, and nadhaswaram as well as sprightly vocals from Javed Ali and Chandana Bala Kalyan (remember Vidyasagar's Orae Manam from Villain?). Harris Jayaraj sticks to patented beats and rhythms in The Legend, but the attention to sound mixing remains his forte.
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