The Namesake [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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The Namesake [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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Artist: Original Soundtrack
Brand: VARIOUS
Composer: Nitin Sawhney
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-03-06
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
  1. Shoes To America
  2. The Namesake Opening Titles
  3. First Day In New York
  4. Jhiri Jhiri Choyetali - Geeta Dutt
  5. Flight IC408 - State Of Bengal
  6. Airport Grief
  7. Mo's Affair
  8. Farewell Shoke
  9. Ashima Becomes A Widow
  10. Aftermath
  11. Ye Mera Divanapan Hai - Susheela Raman
  12. Baul Song - Lakhan Das
  13. Taj Mahal
  14. The Chosen One - Mykill Miers
  15. Max Arrives
  16. Boatman's Song - Kartik Das
  17. Postales - Ferderico Aubele
  18. Amra Reformed HIndus - Partha Chatterjee
  19. The Namesake
  20. The Same Song - Susheela Raman
  21. Falling

Music reviews of The Namesake [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Music Review: Highly recommended
Rating: 4 Stars

Nitin Sawhney is an old hand now at indo-fusion and it is evident in some of the pieces in the soundtrack. He has used various iconic indo-fusion artists such as "State of Bengal" and "Susheela Raman" to bolster the soundtrack.

The pure flute numbers used as the core theme as well as for the titles are excellent. There instrumentals have a lilting quality with an outstanding melody.

The Salil Chowdhury-esque bengali ditty, "Jhiri Jhiri Choyetali" is a gem, sung wonderfully by Geeta Dutt. The kids will love it.

There are also samples of raw Bhatiyali and Baul music and the usual chill out fusion numbers. The Bhatiyali and Baul tracks may or may not appeal in this age of percussion heavy music, but it provides a glimpse into the culture of Bengal.

"Falling", the last fusion track on the album is excellent.

One other number that stands out is Susheela Raman's version of an old bollywood number "Ye Mera Deevanapan hai".

This album comes highly recommended.
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Description of The Namesake [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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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