"I never brag about anything, except the music in my films. I love the music in the films. I’m so proud of it. It means so much to me." Danny Boyle [Trainspotting, Sunshine, 28 Days Later]
David Gordon Green and Seth Rogan may have sold a bunch of records for M.I.A. this summer when they put her "Paper Planes" in the trailer for Pineapple Express, but it was Danny Boyle who lived up to the song artistically with Slumdog Millionaire—a big, vibrant story about two brothers from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai.
At one point in the film, the newly orphaned boys find themselves living as stowaways on a passenger train, and in the montage Boyle creates to describe this part of their lives, "Paper Planes" sounds so good, so resonant that it's hard to imagine any other music for this sequence. It's playful with a gritty, desperate edge, and when Boyle shows the two brothers sitting atop a moving train car, their heads dipping down with exhaustion, Ms. Maya Arulpragasam is singing the song only for them.
Sometimes I think sitting on trains
Every stop I get to I'm clocking that game
Everyone's a winner now we're making that fame
Bonafide hustler making my name
Every stop I get to I'm clocking that game
Everyone's a winner now we're making that fame
Bonafide hustler making my name
Boyle specifically asked M.I.A. for “Paper Planes”, but when she heard that Bollywood composer A.R. Rahman was attached to the film she ended up collaborating with him as well. Together they wrote “O… Saya," the music that plays during a crucial chase scene in the beginning of the film.
“She’s a real powerhouse," Rahman said of M.I.A. "Somebody played me her CD and I thought, ‘Who is this girl? She came here and knew all my work, had followed my work for ages. I said, ‘Cut the crap, this “my idol” crap. You have to teach me.’”
The "O...Saya" track, along with the rest of the score, has been released on M.I.A.'s new Interscope imprint N.E.E.T, and is available on iTunes.
“She’s a real powerhouse," Rahman said of M.I.A. "Somebody played me her CD and I thought, ‘Who is this girl? She came here and knew all my work, had followed my work for ages. I said, ‘Cut the crap, this “my idol” crap. You have to teach me.’”
The "O...Saya" track, along with the rest of the score, has been released on M.I.A.'s new Interscope imprint N.E.E.T, and is available on iTunes.
who the hell is M.I.A. it was all A.R. Rahman who completely did the music and score for the film. M.I.A only co-operated in two songs and it was a pity that all the credit went to her. if you dont know who A. R. Rahman is...just search for him on any search engine...and you will find out. I also recommend you to try out some of his previous works...i bet you'll never miss any of his future albums...he's the god of music
Posted by: fahad | December 06, 2008 at 05:18 AM