Shankar ( Boys, Sivaji), the latter of whom, like Ratnam, also directed a number of films scored by Rahman during the '90s. During that time, he also worked with Rajiv Menon ( Kandukondain Kandukondain), Shaad Ali ( Saathiya), Ashutosh Gowariker ( Swades), and S. Rahman served as musical director for nearly 50 films from 2001 through 2008, the majority being Hindi- or Tamil-language movies, including noteworthy collaborations with Roja and Bombay director Mani Ratnam (Kannathil Muthamittal, Ayutha Ezhuthu/Yuva, Guru). In 2005 he opened AM Studios - regarded as one of the foremost recording facilities in Asia - as an adjunct to Panchathan Record Inn, and the following year the composer established his own record label, KM Music. Bombay Dreams also ran for 284 regular performances at the Broadway Theatre in New York from April 2004 to January 2005.Īfter the turn of the millennium, Rahman only saw his global recognition and acclaim grow, as he rose to the upper echelon of film composers worldwide. The pair began work on the project during the second half of 2000, and the musical opened in London during 2002. Andrew Lloyd Webber chose Rahman to compose the music for his Bombay Dreams, a musical based on the Bollywood film industry. Performances were booked in Europe, Canada, and the United States during the final years of the century and a session was arranged with singer David Byrne (owner of the Luaka Bop label and a Rahman fan). Rahman finally seemed poised on the brink of the international success he desired. The album reached record stores in 28 countries on August 15 of that year. His premier release for the label, Vande Mataram (his first collection of non-film music), was a tribute to India, commemorating 50 years of the country's independence. Rahman became the first Indian artist to sign with Sony Music, negotiating a three-year contract in 1997. Bombay was hugely successful and the movie's theme was featured on Talvin Singh's Soundz of the Asian Underground compilation. Rahman's score displayed a characteristic (and appropriate) disregard for the confines of culture, be they Eastern or Western, once again mixing traditional and modern elements. His star on the rise, Rahman proceeded to compose music for six films in 1993 and nine in 1994, including the score for Ratnam's Bombay (1995), the story of a Hindu/Muslim marriage in a time of heated relations between the two cultures. Originally filmed in South Indian Tamil, it was re-dubbed (and its soundtrack re-recorded) in Hindi, the language of North India's famous Bollywood film center. Roja became the equivalent of an Indian crossover success. Rahman's score, a colorful, uncluttered combination of pop, rock, reggae, and his country's traditional music, reshaped the genre, winning him three awards for Best Music Director. Impressed with his work, the director signed Rahman to compose the music for K. When Sharada Trilok's ad for Leo Coffee (for which Rahman penned the music) won her an award, she introduced the young composer to her cousin, Mani Ratnam. That year, he began acquiring the equipment and organizing the sound library for his Panchathan Record Inn. It wasn't until 1989 that Rahman planted the first seeds of his film career.
The monotony soon grew tiring however, and at the suggestion of a colleague, Rahman tried his hand at television commercials, eventually composing over 300 jingles in just five years. Shekhar was a successful film musician, arranger, and conductor himself), working full-time as a session musician on soundtracks under the popular South Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja. At 16, he quit school and was following in his father's footsteps ( R.K. Dileep Kumar on October 10th, 1966, in Madras, India, Allah Rakha Rahman was exposed to music from the time he was a child, entered in classical piano studies by his parents at the age of four. Shankar, Apache Indian, and David Byrne.īorn A.S.
He has worked with many of his country's brightest music stars and a growing list of international luminaries, including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zakir Hussain, L. Generally regarded as the finest Indian film composer of his time (and certainly the most commercially successful), Rahman produced music for dozens of widescreen releases just during his first five years in the industry. Rahman has redefined the country's widely popular film music.
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