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Illayaraja's Love for Violins

Topic started by Gokul (@ 204.76.131.140) on Mon Jul 14 14:00:58 EDT 1997.
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• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Mon Jul 14 15:12:32 EDT 1997
  
  IR did use a lot of violins in the movie Dhalapathi for the song "rakkama kaiya thattu".
  I heard that he used about 160 violinists to play the tune for this song.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Mon Jul 14 15:19:19 EDT 1997
  
  "Electric guitar" which is used in rock music mostly seems to be rare in Tamil Film Music. The blaring music produced by this instrument is not very enjoyable. Its usage was obvious in the following songs.
  
  1)Pottu vaitha kadhal thittam - Singaravelan
  2)Jolly Jolly - Ullasam
  
  Are there any songs in TFM where this instrument is used?
  
  
• From: Chandrasekaran (@ proxyf9.cyberway.com.sg) on: Mon Jul 14 23:09:00 EDT 1997
  
  A song from Nizhalgal - Mazhai vizhundu Thavum Nadi alai than - has tremendous amount of Electric Guitar and Viloin pieces.
  
  
• From: PG (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Tue Jul 15 09:39:16 EDT 1997
  
  The song is 'Madai Thirandhu Thaavum nadhi alai naan'
  
  
• From: Gokul (@ 204.76.131.140) on: Tue Jul 15 13:43:15 EDT 1997
  
  The musical trend started by Raja is the way he
  deployed violins for the songs.(Also I remember my Friend Lakshmi Narayanan's initial observations on the way Raja was using the Rthym Guitar in sync with the beats. This is very attractive).
  If you observe the stanzas there will be a string of violins quietly building towards the interlude. This greatly enhances the synchronization and I have reasons to believe He is the first one to introduce this effective mixing in Tamil Songs. For example in the song Pattu Thalaivan (From Idaya Koil) this form is very striking.
  
  
• From: Gopal Prasad (@ host-207-53-0-20.atl.bellsouth.net) on: Tue Jul 15 15:42:12 EDT 1997
  
  Guys, want to listen to some excellent violin in BG ? Listen to Oru ganam oru yugamaaga from Naadodi thenral and Raasaathi from Poovarasan. Ilays love for violin dates back to his Poondhalir days and in the song naan naan aadanum you will be in for a treat.
  
  
• From: PG (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Tue Jul 15 16:17:11 EDT 1997
  
  IR Songs with great string section :
  
  Vizhiyile malarndhadhu
  Chinna pura ondru
  
  
• From: Shashi (@ 137.197.35.41) on: Thu Jul 17 00:16:21 EDT 1997
  
  Some more songs with use of electric lead guitar for the sake of Mr/Ms cp (@ 208.206.24.27
  
  1. Vikram Vikram ... in the movie Vikram
  2. I want to do...something! in the movie Anjali
  
  Both these songs have excellent electric guitar interludes. Enjoy
  Shashi
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.8) on: Thu Jul 17 03:20:07 EDT 1997
  
  The violin list is never ending. But I cannot resist mentioning about 'aanandha raagam' (panneer pushpangaL) and 'neelak kuyilE' (magudi).
  
  Can you name some of Raja's songs without violin? 'en kaNmaNi' (sittuk kuruvi) is one.
  
  
  
• From: Padmanabhan Ganesan (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Tue Jul 22 15:47:37 EDT 1997
  
  There is an old song with great use of strings :
  
  Chinnanchiru penn pole
  sitraadai udai uduthi
  sivagangai kulatharughe
  
  sung by Seergazhi Govindarajan.
  
  The use of strings is superb in this song.
  
  Does anybody know which movie this song is from ?
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Tue Jul 22 17:51:28 EDT 1997
  
  The use of violins in the second interlude of the song "Oh.. Butterfly" in the film Meera was simply superb. This piece is used to portray the graceful and elegant flight of a butterfly. This scene comes to life with IR's music. Moreover, SPB and Asha Bhosle add color to it(please forget the pronunciation by Asha as Butterrrrrfly)
  
  
• From: GOpi santhanam (@ neesgate.neesnet.com) on: Fri Jul 25 09:05:37 EDT 1997
  
  i think 'mella mella unnai thottu'
  from vaazhkkai is a nice example
  
  'pani vizhum malarvanam' -ninaivellam nithya
  
  'oru naal ' new one -captivating song from devadhai
  
  'nadakkudhu nandhavam ' -
  nandhavanath theru
  
  'andhiyilae vaanam ' - chinnavar
  has got pleasing violin interludes
  
  
  
• From: Easwaran Hariharan (@ amex.proxy.lucent.com) on: Thu Jul 31 16:19:48 EDT 1997
  
  Songs in 'nenjathi killathe' has very good violin usage. 'o thendrale' , 'Paruvame' and 'uravenum' has excellant orchestration, such that one my american friend here loves this songs, and intrested in listening to more tamil songs,bcos of these three songs.
  Other songs, where IR violin stands out are
  1. 'ore nall' in illamai unjaladugirathu
  2. 'kala kalama vallum kadalukku' in the film
  punnagai mannan
  3. 'en jeevan paduthu' film ????, which has
  capituvating violin piece, in the end of saranams.
  4. 'pani villum iravu' in the film mouna raggam, where in the middle of first interlude, where IR suddenly introduces one violin piece. I listened this song just for this piece.
  5. 'Chinna Chinna' in the film 'poo vilizi vasale'
  
  Oh man!, it is a never ending list.
  
  e.hari
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Fri Aug 1 10:28:31 EDT 1997
  
  Did you guys mentiont the violin interlude in IRs early-in-his-career song 'oru naaL' from Uravadum Nenjam?
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ dutyfree.proxy.lucent.com) on: Mon Aug 25 16:34:54 EDT 1997
  
  How to Name it - Album is full of beautiful
  violin Compositions.
  
  Padum Nilave Then kavidhai - Udhayam
  This song has superb violin interludes.
  
  Kalyana Malai Kodadum Penne - Pudhu Pudhu Arthagal
  
  Naan Thedum Sevandhi Poovidhu - ??
  
  
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Tue Aug 26 10:49:56 EDT 1997
  
  Naan thedum sevandhi poovidhu - dharmapathini
  
  
• From: Kitcha (@ dhcp232-184.eel.ufl.edu) on: Tue Sep 9 14:39:51 EDT 1997
  
  IR uses the violin to great effect in his BGM.
  1.Raja Paarvai
  2.Idhayam( Man! the music is just too good)
  3. Sathi Leelavathi, has the theme music in the cassette.This is a wonderful piece.
  4. The famous "Punnagai Mannan" music where he starts off with the flute and ends it by playing the same piece on the violin.
  
  Songs:
  1.sangeetha megam from UdayaGeetham.
  2.chinna kannan azhaikkiran - pathos
  3.AgAya gangai- Dharma Yudham... it has a wonderful piece of a solo violin in the intro and the 1st interlude.
  
  Electric guitar:
  Raja has used the bass guitar to great effect in some of his songs.
  1.Poongaatru - Moondram pirai
  2.Valai Osai - Satya
  
  Lead Guitar:
  1.Pazhaiye vilangu - Meera
  
  * ARR uses the lead in Mustafa...!
  
  
• From: Gopal (@ host-207-53-5-7.atl.bellsouth.net) on: Tue Sep 9 17:28:57 EDT 1997
  
  Want some beautiful violin scores??
  Listen to Naan naan aadanum from POOnthalir
  
  
• From: Gokul (@ ww-tb66.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Sep 20 17:09:14 EDT 1997
  
  Check out the intro violins in Rasathi.. Rasathi..
  from Poovarasan..
  
  
• From: Guha (@ crc-selq8.unl.edu) on: Tue Jan 13 14:15:23 EST 1998
  
  An interesting and different violin accompaniment
  in the song "Aridharatha poosi kolla aase" in the movie Avathaaram, and ofcourse, the polka in "Sandhirarum Sooriyarum" in the same movie, reminds me of the Strauss brothers...
  
  
• From: Sriram (@ 60-ppp-a.cvx02.agis.net) on: Sat Feb 6 15:27:01 EST 1999
  
  As Gopal has said, gyan gyan paadanum.. has excellent violin interludes. Also cannot forget the interlude before second stanza in 'Thalayai kuniyum thaamarayey'.
  
  
• From: Tanesha (@ spider-ta033.proxy.aol.com) on: Thu Aug 2 19:55:22 EDT 2001
  
  Yous hould have things for people who lost there touch at violin and need to getback on rack.Then you would get alot guests on this site
  
  
• From: OMKUMAR.M (@ 203.197.138.163) on: Thu Aug 30 01:51:44 EDT 2001
  
  have you ever listened to IRs
  1. HOW TO NAME IT
  2.NOTHING BUT WIND.
  ITS FULL OF VIOLIN AND STRING INSTRUMENTS.
  UNCOUNTABLE NOTES ARE THERE.Y U PEOPLE No. THEM.
  IRs TUNES GIVE VARIABLE TASTES.NOT OF REPEATED ONES.
  
  
• From: OMKUMAR.M (@ 203.197.138.163) on: Thu Aug 30 01:55:09 EDT 2001
  
  any one who wishes to contact me may mail to omkumar1@india.com and share ur views about IR
  
  
• From: OMKUMAR.M (@ 203.197.138.163) on: Thu Aug 30 01:55:50 EDT 2001
  
  any one who wishes to contact me may mail to omkumar1@indya.com and share ur views about IR
  
  
• From: Venki (@ 166.102.198.8) on: Mon Aug 12 16:41:36 EDT 2002
  
  Yet another example for the Maestro's love for Violin
  do listen the the master piece from En Mana Vaanil
  http://www.raajangahm.com/real/songs/emv/song1.ram
  
  listen to all the songs from
  http://www.raaja.com/filmalbums/y2k2.html
  
  
• From: rajan (@ 200.202.96.10) on: Thu Nov 28 16:04:32 EST 2002
  
  ilayaraja had an assistant named vs.narasimman.he was a violanist and played a piece of violin concert for rajaparvai
  then he was introduced as music director by kb in the film achchamillai and then he scored music for kalyana agathikal
  and a film produced by kb and directed by ameer jaan starring murakli pudhiyavan and then
  for yaar nee ?
  aayiram pookkal malarattum and pasamalarkal
  
  so he was very useful to ir when he was with him
  
  
• From: velji (@ 61.11.83.183) on: Thu Dec 4 12:50:59 EST 2003
  
  IR is very skilled in violins. One can cite many examples. One memorable song is " Ennavendru Solvathamma, Vanji aval peralagai" in which Meena will be in a swing and the backround score in violins will complement the swinging motion.
  
  In the song "Ariro --o -- ariro, nee yaro -o- nan vero" sung by Latha Mangeskar, the same interlude music will be carried on in the backround continuosly for the middle stanza after the interlude.I was in the recording studio with IR when this song was recorded. This is a technique -speciality for IR.
  However Viswanathan Ramamurthy had also experimented with this technique in the "Vennira AAdai" song " Enna Enna varthaigalo". The beginning Piano music will continue as it is in the back round when the lyrics are sung.
  
  
• From: velji (@ 61.11.80.133) on: Sat Dec 6 22:15:49 EST 2003
  
  My Dear Easwar hariharan
  
  You have rightlky stated that Songs in 'nenjathi killathe' have very good violin usage. 'o thendrale' , 'Paruvame' and 'uravenum' hava excellant orchestration,
  
  I think IR had never surpassed these great tunes himself! They are simply superb!
  
  
• From: Rajarasigan (@ 15.219.201.68) on: Sun Aug 29 18:45:52 EDT 2004
  
  I heard that Rakamma Kaiya thattu was composed with 1000 violinists. Could anyone clear it?
  
  U guys left Idhayam oru Koil and another song in the same movie.. I think kootathile koil pura. Both had a wonderful violin flavour.
  
  
  

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