Sarvam Thaala Mayam (soundtrack) explained
Sarvam Thaala Mayam is the soundtrack album for the 2019 Tamil film of the same name. The soundtrack consists of six feature songs along with instrumental tracks. The film's director Menon composed a song that Rahman curated.[1]
Development
Rahman began composing for the film in early 2016 and by May it was revealed that his two songs had been completed.[2] As the film was a musical, Menon required the songs to be completed before production began and by November 2016, Rahman had finished composing nine songs for that film and composed parts of the background score.[3] [4] The lyrics were written by Madhan Karky, Arunraja Kamaraj and the late Na. Muthukumar, who worked in the film before his death in August 2016.[5]
Track listing
The official track list of songs was released long before the audio release by A. R. Rahman, in his Twitter page, on 19 November 2018.[6] [7]
Background Score
A.R. Rahman used many different instruments for this soundtrack. In "A Journey of Peter", Peter employed instruments from North Rajasthan and the Northeast. These musical instruments are part of the background score. Rahman and his ensemble Qutub-E-Kripa adopted Indian Regional music and Carnatic music.[8] Rahman also used a western African musical instrument called Kora. It is a 21 string lute-bridge-harp extensively used in Africa.[9]
Album credits
Sound Engineers
- A R Rahman, Rasigan, A R Venkatesan
- Mixed by - P. A. Deepak, T R Krishna Chetan, Karthik Sekaran, Jerry Vincent
- Additional Programming - Santhosh Dhayanidhi
- Mastered by - Suresh Perumal
- MFiT mastered by - Suresh Perumal
Musicians
- Guitar - Sunil Milner, Keba Jeremiah
- Flute - Kamalakar
- Kanjira Player - B Shree Sundarkumar
- Sunshine Orchestra Conducted by VJ Srinivasamurthy
- Musicians Coordinators - Noell James, TM Faizuddin, Abdul Haiyum
- Musicians Fixer - R Samidurai
Notes and References
- Web site: Director Rajiv Menon turns composer for 'Sarvam Thaala Mayam'. www.thenewsminute.com. 5 January 2019. 21 November 2018.
- Web site: AR Rahman completes two songs for Rajeev Menon film. 14 May 2016. Behindwoods. 5 January 2019.
- McN.. Smyth. Ethel. August 1940. What Happened Next. The Musical Times. 81. 1170. 335. 10.2307/922522. 0027-4666. 922522.
- Web site: AR Rahman completes all the nine songs for GV Prakash-Rajiv Menon film!. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009115543/http://www.sify.com/movies/ar-rahman-completes-all-the-nine-songs-for-gv-prakash-rajiv-menon-film-news-tamil-qkgqNLjgigfdb.html. dead. 9 October 2016. Sify. 5 January 2019.
- Web site: Sarvam Thaala Mayam song the last ever penned by late Na Muthukumar. 30 November 2017. Behindwoods. 5 January 2019.
- Web site: Sarvam Thaala Mayam songs tracklist. 19 November 2018. Behindwoods. 5 January 2019.
- 1064244094732386304. arrahman. A. R. Rahman. A. R. Rahman. Pleased to share the tracklist and credits for Sarvam Thaala Mayam TRACKLIST AND ALBUM CREDITS Music composed and produced by AR Rahman 01 Peter Beata Yethu Singers : GV Prakash Kumar, Satya Prakash & Arjun Chandy... . 18 November 2018. 5 January 2019.
- Web site: Sarvam Thaala Mayam: This Rajiv Menon-AR Rahman musical plays up politics of Carnatic music. 2 February 2019. The Indian Express. en-IN. 5 March 2019.
- News: AR Rahman uses a western African musical instrument for 'Sarvam Thaala Mayam'. 23 April 2018. The Times of India. en. 2 July 2020.
