Late news roundup continues! I saw this one on Slashfilm on Friday, but MTV broke it on Thursday: the soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire, Fox Searchlight’s increasingly snowballing Oscar contender. I don’t write a lot about soundtracks here because I find most orchestral scores to be fucking snoozefests, but Slumdog composer A R Rahman combines Indian music and hip hop in a really exciting sound. I walked out of the screening of the movie really hoping Searchlight would be handing the soundtrack out.
Well, the soundtrack wasn’t even ready when I saw the film. In fact, it’s going to be coming out this week – but online only. You’ll likely find it on iTunes and other etailers on Tuesday, while the physical CD will be out December 23rd.
Here’s the complete track listing. That last song is the wonderful dance number that closes out the movie.
1. “O… Saya” Performed by A R Rahman & M.I.A.
2. “Riots” by A R Rahman
3. “Mausam & Escape” by A R Rahman
4. “Paper Planes” Performed by M.I.A.
5. “Paper Planes” DFA REMIX Performed by M.I.A.
6. “”Ringa Ringa” by A R Rahman featuring Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun
7. “Liquid Dance” by A R Rahman featuring Palakkad Sriram & Madhumitha
8. “Latika’s Theme” by A R Rahman featuring Suzanne
9. “Aaj Ki Raat” Performed by Sonu Nigam, Mahalaxmi Lyer & Alisha Chinoi
10. “Millionaire” by A R Rahman featuring Madhumitha
11. “Gangsta Blues” by A R Rahman featuring BlaaZe & Tanvi Shah
12. “Dreams on Fire” by A R Rahman featuring Suzzanne
13. “Jai Ho” by A R Rahman featuring Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah & Mahalaxmi Iyer
6 comments
This is great news. I was afraid that a soundtrack for this film would go the way of the soundtrack for Sunshine.
Now sunshine, thats a movie that had a good sound track. Bollywood horseshit mixed with hip-hop music sounds terrible. Do yourself a favour, just watch the film.
A.R. Rahman makes some amazing music, pretty sure he has been nominated for an oscar before, anyway hes probably the most prolific and successful music composer of contemporary Indian films. Also he's had to fight convincing accusations of plagirism early in his career…
…"I find most orchestral scores to be fucking snoozefests…"
I find this comment a bit objectionable as I find most song-based soundtracks to be trite and uninspired. Most of the time they have little to do with the movies that they're attached to unlike orchestral scores which are an intrinsic part of the films for which they are composed.
Every ten years or so, someone comes along with the "original" idea of using songs in place of a score and everybody does it. Then filmmakers slowly come to realize how inadequate songs are most of the time in conveying emotional content and orchestral scores come back.
Look, I like songs. In addition to Goldsmith and Williams, I've got Floyd, Zeppelin, Dylan and the Stones (to name a few) on my iPod. I even think that some song scores like "The Graduate" and "Purple Rain" are actually quite effective, however, nothing is as versatile or as compelling as an orchestral score by a gifted composer working closely with the director of a film. Those "fucking snoozefests" you sneer at… well, try to imagine some of your favorite films without them. Try to imagine "Chinatown" or "Jaws" laden with 70s pop, or even worse, "The Godfather," then tell me how much better songs would have been in those films instead of the masterpieces of film scoring by Goldsmith, Williams and Rota.
I know I may seem a little strident, but it makes me a little indignant to see the work of so many composers and artists I revere slighted so indifferently by someone who should know better.
You call yourself a film aficionado and yet shit on classical symphonic scores? Devin, you're a dumb ass and a waste of time and squandering talent.
THANK YOU! I just purchased it on itunes. What a fantastic movie and soundtrack!
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