music directors rated for all round musicality

himadri · #1 25th July 2008, 10:18 PM

hi guys
our bollywood is teeming with music directors (composers old and new). just an attempt to rate them for all round musicality (top three) based purely on personal preferences and tastes.
my favourites
1)r.d burman-great creativity and sensitivity.
2)pt. madanmohan- fabulous melodies.
3)ar rahman-fabulous sound design
well what are yours?

audiodelic · #2 26th July 2008, 12:12 AM

1)A R Rehman - what do i say even my firang friends who dont understand hindi also like him for his exceptional tunes.

2) R D Burman - For giving us all those melodic classes that i still hum once in a while.

kams · #3 26th July 2008, 12:26 AM

I hardly heard bollywood music..However I would like to rate my personal fav music directors in Tamil..

1. Ilayaraja the Great- For his fabulous melodies,Western and folk fusion,Awesome BGM.He is simply a legend.He is with me always and everywhere.I have no words to express abt him.

2. A.R.Rahuman - For his Mixing and the sound quality.He took the Indian Music to a new level.

persiflage · #4 26th July 2008, 01:23 AM

Salil Chaudhuri, for sure.
SD Burman
Khayyam

SuhasG · #5 26th July 2008, 10:13 AM

My picks (not in a specific order):

1] Salil Chaudhuri: For his tasteful blending of Western Classical music with Indian melody.

2] Sajjad Hussein: A class apart from the crowd, very complex tunes and very authentic.

3] Roshan: Very majestic, rich textures and layer and layers of chords.

4] O P Nair: the rhythm master, precise timing and pitches, very articulateness

AR sounded well only in his early work, later on there is noticeable repetitiveness and monotony, further fuelled by too much of synthetic sounds and unnatural bending and twisting of chords and harmonies.

RD, IMHO lacks originality, his father SD was far better in this department. (Please don't flame me, this is just my opinion).

sushil_pareek31 · #6 26th July 2008, 11:12 AM

hi,
following are my favourite music directors

1. S.D.Burman
2. R.D.Burman
3. Madan Mohan
4. A.R.Rehamn

persiflage · #7 29th July 2008, 03:01 PM

RD was well and truly in the genius league. Sure, there are examples and case studies of being 'inspired' by western/world music; but in every such instance he did add a lot to lift the end result beyond the merely derivative.

I am perfectly willing to go along with SD being rated higher than his son. But remember, there's a whole lot of traditional/folk music that SD too leveraged and brought into the mainstream. It's just that these sources/traditions are not so well known to us.

AR Rehman is definitely way overrated. If he shines, it's only with respect to his contemporaries, and lately even that is debatable.

Kamal · #8 29th July 2008, 03:12 PM

NOT in any order of preference-
Naushad,
Madan Mohan,
Roshan,
SD Burman,
Salil Chaudhary,
Khayyam,
OP Nayyar.
Acc to me , they are among the all-time-greats bec of consistent high quality over their careers.
As for the present generation,I can't really make up my mind-some tracks are truly magnificent while others are so-so.
I tend to agree with Persi's assessment:
" AR Rehman is definitely way overrated. If he shines, it's only with respect to his contemporaries, and lately even that is debatable."
That statement could apply to others in the present time too.

smedhavi · #9 29th July 2008, 03:32 PM

So this gets us back to Salil Chowdhuri, as both Ilayaraja and A.R.Rahman were influenced by him. It is not a coincidence that all these music directors try to bring western symphonies together with Indian music.

persiflage · #10 29th July 2008, 05:21 PM

I wanted to add Jaidev too, an unsung hero if there ever was one.

If I hesitate, it's only because he has a very limited body of work as compared to some of the others (despite a reasonably long career span).

But check out 'Seene Mein Jalan, Aankhon Mein Toofan..' and 'Aap Ki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar'... and you'll know what I mean. Or any track from the movie 'Gharaonda'.

Sometimes I think the 80s did irreparable damage to Hindi film music, something it's never quite recovered from.

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