Film: Bollywood Verite
Slumdog Gazillionaire: Really nice to see the Golden Globes acknowledging the underdog this year for best original score, even beating out nominations for Peter Gabriel and Hans Zimmer respectively. The film is filled with the streets and sounds of Mumbai and for anyone into the BRICs it's really nice to see the depiction of another world hit mainstream media. There's something about this film and the departure of Danny Boyle's normal composer John Murphy that was somewhat of a shock. But when you see the film you understand why. The decision to get A.R. Rahman to compose the score probably took all of 3 seconds. With his Bollywood credentials (he's Mumbai's Hans Zimmer) and a collaboration with M.I.A. (she recorded her last album in his studio), the soundtrack has just been released by Interscope. They made the play before all the nods at the Globes and its soon to come recognition at The Oscars. It's a mash-up of hip hop and Bollywood and we say fair shout to all involved. If only the film ended like this instead:
