43. Soulful BGMs

I recently watched Sooryan (Malayalam). The film failed due to bad screenplay and is uninspiring to watch. However, Maestro shines as usual, in couple of scenes, though the BGM is minimal throughout the movie. He has given carnatic music (violin and mrudangam) for couple of fight scenes as the hero is a trained classical musician. He has also given a small solo carnatic violin score for one of the scenes where police chases the hero after a killing (a la Mounaragam Karthik police chase scene). Here, I have posted the title score of the movie, which is very soulful and to the core of the movie theme.

Sooryan - Title sc...

Kizhakke Pogum Rayil had a soulful theme for the lovers, which was very famous those days. This is a long female alaap, sinuating up and down. Bharathiraja has beautifully woven the train as a motif into this love story. The lovers stay apart (Radhika in village and Sudhakar in Chennai) but keep communicating through the last compartment (LV) of the train, by writing on chalks. Due to rains, once the message gets erased and Radhika feel very sad for not hearing anything from Sudhakar. This cue starts with a short keyboard piece with counter harmonies provided by WCM violins to show her mental agony and ends with the theme motif.

KPR - Rail messagi...