Original Soundtrack - The Namesake
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Artist: Original SoundtrackBrand: Unknown
Composer: Nitin Sawhney
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-03-06
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Shoes to America
- Namesake Opening Titles
- First Day in New York
- Jhiri Jhiri Choyetali
- Flight IC408
- Airport Grief
- Mo's Affair
- Farewell Ashoke
- Ashima Becomes a Widow
- Aftermath - Susheela Raman
- Ye Mera Divanapan Hai - Lakhan Das
- Baul Song
- Taj Mahal - The Elements, Mykill Miers
- Chosen One
- Max Arrives - Federico Aubele
- Boatman's Song - Partha Chatterjee
- Postales
- Amra Reformed Hindus - Susheela Raman
- Namesake Reprise - Matt Hales, Nitin Sawhney
- Same Song - Geeta Dutt
- Falling - The State of Bengal, The State of Bengal
Music reviews of The Namesake
Music Review: Beautifully Relaxing
Rating: 4 Stars
I loved the movie by the same name, so what better way to evoke memories of such a well-loved film than by listening to its soundtrack. Even if you've never seen the movie, the music in and of itself is powerful, rich and relaxing. It will make you want to see the movie.
Description of The Namesake
With The Namesake, Mira Nair found ways to link New York and Calcutta not only visually, but via sound as well. Like the story itself, the film's soundtrack traverses both time and cultures. "I love Indian classical music and I wanted to link that classical sound with the pulsating New York sound of today," comments Nair. "So the soundtrack not only crosses 25 years of time but also moves from Bengali folk music, Geeta Dutt's 'Jhiri Jhiri Choyetali' to hip-hop, 'The Chosen One.' And then there is Nitin Sawhney's haunting score mixed throughout. This is the privilege of cinema: to bring together the sounds, voices, instruments of that which you love and make it one with image."Fans of British composer Nitin Sawhney excited to see his name connected to this soundtrack should be aware that Sawhney's music accounts for just 26 minutes of this nearly 56-minute recording. In addition, most of the 12 tracks he contributes are plot-advancing cues, not fully realized compositions, which clock in at under two minutes (four run one minute or less). Eight other artists are represented here, including vocalist Susheela Raman with two tracks found on past solo recordings. Other selections range from '60s Indian vocalist Geeta Dutt and the traditional chant of Lakhan Das ("Baul Song") to Argentina's Federico Aubele ("Postales") and a brief rap from Mykill Miers. The divergent musical sources reflect the old world/new world conflicts that entangle an Indian family following a move from Calcutta to New York City in a film from respected director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). For his part, Sawhney (principally using acoustic guitar and strings, often embellished with Indian vocalese and instrumentation) lends elegant, modern-traditional brushstrokes to the film's more reflective moments that underscore the characters' cultural conflicts. It is a broadly varied recording that on occasion beautifully captures--usually all too briefly--moments of deep inner searching. The disc concludes with "Falling," Sawhney's collaboration with Matt Hales from Aqualung, from Sawhney's 2003 release Human. --Terry Wood
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